Election Name: | 1824 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
Country: | South Carolina |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1822 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1822 |
Next Election: | 1826 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1826 |
Election Date: | 3 December 1824 |
Nominee1: | Richard Irvine Manning I |
Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 103 |
Percentage1: | 62.81% |
Nominee2: | Jacob B. I'on |
Popular Vote2: | 60 |
Percentage2: | 36.59% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | John Lyde Wilson |
Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
After Election: | Richard Irvine Manning I |
After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1824 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on 3 December 1824 in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Richard Irvine Manning I was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly against candidate Jacob B. I'on.[1]
On election day, 3 December 1824, Democratic-Republican candidate Richard Irvine Manning I was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly by a margin of 43 votes against his opponent candidate Jacob B. I'on, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Manning was sworn in as the 50th Governor of South Carolina on 3 January 1825.[2]