The 1964 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina were held on November 3, 1964, to select six Representatives for two-year terms from the state of South Carolina. The primary elections were held on June 9 and the runoff elections were held two weeks later on June 23. All five incumbents who ran were re-elected and the open seat in the 5th congressional district was retained by the Democrats. The composition of the state delegation thus remained solely Democratic.
1st congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman L. Mendel Rivers of the 1st congressional district, in office since 1941, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
2nd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Albert Watson of the 2nd congressional district in office since 1963, was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
3rd congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Jennings Bryan Dorn of the 3rd congressional district, in office since 1951, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in his bid for re-election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% William J.B. Dorn (incumbent) 39,934 70.6 T. M. Tucker 16,658 29.4
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robert T. Ashmore of the 4th congressional district, in office since 1953, won the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Robert T. Ashmore 42,068 84.2 Gordon Weathers 7,910 15.8
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
5th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Robert W. Hemphill of the 5th congressional district, in office since 1957, opted to retire. Thomas S. Gettys won the Democratic primary and defeated Republican challenger Robert M. Doster in the general election.
Democratic primary Democratic primaryCandidateVotes% Thomas S. Gettys 19,092 39.4 George F. Coleman 18,048 37.2 J. Bates Harvey 8,913 18.4 Harold Hough 2,417 5.0
Democratic primary runoffCandidateVotes%±% Thomas S. Gettys 16,861 52.2 +12.8 George F. Coleman 15,415 47.8 +10.6
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
6th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman John L. McMillan of the 6th congressional district, in office since 1939, defeated Republican challenger E. R. Kirkland.
General election results
| colspan=5 |Democratic hold
See also United States House elections, 1964 South Carolina's congressional districts
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