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The 1960 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 8, 1960 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Popular incumbent Democratic Senator Strom Thurmond easily won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
[edit] Democratic primary
Senator Strom Thurmond was opposed by Columbia lawyer Robert Beverly Herbert in the Democratic primary. Herbert argued that Thurmond's means of opposing the civil rights legislation in the 1950's was unconstructive and instead if he were in the Senate he would express to the country how the blacks were benefited by white rule. Herbert's campaign was little more than token opposition as Thurmond racked up a huge victory and won another term because he did not have an opponent in the general election.
| Democratic Primary |
| Candidate |
Votes |
% |
| Strom Thurmond |
273,795 |
89.5 |
| Robert Beverly Herbert |
32,136 |
10.5 |
[edit] Election results
1960 South Carolina U.S. Senate election map, by percentile by county. 65+% won by Thurmond
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Bass, Jack; Marilyn W. Thompson (1998). Ol' Strom: An Unauthorized Biography of Strom Thurmond. Longstreet, p. 189.
