1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1902 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff South Carolina 1902 presidential Democratic Party (United States) 1900 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1900 1902 09 09 1904 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1904 x150px File:Duncan Clinch Heyward.jpg Duncan Heyward Democratic Party (US) 50,662 55.58% File:William Jasper Talbert.jpg W. Jasper Talbert Democratic Party (US) 40,490 44.42% Governor Miles Benjamin McSweeney Democratic Party (United States) Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Party (United States) The 1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Duncan Clinch Heyward won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 88th governor of South Carolina. Democratic primary The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 26 and Duncan Clinch Heyward emerged as the frontrunner. His victory against W. Jasper Talbert, a congressman of the 2nd congressional district, in the runoff on September 9 came as a surprise because Heyward was relatively unknown outside of Colleton County. Heyward, an aristocratic planter, attributed his win due to running a "clean and sincere campaign."Lander, Ernest: A History of South Carolina 1865-1960, page 47. University of South Carolina Press, 1970. Candidates Martin Frederick Ansel, former state representative from Greenville and solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Duncan Clinch Heyward, Walterboro rice planter W. Jasper Talbert, U.S. Representative from Parksville James H. Tillman, Lieutenant Governor and nephew of U.S. Senator Benjamin Tillman W. H. Timmerman Results 1902 Democratic gubernatorial primary Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Party (US) 36,551 38.3% W. Jasper Talbert Democratic Party (US) 18,218 19.1% Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Party (US) 17,685 18.6% James H. Tillman Democratic Party (US) 16,398 17.2% W. H. Timmermann Democratic Party (US) 6,515 6.8% 95,367 100.00% Runoff results 1902 Democratic gubernatorial runoff Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic Party (US) 50,662 55.6% 17.3 W. Jasper Talbert Democratic Party (US) 40,490 44.4% 25.3 91,152 100.00% General election The general election was held on November 4, 1902, and Duncan Clinch Heyward was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1902 Democratic Party (United States) Duncan Clinch Heyward 31,817 100.00 0.0 31,817 100.00 0.0 31,817 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- #00f 65+% won by Heyward See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections Notes References Ernest McPherson Jr. Lander A History of South Carolina, 1865–1960 1970 University of South Carolina Press 0-87249-169-2 47 https://archive.org/details/historyofsouthca0000land/page/47 Jordan Frank E The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876–1962 22–24 State Primary Election The News and Courier 30 August 1902 1 Now We Know Who is Who! The News and Courier 12 September 1902 1 "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. Volume II. Columbia, South Carolina: 1903, pp. 1374–1375. External links SCIway Biography of Duncan Clinch Heyward 1900 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1904 Category:1902 United States gubernatorial elections 1902 1902 Gubernatorial Category:November 1902 in the United States