1896 Presidential General Election Results

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote William McKinley Garret Hobart Republican 7,112,138 51.02% 271 60.6% William Bryan Arthur Sewall Thomas Watson Democratic 6,510,807 46.71% 176 39.4% John Palmer Simon Buckner National Democrat 133,537 0.96% 0 0.0% Joshua Levering Hale Johnson Prohibition 124,896 0.90% 0 0.0% Charles Matchett Matthew Maguire Socialist Labor 36,359 0.26% 0 0.0% Other (+) - - 20,937 0.15% 0 0.0% Total 13,938,674 447 Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70%  > 80%  > 90% Turnout Maps   Data and Statistics: Popular Vote State-Level Data (Table) Popular Vote State-Level Data (Graphs) Electoral Vote State-Level Data Election 1896 Statistics Compare National Data by Year (Table) Compare National Data by Year (Graphs) Compare National Maps by Year National JavaCompare! Data Sources for Popular Vote Election Tools for 1896 Electoral College Calculator for 1896 Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Results for an Individual State: AlabamaArkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Election Notes: Democratic electoral votes were cast for two Vice Presidential candidates: Arthur Sewall (149) and Thomas Watson (27). Click on Elect Vote button for details. In California, the direct election of the nine presidential electors combined with the closeness of the race resulted in a split between the Republican and Democratic electors: eight for McKinley and one for Bryan. The elector whom received the most votes was an elector for McKinley. In Kentucky, the direct election of the 13 presidential electors combined with the closeness of the race resulted in a split between the Republican and Democratic electors: twelve for McKinley and one for Bryan. The elector whom received the most votes was an elector for McKinley. Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas in states with split electoral votes.