1900 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 The 1900 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina was held on Tuesday November 6, to elected seven United States Representatives of South Carolina. Five Democratic incumbents were re-elected and two incumbents were defeated in the primaries, but the seats were retained by the Democrats. The composition of South Carolina delegation after the election was solely Democratic. 1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Elliott of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1897, defeated Republican challenger W.W. Beckett. General election results South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) William Elliott (incumbent) 3,666 72.7 +6.2 Republican Party (United States) W.W. Beckett 1,378 27.3 -6.2 2,288 45.4 +12.4 5,044 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman W. Jasper Talbert of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1893, defeated Republican challenger J.B. Odom. General election results South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) W. Jasper Talbert (incumbent) 6,713 97.7 +0.7 Republican Party (United States) J.B. Odom 156 2.3 -0.6 6,557 95.4 +1.3 6,869 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Asbury Latimer of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1893, won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican challenger Anson C. Merrick in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Asbury Latimer 7,866 65.6 C.T. Wyche 2,883 24.1 E.E. Verner 1,233 10.3 General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) Asbury Latimer (incumbent) 7,834 97.5 +0.9 Republican Party (United States) Anson C. Merrick 203 2.5 -0.8 7,631 95.0 +1.7 8,037 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Stanyarne Wilson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1895, was defeated in the Democratic primary by Joseph T. Johnson. He defeated Republican challenger S.T. Poinier in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Joseph T. Johnson 11,428 56.5 Stanyarne Wilson 8,814 43.5 General election results South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph T. Johnson 8,189 97.0 +0.6 Republican Party (United States) S.T. Poinier 251 3.0 -0.6 7,938 94.0 +1.2 8,440 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman David E. Finley of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1899, defeated Thomas J. Strait in the Democratic primary and Republican John F. Jones in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% David E. Finley 7,796 60.0 Thomas J. Strait 5,208 40.0 General election results South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) David E. Finley (incumbent) 6,634 97.3 -2.7 Republican Party (United States) John F. Jones 183 2.7 +2.7 No party Write-Ins 2 0.0 0.0 6,451 94.6 -5.4 6,819 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman James Norton of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1897, was defeated in the Democratic primary by Robert B. Scarborough. He defeated Republican R.A. Stuart in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Robert B. Scarborough 5,921 43.2 James Norton 5,315 38.7 J. Edwin Ellerbe 2,484 18.1 Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% Robert B. Scarborough 7,655 53.8 +10.6 James Norton 6,584 46.2 +7.5 General election results South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) Robert B. Scarborough 6,476 94.3 -2.6 Republican Party (United States) R.A. Stuart 395 5.7 +2.6 6,081 88.6 -5.2 6,871 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 7th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman J. William Stokes of the 7th congressional district, in office since 1896, defeated Republican challenger Alexander D. Dantzler. General election results South Carolina's 7th congressional district election results, 1900 Democratic Party (United States) J. William Stokes (incumbent) 7,285 93.2 +3.4 Republican Party (United States) Alexander D. Dantzler 534 6.8 -3.4 6,751 86.4 +6.8 7,819 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1900 South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1900 South Carolina's congressional districts References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 104, 109, 114, 118 "Report of M.R. Cooper, Secretary of State, to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1901, pp. 80–81. 1900 South Carolina United States House of Representatives