1820 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina

South Carolina elected its members October 9–10, 1820.

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
South Carolina 1	Charles Pinckney	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Joel R. Poinsett (Democratic-Republican) 52.1% John Geddes (Democratic-Republican) 47.9%
South Carolina 2	William Lowndes	Democratic-Republican	1810	Incumbent re-elected.	√ William Lowndes (Democratic-Republican) 100%
South Carolina 3	James Ervin	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Thomas R. Mitchell (Democratic-Republican) 49.5% Benjamin Huger (Federalist) 39.2% John R. Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 11.3%
South Carolina 4	James Overstreet	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent re-elected.	√ James Overstreet (Democratic-Republican) 70.3%^{[lower-alpha 1]} John M. Felder (Federalist) 29.7%
South Carolina 5	Starling Tucker	Democratic-Republican	1816	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Starling Tucker (Democratic-Republican)^{[lower-alpha 2]} William Strother (Democratic-Republican)
South Carolina 6	Eldred Simkins	Democratic-Republican	1818 (Special)	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ George McDuffie (Democratic-Republican) 100%
South Carolina 7	Elias Earle	Democratic-Republican	1804 1814 (Lost) 1816	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ John Wilson (Democratic-Republican) 55.8%^{[lower-alpha 1]} Elias Earle (Democratic-Republican) 44.2%
South Carolina 8	John McCreary	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold.	√ Joseph Gist (Democratic-Republican) 50.7%^{[lower-alpha 1]} John McCreary (Democratic-Republican) 49.3%
South Carolina 9	Joseph Brevard	Democratic-Republican	1818	Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic-Republican hold. Winner declined to serve, leading to a special election sometime in 1821.	√ John S. Richards (Democratic-Republican) 100%

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