1794 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

Only one of the five South Carolina incumbents were re-elected.

Electoral data are only available for the 1st and 5th district of South Carolina's 6 districts at the time of the elections of 1794.

District	Incumbent	Party	First elected	Result	Candidates
South Carolina 1	William L. Smith	Pro-Administration	1788	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Federalist gain.	√ William L. Smith (Federalist) 51.7% John Rutledge, Jr. (Federalist) 37.3% Thomas Tucker 11.0%
South Carolina 2	New seat			New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. Winner declined to serve and a special election was held to fill the resulting vacancy, electing Wade Hampton (Democratic-Republican).	√ Robert Barnwell^{[Note 1]}
South Carolina 3	Lemuel Benton	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Lemuel Benton (Democratic-Republican)^{[Note 1]}
South Carolina 4	Richard Winn	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent re-elected to a new party. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican)^{[Note 1]}
South Carolina 5	Alexander Gillon	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent died October 6, 1794. New member elected. Federalist gain. Winner of general election was also elected to finish Gillon's term, see above.	√ Robert Goodloe Harper (Federalist) 58.3% John Hunter (Democratic-Republican) 41.7%
South Carolina 5	John Hunter (Moved from the 2nd district)	Anti-Administration	1793	Incumbent lost re-election. Anti-Administration loss.
South Carolina 6	Andrew Pickens	Anti-Administration	1793	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost re-election. Democratic-Republican gain.	√ Samuel Earle (Democratic-Republican)^{[Note 1]}

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