1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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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 (Democratic)
Thomas E. Watson (People's)
Garret Hobart
Electoral vote80
Popular vote110,10337,512
Percentage73.72%25.12%

Arkansas 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 Arkansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

This election marks the establishment of one-party hegemony in every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy where Republicans would control local government permanently. [1] The new secret ballot and an onerous poll tax had already severely reduced black and poor white voting at the time of this election, [2] in the process largely eliminating opposition party challenges.

Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Three electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. They defeated Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 48.6%.

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

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas [3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 110,10373.72%8
Republican William McKinley 37,51225.12%0
National Prohibition Charles Eugene Bentley 8930.60%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 8390.56%0
Totals149,347100.00%8
Voter turnout

Results by county

1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county [4] [5]
CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
Charles Eugene Bentley
National Prohibition
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 1,17567.45%55031.57%60.34%110.63%62535.88%1,742
Ashley 1,76078.05%40517.96%180.80%723.19%1,35560.09%2,255
Baxter 98078.78%26221.06%00.00%20.16%71857.72%1,244
Benton 3,54883.15%68516.05%130.30%210.49%2,86367.10%4,267
Boone 1,73074.50%57324.68%60.26%130.56%1,15749.83%2,322
Bradley 97683.70%18515.87%30.26%20.17%79167.84%1,166
Calhoun 91080.53%21619.12%20.18%20.18%69461.42%1,130
Carroll 1,79066.08%87532.30%230.85%210.78%91533.78%2,709
Chicot 41855.00%25833.95%172.24%678.82%16021.05%760
Clark 1,91067.61%83329.49%572.02%250.88%1,07738.12%2,825
Clay 1,53775.57%47523.35%100.49%120.59%1,06252.21%2,034
Cleburne 1,04789.79%1089.26%70.60%40.34%93980.53%1,166
Cleveland 1,26983.71%23115.24%80.53%80.53%1,03868.47%1,516
Columbia 2,15979.76%53719.84%40.15%70.26%1,62259.92%2,707
Conway 2,25576.99%65622.40%70.24%110.38%1,59954.59%2,929
Craighead 1,89084.98%32914.79%20.09%30.13%1,56170.19%2,224
Crawford 1,87058.46%1,31140.98%80.25%100.31%55917.47%3,199
Crittenden 62569.99%25828.89%50.56%50.56%36741.10%893
Cross 90880.14%22419.77%00.00%10.09%68460.37%1,133
Dallas 1,03267.98%47931.55%50.33%20.13%55336.43%1,518
Desha 39655.31%29040.50%212.93%91.26%10614.80%716
Drew 1,75474.07%60325.46%50.21%60.25%1,15148.61%2,368
Faulkner 2,04475.31%55620.49%60.23%80.31%1,48854.83%2,714
Franklin 1,74678.19%42418.99%251.12%381.70%1,32259.20%2,233
Fulton 1,25978.93%33320.88%20.13%10.06%92658.06%1,595
Garland 1,46565.29%70331.33%401.78%361.60%76233.96%2,244
Grant 80186.04%12513.43%20.21%30.32%67672.61%931
Greene 1,62785.63%26213.79%70.37%40.21%1,36571.84%1,900
Hempstead 1,83259.79%1,20339.26%100.33%190.62%62920.53%3,064
Hot Spring 1,33180.96%29217.76%90.55%120.73%1,03963.20%1,644
Howard 1,39282.42%29417.41%10.06%20.12%1,09865.01%1,689
Independence 2,08978.06%56721.19%90.34%110.41%1,52256.88%2,676
Izard 1,50782.98%28515.69%110.61%130.72%1,22267.29%1,816
Jackson 1,58572.64%58826.95%00.00%90.41%99745.69%2,182
Jefferson 1,65360.11%1,05038.18%270.98%200.73%60321.93%2,750
Johnson 1,83178.55%49121.06%30.13%60.26%1,34057.49%2,331
Lafayette 60858.69%42340.83%20.19%30.29%18517.86%1,036
Lawrence 1,67981.78%33716.42%231.12%140.68%1,34265.37%2,053
Lee 1,94688.41%2139.68%231.04%190.86%1,73378.74%2,201
Lincoln 1,02681.11%23618.66%20.16%10.08%79062.45%1,265
Little River 85274.80%27323.97%70.61%70.61%57950.83%1,139
Logan 1,78665.16%94634.51%60.22%30.11%84030.65%2,741
Lonoke 2,30083.27%43715.82%120.43%130.47%1,86367.45%2,762
Madison 1,68956.64%1,26042.25%160.54%170.57%42914.39%2,982
Marion 1,21276.90%33621.32%251.59%30.19%87655.58%1,576
Miller 1,07365.07%56534.26%60.36%50.30%50830.81%1,649
Mississippi 81582.74%16817.06%20.20%00.00%64765.69%985
Monroe 1,01964.01%43627.39%774.84%603.77%58336.62%1,592
Montgomery 1,00882.08%22017.92%00.00%00.00%78864.17%1,228
Nevada 1,66977.66%46921.82%40.19%70.33%1,20055.84%2,149
Newton 65946.94%73352.21%40.28%80.57%-74-5.27%1,404
Ouachita 1,36656.77%1,02942.77%20.08%90.37%33714.01%2,406
Perry 67875.25%21724.08%40.44%20.22%46151.17%901
Phillips 1,08554.85%81541.20%432.17%351.77%27013.65%1,978
Pike 86478.69%23121.04%20.18%10.09%63357.65%1,098
Poinsett 57280.34%13018.26%30.42%70.98%44262.08%712
Polk 1,00494.10%514.78%40.37%80.75%95389.32%1,067
Pope 2,31574.75%76224.60%130.42%70.23%1,55350.15%3,097
Prairie 1,14564.22%63335.50%30.17%20.11%51228.72%1,783
Pulaski 3,02161.73%1,75435.84%741.51%450.92%1,26725.89%4,894
Randolph 1,91586.03%30713.79%40.18%00.00%1,60872.24%2,226
St. Francis 1,08770.13%45529.35%20.12%00.00%63240.77%1,550
Saline 1,41784.00%26815.89%311.99%60.38%1,14968.11%1,687
Scott 1,26080.72%26416.91%20.15%20.15%99663.81%1,561
Searcy 61545.35%73754.35%120.33%170.46%-122-9.00%1,356
Sebastian 2,62271.64%1,00927.57%40.30%30.22%1,61344.07%3,660
Sevier 1,16686.82%17012.66%10.06%20.12%99674.16%1,343
Sharp 1,38385.58%23014.23%30.19%50.32%1,15371.35%1,616
Stone 72880.26%17218.96%50.55%20.22%55661.30%907
Union 1,74989.37%1487.56%291.48%311.58%1,60181.81%1,957
Van Buren 84667.90%37430.02%201.61%60.48%47237.88%1,246
Washington 3,20872.17%1,19726.93%170.38%230.52%2,01145.24%4,445
White 2,87683.12%55916.16%170.49%80.23%2,31766.97%3,460
Woodruff 1,47870.15%62029.43%50.24%40.19%85840.72%2,107
Yell 2,26173.29%81226.32%40.13%80.26%1,44946.97%3,085
Totals [lower-alpha 1] 110,10373.65%37,51225.09%8920.60%8890.60%72,59148.56%149,496

See also

Notes

  1. Totals from Géoelections differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas and The Presidential Vote.

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References

  1. See Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger. Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. p. 32. ISBN   1557282005.
  2. Perman, Michael. Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908. p. 65. ISBN   0807860255.
  3. "Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 139–145. ISBN   9780804716963.
  5. "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)