Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic Martin Frederick Ansel Democratic The 1908 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908, to select the governor of the state of South Carolina.

Governor Martin Frederick Ansel faced state senator Coleman Livingston Blease in the Democratic primary and emerged victorious to win a second two-year term as governor.

Coleman Livingston Blease entered the state Democratic primary for governor as the only opposition to incumbent Governor Martin Frederick Ansel.

The voters saw no reason to not give Ansel another term for governor and Blease was defeated rather decisively on August 25.

The general election was held on November 3, 1908, and Martin Frederick Ansel was reelected governor of South Carolina without opposition.