1926 United States Senate election in South Carolina

1926 Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina

August 31 and September 14, 1926

Nominee Ellison D. Smith Edgar Allan Brown Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 72,015 primary 82,783 runoff 65,331 primary 77,559 runoff Percentage 41.99% primary 51.62% runoff 38.10% primary 48.38% runoff

Smith:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Brown:      30–40%      40–50%      50-60%      60–70%      70–80% Dial:      60-70%

U.S. senator before election Ellison D. Smith Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ellison D. Smith Democratic

The 1926 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on November 2, 1926, to select the U.S. Senator from the state of South Carolina. Incumbent Democratic Senator Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election to win another six-year term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Edgar Allan Brown, Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives
• Nathaniel B. Dial, former U.S. Senator from 1919 to 1925
• Ellison D. Smith, incumbent Senator since 1909

Senator Ellison D. Smith was opposed in the Democratic primary by state Representative Edgar Allan Brown of Barnwell County. Smith was the leader in the first primary election on August 31 and won the runoff election two weeks later on September 14. There was no opposition to the Democratic candidate in the general election so Smith was elected to another six-year term in the Senate.

Results

Democratic Primary
Candidate	Votes	%
Ellison D. Smith	72,015	42.0
Edgar Allan Brown	65,331	38.1
Nathaniel B. Dial	34,144	19.9

Runoff

Democratic Primary Runoff
Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Ellison D. Smith	82,783	51.6	+9.6
Edgar Allan Brown	77,559	48.4	+10.3

General election results

South Carolina U.S. Senate Election, 1926

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ellison D. Smith (incumbent)	14,560	100.00%	0.00%
Majority			14,560	100.00%	0.00%
Turnout			14,560
	Democratic hold

  65+% won by Smith

See also

• List of United States senators from South Carolina
• 1926 United States Senate elections
• 1926 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina
• 1926 South Carolina gubernatorial election

References

• Jordan, Frank E. The Primary State: A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, 1876-1962. pp. 69–70.
• "Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina. Part II." Reports of State Officers Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina. Volume I. Columbia, SC: 1927, p. 58.
• "Senatorial Joke". Time. September 13, 1926. Archived from the original on September 20, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2008.