5th Congress: South Carolina 1796

South Carolina elected three Federalists and three Democratic-Republicans to the Fifth Congress.

The map for this election is incomplete due to the lack of returns at the parish or district level.

South Carolina used the district system for electing members to Congress.

In September 1797, South Carolina held a special election in which Thomas Pickney was elected to replace William L. Smith, who resigned when he was appointed minister to Portugal.

Congressional election results, 5th Congress: South Carolina 1796
District	Candidate	Party	Vote	Percentage	Elected
1	William L. Smith	Federalist	784	84.8%	✓
1	Robert Simons	Democratic-Republican	126	13.6%
2	John Rutledge, Jr.	Federalist	839	87.3%	✓
2	Elnathan Haskell	Democratic-Republican	122	12.7%
3	Lemuel Benton	Democratic-Republican	777	63.3%	✓
3	Tristam Thomas	Federalist	300	24.4%
3	Joseph Blyth	Federalist	151	12.3%
4	Thomas Sumpter	Democratic-Republican	854	50.7%	✓
4	Richard Winn	Federalist	831	49.3%
5	Robert G. Harper	Federalist	1,618	67.6%	✓
5	William Butler	Democratic-Republican	774	32.4%
6	William Smith	Democratic-Republican	947	37%	✓
6	Abraham Nott	Federalist	830	32.5%
6	William Will	Democratic-Republican	650	25.4%
6	Other candidates		130	5.1%

In most cases, only candidates who received more than 5 percent of the vote in a district are reported. Other candidates are reported as a group, but only if they in aggregate received more than 5 percent of the vote. In addition, percentages for each district may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding. The term Dissenting Republican includes various breakaway factions of the Democratic-Republican party.

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