Thomas Gordon McLeod [SEP] position held
Thomas Gordon McLeod
Thomas Gordon McLeod (December 17, 1868December 11, 1932) was the 95th Governor of South Carolina from 1923 to 1927.
Biography.
Born in Lynchburg, South Carolina to William J. McLeod, a former captain in the Confederate Army, and Amanda McMillan Rogers McLeod, he attended Lynchburg Academy and graduated from Wofford College and the University of Virginia Law School.
His political career began when he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 1900 and he became the first state senator from
1924 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1924 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Thomas Gordon McLeod won the Democratic primary and ran unopposed in the general election being reelected for a second two-year term.
Democratic primary.
The South Carolina Democratic Party held their primary for governor in the summer of 1924 and Governor McLeod was able to avoid a runoff election by obtaining over 50% of the vote in the primary election against J.T. Duncan