By 1910, the South Carolina Democratic Party had split into two factions: the well-to-do farmers with ties to Clemson College, and the tenant farmers who largely did not benefit from many of the proposals instituted by Benjamin Tillman and his followers. Many of these poor farmers escaped the fields to the relative prosperity of a mill town. Coleman Livingston Blease, a lawyer from Newberry, sought to portray himself as the candidate for the downtrodden and oppressed white man who had not benefited from the Tillman era. Blease and prohibitionist candidate Claudius Cyprian Featherstone emerged as the front runners in the Democratic primary on August 30. Featherstone and his conservative allies attacked Blease for his coarse behavior, similar to A.C. Haskell's attacks on Tillman in the gubernatorial election of 1890, but once again the attacks only strengthened the candidacy of the antagonist. On September 13, Blease won by just over 5,000 votes in the runoff to essentially become the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election.
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1910, south, carolina, gubernatorial, election, held, november, 1910, select, governor, state, south, carolina, coleman, livingston, blease, democratic, primary, unopposed, general, election, become, 90th, governor, south, carolina, 1910, south, carolina, demo. The 1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 8 1910 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina Coleman Livingston Blease won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 90th governor of South Carolina 1910 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff 1908 September 13 1910 1910 09 13 1912 Candidate Cole Blease C C Featherstone Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 56 250 50 605 Percentage 52 6 47 4 Governor of South Carolina before election Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Elected Governor of South Carolina Coleman Livingston Blease Democratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 1 3 Runoff results 2 General election 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Cole L Blease State Senator from Newberry John T Duncan Claudius Cyprian Featherstone Laurens County attorney F H Hyatt Thomas Gordon McLeod Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina John Gardiner Richards Jr State Representative from Liberty Hill Kershaw County By 1910 the South Carolina Democratic Party had split into two factions the well to do farmers with ties to Clemson College and the tenant farmers who largely did not benefit from many of the proposals instituted by Benjamin Tillman and his followers Many of these poor farmers escaped the fields to the relative prosperity of a mill town Coleman Livingston Blease a lawyer from Newberry sought to portray himself as the candidate for the downtrodden and oppressed white man who had not benefited from the Tillman era Blease and prohibitionist candidate Claudius Cyprian Featherstone emerged as the front runners in the Democratic primary on August 30 Featherstone and his conservative allies attacked Blease for his coarse behavior similar to A C Haskell s attacks on Tillman in the gubernatorial election of 1890 but once again the attacks only strengthened the candidacy of the antagonist On September 13 Blease won by just over 5 000 votes in the runoff to essentially become the next governor of South Carolina because there was no opposition in the general election Results edit Democratic Primary Candidate Votes Coleman Livingston Blease 33 411 31 7 Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 30 045 28 5 Thomas Gordon McLeod 25 263 24 0 John Gardiner Richards Jr 9 770 9 3 F H Hyatt 5 436 5 1 John T Duncan 1 436 1 4 Runoff results edit Democratic Primary Runoff Candidate Votes Coleman Livingston Blease 56 250 52 6 20 9 Claudius Cyprian Featherstone 50 605 47 4 18 9General election editThe general election was held on November 8 1910 and Coleman Livingston Blease was elected the next governor of South Carolina without opposition Being a non presidential election and few contested races turnout was much less than the previous gubernatorial election South Carolina Gubernatorial Election 1910 1 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Coleman Livingston Blease 30 832 99 8 0 2 Socialist F N U Thompson 70 0 2 0 2 Majority 30 762 99 6 Turnout 30 902 Democratic hold 65 won by BleaseSee also editGovernor of South Carolina List of governors of South Carolina South Carolina gubernatorial electionsReferences edit Glashan Roy R 1979 South Carolina gubernatorial elections American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections 1775 1978 Meckler Books pp 284 285 ISBN 0 930466 17 9 SC Governor 1910 Our Campaigns Retrieved April 2 2019 The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1911 New York The Press Publishing Co The New York World 1910 p 691 Jordan Frank E The Primary State A History of the Democratic Party in South Carolina 1876 1962 pp 26 28 Lander Ernest McPherson Jr 1970 A History of South Carolina 1865 1960 University of South Carolina Press p 49 ISBN 0 87249 169 2 Official Count By State Executive Committee The News and Courier September 3 1910 p 2 Blease Has Majority of 5 645 The News and Courier September 18 1910 p 1 External links editSCIway Biography of Coleman Livingston Blease Preceded by1908 South Carolina gubernatorial elections Succeeded by1912 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1910 South Carolina gubernatorial election amp oldid 1212433066, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
