1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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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 vote110
Popular vote174,408155,122
Percentage52.64%46.82%

North Carolina 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 North Carolina took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

North Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. 5 electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson, who was nominated as Bryan's running mate under the Populist Party banner in a form of fusion, at the same time as the Populists were engaging in fusion with the North Carolina Republicans at the state level (both fusion efforts being orchestrated by Marion Butler.) 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 5.82%.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion Northampton County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate, [1] which stands as the second-longest Democratic streak in the nation. [note 1] While Northampton County had been majority Black and a Republican bastion since the Civil War, the 1899 disenfranchisement of Black voters by North Carolina Democrats following their White supremacy campaign of 1898 prevented Republicans from winning the county until long after political realignment had occurred.

Bryan would defeat McKinley in North Carolina again four years later and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan174,40852.64%6
Populist William Jennings Bryan00.00%5
Total William Jennings Bryan 174,40852.64%11
Republican William McKinley 155,12246.82%0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 6350.19%0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 5780.17%0
Write-ins Scattered3720.11%0
National Prohibition Charles Eugene Bentley 2220.07%0
Totals331,337100.00%11
Voter turnout

Results by county

1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county
County William Jennings Bryan [3]
Democratic
William McKinley [3]
Republican
Joshua Levering [3]
Prohibition
John McAuley Palmer [3]
National Democratic
Various candidates [3]
Other parties
Margin
%#%#%#%#%#%#
Stanly 73.53%1,42526.37%5110.05%10.05%10.00%047.16%914
Union 72.69%2,74726.70%1,0090.03%10.58%220.00%045.99%1,738
Onslow 72.58%1,55927.42%5890.00%00.00%00.00%045.16%970
Catawba 71.94%2,64927.27%1,0040.54%200.19%70.05%244.68%1,645
Cabarrus 68.06%2,25030.13%9960.54%181.09%360.18%637.93%1,254
Anson 68.66%2,32231.34%1,0600.00%00.00%00.00%037.32%1,262
Cleveland 67.89%2,66430.99%1,2160.13%50.99%390.00%036.90%1,448
Sampson 67.63%2,78930.82%1,2710.51%210.00%01.04%4336.81%1,518
Duplin 67.59%2,40932.18%1,1470.03%10.03%10.17%635.41%1,262
Rowan 67.28%3,09531.91%1,4680.72%330.02%10.07%335.37%1,627
Currituck 66.09%92233.84%4720.00%00.07%10.00%032.26%450
Chatham 65.77%2,89233.89%1,4900.07%30.00%00.27%1231.89%1,402
Wilson 65.37%2,71534.58%1,4360.00%00.05%20.00%030.80%1,279
Johnston 64.67%3,34335.29%1,8240.04%20.00%00.00%029.39%1,519
Haywood 64.07%1,90135.02%1,0390.27%80.51%150.13%429.05%862
Alexander 64.24%1,11935.59%6200.06%10.11%20.00%028.65%499
Franklin 63.68%3,21736.30%1,8340.00%00.00%00.02%127.38%1,383
Nash 63.17%2,91636.81%1,6990.00%00.00%00.02%126.36%1,217
Columbus 61.91%1,91837.51%1,1620.00%00.58%180.00%024.40%756
Harnett 61.03%1,67637.95%1,0420.80%220.22%60.00%023.09%634
Clay 61.42%47638.58%2990.00%00.00%00.00%022.84%177
Swain 60.25%80839.60%5310.00%00.15%20.00%020.66%277
Iredell 59.45%2,95840.25%2,0030.10%50.06%30.14%719.19%955
Caldwell 57.93%1,42839.23%9672.39%590.45%110.00%018.70%461
Brunswick 59.27%1,27940.69%8780.00%00.05%10.00%018.58%401
Gates 58.86%1,08641.14%7590.00%00.00%00.00%017.72%327
Wayne 58.56%3,21540.95%2,2480.42%230.02%10.05%317.61%967
Robeson 58.70%3,45741.25%2,4290.03%20.02%10.00%017.46%1,028
Lenoir 58.20%1,96641.74%1,4100.00%00.00%00.06%216.46%556
Carteret 57.95%1,30841.78%9430.00%00.00%00.27%616.17%365
Orange 57.09%1,70042.44%1,2640.00%00.24%70.24%714.64%436
Pamlico 57.25%86142.69%6420.00%00.07%10.00%014.56%219
Lincoln 56.63%1,34942.40%1,0100.50%120.46%110.00%014.23%339
Pitt 56.99%3,18142.82%2,3900.00%00.04%20.16%914.17%791
Bladen 56.94%1,66542.95%1,2560.00%00.10%30.00%013.99%409
Jackson 56.74%1,14543.26%8730.00%00.00%00.00%013.48%272
Macon 56.02%1,14043.78%8910.10%20.10%20.00%012.24%249
Gaston 55.51%2,06943.60%1,6250.78%290.08%30.03%111.91%444
McDowell 55.79%1,20444.02%9500.14%30.05%10.00%011.77%254
Durham 55.20%2,43543.62%1,9240.00%00.09%41.09%4811.58%511
Martin 55.02%1,68144.98%1,3740.00%00.00%00.00%010.05%307
Person 54.99%1,71345.01%1,4020.00%00.00%00.00%09.98%311
Alleghany 54.88%73745.05%6050.07%10.00%00.00%09.83%132
Hyde 54.55%1,01945.34%8470.00%00.11%20.00%09.21%172
Mecklenburg 53.63%4,71444.61%3,9210.55%480.39%340.83%739.02%793
Jones 54.27%81445.73%6860.00%00.00%00.00%08.53%128
Wake 53.31%5,39646.19%4,6750.11%110.19%190.20%207.12%721
Greene 53.43%1,22246.57%1,0650.00%00.00%00.00%06.86%157
Cumberland 52.88%2,50946.36%2,2000.63%300.08%40.04%26.51%309
Beaufort 52.98%2,51346.53%2,2070.15%70.04%20.30%146.45%306
Moore 52.96%2,20746.75%1,9480.19%80.10%40.00%06.22%259
Rockingham 52.78%2,88247.05%2,5690.00%00.04%20.13%75.73%313
Burke 52.22%1,55046.66%1,3850.40%120.71%210.00%05.56%165
Rutherford 52.15%2,14647.46%1,9530.10%40.29%120.00%04.69%193
Pender 52.30%1,27647.70%1,1640.00%00.00%00.00%04.59%112
Yancey 51.82%1,05648.18%9820.00%00.00%00.00%03.63%74
Graham 51.13%36348.87%3470.00%00.00%00.00%02.25%16
Granville 50.90%2,26948.79%2,1750.00%00.31%140.00%02.11%94
Guilford 49.67%3,47949.33%3,4550.61%430.26%180.13%90.34%24
Alamance 49.34%2,30249.59%2,3140.21%100.02%10.84%39-0.26%-12
Camden 48.51%55451.49%5880.00%00.00%00.00%0-2.98%-34
Montgomery 48.31%1,12951.60%1,2060.00%00.09%20.00%0-3.29%-77
Transylvania 48.14%59551.54%6370.00%00.32%40.00%0-3.40%-42
Watauga 47.46%1,06352.05%1,1660.13%30.18%40.18%4-4.60%-103
Randolph 46.58%2,48251.47%2,7431.56%830.00%00.39%21-4.90%-261
Ashe 47.14%1,57452.74%1,7610.12%40.00%00.00%0-5.60%-187
Buncombe 46.93%4,09852.80%4,6110.02%20.18%160.07%6-5.87%-513
Davidson 46.24%2,07253.00%2,3750.54%240.11%50.11%5-6.76%-303
Hertford 46.51%1,24053.49%1,4260.00%00.00%00.00%0-6.98%-186
Dare 46.42%40853.58%4710.00%00.00%00.00%0-7.17%-63
Richmond 46.08%2,17253.65%2,5290.00%00.28%130.00%0-7.57%-357
Vance 45.57%1,46554.28%1,7450.09%30.06%20.00%0-8.71%-280
Tyrrell 45.57%41154.43%4910.00%00.00%00.00%0-8.87%-80
Northampton 45.17%1,90654.74%2,3100.00%00.09%40.00%0-9.57%-404
Caswell 44.00%1,37254.55%1,7010.00%00.03%11.41%44-10.55%-329
Perquimans 43.64%79355.92%1,0160.00%00.44%80.00%0-12.27%-223
Cherokee 43.77%77056.11%9870.00%00.11%20.00%0-12.34%-217
Surry 43.73%2,01956.10%2,5900.00%00.17%80.00%0-12.37%-571
Bertie 43.03%1,71156.72%2,2550.00%00.15%60.10%4-13.68%-544
Edgecombe 42.34%2,03257.47%2,7580.00%00.19%90.00%0-15.13%-726
Forsyth 41.33%2,77857.85%3,8880.45%300.33%220.04%3-16.52%-1,110
Henderson 40.99%1,02258.52%1,4590.00%00.44%110.04%1-17.53%-437
Stokes 41.13%1,44758.81%2,0690.06%20.00%00.00%0-17.68%-622
Chowan 40.84%79159.16%1,1460.00%00.00%00.00%0-18.33%-355
Davie 40.56%89459.26%1,3060.09%20.09%20.00%0-18.69%-412
Pasquotank 40.43%1,03759.22%1,5190.23%60.12%30.00%0-18.79%-482
New Hanover 38.38%2,10058.17%3,1830.00%01.74%951.72%94-19.79%-1,083
Yadkin 39.67%1,09359.75%1,6460.29%80.07%20.22%6-20.07%-553
Polk 38.66%46960.26%7311.07%130.00%00.00%0-21.60%-262
Wilkes 38.80%1,80161.07%2,8350.09%40.00%00.04%2-22.27%-1,034
Craven 37.49%1,81060.50%2,9210.12%60.25%121.64%79-23.01%-1,111
Madison 37.39%1,35762.55%2,2700.00%00.06%20.00%0-25.16%-913
Washington 36.44%73963.56%1,2890.00%00.00%00.00%0-27.12%-550
Halifax 36.02%2,25563.94%4,0030.00%00.05%30.00%0-27.92%-1,748
Warren 35.75%1,21364.10%2,1750.00%00.15%50.00%0-28.35%-962
Mitchell 25.29%63074.71%1,8610.00%00.00%00.00%0-49.42%-1,231

See also

Notes

  1. Starr County, Texas has the longest Democratic streak, going back one further election to 1892. Adjacent Brooks County and Jim Hogg County, as well as Menominee County in Wisconsin have never voted Republican but were only created in 1911, 1913 and 1959, respectively.

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References

  1. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 265-271 ISBN   0786422173
  2. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)