1909 United States Senate election in South Carolina

1908 Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina
September 8, 1908
 
Nominee Ellison D. Smith John Gary Evans
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote 69,318 39,655
Percentage 63.6% 36.4%
U.S. senator before election

Frank B. Gary
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Ellison D. Smith
Democratic

The 1909 South Carolina United States Senate election was held on January 26, 1909. Its outcome was determined by a Democratic Party primary election held on August 25 and September 8, 1908. Interim Senator Frank B. Gary, who had been elected to complete the unfinished term of the late Senator Asbury Latimer, did not run for re-election. Democrat Ellison D. Smith won the Democratic primary and was elected by the General Assembly for a six-year term.

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