1874 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

none February 2026 September 2023 The 1874 South Carolina United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 3, 1874, to select five Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Two incumbents were re-elected, two open seats were retained by the Republicans, and the open seat in the 2nd congressional district was picked up by the Independent Republicans. The composition of the state delegation after the election was four Republicans and one Independent Republican. 1st congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Joseph Rainey of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1870, defeated Independent Republican Samuel Lee. General election results South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1874 Republican Party (United States) Joseph Rainey (incumbent) 14,360 51.4 -48.6 |- | style="color:inherit;background:#ff00ff" | | Independent Republican | Samuel Lee | align="right" | 13,563 | align="right" | 48.6 | align="right" | +48.6 |- No party Write-Ins 3 0.0 0.0 797 2.8 -97.2 27,926 |- | Republican Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Republican hold |- 2nd congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Alonzo J. Ransier of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1873, declined to run for re-election. Independent Republican Edmund William McGregor Mackey defeated Republican Charles W. Buttz in the general election. General election results South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1874 |- | style="color:inherit;background:#ff00ff" | | Independent Republican | Edmund W.M. Mackey | align="right" | 16,746 | align="right" | 54.1 | align="right" | +29.5 |- Republican Party (United States) Charles W. Buttz 14,204 45.9 -29.5 No party Write-Ins 5 0.0 0.0 2,542 8.2 -42.6 30,955 | style="color:inherit;background:#ff00ff" | | colspan=5 |Independent Republican gain from Republican |- 3rd congressional district Special Election Incumbent Republican Congressman Robert B. Elliott of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1871, resigned in 1874 so that he could return to South Carolina and stem the massive corruption on the part of the state Republican Party. A special election was called to be held simultaneously with the regular election. Lewis C. Carpenter was nominated by the Republicans and was unopposed in the special election. General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district Special election results, 1874 Republican Party (United States) Lewis C. Carpenter 20,648 99.6 +7.1 No party Write-Ins 87 0.4 -7.1 20,561 99.2 +11.6 20,735 |- | Republican Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Republican hold |- 3rd congressional district Solomon L. Hoge was nominated by the Republicans for the regular election of the 3rd congressional district and he defeated Conservative challenger Samuel McGowan. General election results South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1874 Republican Party (United States) Solomon L. Hoge 16,431 56.1 -43.5 |- | style="color:inherit;background:#00FFFF" | | Conservative | Samuel McGowan | align="right" | 12,873 | align="right" | 43.9 | align="right" | +43.9 |- 3,558 12.2 -87.0 29,304 |- | Republican Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Republican hold |- 4th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Alexander S. Wallace of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1870, defeated Conservative challenger Joseph B. Kershaw. General election results South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1874 Republican Party (United States) Alexander S. Wallace (incumbent) 16,452 53.2 +0.1 |- | style="color:inherit;background:#00FFFF" | | Conservative | Joseph B. Kershaw | align="right" | 14,455 | align="right" | 46.8 | align="right" | +46.8 |- 1,997 6.4 +0.2 30,907 |- | Republican Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Republican hold |- 5th congressional district Robert Smalls was nominated by the Republicans for the newly created 5th congressional district and he defeated Independent Republican J. P. M. Epping. General election results South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1874 Republican Party (United States) Robert Smalls 17,752 79.4 N/A |- | style="color:inherit;background:#ff00ff" | | Independent Republican | Johann Peter Martin Epping | align="right" | 4,461 | align="right" | 19.9 | align="right" | N/A |- No party Write-Ins 149 0.7 N/A 13,291 59.5 N/A 22,362 |- | Republican Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Republican gain |- See also United States House of Representatives elections, 1874 South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1874 South Carolina's congressional districts References "Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina at the Regular Session, 1873-'74. Columbia, SC: Republican Printing Company, 1874, pp. 86–88. 1874 South Carolina United States House of Representatives