1900 United States elections

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1900 United States elections
1898          1899         1900         1901          1902
Presidential election year
Election dayNovember 6
Incumbent president William McKinley (Republican)
Next Congress 57th
Presidential election
Partisan controlRepublican hold
Popular vote marginRepublican +6.1%
Electoral vote
William McKinley (R)292
William Jennings Bryan (D)155
ElectoralCollege1900.svg
1900 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by McKinley, blue denotes states won by Bryan. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contested30 of 90 seats [1]
Net seat changeDemocratic +2 [2]
1900-1901 United States Senate elections results map.svg
Results of the elections:
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican gain     Republican hold
     Silver Republican gain     Silver Republican hold
     Legislature failed to elect
House elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contestedAll 357 voting members
Net seat changeRepublican +13 [2]
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested34
Net seat changeRepublican +3
1900 United States gubernatorial elections results map.svg
1900 gubernatorial election results

  Democratic gain  Democratic hold

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  Republican gain  Republican hold

The 1900 United States elections elected the 57th United States Congress. The election was held during the Fourth Party System. Republicans retained control of the presidency and both houses of Congress, while third parties suffered defeats.

In a re-match of the 1896 presidential election, Republican President William McKinley defeated Democratic former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska. [3] McKinley's previous running mate, Vice President Garret Hobart, had died in office, so the Republicans nominated New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt as their vice presidential candidate. McKinley again won by a comfortable margin in both the popular vote and the electoral college, and he picked up a handful of states in the West and the Midwest. McKinley's win made him the first sitting president to win re-election since Ulysses S. Grant in 1872.

Republicans won minor gains in the House, maintaining their majority. [4]

In the Senate, the Democrats made moderate gains while the Populist Party lost three seats. Republicans continued to maintain a commanding majority in the chamber. [5]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1900 United States presidential election in Louisiana</span> Election in Louisiana

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References

  1. Not counting special elections.
  2. 1 2 Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
  3. "1900 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  4. "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

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