| Election Name: | 1914 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Flag Year: | 1914 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Party Name: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Previous Election: | 1912 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1912 |
| Next Election: | 1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1916 |
| Image1: | File:Richard Irvine Manning III circa 1915.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Richard Irvine Manning III |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 73,969 |
| Percentage1: | 62.1% |
| Candidate2: | John Gardiner Richards Jr. |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 45,099 |
| Percentage2: | 37.9% |
| Governor of South Carolina | |
| Before Election: | Cole Blease |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Richard Manning III |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1914 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Richard Irvine Manning III emerged from the crowded Democratic primary to win in the runoff and overwhelmingly won the effectively one-party state's general election to become the 92nd governor of South Carolina.
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 25 and progressive reformer Richard Irvine Manning III emerged as the winner in a crowded field. He garnered the support from the candidates eliminated in the runoff election and was able to score a decisive victory over John Gardiner Richards, Jr., the candidate favored by former governor Coleman Livingston Blease, on September 8.
| Democratic Primary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| John Gardiner Richards, Jr. | 26,801 | 20.5 |
| 25,397 | 19.5 | |
| 25,053 | 19.2 | |
| John G. Clinkscales | 17,126 | 13.1 |
| William C. Irby, Jr. | 14,652 | 11.2 |
| Mendel L. Smith | 9,905 | 7.6 |
| 5,842 | 4.5 | |
| Charles Carroll Sims | 2,773 | 2.1 |
| Lowndes J. Browning | 1,513 | 1.2 |
| John T. Duncan | 793 | 0.6 |
| John B. Adger Mullally | 665 | 0.5 |
| Democratic Primary Runoff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Richard Irvine Manning III | 73,969 | 62.1 | +42.6 |
| John Gardiner Richards, Jr. | 45,099 | 37.9 | +17.4 |
The general election was held on November 3, 1914, and Richard Irvine Manning III was elected the next governor of South Carolina. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election.
|-| | colspan=5 |Democratic hold|-