1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1934 South Carolina gubernatorial primary runoff South Carolina presidential no 1930 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1930 1938 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1938 September 11, 1934 x150px File:Johnston Olin.jpg Olin Johnston Democratic Party (United States) 157,673 56.20% File:Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg Cole Blease Democratic Party (United States) 122,876 43.80% 1934 South Carolina gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsJohnston: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Blease: #d3bc5f 50–60% #c8ab37 60–70% Governor Ibra Charles Blackwood Democratic Party (United States) Olin D. Johnston Democratic Party (United States) The 1934 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1934, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Olin D. Johnston won the contested Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election becoming the 98th governor of South Carolina. Democratic primary Candidates Cole L. Blease, former Governor (191115) and United States Senator (192531) Kemper Cooke Olin D. Johnston, former State Representative from Spartanburg and candidate for Governor in 1930 Wyndham Meredith Manning, State Representative from Stateburg and son of former Governor Richard Irvine Manning III L.B. Owens Thomas B. Pearce James O. Sheppard C.E. Sloan The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1934 and it attracted many politicians because of the change in 1926 to the South Carolina constitution providing for a four-year term. Johnston emerged victorious from the runoff against former Governor Cole Blease and ran without opposition on account of South Carolina's effective status as a one-party state. Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% Olin D. Johnston 104,799 36.5 Coleman Livingston Blease 85,795 29.8 Wyndham Meredith Manning 55,767 19.4 Thomas B. Pearce 26,328 9.2 Kemper Cooke 7,390 2.6 L.B. Owens 4,186 1.4 James O. Sheppard 2,482 0.9 C.E. Sloan 683 0.2 Democratic Primary RunoffCandidateVotes%±% Olin D. Johnston 157,673 56.2 +19.7 Coleman Livingston Blease 122,876 43.8 +14.0 General election The general election was held on November 6, 1934, and Olin D. Johnston was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much lower than the Democratic primary election. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1934 Democratic Party (United States) Olin D. Johnston 22,873 100.00 0.0 22,873 100.00 0.0 22,873 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by Johnston See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962 40–41 "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, South Carolina: 1935, p. 3. External links SCIway Biography of Olin Dewitt Talmadge Johnston 1930 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1938 South Carolina 1934 1934 Gubernatorial