The 1906 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1906, to select the

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of the state of

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Martin Frederick Ansel Martin Frederick Ansel (December 12, 1850August 23, 1945) was the List of Governors of South Carolina, 89th Governor of South Carolina, governor of South Carolina from 1907 to 1911. Early life Born in Charleston, South Carolina, to John Ansel wh ...

won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 89th governor of South Carolina.

Democratic primary

The

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held its primary for governor on August 28 and

emerged as the frontrunner. Ansel was vocal in his opposition to the

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system set up by Ben Tillman and instead favored the local county option established by the Bryce law in 1904. His chief rival, progressive reformer

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, sought to maintain a statewide Dispensary and work to remove all the corrupt officials in it. The public sentiment at the time felt that nobody with even the best intentions could clean up the Dispensary and therefore Ansel won the Democratic

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on September 11 against Manning. He essentially became the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.

General election

The general election was held on November 6, 1906, and Martin Frederick Ansel was elected the next

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without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election. , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , - 1904SCGovResults

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1906

November 1906 events

Democratic primary

General election

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