The 1926 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2, 1926, to select the

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from the state of

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. Incumbent Democratic Senator

Ellison D. Smith Ellison DuRant “Cotton Ed” Smith (August 1, 1864 – November 17, 1944) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina widely known for his virtuently racist and segregationist views ...

won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election to win another six-year term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Edgar Allan Brown Edgar Allan Brown (July 11, 1888 – June 26, 1975) was a long time Democratic legislator of South Carolina from Barnwell County who served South Carolina from 1922-1972. He was a principal member of the so-called "Barnwell Ring". Early lif ...

, Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives *

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, former U.S. Senator from 1919 to 1925 *

, incumbent Senator since 1909 Senator

was opposed in the Democratic primary by

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. Smith was the leader in the first

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on August 31 and won the

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two weeks later on September 14. There was no opposition to the Democratic candidate in the general election so Smith was elected to another six-year term in the Senate.

Results

Runoff

General election results

, - , , colspan=5 , Democratic hold , -

References

* *"Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. Part II." ''Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina''. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1927, p. 58. * {{South Carolina elections

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