1912 South Carolina gubernatorial election

1912 South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial primary

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Candidate Cole Blease Ira B. Jones Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 71,552 66,478 Percentage 51.0% 47.3%

Governor of South Carolina before election Cole Blease Democrat Elected Governor of South Carolina Cole Blease Democrat

The 1912 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Coleman Livingston Blease won the Democratic primary. As South Carolina was utterly dominated by the Democratic Party, he faced no significant opposition in the general election.