1896 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1896 United States presidential election in Alabama
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  1892 November 3, 1896 1900  
  William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart
Electoral vote110
Popular vote130,29855,673
Percentage66.96%28.61%

Alabama Presidential Election Results 1896.svg
County results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose eleven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Alabama was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 38.35%.

Despite losing by more than a two-to-one margin, this would prove the last time a Republican won Colbert County until Richard Nixon in 1972. [1]

Bryan would defeat McKinley in Alabama again four years later and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Alabama [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan106,20954.58%11
Populist William Jennings Bryan24,08912.38%0
Total William Jennings Bryan 130,29866.96%11
Republican William McKinley 55,67328.61%0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 6,3753.28%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 2,2341.15%0
Totals194,580100.00%11
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
John M. Palmer [3]
National Democratic
Joshua Levering [3]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %# %
Autauga 1,28176.25%28917.20%995.89%110.65%99259.05%1,680
Baldwin 72661.47%40434.21%342.88%171.44%32227.27%1,181
Barbour 2,65759.87%1,43732.38%3157.10%290.65%1,22027.49%4,438
Bibb 1,51667.83%65029.08%391.74%301.34%86638.75%2,235
Blount 2,42247.39%2,61951.24%400.78%300.59%−197−3.85%5,111
Bullock 1,86767.57%74927.11%1314.74%160.58%1,11840.46%2,763
Butler 1,80965.31%84630.54%883.18%270.97%96334.77%2,770
Calhoun 2,78864.90%1,22228.45%1713.98%1152.68%1,56636.45%4,296
Chambers 2,01063.67%1,05733.48%632.00%270.86%95330.19%3,157
Cherokee 1,77671.47%60224.23%893.58%180.72%1,17447.24%2,485
Chilton 1,13174.65%31020.46%523.43%221.45%82154.19%1,515
Choctaw 1,48578.03%35718.76%502.63%110.58%1,12859.27%1,903
Clarke 2,24380.34%50217.98%250.90%220.79%1,74162.36%2,792
Clay 1,41071.90%48924.94%371.89%251.27%92146.97%1,961
Cleburne 99365.37%47231.07%211.38%332.17%52134.30%1,519
Coffee 1,49488.72%1146.77%523.09%241.43%1,38081.95%1,684
Colbert 1,65847.12%1,75449.84%932.64%140.40%−96−2.73%3,519
Conecuh 93146.36%88143.87%1557.72%412.04%502.49%2,008
Coosa 1,29368.78%49926.54%492.61%392.07%79442.23%1,880
Covington 1,09791.57%695.76%161.34%161.34%1,02885.81%1,198
Crenshaw 1,80877.56%33014.16%1647.04%281.20%1,47863.41%2,331
Cullman 1,20266.19%44724.61%1407.71%271.49%75541.57%1,816
Dale 2,15583.27%28911.17%943.63%501.93%1,86672.10%2,588
Dallas 4,09187.56%51911.11%521.11%100.21%3,57276.46%4,672
DeKalb 1,58651.06%1,44646.56%461.48%280.90%1404.51%3,106
Elmore 1,92355.47%1,37939.78%1193.43%461.33%54415.69%3,467
Escambia 91461.01%48232.18%825.47%201.34%43228.84%1,498
Etowah 1,78263.64%87331.18%1093.89%361.29%90932.46%2,800
Fayette 1,22271.21%44125.70%392.27%140.82%78145.51%1,716
Franklin 1,10867.52%48329.43%332.01%171.04%62538.09%1,641
Geneva 1,24692.16%463.40%392.88%211.55%1,20088.76%1,352
Greene 1,86477.47%50320.91%241.00%150.62%1,36156.57%2,406
Hale 2,90673.40%93323.57%771.94%431.09%1,97349.84%3,959
Henry 3,06075.99%67516.76%2466.11%461.14%2,38559.23%4,027
Jackson 3,55681.21%67515.41%1172.67%310.71%2,88165.79%4,379
Jefferson 8,81967.67%3,39426.04%4503.45%3692.83%5,42541.63%13,032
Lamar 1,26367.79%50927.32%693.70%221.18%75440.47%1,863
Lauderdale 2,30067.97%1,02430.26%451.33%150.44%1,27637.71%3,384
Lawrence 1,24841.48%1,68556.00%311.03%451.50%−437−14.52%3,009
Lee 1,73751.06%1,49143.83%1333.91%411.21%2467.23%3,402
Limestone 1,81253.58%1,52044.94%270.80%230.68%2928.63%3,382
Lowndes 3,00181.35%64217.40%401.08%60.16%2,35963.95%3,689
Macon 1,04376.52%25919.00%564.11%50.37%78457.52%1,363
Madison 4,05660.06%2,54837.73%1031.53%460.68%1,50822.33%6,753
Marengo 3,16879.80%76419.24%250.63%130.33%2,40460.55%3,970
Marion 1,20169.46%50229.03%231.33%30.17%69940.43%1,729
Marshall 1,94476.72%52020.52%371.46%331.30%1,42456.20%2,534
Mobile 3,94853.66%2,77837.76%4826.55%1492.03%1,17015.90%7,357
Montgomery 2,65363.17%97723.26%52612.52%441.05%1,67639.90%4,200
Morgan 2,12855.46%1,46238.10%1955.08%521.36%66617.36%3,837
Perry 2,68284.10%46314.52%341.07%100.31%2,21969.58%3,189
Pickens 2,21088.26%2118.43%662.64%170.68%1,99979.83%2,504
Pike 2,07763.44%86226.33%2928.92%431.31%1,21537.11%3,274
Randolph 1,44262.13%80234.55%552.37%220.95%64027.57%2,321
Russell 1,64566.98%77331.47%351.43%30.12%87235.50%2,456
Shelby 1,58258.23%1,05138.68%652.39%190.70%53119.54%2,717
St. Clair 1,60470.38%60326.46%472.06%251.10%1,00143.92%2,279
Sumter 1,83452.44%1,45941.72%1865.32%180.51%37510.72%3,497
Talladega 1,85464.78%92232.22%491.71%401.40%93232.56%2,862
Tallapoosa 2,69175.53%68519.23%1062.98%812.27%2,00656.30%3,563
Tuscaloosa 2,15166.27%96529.73%792.43%511.57%1,18636.54%3,246
Walker 1,24852.15%1,10146.01%220.92%220.92%1476.14%2,393
Washington 64269.63%22424.30%464.99%101.08%41845.34%922
Wilcox 2,95696.95%451.48%451.48%30.10%2,91195.47%3,049
Winston 34936.78%58962.07%60.63%50.53%−240−25.29%949
Monroe [lower-alpha 1] 0N/A0N/A000N/AN/AN/AN/A
Totals130,29866.96%55,67328.61%6,3753.28%2,2341.15%74,62538.35%194,578

See also

Notes

  1. No returns for Monroe County were given in the Register and no explanations were given as to where the county's voters were recorded.

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References

  1. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 143–147 ISBN   0786422173.
  2. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Alabama
  3. 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 133–138 ISBN   9780804716963.