South Carolina's 7th congressional district special election, 1901
The special election in the 7th Congressional District of South Carolina in 1901 was a special election for the House of Representatives of the United States in the 7th Congressional District of South Carolina and certain for the remainder of the term of the 57th Congress of the successor of the deceased on July 6, 1901 Office deputies J. William Stokes. The election took place on 5 November 1901. Asbury Francis Lever, a former assistant Stokes ' had won the Democratic primary, and remained in the special election unopposed.
Primary Democrats
The South Carolina Democratic Party held its primary from the summer of 1901. Five candidates were in the race, including the later years of U.S. Senator Ellison D. Smith. Asbury Francis Lever became the first ballot the most voted and sat in the runoff election against by Thomas F. Brantley. In the general vote Lever had no rival candidate and was chosen for the remainder of the term of the 57th Congress in the House of Representatives.