1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina South Carolina legislative no 1948 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 1948 1952 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina 1952 All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives 1950 11 7https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1950election.pdf Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1950 clerk.house.gov 11 February 2024 Democratic Party (United States) 6 6 50,371 99.96% File:1960 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina results map.svg District results Democratic #002B84 90–100% The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7, 1950, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Four incumbents were re-elected, but Hugo S. Sims, Jr. of the 2nd congressional district and James Butler Hare of the 3rd congressional district were defeated in the Democratic primaries. The seats were retained by the Democrats and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic. 1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, defeated A.J. Clement in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% L. Mendel Rivers 44,474 85.8 A.J. Clement 7,376 14.2 General election results South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) L. Mendel Rivers (incumbent) 6,753 100.0 +10.9 No party Write-Ins 3 0.0 0.0 6,750 100.0 +21.8 6,756 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Hugo S. Sims, Jr. of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1949, was defeated in the Democratic primary by John J. Riley who was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% John J. Riley 29,066 46.0 Hugo S. Sims, Jr. 28,722 45.4 Sam B. Doughton 5,443 8.6 Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% John J. Riley 28,864 60.3 +14.3 Hugo S. Sims, Jr. 19,041 39.7 -5.7 General election results South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) John J. Riley 9,747 100.0 +3.6 No party Write-Ins 3 0.0 0.0 9,744 100.0 +7.2 9,750 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman James Butler Hare of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1949, was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn who was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% W.J. Bryan Dorn 24,010 44.8 James Butler Hare 22,837 42.6 Theo H. Vaughn 4,806 9.0 S.T. Heyward 1,923 3.6 Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% W.J. Bryan Dorn 23,581 54.3 +9.5 James Butler Hare 19,840 45.7 +3.1 General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) W.J. Bryan Dorn 8,126 100.0 +2.2 No party Write-Ins 4 0.0 0.0 8,122 100.0 +4.4 8,130 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated Matthew Poliakoff in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Joseph R. Bryson 48,000 73.1 Matthew Poliakoff 17,668 26.9 General election results South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph R. Bryson (incumbent) 7,976 99.9 +5.0 No party Write-Ins 5 0.1 +0.1 7,971 99.8 +10.0 7,981 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) James P. Richards (incumbent) 10,648 100.0 +2.9 No party Write-Ins 1 0.0 0.0 10,647 100.0 +5.8 10,649 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- 6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, was unopposed in his bid for re-election. General election results South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1950 Democratic Party (United States) John L. McMillan (incumbent) 7,131 100.0 +2.9 No party Write-Ins 3 0.0 0.0 7,128 100.0 +5.8 7,134 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- See also 1950 United States House of Representatives elections 1950 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election South Carolina's congressional districts References Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 99, 107, 112, 125 "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Columbia, SC: 1951, pp. 8–10. 1950 South Carolina United States House of Representatives Category:Single-candidate elections in the United States