1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1954 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary South Carolina presidential no 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1950 1958 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1958 Summer 1954 Image:SC Gov. George Timmerman (cropped).jpg 150x150px George Timmerman Democratic Party (United States) 185,541 61.34% 3x4.svg Lester L. Bates Democratic Party (United States) 116,942 38.66% 1954 South Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsTimmerman: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Bates: #d3bc5f 50–60% #786721 80–90% Governor James F. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) George Timmerman Democratic Party (United States) The 1954 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. George Bell Timmerman won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 105th governor of South Carolina. Democratic primary Candidates Lester L. Bates, Columbia insurance executive and candidate for Governor in 1950 George Timmerman, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1954. George Bell Timmerman was the current Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina and only faced nominal opposition in the Democratic primary. Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% George Bell Timmerman 185,541 61.3 Lester L. Bates 116,942 38.7 General election The general election was held on November 2, 1954, and George Bell Timmerman was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout was much higher than the previous gubernatorial election because there was an extremely competitive Senate race on the ballot, featuring former governor Strom Thurmond. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1954 Democratic Party (United States) George Bell Timmerman 214,204 100.00 0.0 No party Write-Ins 8 0.00 0.0 214,196 99.99 0.0 214,212 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by Timmerman See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections South Carolina United States Senate election, 1954 References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962 47–48 "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, South Carolina: 1955, p. 9. External links SCIway Biography of Governor George Bell Timmerman 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1958 1954 1954 Category:1954 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial Category:November 1954 in the United States