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1796 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

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South Carolina's results by district

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1 Also known as the Charleston district	William L. Smith	Federalist	1788	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William L. Smith (Federalist) 84.8% Robert Simons (Democratic-Republican) 13.6% John Rutledge (Democratic-Republican) 1.6%
South Carolina 2 Also known as the Beaufort district	Wade Hampton	Democratic-Republican	1794	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Federalist gain.	√ John Rutledge, Jr. (Federalist) 87.3% Elnathan Haskell (Democratic-Republican) 16.7%
South Carolina 3 Also known as the Georgetown district	Lemuel Benton	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Lemuel Benton (Democratic-Republican) 63.3% Tristam Thomas (Federalist) 24.4% Joseph Blyth (Federalist) 12.3%
South Carolina 4 Also known as the Camden district	Richard Winn	Democratic-Republican	1793	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Thomas Sumter (Democratic-Republican) 50.7% Richard Winn (F^[a]) 49.3%
South Carolina 5 Also known as the Ninety-Six district	Robert Goodloe Harper	Federalist	1794	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Goodloe Harper (Federalist) 67.6% William Butler (Democratic-Republican) 32.4%
South Carolina 6 Also known as the Washington district	Samuel Earle	Democratic-Republican	1794	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ William Smith (Democratic-Republican) 37.0% Abraham Nott (Federalist) 32.5% William Will (Democratic-Republican) 25.4% Samuel Lowrie (Federalist) 2.6% Robert Anderson (Democratic-Republican) 2.5%

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^ Although Winn had run as a Democratic-Republican in the previous election, the source used stated that he had run as a Federalist in this election, however, by the time he returned to Congress in 1801 he was a Democratic-Republican again