The 1942 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 3, 1942 to select the

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from the state of

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. Incumbent Democratic Senator

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defeated Eugene S. Blease in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election to win a six-year term.

Background

In 1937, Senator

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began a six-year term ending in 1943, but President

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appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1940. To fill the vacancy until a successor could be duly elected, Governor of South Carolina

appointed Judge

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, but Lumpkin died on August 1, 1941. Maybank then appointed Roger C. Peace to succeed Lumpkin. Peace did not run in the special election to complete the term. In the special election to complete Byrnes's unexpired term on November, Governor Maybank defeated former Governor Olin D. Johnston.

Democratic primary

Candidates

, incumbent Senator since 1941 *

Eugene Satterwhite Blease Eugene Satterwhite Blease (1877-1963) was the chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1931 to 1934. Blease graduated from Newberry College in Newberry, South Carolina and then worked as a teacher. In 1899, he was admitted to the S ...

, former Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and half-brother of former Governor and Senator

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Campaign

Maybank campaigned in support of the

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administration and defeated Blease in the primary election on August 25.

Results

General election

There was no opposition to the Democratic candidate in the general election so Maybank was elected to a six-year term in the Senate. , - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , -

Notes

References

* *"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''. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1943, p. 5. {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Senate Election In South Carolina, 1942 1942 South Carolina elections

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