What the earliest year that a candidate was first elected one?
District Incumbent Party First elected Result Candidates
United States House of Representatives elections, 1960
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South Carolina 1 L. Mendel Rivers Democratic 1940 Re-elected L. Mendel Rivers (D) Unopposed
South Carolina 2 John J. Riley Democratic 1950 Re-elected John J. Riley (D) Unopposed
South Carolina 3 William Jennings Bryan Dorn Democratic 1950 Re-elected William Jennings Bryan Dorn (D) Unopposed
South Carolina 4 Robert T. Ashmore Democratic 1953 Re-elected Robert T. Ashmore (D) Unopposed
South Carolina 5 Robert W. Hemphill Democratic 1956 Re-elected Robert W. Hemphill (D) Unopposed
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