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Established | January 03, 1789 |
Disbanded | Still Active |
Last Modified | RP July 31, 2019 05:55pm |
Description | Vacancy Rules: Governor appoints a replacement that serves until next statewide general election. |
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Date |
Type |
Results
[Show Primaries]
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Nov 03, 2020 |
General Election |
| Lindsey Graham(I)
1,369,137
54.44%
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| Jaime Harrison
1,110,828
44.17%
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| Bill Bledsoe
32,845
1.31%
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| Write-In(W)
2,294
0.09%
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| Keenan Wallace Dunham
0
0.00%
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Nov 04, 2014 |
General Election |
| Lindsey Graham(I)
672,941
54.27%
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| C. Bradley Hutto
480,833
38.78%
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| Thomas Ravenel
47,588
3.84%
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| Victor Kocher
33,839
2.73%
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| Write-In(W)
4,774
0.39%
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Nov 04, 2008 |
General Election |
| Lindsey Graham(I)
1,076,534
57.52%
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| Bob Conley
790,621
42.25%
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| Write-In(W)
4,276
0.23%
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Nov 05, 2002 |
General Election |
| Lindsey Graham
600,010
54.40%
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| Alex Sanders
487,359
44.19%
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| Ted Adams
8,228
0.75%
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| Victor Kocher
6,684
0.61%
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| Write-In(W)
667
0.06%
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Nov 05, 1996 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
620,326
53.38%
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| Elliott Close
511,226
43.99%
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| Richard T. Quillian
12,994
1.12%
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| Peter J. Ashy
9,741
0.84%
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| Annette C. Estes
7,697
0.66%
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| Write-In(W)
141
0.01%
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Nov 06, 1990 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
482,032
64.21%
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| Robert "Bob" Cunningham
244,112
32.52%
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| William H. Griffin
13,804
1.84%
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| Marion C. Metts
10,317
1.37%
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| Write-In(W)
464
0.06%
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Nov 06, 1984 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
644,815
66.79%
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| Melvin Purvis
306,982
31.80%
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| Stephen Davis
13,333
1.38%
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| Write-In(W)
335
0.03%
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| Jesse L. Jackson
0
0.00%
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Nov 07, 1978 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
351,917
55.65%
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| Charles D. Ravenel
280,146
44.30%
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| Write-In(W)
163
0.03%
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| W. M. Mims(W)
94
0.01%
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Nov 07, 1972 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
428,145
63.47%
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| Eugene "Nick" Zeigler
246,182
36.50%
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| Others(W)
188
0.03%
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Nov 08, 1966 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
271,297
62.19%
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| Bradley Morrah, Jr.
164,955
37.81%
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Sep 16, 1964 |
Party Switch |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
1
100.00%
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Nov 08, 1960 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)
330,167
99.97%
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| Others(W)
102
0.03%
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Nov 06, 1956 |
Special Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond
245,371
100.00%
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Apr 05, 1956 |
Appointment |
| Thomas Albert Wofford
1
100.00%
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Dec 24, 1954 |
Appointment |
| J. Strom Thurmond
1
100.00%
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Nov 02, 1954 |
General Election |
| J. Strom Thurmond(I)(W)
143,444
63.13%
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| Edgar A. Brown
83,525
36.76%
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| Marcus A. Stone(W)
240
0.11%
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Sep 06, 1954 |
Appointment |
| Charles Ezra Daniel
1
100.00%
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Nov 02, 1948 |
General Election |
| Burnet R. Maybank(I)
135,998
96.45%
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| J. Bates Gerald
5,008
3.55%
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Nov 03, 1942 |
General Election |
| Burnet R. Maybank(I)
22,556
100.00%
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Sep 30, 1941 |
Special Election |
| Burnet R. Maybank
13,264
100.00%
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Aug 05, 1941 |
Appointment |
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Jul 17, 1941 |
Appointment |
| Alva M. Lumpkin
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1936 |
General Election |
| James F. Byrnes(I)
113,696
98.56%
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| Joseph A. Tolbert
961
0.83%
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| Marion W. Seabrook
702
0.61%
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| H. J. Johnson(W)
1
0.00%
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Nov 04, 1930 |
General Election |
| James F. Byrnes
16,211
100.00%
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Nov 04, 1924 |
General Election |
| Coleman L. Blease
50,751
100.00%
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Nov 05, 1918 |
General Election |
| Nathaniel B. Dial
25,792
100.00%
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Nov 05, 1918 |
Special Election |
| William P. Pollock
25,733
100.00%
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Jul 05, 1918 |
Appointment |
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Nov 03, 1912 |
General Election |
| Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman(I)
151
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1906 |
General Election |
| Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman(I)
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1900 |
General Election |
| Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman(I)
1
100.00%
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Dec 11, 1894 |
General Election |
| Benjamin R. "Pitchfork Ben" Tillman
131
84.52%
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| Matthew Calbraith Butler(I)
21
13.55%
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| George W. Murray
2
1.29%
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| William D. Crum
1
0.65%
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Dec 11, 1888 |
General Election |
| Matthew Calbraith Butler(I)
136
97.84%
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| Thomas E. Miller
3
2.16%
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Nov 03, 1882 |
General Election |
| Matthew Calbraith Butler(I)
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1876 |
General Election |
| Matthew Calbraith Butler
1
100.00%
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Dec 07, 1870 |
General Election |
| Thomas James Robertson(I)
87
58.78%
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| Matthew Calbraith Butler
30
20.27%
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| F. J. Moses
23
15.54%
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| F. L. Cardozo
8
5.41%
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| M. R. Delaney
0
0.00%
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| Daniel Henry Chamberlain
0
0.00%
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| J. L. Neagle
0
0.00%
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| | Reuben Tomlinson
0
0.00%
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| Alonzo Jacob Ransier
0
0.00%
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| W. B. Nash
0
0.00%
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| C. W. Montgomery
0
0.00%
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| D. T. Corbin
0
0.00%
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| C. P. Leslie
0
0.00%
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Jul 14, 1868 |
Appointment |
| Thomas James Robertson
1
100.00%
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Oct 30, 1865 |
General Election |
| Benjamin Franklin Perry
109
76.22%
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| John Lawrence Manning
24
16.78%
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| William Henry Trescot
4
2.80%
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| Francis Wilkinson Pickens
3
2.10%
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| William Waters Boyce
2
1.40%
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| Robert W. Barnwell
1
0.70%
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Dec 03, 1858 |
General Election |
| James Chesnut, Jr.
113
76.35%
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| William Whaley
18
12.16%
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| J. H. Middleton
8
5.41%
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| Blank/Scattering
3
2.03%
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| Christopher G. Memminger
2
1.35%
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| Benjamin Franklin Perry
2
1.35%
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| George P. Elliott
2
1.35%
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| | John Hopkins Adams
0
0.00%
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| John Lawrence Manning
0
0.00%
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| John McQueen
0
0.00%
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| Robert Barnwell Rhett Sr.
0
0.00%
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| Laurence Massillon Keitt
0
0.00%
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| James P. Carroll
0
0.00%
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| | Joseph A. Woodward
0
0.00%
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| Thomas Jefferson Withers
0
0.00%
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May 10, 1858 |
Appointment |
| Arthur Peronneau Hayne
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1852 |
General Election |
| Josiah James Evans
1
100.00%
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May 09, 1852 |
Appointment |
| William Ford De Saussure
1
100.00%
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Dec 17, 1850 |
Appointment |
| Robert Barnwell Rhett Sr.
1
100.00%
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Jun 03, 1850 |
Appointment |
| Robert W. Barnwell
1
100.00%
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Apr 10, 1850 |
Appointment |
| Franklin Harper Elmore
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1846 |
General Election |
| John C. Calhoun(I)
1
100.00%
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Nov 25, 1845 |
Appointment |
| John C. Calhoun
135
100.00%
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Dec 15, 1842 |
Appointment |
| Daniel Elliott Huger
82
51.90%
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| Robert Barnwell Rhett Sr.
71
44.94%
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| Francis W. Davie
3
1.90%
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| [FNU] McWillie
2
1.27%
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| Francis Wilkinson Pickens
0
0.00%
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| Scattering
0
0.00%
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Nov 03, 1840 |
General Election |
| John C. Calhoun(I)
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1834 |
General Election |
| John C. Calhoun(I)
1
100.00%
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Dec 11, 1832 |
Appointment |
| John C. Calhoun
121
88.97%
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| James A. Black
5
3.68%
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| William Campbell Preston
3
2.21%
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| Z. P. Herndon
2
1.47%
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| Philip E. Pearson
2
1.47%
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| William Harper
1
0.74%
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| J. Jones
1
0.74%
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| | James Hamilton, Jr.
1
0.74%
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Nov 03, 1828 |
General Election |
| Robert Young Hayne(I)
1
100.00%
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Nov 03, 1822 |
General Election |
| Robert Young Hayne
91
55.15%
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| William Smith(I)
74
44.85%
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Dec 06, 1816 |
General Election |
| William Smith
101
66.45%
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| James R. Pringle
51
33.55%
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Nov 03, 1810 |
General Election |
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Nov 03, 1804 |
General Election |
| Thomas Sumter(I)
1
100.00%
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Dec 14, 1801 |
Appointment |
| Thomas Sumter
90
65.22%
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| John Rutledge, Jr.
47
34.06%
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| Thomas Evans
1
0.72%
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Dec 06, 1798 |
General Election |
| Charles Pinckney
79
55.63%
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| Andrew Pickens
63
44.37%
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Dec 07, 1796 |
Appointment |
| John Hunter
72
52.17%
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| John Chestnut
66
47.83%
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Nov 03, 1792 |
General Election |
| Pierce Butler(I)
118
88.06%
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| Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
8
5.97%
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| Scattering
8
5.97%
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May 10, 1789 |
General Election |
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