1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart
Electoral vote90
Popular vote58,8019,313
Percentage85.30%13.51%
South 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 South Carolina took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 71.79%. However, McKinley's performance would actually prove to be a high water mark for Republicans going into the 20th century; he was the last Republican to win even 10% of the state's vote until Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.

With 85.3% of the popular vote, South Carolina would prove to be Bryan's second strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only after Mississippi. [1]

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

Results

1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Arthur Sewall of Maine 58,80185.30%9100.00%
Republican William McKinley of Ohio Garret Hobart of New Jersey 9,31313.51%00.00%
National Democratic John McAuley Palmer of Illinois Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky 8241.20%00.00%
Total68,938100.00%9100.00%

Results by county

CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic		William McKinley
Republican		John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic		MarginTotal votes cast [3]
# %# %# %# %
Abbeville 2,47387.98%33711.99%10.04%2,13675.99%2,811
Aiken 1,81992.48%1376.96%110.56%1,68285.51%1,967
Anderson 3,10988.98%36810.53%170.49%2,74178.45%3,494
Barnwell 2,38590.79%2399.10%30.11%2,14681.69%2,627
Beaufort 28939.43%44460.57%00.00%-155-21.15%733
Berkeley 51372.77%18325.96%91.28%33046.81%705
Charleston 1,66047.82%1,26236.36%54915.82%39811.47%3,471
Chester 1,25493.58%765.67%100.75%1,17887.91%1,340
Chesterfield 1,46586.94%22013.06%00.00%1,24573.89%1,685
Clarendon 1,45087.51%20712.49%00.00%1,24375.02%1,657
Colleton 1,64682.51%34317.19%60.30%1,30365.31%1,995
Darlington 1,62587.98%20110.88%211.14%1,42477.10%1,847
Edgefield 1,53287.29%21612.31%70.40%1,31674.99%1,755
Fairfield 1,07895.23%544.77%00.00%1,02490.46%1,132
Florence 1,53089.95%1368.00%352.06%1,39481.95%1,701
Georgetown 45937.35%73459.72%362.93%-275-22.38%1,229
Greenville 2,71889.38%2889.47%351.15%2,43079.91%3,041
Hampton 1,07297.72%252.28%00.00%1,04795.44%1,097
Horry 1,37287.50%19612.50%00.00%1,17675.00%1,568
Kershaw 1,19189.41%13910.44%20.15%1,05278.98%1,332
Lancaster 1,55789.79%17710.21%00.00%1,38079.58%1,734
Laurens 1,94394.60%1115.40%00.00%1,83289.19%2,054
Lexington 1,67289.46%19710.54%00.00%1,47578.92%1,869
Marion 1,93685.66%31313.85%110.49%1,62371.81%2,260
Marlboro 1,23283.70%23716.10%30.20%99567.60%1,472
Newberry 1,52595.43%644.01%90.56%1,46191.43%1,598
Oconee 1,39287.49%19912.51%00.00%1,19374.98%1,591
Orangeburg 2,72990.63%2829.37%00.00%2,44781.27%3,011
Pickens 1,26188.12%17011.88%00.00%1,09176.24%1,431
Richland 92565.05%46832.91%292.04%45732.14%1,422
Saluda 1,24195.39%604.61%00.00%1,18190.78%1,301
Spartanburg 4,23494.49%2475.51%00.00%3,98788.98%4,481
Sumter 1,55081.58%32617.16%241.26%1,22464.42%1,900
Union 1,37989.60%15810.27%20.13%1,22179.34%1,539
Williamsburg 1,57081.73%34718.06%40.21%1,22363.66%1,921
York 2,01392.81%1527.01%40.18%1,86185.80%2,169
Totals58,79987.70%9,31313.51%8241.23%49,48671.78%68,940

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    References

    1. ↑ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
    2. ↑ "1896 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
    3. ↑ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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