1922 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1922 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff South Carolina 1920 presidential Popular Democratic Party (US) 1920 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1920 1922 09 12 1924 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1924 x150px File:ThomasGordonMcLeod (cropped).jpg Thomas McLeod Democratic Party (US) 100,114 53.84% File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg Cole Blease Democratic Party (US) 85,834 46.16% Governor of South Carolina Robert Archer Cooper Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Gordon McLeod Democratic Party (United States) The 1922 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Thomas Gordon McLeod won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 95th governor of South Carolina. Democratic primary Candidates Cole L. Blease, former Governor of South Carolina (191115) J.J. Cantey William Coleman John T. Duncan, perennial candidate George K. Laney Thomas Gordon McLeod, former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (190711) Campaign The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1922 and it shaped up to be a heated contest between Thomas Gordon McLeod and former Governor Cole Blease. McLeod emerged victorious from the runoff and effectively became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election on account of South Carolina's status as an effective one-party state. Results Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% Coleman Livingston Blease 77,798 44.8 Thomas Gordon McLeod 65,768 37.9 George K. Laney 23,164 13.4 William Coleman 3,797 2.2 John T. Duncan 1,780 1.0 J.J. Cantey 1,260 0.7 Runoff results Democratic Primary RunoffCandidateVotes%±% Thomas Gordon McLeod 100,114 53.8 +15.9 Coleman Livingston Blease 85,834 46.2 +1.4 General election The general election was held on November 7, 1922, and Thomas McLeod was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was approximately half of that for 1920. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1922 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Gordon McLeod 34,065 100.00 34,065 100.00 34,065 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by McLeod See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections References "Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. Part II." Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, South Carolina: 1923, p. 57. Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962 34–36 External links SCIway Biography of Thomas Gordon McLeod 1920 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1924 Category:1922 United States gubernatorial elections 1922 1922 Gubernatorial Category:November 1922 in the United States