1896 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1896 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley Party Silver Republican Alliance Democratic Populist Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate Arthur Sewall (Democratic/Silver) Thomas E. Watson (Populist) Garret Hobart Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 8,376 1,938 Percentage 81.21% 18.79%

County Results Bryan   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% The 1896 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Nevada was won by the Silver and Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 62.42%, which to date remains the strongest of any presidential nominee in the history of Nevada. With 81.21% of the popular vote, Nevada would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only after Mississippi, South Carolina, Colorado and neighboring Utah. [1] Bryan would later defeat McKinley in the state four years later and would also later defeat William Howard Taft in the state in 1908. This election was the first time ever that the presidential candidate that won Nevada carried all counties in Nevada. This was also the first time that Ormsby County backed a Democratic candidate. Results General Election Results [2] Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party & Silver Party William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 1] Benjamin F. Leete 7,802 Democratic Party & Silver Party William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 1] George Russell 7,758 Democratic Party & Silver Party William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 1] Joseph R. Ryan 7,722 Republican Party William McKinley Allen C. Bragg 1,938 Republican Party William McKinley J. A. Lewis 1,917 Republican Party William McKinley Z. Pierce 1,906 People's Party William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 2] Charles H. Steele 574 People's Party William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 2] George E. Peckham 549 People's Party William Jennings Bryan [lower-alpha 2] H. C. Dangberg 546 Votes cast [lower-alpha 3] 10,314 Results by county William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist [lower-alpha 4] William McKinley Republican Margin Total votes cast [lower-alpha 5] County #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % Churchill 153 75.36% 3 1.47% 156 76.85% 47 23.15% 109 53.69% 203 Douglas 180 40.90% 85 19.31% 265 60.23% 175 39.77% 90 20.45% 440 Elko 942 82.77% 69 6.06% 1,011 88.84% 127 11.16% 884 77.68% 1,138 Esmeralda 384 82.40% 13 2.79% 397 85.19% 69 14.81% 328 70.39% 466 Eureka 533 92.69% 20 3.48% 553 96.17% 22 3.83% 531 92.35% 575 Humboldt 715 84.41% 34 4.01% 749 88.43% 98 11.57% 651 76.86% 847 Lander 479 90.38% 15 2.83% 494 93.21% 36 6.79% 458 86.42% 530 Lincoln 813 92.70% 34 3.88% 847 96.58% 30 3.42% 817 93.16% 877 Lyon 450 75.63% 32 5.38% 482 81.01% 113 18.99% 369 62.02% 595 Nye 215 89.58% 13 5.42% 228 95.00% 12 5.00% 216 90.00% 240 Ormsby 550 64.71% 16 1.88% 566 66.59% 284 33.41% 282 33.18% 850 Storey 1,075 70.67% 74 4.87% 1,149 75.54% 372 24.46% 777 51.08% 1,521 Washoe 1,010 60.08% 158 9.40% 1,168 69.48% 513 30.52% 655 38.96% 1,681 White Pine 303 86.32% 8 2.28% 311 88.60% 40 11.40% 271 77.21% 351 Totals 7,802 75.64% 574 5.57% 8,376 81.21% 1,938 18.79% 6,438 62.42% 10,314 Counties that flipped from Populist to Democratic Churchill Elko Esmeralda Eureka Humboldt Lander Lincoln Lyon Nye Storey Washoe White Pine Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Douglas Ormsby Notes and Arthur Sewall for Vice President and Thomas E. Watson for Vice President Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket Bryan vote on Democratic line is in left two columns, vote on Populist line in middle two columns, and total vote in two rightmost columns. Based on highest elector on each ticket References "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1895-1896. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 49. Retrieved July 9, 2024. This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.