1794 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina explained

Only one of the five South Carolina incumbents were re-elected.

Electoral data are only available for the 1st and 5th district of South Carolina's 6 districts at the time of the elections of 1794.

DistrictIncumbentPartyFirst
elected
ResultCandidates
William L. SmithPro-Administration1788Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Federalist gain.
nowrap William L. Smith (Federalist) 51.7%
John Rutledge, Jr. (Federalist) 37.3%
Thomas Tucker 11.0%
New seatNew member elected.
Democratic-Republican gain.
Winner declined to serve and a special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, electing Wade Hampton (Democratic-Republican).
nowrap Robert Barnwell[1]
Lemuel BentonAnti-Administration1793Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
nowrap Lemuel Benton (Democratic-Republican)
Richard WinnAnti-Administration1793Incumbent re-elected to a new party.
Democratic-Republican gain.
nowrap Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican)
Alexander GillonAnti-Administration1793Incumbent died October 6, 1794.
New member elected.
Federalist gain.
Winner of general election was also elected to finish Gillon's term, see above.
Robert Goodloe Harper (Federalist) 58.3%
John Hunter (Democratic-Republican) 41.7%
Anti-Administration1793Incumbent lost re-election.
Anti-Administration loss.
Andrew PickensAnti-Administration1793Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican gain.
nowrap Samuel Earle (Democratic-Republican)

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Notes and References

  1. Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data