1898 South Carolina gubernatorial election

1898 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff

← 1896 September 8, 1898 1900 →
 
Nominee William Haselden Ellerbe Claudius Cyprian Featherstone
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 37,723 33,271
Percentage 53.1% 46.9%

Governor before election

William Haselden Ellerbe
Democratic

Elected Governor

William Haselden Ellerbe
Democratic

The 1898 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor William Haselden Ellerbe won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to win a second term as governor.