1942 United States Senate election in South Carolina
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The 1942 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 3, 1942, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Senator Burnet R. Maybank defeated Eugene S. Blease in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election to win a six-year term.
Background
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In the special election to complete Byrnes's unexpired term on November, Governor Maybank defeated former Governor Olin D. Johnston.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Burnet R. Maybank, incumbent Senator since 1941
- Eugene Satterwhite Blease, former Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and half-brother of former Governor and Senator Cole Blease
Campaign
Maybank campaigned in support of the Roosevelt administration and defeated Blease in the primary election on August 25.
Results
| Democratic Primary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | % |
| Burnet R. Maybank | 120,731 | 51.4 |
| Eugene S. Blease | 114,241 | 48.6 |
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Burnet R. Maybank (incumbent) | Template:Replace | 99.99% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| No party | Write-Ins | 2 | 0.01% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 22,554 | 99.98% | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 22,558 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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See also
- List of United States senators from South Carolina
- 1942 United States Senate elections
- 1942 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
- 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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