Английская Википедия:1936 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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The 1936 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2, 1936 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator James F. Byrnes won the Democratic primary and defeated two Republican candidates in the general election to win another six-year term.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- James F. Byrnes, incumbent Senator since 1931
- William C. Harllee, Army colonel[1]
- Thomas P. Stoney, former Mayor of Charleston[1]
Campaign
Byrnes was criticized for his enthusiastic support of the President Roosevelt's New Deal and both Stoney and Harillee argued that the New Deal's agriculture programs were destroying states' rights in South Carolina and bringing the state into the fold of a federal bureaucracy,[1] but Byrnes responded by stating the New Deal was needed to assist South Carolinians during the economic hardships of the Great Depression and pointed out that agricultural prices had improved because of it.[1]
Results
The attacks on Byrnes would be very ineffective and he went on to win the primary with over 87% of the vote.[2]
| Democratic Primary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| James F. Byrnes | 257,247 | 87.1 |
| Thomas Porcher Stoney | 25,627 | 8.7 |
| William Curry Harllee | 12,551 | 4.2 |
General election
Campaign
Since the end of Reconstruction in 1877, the Democratic Party dominated the politics of South Carolina and its statewide candidates were never seriously challenged. Byrnes did not campaign for the general election as there was no chance of defeat. The Republicans were split between two factions that wanted to control the spoils system should a Republican victory occur in the Presidential election. They did not compete against Byrnes, but were rather competing against each other to show the national Republican Party who held more influence in the state.
Results
Шаблон:Election box begin Шаблон:Election box winning candidate with party link |- | bgcolor="#FF3333" | | Tolbert Republican | Joseph Augustis Tolbert | align="right" | 961 | align="right" | 0.83% | align="right" | N/A |- | bgcolor="#FF3333" | | Hambright Republican | Marion W. Seabrook | align="right" | 702 | align="right" | 0.61% | align="right" | N/A |- Шаблон:Election box candidate Шаблон:Election box majority Шаблон:Election box turnout |- | Шаблон:Party color cell | colspan=5 |Democratic hold |- Шаблон:Election box end
See also
- List of United States senators from South Carolina
- United States Senate elections, 1936
- United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1936
References
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- "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1937, p. 6.
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