In 1818, South Carolina re-elected two Congressmen – Eldred Simkins and Starling Tucker.[1] In the Charleston district, voters elected Charles Pinckney, a Founding Father of the United States who defeated Daniel Elliott Huger with a majority of 307 votes.[2]
The elections took place on October 12–13, 1818.
| District | Incumbent | This race | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |||||
| Henry Middleton | Democratic-Republican | 1814 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | √ Charles Pinckney (Democratic-Republican) 49.0% Daniel Elliott Huger (Democratic-Republican) 34.1% William Crafts Jr. (Federalist) 16.9% | ||||
| William Lowndes | Democratic-Republican | 1810 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ William Lowndes (Democratic-Republican) 100% | ||||
| James Ervin | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ James Ervin (Democratic-Republican) 100% | ||||
| Joseph Bellinger | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | √ James Overstreet (Democratic-Republican) 41.0% John J. Chappell (Democratic-Republican) 35.2% John M. Felder (Federalist) 23.8% | ||||
| Starling Tucker | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ Starling Tucker (Democratic-Republican) 50.8% William Brown (Democratic-Republican) 28.5% Philip E. Pearson (Democratic-Republican) 20.7% | ||||
| Eldred Simkins | Democratic-Republican | 1818 (Special) | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ Eldred Simkins (Democratic-Republican) 54.1% Joseph Black (Democratic-Republican) 25.9% William Butler (Democratic-Republican) 19.9% | ||||
| Elias Earle | Democratic-Republican | 1804 1814 (Lost) 1816 | Incumbent re-elected. | nowrap | √ Elias Earle (Democratic-Republican) 53.7% John H. Harrison (Democratic-Republican) 46.3% | ||||
| Wilson Nesbitt | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | √ John McCreary (Democratic-Republican) 100% | ||||
| Stephen D. Miller | Democratic-Republican | 1816 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. | nowrap | √ Joseph Brevard (Democratic-Republican) 91.9% James C. Postell (Federalist) 8.1% | ||||