1964 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 January 2020 January 2020 1964 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina South Carolina legislative no 1962 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 1962 1966 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 1966 All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives 1964 11 3https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1964election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 clerk.house.gov 11 February 2024 Democratic Party (United States) 6 6 386,738 88.26% 2.28% Republican Party (United States) 0 0 48,970 11.18% 2.84% File:1964 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina results map.svg District results Democratic #4389e3 60–70% #002B84 90–100% The 1964 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1964, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on June 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 5th congressional district was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation thus remained solely Democratic. 1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1964 Democratic Party (United States) L. Mendel Rivers (incumbent) 56,152 99.6 -0.4 No party Write-Ins 244 0.4 +0.4 55,908 99.2 -0.8 56,396 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Albert Watson of the 2nd congressional district in office since 1963, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1964 Democratic Party (United States) Albert Watson 88,682 97.6 +44.8 No party Write-Ins 2,209 2.4 +2.4 86,473 95.2 +89.6 90,891 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1951, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in his bid for re-election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% William J.B. Dorn (incumbent) 39,934 70.6 T. M. Tucker 16,658 29.4 General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1964 Democratic Party (United States) William J.B. Dorn (incumbent) 65,920 99.9 -0.1 No party Write-Ins 47 0.1 +0.1 65,873 99.8 -0.2 65,967 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robert T. Ashmore of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1953, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Robert T. Ashmore 42,068 84.2 Gordon Weathers 7,910 15.8 General election results South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1964 Democratic Party (United States) Robert T. Ashmore (incumbent) 81,727 100.0 0.0 81,727 100.0 0.0 81,727 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robert W. Hemphill of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1957, opted to retire. Thomas S. Gettys won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican challenger Robert M. Doster in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Thomas S. Gettys 19,092 39.4 George F. Coleman 18,048 37.2 J. Bates Harvey 8,913 18.4 Harold Hough 2,417 5.0 Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% Thomas S. Gettys 16,861 52.2 +12.8 George F. Coleman 15,415 47.8 +10.6 General election results South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1964 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas S. Gettys 44,859 66.7 -27.2 Republican Party (United States) Robert M. Doster 22,384 33.3 +27.3 22,475 33.4 -54.5 67,243 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated Republican challenger E. R. Kirkland. General election results South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1964 Democratic Party (United States) John L. McMillan (incumbent) 49,398 65.1 -34.9 Republican Party (United States) E. R. Kirkland 26,586 34.9 +34.9 No party Write-Ins 1 0.0 0.0 22,812 30.2 -69.8 75,985 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also United States House elections, 1964 South Carolina's congressional districts Sources Scammon Richard America Votes, Vol. 6 378 Info References South Carolina United States House of Representatives 1964