1820 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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South Carolina elected its members October 9–10, 1820.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
South Carolina 1 Charles Pinckney Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
South Carolina 2 William Lowndes Democratic-Republican 1810 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 3 James Ervin Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
South Carolina 4 James Overstreet Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 5 Starling Tucker Democratic-Republican 1816 Incumbent re-elected.
South Carolina 6 Eldred Simkins Democratic-Republican 1818 (Special) Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
South Carolina 7 Elias Earle Democratic-Republican 1804
1814 (Lost)
1816
Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
South Carolina 8 John McCreary Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
South Carolina 9 Joseph Brevard Democratic-Republican 1818 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Democratic-Republican hold.
Winner declined to serve, leading to a special election sometime in 1821.
  • √ John S. Richards (Democratic-Republican) 100%

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  1. ^ a b c Based on incomplete returns
  2. ^ Source does not give numbers of votes or has incomplete data.