1914 South Carolina gubernatorial election

1914 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff

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Candidate Richard Irvine Manning III John Gardiner Richards Jr.
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 73,969 45,099
Percentage 62.1% 37.9%

Governor of South Carolina before election

Cole Blease
Democratic

Elected Governor of South Carolina

Richard Manning III
Democratic

The 1914 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1914, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Richard Irvine Manning III emerged from the crowded Democratic primary to win in the runoff and overwhelmingly won the effectively one-party state's general election to become the 92nd governor of South Carolina.