1865 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1865 South Carolina gubernatorial election South Carolina presidential no October 18, 1865 1864 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1864 (Confederate) 1868 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1868 x150px File:James Lawrence Orr - Brady-Handy (3x4).jpg James Lawrence Orr Independent (United States) BDBDBD 9,928 51.94% File:1865 South Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County results Orr: #BDBDBD 50–60% #969696 60–70% #737373 70–80% #555555 80–90% #424242 >90%Hampton: #5fd35f 50–60% #37c837 60–70% #2ca02c 70–80% #217821 80–90% #165016 >90% Governor James Lawrence Orr File:Wade Hampton (cropped).jpg Wade Hampton III Independent (United States) BDBDBD 9,186 48.06% The 1865 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on October 18, 1865, to elect the governor of South Carolina.South Carolina Governor - James Lawrence Orr - 1865-1840 https://www.sciway.net/hist/governors/orr.html April 20, 2023 www.sciway.net It was the first election in which the voters of South Carolina were able to directly choose the governor as a result of the ratification of the South Carolina Constitution of 1865. However, the constitution only permitted for white men to cast ballots, with blacks being forbidden from voting. 3 General election The general election was held on October 18, 1865, and James Lawrence Orr was elected as the first postbellum governor of South Carolina. He won a narrow victory over Wade Hampton, who campaigned for his supporters not to vote for him. Neither candidate was aligned with any political party for the election. Results 1865 South Carolina gubernatorial electionOur Campaigns - SC Governor Race - Oct 18, 1865 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=40525 April 19, 2023 www.ourcampaigns.com ! style="background-color:#BDBDBD; width: 5px" | | style="width: 130px" | Independent | align="left" | James Lawrence Orr | align="right" | 9,928 | align="right" | 51.94 |- ! style="background-color:#5fd35f; width: 5px" | | style="width: 130px" | Independent | align="left" | Wade Hampton III | align="right" | 9,186 | align="right" | 48.06 |- 19114 100.00 By county CountyJames Lawrence OrrIndependentWade Hampton IIIIndependentMarginTotal votes#%#%#%Abbeville36145.9342554.07−64−8.14786Anderson69671.3827928.6241742.76975Barnwell7113.3746086.63−389−73.26531Beaufort8025.6423274.36−152−48.72312Charleston84151.6978648.31553.381,627Chester68488.608811.4059677.20772Chesterfield15266.387733.627532.76229Clarendon12647.7313852.27−12−4.54264Colleton234.3850295.62−479−91.24525Darlington32955.5726344.436611.14592Edgefield52842.9670157.04−173−14.081,229Fairfield26085.534414.4721671.06304Georgetown8373.453026.555346.90113Greenville31434.0260965.98−295−31.96923Horry14878.314121.6910756.62189Kershaw17996.2473.7617292.48186Lancaster21968.2210231.7811736.44321Laurens57557.5642442.4415115.12999Lexington21956.0117243.994712.02391Marion26039.1640460.84−144−21.68664Marlboro46083.649016.3637067.28550Newberry35549.6536050.35−5−0.70715Orangeburg13716.1671183.84−574−67.68848Pickens26122.7288877.28−627−54.561,149Richland33492.27287.7330684.54362Spartanburg78283.4615516.5462766.92937Sumter25836.1945563.81−197−27.62713Union21537.7235562.28−140−24.56570Williamsburg5116.4026083.60−209−67.20311York92790.261009.7482780.521,027 Totals9,92851.949,18648.067423.8819,114 See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections References Sources John S. Reynolds Reconstruction in South Carolina https://archive.org/details/reconstructioni01reyngoog 1969 Negro University Press 0-8371-1638-4 The Official Returns of the Governors Elections The Charleston Daily Courier 30 November 1865 2 External links SCIway Biography of Governor James Lawrence Orr SCIway Biography of Governor Wade Hampton III none South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1868 Category:1865 United States gubernatorial elections 1865 Gubernatorial Category:October 1865 in the United States