1896 United States presidential election in Illinois

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1896 United States presidential election in Illinois
Flag of Illinois (1915-1969).svg
  1892 November 3, 1896 1900  
  William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Populist
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote240
Popular vote607,130465,613
Percentage55.66%42.68%

Illinois 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 Illinois took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Illinois was won by the Republican candidates and former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic candidate and former United States Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall. McKinley won the state by a margin of 12.98%.

Contents

Bryan would lose Illinois to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Illinois [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William McKinley 607,13055.66%24
Democratic William Jennings Bryan464,52341.91%0
Populist William Jennings Bryan1,0900.77%0
Total William Jennings Bryan 465,61342.68%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 9,7960.90%0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 6,3900.59%0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 1,1470.11%0
National Prohibition Charles E. Bentley 7930.07%0
Totals1,090,869100.00%24
Voter turnout

Chicago results

1896 United States presidential election in Chicago [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Republican William McKinley 198,74957.54%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 142,20641.17%
National Democratic John M. Palmer 2,0890.60%
Prohibition Joshua Levering 1,5580.45%
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 6470.19%
National Prohibition Charles E. Bentley 1360.04%
Totals345,483100.00%

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    References

    1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Illinois
    2. "COOK COUNTY". The Chicago Tribune. November 4, 1896. Retrieved August 11, 2023.