South Carolina House of Representatives seat · former district
South Carolina House District CHARLESTON
3 elections since 1968: Democrats won 2, Republicans 0.
1972 election
Nov 7, 1972- L. Mendel Rivers Jr. (D) · won7.0%
- Joseph P. Riley (D) · won · incumbent6.6%
- F. Julian Leamond (D) · won · incumbent6.3%
- James M. Condon (D) · won · incumbent6.3%
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
Every election for this seat
3 races since 1968. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lines first used in 1972 | |||
| 1972 | L. Mendel Rivers Jr. · Joseph P. Riley · F. Julian Leamond · James M. Condon · Clyde M. Dangerfield · Wheeler M. Tillman · Thomas A. Hutto · Herbert U. Fielding · Arnold S. Goodstein · James C. Joseph Sr. · John L. Henson · Robert Woods (D) | Gwen Bush (R) | 0.3 |
| Lines first used in 1962 | |||
| 1970 | Joseph P. Riley · Thomas F. Hartnett · F. Julian Leamond · Clyde M. Dangerfield · James M. Condon · Abney A. Smith · James C. Joseph Sr. · Arnold S. Goodstein · John L. Henson · Herbert U. Fielding · J. Sidi Limehouse (DEM) | James E. Clyburn (D) | 0.2 |
| 1968 | F. Julian Leamond · Robert W. Turner · Clyde M. Dangerfield · Thomas F. Hartnett · Theodore B. Guerard · James M. Condon · Joseph P. Riley · Leonard Krawcheck · James Craven · Abney A. Smith · James C. Joseph Sr. (D) | J. Sidi Limehouse (R) | 0.0 |
Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)