From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1932
United States Senate election in South Carolina,
1932
Ashton H. Williams 48,084 17.7
Leon W. Harris 41,478 15.3
Democratic Primary Runoff
Candidate Votes % ±%
Ellison D. Smith 150,468 56.7 +19.7
Coleman Livingston Blease 114,840 43.3 +13.3
General election campaign
Since the end of Reconstruction in 1877, the Democratic
Party dominated the politics of South Carolina and its
statewide candidates were never seriously challenged.
Smith did not campaign for the general election as there
was no chance of defeat. Republican Clara Harrigal, an
Aiken businesswoman and Republican National Commit-
teewoman, was the first woman to run for statewide of-
fice in South Carolina.
General election results
South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1932
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ellison D. Smith 104,472 98.1 -1.9
"Cotton Ed" Smith (incumbent)
Republican Clara Harrigal 1,976 1.9 +1.9
The 1932 South Carolina United States Senate elec- Majority 102,496 96.2 -3.8
tion was held on November 8, 1932 to select the U.S. Se-
Turnout 106,448
nator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Demo-
cratic Senator Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic pri- Democratic hold
mary and defeated Republican challenger Clara Harrigal
in the general election to win another six year term.
See also
• List of United States Senators from South Carolina
Democratic primary • United States Senate elections, 1932
Senator Ellison D. Smith was opposed in the Democratic • United States House of Representatives elections in
primary by longtime South Carolina politician Coleman South Carolina, 1932
Livingston Blease. Smith was the leader in the first pri-
mary election on August 30 and won the runoff election
two weeks later on September 13.
References
Democratic Primary • Jordan, Frank E. The Primary State: A History of the
Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962. pp. 72–73.
Candidate Votes %
• "Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to
Ellison D. Smith 100,270 37.0 the General Assembly of South Carolina." Reports of
Coleman Livingston Blease 81,297 30.0 State Officers Boards and Committees to the General
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1932
Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I.
Columbia, SC: 1933, p. 6.
• "Makings of the 73rd". Time. 1932-09-26.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/
0,9171,744423,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
1932 South Carolina U.S. Senate county map
65+% won by Smith
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