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Elections in Washington (state) |
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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 People's Party nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Thomas E. Watson of Maine. Two electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Bryan's Democratic Party running mate Arthur Sewall. 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 [b] 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.
Until 2024, this was the only presidential election since statehood in which Clallam County gave more than 50% of its vote to the losing candidate nationwide.
Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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People's Party [2] | William Jennings Bryan [c] | N. T. Caton | 51,646 | |
People's Party | William Jennings Bryan [c] | I. N. Maxwell | 50,895 | |
People's Party | William Jennings Bryan [d] | John B. Hart | 50,842 | |
People's Party | William Jennings Bryan [d] | D. C. Newman | 50,643 | |
Republican Party [2] | William McKinley | L. H. Anderson | 39,153 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | John N. Conna | 38,574 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Solomon Smith | 38,573 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | W. K. Kennedy | 38,439 | |
Democratic Party [2] | John M. Palmer | Thomas Burke | 1,668 | |
Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | George W. Stapleton | 1,526 | |
Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | W. S. Yearsley | 1,517 | |
Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Y. C. Blalock | 1,503 | |
Prohibition Party [2] | Joshua Levering | D. T. Denny | 968 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | R. F. Whittum | 844 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | J. J. Ashby | 826 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | O. J. Gist | 795 | |
National Party [2] | Charles E. Bentley | Charles Goddard | 148 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | R. H. Peter | 135 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | J. B. Redford | 128 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Boyd Tyler | 125 | |
Votes cast [e] | 93,583 |
County | William Jennings Bryan Populist | John M. Palmer Democratic | Total Democratic/Populist Vote | William McKinley Republican | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Charles Bentley National | Margin | Total votes cast [f] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 [g] | 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 [h] | 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 [h] | 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 |