1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
| country = South Carolina
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1948 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
| previous_year = 1948
| next_election = 1952 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
| next_year = 1952
| seats_for_election = All 6 South Carolina seats to the United States House of Representatives
| election_date = {{Start date|1950|11|7}}{{cite web|url=https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/1950election.pdf|title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1950
|website=clerk.house.gov|access-date=11 February 2024}}
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| last_election1 = 6
| seats1 = 6
| seat_change1 = {{steady}}
| popular_vote1 = 50,371
| percentage1 = 99.96%
| swing1 =
| map_image = File:SC1960CD.svg
| map_caption = District results
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The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7, 1950, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Four incumbents were re-elected, but Hugo S. Sims, Jr. of the 2nd congressional district and James Butler Hare of the 3rd congressional district were defeated in the Democratic primaries. The seats were retained by the Democrats and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.
1st congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, defeated A.J. Clement in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
=Democratic primary=
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="3" | Democratic primary |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 44,474 | align="right" | 85.8 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| A.J. Clement | align="right" | 7,376 | align="right" | 14.2 |
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=General election results=
{{Election box begin | title=South Carolina's 1st congressional district election results, 1950}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = L. Mendel Rivers (incumbent)
|votes = 6,753
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +10.9
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No party
|candidate = Write-Ins
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 6,750
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +21.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 6,756
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
2nd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Hugo S. Sims, Jr. of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1949, was defeated in the Democratic primary by John J. Riley who was unopposed in the general election.
=Democratic primary=
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="3" | Democratic primary |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 29,066 | align="right" | 46.0 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 28,722 | align="right" | 45.4 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Sam B. Doughton | align="right" | 5,443 | align="right" | 8.6 |
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="4" | Democratic primary runoff |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|±% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 28,864 | align="right" | 60.3 | align="right" | +14.3 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 19,041 | align="right" | 39.7 | align="right" | -5.7 |
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=General election results=
{{Election box begin | title=South Carolina's 2nd congressional district election results, 1950}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = John J. Riley
|votes = 9,747
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +3.6
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No party
|candidate = Write-Ins
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 9,744
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +7.2
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,750
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
3rd congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman James Butler Hare of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1949, was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn who was unopposed in the general election.
=Democratic primary=
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="3" | Democratic primary |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 24,010 | align="right" | 44.8 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 22,837 | align="right" | 42.6 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Theo H. Vaughn | align="right" | 4,806 | align="right" | 9.0 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| S.T. Heyward | align="right" | 1,923 | align="right" | 3.6 |
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="4" | Democratic primary runoff |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% ! style="width: 40px"|±% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 23,581 | align="right" | 54.3 | align="right" | +9.5 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 19,840 | align="right" | 45.7 | align="right" | +3.1 |
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=General election results=
{{Election box begin | title=South Carolina's 3rd congressional district election results, 1950}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = W.J. Bryan Dorn
|votes = 8,126
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +2.2
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No party
|candidate = Write-Ins
|votes = 4
|percentage = 0.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 8,122
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,130
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
4th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated Matthew Poliakoff in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
=Democratic primary=
| class="wikitable" align="left" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="3" | Democratic primary |
|---|
| colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes ! style="width: 40px"|% |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| align="right" | 48,000 | align="right" | 73.1 |
| {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Matthew Poliakoff | align="right" | 17,668 | align="right" | 26.9 |
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=General election results=
{{Election box begin | title=South Carolina's 4th congressional district election results, 1950}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Joseph R. Bryson (incumbent)
|votes = 7,976
|percentage = 99.9
|change = +5.0
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No party
|candidate = Write-Ins
|votes = 5
|percentage = 0.1
|change = +0.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,971
|percentage = 99.8
|change = +10.0
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,981
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
5th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
=General election results=
{{Election box begin | title=South Carolina's 5th congressional district election results, 1950}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = James P. Richards (incumbent)
|votes = 10,648
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No party
|candidate = Write-Ins
|votes = 1
|percentage = 0.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10,647
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,649
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
6th congressional district
Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
=General election results=
{{Election box begin | title=South Carolina's 6th congressional district election results, 1950}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = John L. McMillan (incumbent)
|votes = 7,131
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +2.9
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = No party
|candidate = Write-Ins
|votes = 3
|percentage = 0.0
|change = 0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,128
|percentage = 100.0
|change = +5.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,134
|percentage =
|change =
}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
|-
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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- {{cite book | last = Jordan | first = Frank E | title = The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962 | pages = 99, 107, 112, 125}}
- "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of South Carolina to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Columbia, SC: 1951, pp. 8–10.
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