| Election Name: | 1924 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary |
| Country: | South Carolina |
| Flag Year: | 1924 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Vote Type: | Popular |
| Party Name: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Previous Election: | 1922 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1922 |
| Next Election: | 1926 South Carolina gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1926 |
| Image1: | File:ThomasGordonMcLeod (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Thomas McLeod |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote1: | 125,364 |
| Percentage1: | 61.5% |
| Candidate2: | John T. Duncan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 78,643 |
| Percentage2: | 38.5% |
| Governor of South Carolina | |
| Before Election: | Thomas Gordon McLeod |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Thomas Gordon McLeod |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1924 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election being reelected for a second two-year term.
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1924 and Governor McLeod was able to avoid a runoff election by obtaining over 50% of the vote in the primary election against J.T. Duncan.
| Democratic Primary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Thomas Gordon McLeod | 125,364 | 61.5 |
| John T. Duncan | 78,643 | 38.5 |
The general election was held on November 4, 1924 and Thomas McLeod was reelected governor of South Carolina without opposition on account of South Carolina's single party government. Turnout increased by approximately 50% over the election in 1922 because there was also a presidential election.
|-| | colspan=5 |Democratic hold|-