1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election
Miles Benjamin McSweeney Democratic Duncan Clinch Heyward Democratic The 1902 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1902, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina.Duncan Clinch Heyward won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election to become the 88th governor of South Carolina.The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor on August 26 and Duncan Clinch Heyward emerged as the frontrunner.His victory against W. Jasper Talbert, a congressman of the 2nd congressional district, in the runoff on September 9 came as a surprise because Heyward was relatively unknown outside of Colleton County.Heyward, an aristocratic planter, attributed his win due to running a "clean and sincere campaign.