1896 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1896 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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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 vote 4 0 Popular vote 53,314 39,153 Percentage 56.97% 41.84%

County Results Bryan   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% McKinley   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Tie   48.89% McKinley and Bryan

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

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

Washington was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Two electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Bryan's Populist running mate Thomas E. Watson. 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 15.13%,

As a result of his win in the state, Bryan would become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Washington state. He would later lose the state against McKinley in 1900 and then against William Howard Taft in 1908. The state would not vote Democratic again until 1916.

This is the last time the losing candidate won a majority of Clallam County votes.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Washington [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Populist	William Jennings Bryan	51,646	55.19%	2
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	1,668	1.78%	2
	Total	William Jennings Bryan	53,314	56.97%	4
	Republican	William McKinley	39,153	41.84%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	968	1.03%	0
	National Prohibition	Charles Eugene Bentley	148	0.16%	0
Totals			93,583	100.00%	4
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	William Jennings Bryan						William McKinley [2] Republican		Joshua Levering [3] Prohibition		Charles Eugene Bentley [3] National Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
	Democratic [2]		Populist [3]		Total [3]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	363	57.99%	9	1.44%	372	59.42%	243	38.82%	11	1.76%	0	0.00%	129	20.61%	626
Asotin	254	52.16%	15	3.08%	269	55.24%	214	43.94%	3	0.62%	1	0.21%	55	11.29%	487
Chehalis	1,312	49.68%	38	1.44%	1,350	51.12%	1,267	47.97%	21	0.80%	3	0.11%	83	3.14%	2,641
Clallam	676	52.53%	41	3.19%	717	55.71%	559	43.43%	6	0.47%	5	0.39%	158	12.28%	1,287
Clark	1,497	48.23%	50	1.61%	1,547	49.84%	1,497	48.23%	51	1.64%	9	0.29%	50	1.61%	3,104
Columbia	847	51.30%	15	0.91%	862	52.21%	776	47.00%	9	0.55%	4	0.24%	86	5.21%	1,651
Cowlitz	935	47.03%	39	1.96%	974	48.99%	989	49.75%	23	1.16%	2	0.10%	-15	-0.75%	1,988
Douglas	722	67.04%	11	1.02%	733	68.06%	334	31.01%	10	0.93%	0	0.00%	399	37.05%	1,077
Franklin	108	70.59%	5	3.27%	113	73.86%	38	24.84%	2	1.31%	0	0.00%	75	49.02%	153
Garfield	469	53.60%	13	1.49%	482	55.09%	378	43.20%	14	1.60%	1	0.11%	104	11.89%	875
Island	181	44.69%	10	2.47%	191	47.16%	206	50.86%	7	1.73%	1	0.25%	-15	-3.70%	405
Jefferson	500	40.00%	36	2.88%	536	42.88%	704	56.32%	8	0.64%	2	0.16%	-168	-13.44%	1,250
King	7,497	52.41%	236	1.65%	7,733	54.06%	6,413	44.83%	144	1.01%	15	0.10%	1,320	9.23%	14,305
Kitsap	702	47.15%	26	1.75%	728	48.89%	728	48.89%	29	1.95%	4	0.27%	0	0.00%	1,489
Kittitas	1,296	53.87%	40	1.66%	1,336	55.53%	1,044	43.39%	23	0.96%	3	0.12%	292	12.14%	2,406
Klickitat	664	41.63%	44	2.76%	708	44.39%	876	54.92%	11	0.69%	0	0.00%	-168	-10.53%	1,595
Lewis	1,584	48.04%	70	2.12%	1,654	50.17%	1,594	48.35%	37	1.12%	12	0.36%	60	1.82%	3,297
Lincoln	1,715	66.27%	56	2.16%	1,771	68.43%	781	30.18%	31	1.20%	5	0.19%	990	38.25%	2,588
Mason	650	60.35%	17	1.58%	667	61.93%	397	36.86%	11	1.02%	2	0.19%	270	25.07%	1,077
Okanogan	912	72.96%	38	3.04%	950	76.00%	284	22.72%	11	0.88%	5	0.40%	666	53.28%	1,250
Pacific	512	33.88%	50	3.31%	562	37.19%	925	61.22%	19	1.26%	5	0.33%	-363	-24.02%	1,511
Pierce	5,404	52.45%	166	1.61%	5,570	54.06%	4,651	45.14%	58	0.56%	24	0.23%	919	8.92%	10,303
San Juan	283	40.14%	8	1.13%	291	41.28%	411	58.30%	3	0.43%	0	0.00%	-120	-17.02%	705
Skagit	1,573	53.85%	50	1.71%	1,623	55.56%	1,268	43.41%	28	0.96%	2	0.07%	355	12.15%	2,921
Skamania	237	62.70%	15	3.97%	252	66.67%	122	32.28%	4	1.06%	0	0.00%	130	34.39%	378
Snohomish	2,775	58.13%	83	1.74%	2,858	59.87%	1,871	39.19%	43	0.90%	2	0.04%	987	20.67%	4,774
Spokane	5,725	66.17%	104	1.20%	5,829	67.37%	2,701	31.22%	111	1.28%	11	0.13%	3,128	36.15%	8,652
Stevens	1,880	78.50%	46	1.92%	1,926	80.42%	433	18.08%	26	1.09%	10	0.42%	1,493	62.34%	2,395
Thurston	1,371	55.08%	44	1.77%	1,415	56.85%	1,052	42.27%	17	0.68%	5	0.20%	363	14.58%	2,489
Wahkiakum	376	54.57%	20	2.90%	396	57.47%	290	42.09%	3	0.44%	0	0.00%	106	15.38%	689
Walla Walla	1,652	49.30%	64	1.91%	1,716	51.21%	1,596	47.63%	37	1.10%	2	0.06%	120	3.58%	3,351
Whatcom	2,177	50.98%	50	1.17%	2,227	52.15%	1,971	46.16%	68	1.59%	4	0.09%	256	6.00%	4,270
Whitman	3,578	66.67%	112	2.09%	3,690	68.75%	1,592	29.66%	77	1.43%	8	0.15%	2,098	39.09%	5,367
Yakima	1,219	54.74%	47	2.11%	1,266	56.85%	948	42.57%	12	0.54%	1	0.04%	318	14.28%	2,227
Totals	51,646	55.19%	1,668	1.78%	53,314	56.97%	39,153	41.84%	968	1.03%	148	0.16%	14,161	15.13%	93,583

See also

• United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

References

1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Washington
2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 364-367 ISBN   9780804716963
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)