1924 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1924 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary South Carolina 1924 presidential Popular Democratic Party (US) 1922 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1922 1924 08 26 1926 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1926 x150px File:ThomasGordonMcLeod (cropped).jpg Thomas McLeod Democratic Party (US) 125,364 61.45% File:3x4.svg John T. Duncan Democratic Party (US) 78,643 38.55% Governor of South Carolina Thomas Gordon McLeod Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Gordon McLeod Democratic Party (United States) September 2021 The 1924 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election being reelected for a second two-year term. Democratic primary Candidates John T. Duncan, Columbia attorney and perennial candidate Thomas Gordon McLeod, incumbent Governor since 1923 Campaign The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1924 and Governor McLeod was able to avoid a runoff election by obtaining over 50% of the vote in the primary election against J.T. Duncan. Results Democratic PrimaryCandidateVotes% Thomas Gordon McLeod 125,364 61.5 John T. Duncan 78,643 38.5 General election The general election was held on November 4, 1924, and Thomas McLeod was reelected governor of South Carolina without opposition on account of South Carolina's single party government. Turnout increased by approximately 50% over the election in 1922 because there was also a presidential election. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1924 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Gordon McLeod (incumbent) 53,345 100.00 0.0 53,345 100.00 0.0 53,345 |- | 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 Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962 36 "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: 1925, p. 58. External links SCIway Biography of Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod 1922 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1926 Category:1924 United States gubernatorial elections 1924 1924 Gubernatorial Category:November 1924 in the United States