Election Name: | 1924 Democratic Senate primary runoff in South Carolina |
Country: | South Carolina |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1918 United States Senate election in South Carolina |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | 1930 United States Senate election in South Carolina |
Next Year: | 1930 |
Election Date: | September 9, 1924 |
Image1: | Coleman L Blease (cropped).jpg |
Image1 Size: | x150px |
Nominee1: | Cole Blease |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 100,738 |
Percentage1: | 50.57% |
Image2 Size: | x150px |
Nominee2: | James F. Byrnes |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 98,467 |
Percentage2: | 49.43% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Nathaniel B. Dial |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Coleman Livingston Blease |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1924 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 4, 1924, to select the U.S. Senator for a six-year term from the state of South Carolina. Coleman Livingston Blease won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election to win the six-year term to the Senate.
Democratic Primary | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Coleman Livingston Blease | 83,738 | 41.8 | |
67,727 | 33.8 | ||
Nathaniel B. Dial (incumbent) | 44,425 | 22.2 | |
John J. McMahan | 4,530 | 2.2 |
Democratic Primary Runoff | |||
---|---|---|---|
Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
Coleman Livingston Blease | 100,738 | 50.6 | +8.8 |
James F. Byrnes | 98,467 | 49.4 | +15.6 |
|-| | colspan=5 |Democratic hold|-