The 1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Duncan Clinch Heyward won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 88th governor of South Carolina.
Democratic primary The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 26 and Duncan Clinch Heyward emerged as the frontrunner. His victory against W. Jasper Talbert, a congressman of the 2nd congressional district, in the runoff on September 9 came as a surprise because Heyward was relatively unknown outside of Colleton County. Heyward, an aristocratic planter, attributed his win due to running a "clean and sincere campaign."Lander, Ernest: A History of South Carolina 1865-1960, page 47. University of South Carolina Press, 1970.
Candidates
Martin Frederick Ansel, former state representative from Greenville and solicitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Duncan Clinch Heyward, Walterboro rice planter W. Jasper Talbert, U.S. Representative from Parksville James H. Tillman, Lieutenant Governor and nephew of U.S. Senator Benjamin Tillman W. H. Timmerman
Results
Runoff results
General election The general election was held on November 4, 1902, and Duncan Clinch Heyward was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition. Being a non-presidential election and few contested races, turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election.
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See also Governor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial elections
Notes
References
"Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume II. Columbia, South Carolina: 1903, pp. 1374–1375.
External links SCIway Biography of Duncan Clinch Heyward