1898 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1898 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff South Carolina presidential no 1896 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1896 September 8, 1898 1900 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1900 x150px William H Ellerbe.jpg William Haselden Ellerbe Democratic Party (United States) 37,723 53.14% Claudius Cyprian Featherstone Democratic Party (United States) 33,271 46.86% Governor William Haselden Ellerbe Democratic Party (United States) William Haselden Ellerbe Democratic Party (United States) The 1898 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor William Haselden Ellerbe won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to win a second term as governor. Democratic primary The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 30 and incumbent Governor Ellerbe was the frontrunner. Claudius Cyprian Featherstone won second place in the primary to advance to the runoff on September 8, but came up short against Ellerbe. Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% William Haselden Ellerbe 30,101 38.4 Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 17,782 22.7 George D. Tillman 12,361 15.8 O.L. Schumpert 8,137 10.4 R.B. Watson 7,560 9.7 E.L. Archer 2,000 2.5 G. Walton Whitman 367 0.5 Democratic Primary RunoffCandidateVotes%±% William Haselden Ellerbe 37,723 53.1 +14.7 Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 33,271 46.9 +24.2 General election The general election was held on November 8, 1898, and William Haselden Ellerbe was reelected as the governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was approximately half of that for the previous gubernatorial election. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1898 Democratic Party (United States) William Haselden Ellerbe (incumbent) 28,225 100.00 +10.9 28,225 100.00 +17.5 28,225 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by Ellerbe See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections References Decline of the Primary The News and Courier 6 September 1898 2 The Vote Tabulated The News and Courier 13 September 1898 2 "Election Returns." Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, SC: The Bryan Printing Company, 1899, p. 256. Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 19–21 External links SCIway Biography of Governor William Haselden Ellerbe 1896 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1900 South Carolina 1898 1898 Gubernatorial Category:November 1898 in the United States