1896 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1896 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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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
(Populist)
Garret Hobart
Electoral vote80
Popular vote115,007103,064
Percentage51.53%46.18%

Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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

Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and Nebraska native William Jennings Bryan and his Democratic running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Four electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson, who was Bryan's running mate on the Populist Party. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won his home state by a margin of 5.35%.

As a result of his win, Bryan became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Nebraska. He would later lose the state to McKinley in 1900, but win it again against William Howard Taft in 1908. Bryan's two wins in the state are the only times a Democrat has carried Nebraska without winning the presidency, although Kamala Harris would win one of the state's electoral votes in her unsuccessful 2024 presidential bid.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Nebraska [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan115,00751.53%4
Populist William Jennings Bryan00.00%4
Total William Jennings Bryan 115,00751.53%8
Republican William McKinley 103,06446.18%0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 2,8851.29%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 1,2430.56%0
National Prohibition Charles E. Bentley 7970.36%0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 1860.08%0
Totals223,182100.00%8
Voter turnout

Results by county

County [2] William Jennings Bryan
Democratic/Populist
William McKinley
Republican
John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adams 2,04252.12%1,76845.13%561.43%210.54%310.79%2746.99%3,918
Antelope 1,18552.90%98844.11%291.29%291.29%90.40%1978.79%2,240
Banner 13042.48%17356.54%20.65%10.33%00.00%-43-14.05%306
Blaine 6040.54%8658.11%21.35%00.00%00.00%-26-17.57%148
Boone 1,36654.64%1,09943.96%110.44%200.80%40.16%26710.68%2,500
Box Butte 53553.13%44143.79%191.89%30.30%90.89%949.33%1,007
Boyd 65754.57%50041.53%241.99%80.66%151.25%15713.04%1,204
Brown 29042.21%38556.04%101.46%00.00%20.29%-95-13.83%687
Buffalo 2,43355.60%1,83541.93%481.10%340.78%260.59%59813.67%4,376
Burt 1,19041.46%1,60856.03%311.08%230.80%180.63%-418-14.56%2,870
Butler 2,26162.70%1,28535.64%80.22%190.53%330.92%97627.07%3,606
Cass 2,45447.18%2,63950.74%641.23%210.40%230.44%-185-3.56%5,201
Cedar 1,51958.69%1,04140.22%160.62%60.23%60.23%47818.47%2,588
Chase 26050.58%24447.47%81.56%20.39%00.00%163.11%514
Cherry 68751.19%60745.23%402.98%30.22%50.37%805.96%1,342
Cheyenne 50551.90%43945.12%222.26%30.31%40.41%666.78%973
Clay 1,70349.04%1,69148.69%471.35%210.60%110.32%120.35%3,473
Colfax 1,42059.59%90537.98%431.80%60.25%90.38%51521.61%2,383
Cuming 1,76056.79%1,31242.34%200.65%40.13%30.10%44814.46%3,099
Custer 2,49461.57%1,48436.63%160.39%390.96%180.44%1,01024.93%4,051
Dakota 93458.96%61939.08%251.58%60.38%00.00%31519.89%1,584
Dawes 91651.03%83246.35%281.56%70.39%120.67%844.68%1,795
Dawson 1,35753.28%1,12844.29%341.33%220.86%60.24%2298.99%2,547
Deuel 28247.55%30150.76%101.69%00.00%00.00%-19-3.20%593
Dixon 1,29956.31%93440.49%562.43%130.56%50.22%36515.82%2,307
Dodge 2,00543.42%2,45353.12%1122.43%250.54%230.50%-448-9.70%4,618
Douglas 11,75547.63%12,32649.95%4041.64%1010.41%920.37%-571-2.31%24,678
Dundy 28849.83%27247.06%142.42%20.35%20.35%162.77%578
Fillmore 1,73349.60%1,66847.74%631.80%100.29%200.57%651.86%3,494
Franklin 1,09455.87%82141.93%120.61%150.77%160.82%27313.94%1,958
Frontier 1,02656.44%77342.52%90.50%70.39%30.17%25313.92%1,818
Furnas 1,48755.67%1,14842.98%140.52%150.56%70.26%33912.69%2,671
Gage 2,71041.65%3,63355.83%1111.71%350.54%180.28%-923-14.18%6,507
Garfield 22360.11%14839.89%00.00%00.00%00.00%7520.22%371
Gosper 68160.11%41936.98%232.03%20.18%80.71%26223.12%1,133
Grant 9550.26%8645.50%73.70%10.53%00.00%94.76%189
Greeley 77766.07%39633.67%10.09%10.09%10.09%38132.40%1,176
Hall 1,84547.88%1,91749.75%701.82%150.39%60.16%-72-1.87%3,853
Hamilton 1,56251.96%1,38045.91%371.23%160.53%110.37%1826.05%3,006
Harlan 1,15156.15%83640.78%180.88%150.73%301.46%31515.37%2,050
Hayes 28446.79%30249.75%203.29%00.00%10.16%-18-2.97%607
Hitchcock 48753.05%42145.86%80.87%00.00%20.22%667.19%918
Holt 1,42860.20%87636.93%190.80%301.26%190.80%55223.27%2,372
Hooker 4076.92%1019.23%23.85%00.00%00.00%3057.69%52
Howard 1,28563.80%69334.41%100.50%120.60%140.70%59229.39%2,014
Jefferson 1,51746.82%1,66151.27%431.33%160.49%30.09%-144-4.44%3,240
Johnson 1,24645.67%1,40851.61%331.21%110.40%301.10%-162-5.94%2,728
Kearney 1,16053.60%95544.13%110.51%281.29%100.46%2059.47%2,164
Keith 26959.91%17839.64%10.22%00.00%10.22%9120.27%449
Keya Paha 27856.85%18938.65%102.04%71.43%51.02%8918.20%489
Kimball 6237.58%9758.79%31.82%31.82%00.00%-35-21.21%165
Knox 1,59258.42%1,04338.28%541.98%281.03%80.29%54920.15%2,725
Lancaster 5,68745.55%6,51352.17%1271.02%880.70%690.55%-826-6.62%12,484
Lincoln 1,35854.25%1,07843.07%441.76%190.76%40.16%28011.19%2,503
Logan 12862.75%7436.27%10.49%10.49%00.00%5426.47%204
Loup 13351.95%11645.31%72.73%00.00%00.00%176.64%256
Madison 1,71546.95%1,86751.11%511.40%150.41%50.14%-152-4.16%3,653
McPherson 4353.75%3746.25%00.00%00.00%00.00%67.50%80
Merrick 1,02049.56%97947.57%211.02%291.41%90.44%411.99%2,058
Nance 95155.55%74343.40%90.53%50.29%40.23%20812.15%1,712
Nemaha 1,93056.38%1,44942.33%130.38%250.73%60.18%48114.05%3,423
Nuckolls 1,35552.99%1,13744.47%401.56%160.63%90.35%2188.53%2,557
Otoe 2,38447.79%2,43848.88%1002.00%320.64%340.68%-54-1.08%4,988
Pawnee 1,16342.69%1,48654.55%240.88%381.40%130.48%-323-11.86%2,724
Perkins 23357.11%16640.69%51.23%30.74%10.25%6716.42%408
Phelps 1,14752.66%97344.67%160.73%221.01%200.92%1747.99%2,178
Pierce 96059.44%63439.26%120.74%70.43%20.12%32620.19%1,615
Platte 2,09958.99%1,37738.70%581.63%80.22%160.45%72220.29%3,558
Polk 1,43261.67%84136.22%70.30%140.60%281.21%59125.45%2,322
Red Willow 1,00149.98%96948.38%160.80%90.45%80.40%321.60%2,003
Richardson 2,54051.35%2,29146.32%671.35%230.47%250.51%2495.03%4,946
Rock 22437.71%34758.42%183.03%20.34%30.51%-123-20.71%594
Saline 2,00447.97%2,06849.50%601.44%130.31%330.79%-64-1.53%4,178
Sarpy 1,18361.74%67435.18%341.77%180.94%70.37%50926.57%1,916
Saunders 2,72855.11%2,12142.85%581.17%250.51%180.36%60712.26%4,950
Scotts Bluff 24450.94%23048.02%00.00%20.42%30.63%142.92%479
Seward 1,87651.57%1,68846.40%531.46%120.33%90.25%1885.17%3,638
Sheridan 85759.56%53637.25%241.67%151.04%70.49%32122.31%1,439
Sherman 85965.08%43232.73%70.53%80.61%141.06%42732.35%1,320
Sioux 30665.52%15533.19%40.86%10.21%10.21%15132.33%467
Stanton 83354.27%65842.87%322.08%100.65%20.13%17511.40%1,535
Thayer 1,31544.68%1,55652.87%481.63%110.37%130.44%-241-8.19%2,943
Thomas 7668.47%3329.73%21.80%00.00%00.00%4338.74%111
Thurston 71758.25%50841.27%00.00%10.08%50.41%20916.98%1,231
Valley 88655.10%69243.03%231.43%60.37%10.06%19412.06%1,608
Washington 1,39145.40%1,59752.12%581.89%110.36%70.23%-206-6.72%3,064
Wayne 1,11052.48%99547.04%30.14%40.19%30.14%1155.44%2,115
Webster 1,32852.57%1,13745.01%361.43%170.67%80.32%1917.56%2,526
Wheeler 16160.53%9736.47%41.50%20.75%20.75%6424.06%266
York 1,81147.73%1,91950.58%250.66%240.63%150.40%-108-2.85%3,794
Totals115,00751.53%103,06446.18%2,8851.29%1,2420.56%9830.44%11,9435.35%223,181

See also

Notes

    References

    1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska
    2. "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections.