1896 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas
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  Presidential
Candidate
Vice Presidential
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
William BryanArthur SewallDemocrat 110,103 73.72%8
William McKinleyGarret HobartRepublican 37,512 25.12%0
Charles BentleyJames SouthgateSilver Prohibition 893 0.60%0
Joshua LeveringHale JohnsonGold Prohibition 839 0.56%0
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Election Notes:
  • Three Presidential Electors cast their Vice Presidential ballots for Thomas Watson.
Demographic Data

1900 Population:1,311,564Enum.1900 Population Density:9.7persons/km2
1890 Population:0Enum.1890 Population Density:0.0persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:8
Land Area (2000):134,856km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:0%

Election Data and Statistics:
Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Arkansas Secretary of State, "Abstract of Votes Cast for President November 3, 1896," Arkansas Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1899-1900 (Little Rock: Tunnah & Pittard, Printers, 1901)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.