South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1910

The 1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Coleman Livingston Blease won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 90th governor of South Carolina.

[edit] Democratic Primary

The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 30 and Coleman Livingston Blease emerged as the frontrunner. He faced Claudius Cyprian Featherstone in the runoff on September 13 and won to essentially become the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.

Democratic Primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Coleman Livingston Blease	33,414	31.7
Claudius Cyprian Featherstone	30,045	28.5
Thomas Gordon McLeod	25,263	24.0
John Gardiner Richards, Jr.	9,770	9.3
Hyatt	5,436	5.1
John T. Duncan	1,436	1.4

Democratic Primary Runoff
Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Coleman Livingston Blease	56,250	52.6	+20.9
Claudius Cyprian Featherstone	50,605	47.4	+18.9

The general election was held on November 8, 1910 and Coleman Livingston Blease 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.

South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 1910
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Coleman Livingston Blease	30,739	100.0	0.0
Majority			30,739	100.0	0.0
Turnout			30,739
	Democratic hold

"Official Count By State Executive Committee", The News and Courier, 3 September 1910, p. 2.
"Blease Has Majority of 5,645", The News and Courier, 18 September 1910, p. 1.

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