1936 United States Senate election in South Carolina

none March 2026 September 2023 1936 Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina South Carolina presidential no 1930 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1930 1941 United States Senate special election in South Carolina 1941 (special) September 6, 1936 x150px Senator James F Byrnes.jpg James F. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) 257,247 87.08% 3x4.svg Thomas P. Stoney Democratic Party (United States) 25,627 8.67% 1936 United States Democratic primary in South Carolina results map by county.svg 250px Results by countyByrnes: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d056c >90% U.S. Senator James F. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) James F. Byrnes Democratic Party (United States) The 1936 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2, 1936, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and defeated two Republican candidates in the general election to win another six-year term. Democratic primary Candidates James F. Byrnes, incumbent Senator since 1931 William C. Harllee, Army colonelhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19360805&id=okcsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wsoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6803,2908430 Herald-Journal - Google News Archive Search Thomas P. Stoney, former Mayor of Charleston Campaign Byrnes was criticized for his enthusiastic support of the President Roosevelt's New Deal and both Stoney and Harillee argued that the New Deal's agriculture programs were destroying states' rights in South Carolina and bringing the state into the fold of a federal bureaucracy, but Byrnes responded by stating the New Deal was needed to assist South Carolinians during the economic hardships of the Great Depression and pointed out that agricultural prices had improved because of it. Results The attacks on Byrnes would be very ineffective and he went on to win the primary with over 87% of the vote.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847800,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081215085738/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847800,00.html dead December 15, 2008 Time POLITICAL NOTES: Southern Send-Off September 7, 1936 Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% James F. Byrnes 257,247 87.1 Thomas Porcher Stoney 25,627 8.7 William Curry Harllee 12,551 4.2 General election Campaign thumb|General ElectionByrnes: #0d0596 90–100% #07034c 100% Since the end of Reconstruction in 1877, the Democratic Party dominated the politics of South Carolina and its statewide candidates were never seriously challenged. Byrnes did not campaign for the general election as there was no chance of defeat. The Republicans were split between two factions that wanted to control the spoils system should a Republican victory occur in the Presidential election. They did not compete against Byrnes, but were rather competing against each other to show the national Republican Party who held more influence in the state. Results South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1936 Democratic Party (United States) James F. Byrnes (incumbent) 113,696 98.56% -1.44% |- | style="color:inherit;background:#FF3333" | | Tolbert Republican | Joseph Augustis Tolbert | align="right" | 961 | align="right" | 0.83% | align="right" | N/A |- | style="color:inherit;background:#FF3333" | | Hambright Republican | Marion W. Seabrook | align="right" | 702 | align="right" | 0.61% | align="right" | N/A |- No party Write-Ins 1 0.00% N/A 112,735 97.72% -2.28% 115,360 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also List of United States senators from South Carolina United States Senate elections, 1936 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1936 References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 74 "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1937, p. 6. Palmetto Stump http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756511-1,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121023065914/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756511-1,00.html dead October 23, 2012 Time 1936-08-24 2008-03-14 Southern Send-Off http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847800,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081215085738/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847800,00.html dead December 15, 2008 Time 1936-09-07 2008-03-14 South Carolina 1936 Category:1936 South Carolina elections