Lucius Rivers

★ U.S. Representative

Born: September 28, 1905
Died: December 28, 1970
Age at death: 65
Home state: South Carolina
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1940–1964

Career timeline

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11-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Rivers289,080

Opponents5,308

Elections run

Between 1940 and 1964, Lucius Rivers ran in 11 U.S. House elections, winning all 11. Rivers's biggest single-election total was 64,804 votes, in the 1964 U.S. House election in South Carolina's District 1. Rivers's closest win came in the 1946 U.S. House election in South Carolina's District 1, decided by 5,329 votes.

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How many votes has Lucius Rivers received?

Lucius Rivers has received 289,080 popular votes across 11 U.S. elections, with a career record of 11–0.

Election history

Lucius Rivers’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1964	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	64,80499.62%	W D Workman John Doe S Drake Edens A Ravenel (head-to-head) Micah Jenkins (head-to-head) Everlyn Swinton V F Tingley News And Courier Editor J E Wilson J W Mette
1960	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	47,15399.98%	A Ravenel (head-to-head) Micah Jenkins (head-to-head) Mary Stuart Allen R M Jefferies Albert Watson John Meyers Paul Graham
1958	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	13,53899.99%	F H Kuck (head-to-head)
1956	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	31,11299.99%	Samuel J Nichols John Wrighten
1954	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	33,40297.75%	J E Mrs Messervy (head-to-head) F H Kuck (head-to-head)
1952	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	30,48399.96%	Rembert C Dennis O T Wallace Lawrence Jones A J Clements S C Augustine
1950	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	6,75399.96%	A J Clement
1948	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	24,52989.1%	W T Baggott B B Hare W Edward Moore
1946	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	5,35499.52%	A Dingle Charles R Witt
1944	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	15,32692.79%	O H Wilcox Lionel K Legge
1940	U.S. HouseSouth Carolina	Won	16,62698.36%	J E Mrs Messervy (head-to-head)

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (R000280) and Wikidata (Q1309895). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.