7th Congress: South Carolina 1800
South Carolina elected four Federalists and two Democratic-Republicans to the Seventh 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 1802, a special election was held in which Richard Winn was elected to replace Democratic-Republican Thomas Sumter. Richard Winn ran as a Federalist against Thomas Sumter in 1800 but ran as a Democratic-Republican for his successful reelection in 1803.
| District | Candidate | Party | Vote | Percentage | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Lowndes | Federalist | ✓ | ||
| 2 | John Rutledge, Jr. | Federalist | 774 | 60.3% | ✓ |
| 2 | Charles J. Colcock | Democratic-Republican | 510 | 39.7% | |
| 3 | Benjamin Huger | Federalist | 1,038 | 54.5% | ✓ |
| 3 | Lemuel Benton | Democratic-Republican | 858 | 45.1% | |
| 4 | Thomas Sumter | Democratic-Republican | 1,259 | 63.3% | ✓ |
| 4 | Richard Winn | Federalist | 649 | 32.6% | |
| 5 | William Butler | Democratic-Republican | 1,736 | 63.9% | ✓ |
| 5 | John Nicholls | Federalist | 843 | 31% | |
| 5 | Charles Goodwyn | Federalist | 139 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Thomas Moore | Federalist | ✓ |
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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“7th Congress: South Carolina 1800,” Mapping Early American Elections, https://earlyamericanelections.org/maps/meae.congressional.congress07.sc.county.html
