The 1950 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 7, 1950, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. Four incumbents were re-elected, but Hugo S. Sims, Jr. of the 2nd congressional district and James Butler Hare of the 3rd congressional district were defeated in the Democratic primaries. The seats were retained by the Democrats and the composition of the state delegation remained solely Democratic.
1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, defeated A.J. Clement in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% L. Mendel Rivers 44,474 85.8 A.J. Clement 7,376 14.2
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Hugo S. Sims, Jr. of the 2nd congressional district, in office since 1949, was defeated in the Democratic primary by John J. Riley who was unopposed in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% John J. Riley 29,066 46.0 Hugo S. Sims, Jr. 28,722 45.4 Sam B. Doughton 5,443 8.6
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% John J. Riley 28,864 60.3 +14.3 Hugo S. Sims, Jr. 19,041 39.7 -5.7
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman James Butler Hare of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1949, was defeated in the Democratic primary by W.J. Bryan Dorn who was unopposed in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% W.J. Bryan Dorn 24,010 44.8 James Butler Hare 22,837 42.6 Theo H. Vaughn 4,806 9.0 S.T. Heyward 1,923 3.6
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% W.J. Bryan Dorn 23,581 54.3 +9.5 James Butler Hare 19,840 45.7 +3.1
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated Matthew Poliakoff in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Joseph R. Bryson 48,000 73.1 Matthew Poliakoff 17,668 26.9
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman James P. Richards of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1933, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
See also 1950 United States House of Representatives elections 1950 United States Senate election in South Carolina 1950 South Carolina gubernatorial election South Carolina's congressional districts
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. Columbia, SC: 1951, pp. 8–10.