1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 October 2025 1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election South Carolina presidential no 1882 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1882 November 4, 1884 1886 South Carolina gubernatorial election 1886 x150px Hugh Smith Thompson Democratic Party (United States) 67,931 100.00% 1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 250px County Results Thompson: #0D0596 90–100% Governor Hugh Smith Thompson Democratic Party (United States) Hugh Smith Thompson Democratic Party (United States) The 1884 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1884, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Hugh Smith Thompson was renominated by the Democrats and was reelected for a second two-year term. Democratic Convention Governor Hugh Smith Thompson had made no enemies during his first term as governor and no opposition to his nomination developed at the state Democratic convention of 1884. Thompson was then renominated by acclamation to be the Democratic nominee for governor in the general election, effectively meaning that he would serve two more years since there was no opposition in the general election. General election The general election was held on November 4, 1884, and Hugh Smith Thompson was elected as governor of South Carolina without opposition. Turnout was less than the previous gubernatorial election because of the lack of opposition in the general election. South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1884 Democratic Party (United States) Hugh Smith Thompson (incumbent) 67,931 100.00% +21.0% 67,931 100.00% +41.8% 67,895 |- | Democratic Party (United States) | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- References William Cooper The Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877–1890 2005 University of South Carolina Press 1-57003-597-0 "Election Returns." Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume II. Columbia, South Carolina: Charles A. Calvo Jr., 1884, p. 782. External links SCIway Biography of Governor Hugh Smith Thompson See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1882 South Carolina gubernatorial elections 1886 Category:1884 United States gubernatorial elections 1884 1884 Gubernatorial Category:November 1884 in the United States