Election Name: | 1814 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
Country: | South Carolina |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1812 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1812 |
Next Election: | 1816 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1816 |
Election Date: | 5 December 1814 |
Nominee1: | David Rogerson Williams |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 137 |
Percentage1: | 85.63% |
Nominee2: | John Geddes |
Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 21 |
Percentage2: | 13.12% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Joseph Alston |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | David Rogerson Williams |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1814 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 5 December 1814 in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd district David Rogerson Williams was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives John Geddes.[1]
On election day, 5 December 1814, Democratic-Republican candidate David Rogerson Williams was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly by a margin of 116 votes against his opponent fellow Democratic-Republican candidate John Geddes, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Williams was sworn in as the 45th Governor of South Carolina on 3 January 1815.[2]