The 1942 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 3, 1942 to select the
U.S. Senator
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The composition and powe ...
from the state of
South Carolina
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. Incumbent
Democratic Senator
Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899September 1, 1954) was a three-term United States Senate, US senator, the List of Governors of South Carolina, 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was the first governo ...
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
James F. Byrnes
James Francis Byrnes ( ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, ...
began a six-year term ending in 1943, but President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1940. To fill the vacancy until a successor could be duly elected, Governor of South Carolina
Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899September 1, 1954) was a three-term United States Senate, US senator, the List of Governors of South Carolina, 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was the first governo ...
appointed Judge
Alva Lumpkin
Alva Moore Lumpkin (November 13, 1886 – August 1, 1941) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Ca ...
, 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
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Burnet R. Maybank
Burnet Rhett Maybank (March 7, 1899September 1, 1954) was a three-term United States Senate, US senator, the List of Governors of South Carolina, 99th governor of South Carolina, and mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was the first governo ...
, incumbent Senator since 1941
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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
Cole Blease
Coleman Livingston Blease (October 8, 1868 – January 19, 1942) was an Americans, American politician of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party who served as the List of governors of South Carolina, 89th governor of South Carolina ...
Campaign
Maybank campaigned in support of the
Roosevelt
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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.
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Democratic hold
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See also
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List of United States senators from South Carolina
South Carolina ratified the United States Constitution on May 23, 1788. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in July 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from July 1868. The state's current U.S. senators are Republi ...
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1942 United States Senate elections
The 1942 United States Senate elections were held November 3, 1942, midway through Franklin D. Roosevelt's third term as President.
Background
Although this election took place during World War II, the opposition Republican party made major gai ...
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1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
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1942 South Carolina gubernatorial election
Notes
References
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*"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.
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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