1896 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1896 United States presidential election in Indiana

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 15 0 Popular vote 323,754 305,573 Percentage 50.82% 47.96%

County Results McKinley   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Bryan   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

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

Indiana was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic Party candidate, William Jennings Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall. McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 2.86%.

Bryan would lose Indiana to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft. This was the first time since 1872 that anyone carried the state with a majority of the vote, or won by more than two points.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Indiana [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	323,754	50.82%	15
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	305,573	47.96%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	3,056	0.48%	0
	National Prohibition	Charles E. Bentley	2,267	0.36%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	2,145	0.34%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	324	0.05%	0
Totals			637,119	100.00%	15
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

1896 United States presidential election in Indiana by county

County	William McKinley Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast [2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	1,613	32.09%	3,340	66.45%	73	1.45%	-1,727	-34.36%	5,026
Allen	8,467	45.44%	9,909	53.18%	256	1.37%	-1,442	-7.74%	18,632
Bartholomew	3,264	50.03%	3,198	49.02%	62	0.95%	66	1.01%	6,524
Benton	1,998	55.29%	1,572	43.50%	44	1.22%	426	11.79%	3,614
Blackford	2,154	47.86%	2,272	50.48%	75	1.67%	-118	-2.62%	4,501
Boone	3,449	47.23%	3,800	52.03%	54	0.74%	-351	-4.81%	7,303
Brown	726	32.63%	1,480	66.52%	19	0.85%	-754	-33.89%	2,225
Carroll	2,546	47.43%	2,764	51.49%	58	1.08%	-218	-4.06%	5,368
Cass	4,392	46.88%	4,851	51.78%	126	1.34%	-459	-4.90%	9,369
Clark	3,897	50.23%	3,785	48.79%	76	0.98%	112	1.44%	7,758
Clay	3,823	45.55%	4,482	53.40%	88	1.05%	-659	-7.85%	8,393
Clinton	3,607	48.38%	3,747	50.26%	101	1.35%	-140	-1.88%	7,455
Crawford	1,490	47.27%	1,655	52.51%	7	0.22%	-165	-5.23%	3,152
Daviess	3,120	45.00%	3,785	54.59%	29	0.42%	-665	-9.59%	6,934
De Kalb	3,137	45.56%	3,678	53.41%	71	1.03%	-541	-7.86%	6,886
Dearborn	2,714	44.75%	3,313	54.62%	38	0.63%	-599	-9.88%	6,065
Decatur	2,848	52.56%	2,520	46.50%	51	0.94%	328	6.05%	5,419
Delaware	7,340	62.29%	4,253	36.09%	191	1.62%	3,087	26.20%	11,784
Dubois	1,215	28.64%	3,005	70.82%	23	0.54%	-1,790	-42.19%	4,243
Elkhart	6,150	54.08%	4,986	43.85%	235	2.07%	1,164	10.24%	11,371
Fayette	2,145	56.70%	1,609	42.53%	29	0.77%	536	14.17%	3,783
Floyd	3,874	51.74%	3,544	47.34%	69	0.92%	330	4.41%	7,487
Fountain	2,809	47.99%	2,997	51.20%	47	0.80%	-188	-3.21%	5,853
Franklin	1,760	38.07%	2,844	61.52%	19	0.41%	-1,084	-23.45%	4,623
Fulton	2,349	49.00%	2,409	50.25%	36	0.75%	-60	-1.25%	4,794
Gibson	3,471	48.38%	3,622	50.48%	82	1.14%	-151	-2.10%	7,175
Grant	7,723	58.95%	5,072	38.72%	305	2.33%	2,651	20.24%	13,100
Greene	3,434	50.28%	3,344	48.96%	52	0.76%	90	1.32%	6,830
Hamilton	4,643	59.82%	2,947	37.97%	171	2.20%	1,696	21.85%	7,761
Hancock	2,236	43.22%	2,886	55.79%	51	0.99%	-650	-12.57%	5,173
Harrison	2,486	46.48%	2,813	52.59%	50	0.93%	-327	-6.11%	5,349
Hendricks	3,409	58.06%	2,365	40.28%	98	1.67%	1,044	17.78%	5,872
Henry	4,001	56.43%	2,980	42.03%	109	1.54%	1,021	14.40%	7,090
Howard	4,195	55.59%	3,191	42.29%	160	2.12%	1,004	13.31%	7,546
Huntington	4,117	51.31%	3,750	46.73%	157	1.96%	367	4.57%	8,024
Jackson	2,670	42.43%	3,574	56.79%	49	0.78%	-904	-14.37%	6,293
Jasper	2,032	55.05%	1,608	43.57%	51	1.38%	424	11.49%	3,691
Jay	3,473	47.66%	3,680	50.50%	134	1.84%	-207	-2.84%	7,287
Jefferson	3,636	57.30%	2,645	41.69%	64	1.01%	991	15.62%	6,345
Jennings	2,040	52.00%	1,850	47.16%	33	0.84%	190	4.84%	3,923
Johnson	2,288	41.92%	3,083	56.49%	87	1.59%	-795	-14.57%	5,458
Knox	3,480	43.87%	4,349	54.83%	103	1.30%	-869	-10.96%	7,932
Kosciusko	4,342	55.61%	3,372	43.19%	94	1.20%	970	12.42%	7,808
La Porte	4,691	50.28%	4,511	48.35%	127	1.36%	180	1.93%	9,329
Lagrange	2,442	58.97%	1,665	40.21%	34	0.82%	777	18.76%	4,141
Lake	4,883	58.11%	3,418	40.68%	102	1.21%	1,465	17.43%	8,403
Lawrence	3,103	55.70%	2,421	43.46%	47	0.84%	682	12.24%	5,571
Madison	8,388	51.96%	7,590	47.02%	164	1.02%	798	4.94%	16,142
Marion	27,353	55.98%	20,654	42.27%	853	1.75%	6,699	13.71%	48,860
Marshall	2,938	44.45%	3,588	54.29%	83	1.26%	-650	-9.84%	6,609
Martin	1,384	44.37%	1,719	55.11%	16	0.51%	-335	-10.74%	3,119
Miami	3,396	47.54%	3,602	50.43%	145	2.03%	-206	-2.88%	7,143
Monroe	2,510	50.20%	2,422	48.44%	68	1.36%	88	1.76%	5,000
Montgomery	4,353	50.60%	4,183	48.62%	67	0.78%	170	1.98%	8,603
Morgan	2,688	52.23%	2,414	46.91%	44	0.86%	274	5.32%	5,146
Newton	1,545	55.64%	1,204	43.36%	28	1.01%	341	12.28%	2,777
Noble	3,372	51.78%	3,071	47.16%	69	1.06%	301	4.62%	6,512
Ohio	705	52.61%	634	47.31%	1	0.07%	71	5.30%	1,340
Orange	2,044	52.80%	1,797	46.42%	30	0.77%	247	6.38%	3,871
Owen	1,751	45.45%	2,070	53.72%	32	0.83%	-319	-8.28%	3,853
Parke	2,847	49.74%	2,777	48.52%	100	1.75%	70	1.22%	5,724
Perry	2,139	49.94%	2,109	49.24%	35	0.82%	30	0.70%	4,283
Pike	2,332	47.42%	2,557	51.99%	29	0.59%	-225	-4.58%	4,918
Porter	2,853	58.06%	2,026	41.23%	35	0.71%	827	16.83%	4,914
Posey	2,526	44.50%	3,103	54.66%	48	0.85%	-577	-10.16%	5,677
Pulaski	1,345	39.97%	1,964	58.37%	56	1.66%	-619	-18.40%	3,365
Putnam	2,622	44.37%	3,218	54.46%	69	1.17%	-596	-10.09%	5,909
Randolph	4,674	62.77%	2,677	35.95%	95	1.28%	1,997	26.82%	7,446
Ripley	2,690	49.60%	2,714	50.05%	19	0.35%	-24	-0.44%	5,423
Rush	2,891	51.88%	2,602	46.69%	80	1.44%	289	5.19%	5,573
Scott	837	40.07%	1,237	59.21%	15	0.72%	-400	-19.15%	2,089
Shelby	3,219	44.62%	3,828	53.06%	167	2.31%	-609	-8.44%	7,214
Spencer	3,047	52.34%	2,745	47.15%	30	0.52%	302	5.19%	5,822
St. Joseph	7,138	52.79%	6,247	46.20%	136	1.01%	891	6.59%	13,521
Starke	1,289	51.01%	1,214	48.04%	24	0.95%	75	2.97%	2,527
Steuben	2,655	60.16%	1,674	37.93%	84	1.90%	981	22.23%	4,413
Sullivan	2,317	36.15%	4,010	62.57%	82	1.28%	-1,693	-26.42%	6,409
Switzerland	1,637	48.27%	1,742	51.37%	12	0.35%	-105	-3.10%	3,391
Tippecanoe	6,239	56.77%	4,639	42.21%	111	1.01%	1,600	14.56%	10,989
Tipton	2,263	44.07%	2,816	54.84%	56	1.09%	-553	-10.77%	5,135
Union	1,118	54.06%	915	44.25%	35	1.69%	203	9.82%	2,068
Vanderburgh	8,068	52.74%	7,132	46.62%	97	0.63%	936	6.12%	15,297
Vermillion	2,141	53.61%	1,814	45.42%	39	0.98%	327	8.19%	3,994
Vigo	8,020	51.17%	7,558	48.23%	94	0.60%	462	2.95%	15,672
Wabash	4,319	59.04%	2,891	39.52%	105	1.44%	1,428	19.52%	7,315
Warren	2,045	64.27%	1,100	34.57%	37	1.16%	945	29.70%	3,182
Warrick	2,482	45.78%	2,902	53.52%	38	0.70%	-420	-7.75%	5,422
Washington	2,214	45.52%	2,613	53.72%	37	0.76%	-399	-8.20%	4,864
Wayne	6,841	61.67%	4,098	36.94%	154	1.39%	2,743	24.73%	11,093
Wells	2,212	36.63%	3,728	61.74%	98	1.62%	-1,516	-25.11%	6,038
White	2,383	47.57%	2,537	50.65%	89	1.78%	-154	-3.07%	5,009
Whitley	2,242	46.85%	2,494	52.12%	49	1.02%	-252	-5.27%	4,785
Totals	323,754	50.82%	305,573	47.96%	7,792	1.22%	18,181	2.85%	637,119

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

References

1. "1896 Presidential General Election Results — Indiana". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
2. "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)