The 1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908, to select the

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of the state of

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. Governor

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 ...

faced

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Coleman Livingston Blease Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 89th governor of South Carolina from 1911 to 1915, and as a United States senator from 1925 to 1931. Blease w ...

in the Democratic primary and emerged victorious to win a second two-year term as governor.

Democratic primary

entered the state Democratic

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for governor as the only opposition to incumbent Governor

. The voters saw no reason to not give Ansel another term for governor and Blease was defeated rather decisively on August 25.

General election

The general election was held on November 3, 1908, and Martin Frederick Ansel was reelected

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without opposition. Turnout increased over the previous gubernatorial election because there was also a

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on the ballot. , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , -

References

* * *"Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. Part II." ''Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina''. Volume III. Columbia, SC: 1909, pp. 154–155.

External links

SCIway Biography of Martin Frederick Ansel
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1908

November 1908 events

Democratic primary

General election

See also

References

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