The 1900 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900 to select the

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of the state of

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. Governor

Miles Benjamin McSweeney Miles Benjamin McSweeney (April 18, 1855September 29, 1909) was the 87th governor of South Carolina from June 2, 1899, to January 20, 1903. McSweeney was born in Charleston and was forced to become a paperboy at the age of 10 in order to he ...

won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to win a term for governor in his own right.

Democratic primary

The

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held their primary for governor on August 28 and incumbent Governor McSweeney was the frontrunner. McSweeney favored the continuation of the state Dispensary which brought the backing of influential Senator and former Governor Ben Tillman.

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James A. Hoyt won second place in the primary to advance to the

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on September 11, but could not overcome McSweeney because the voters of the state simply did not want any alteration of an institution set up by Ben Tillman.

General election

The general election was held on November 6, 1900 and Miles Benjamin McSweeney was elected to a second term as

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without opposition. Turnout greatly 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 M.R. Cooper, Secretary of State, to the General Assembly of South Carolina." ''Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina''. Volume I. Columbia, South Carolina: The State Company, 1901, pp. 82–83.

External links

SCIway Biography of Miles Benjamin McSweeney
{{DEFAULTSORT:South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1900 1900 United States gubernatorial elections

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November 1900 events

Democratic primary

General election

See also

References

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