1896 United States presidential election in Illinois

1896 United States presidential election in Illinois

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Alliance Populist Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 24 0 Popular vote 607,130 465,613 Percentage 55.66% 42.68%

County Results McKinley   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Bryan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

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%.

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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	607,130	55.66%	24
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	464,523	41.91%	0
	Populist	William Jennings Bryan	1,090	0.77%	0
	Total	William Jennings Bryan	465,613	42.68%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	9,796	0.90%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	6,390	0.59%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	1,147	0.11%	0
	National Prohibition	Charles E. Bentley	793	0.07%	0
Totals			1,090,869	100.00%	24
Voter turnout					—

Chicago results

1896 United States presidential election in Chicago [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William McKinley	198,749	57.54%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	142,206	41.17%
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	2,089	0.60%
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	1,558	0.45%
	Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	647	0.19%
	National Prohibition	Charles E. Bentley	136	0.04%
Totals			345,483	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois

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.