1900 United States presidential election in Florida

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1900 United States presidential election in Florida

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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley John G. Woolley Party Democratic Republican Prohibition Home state Nebraska Ohio Illinois Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Theodore Roosevelt Henry B. Metcalf Electoral vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 28,273 7,355 2,244 Percentage 71.31% 18.55% 5.66%

County Results Bryan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% The 1900 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 6, 1900. Florida voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President. The anti-Southern animus of the Harrison presidency meant Florida‘s large landowners felt the disfranchisement of blacks was urgent by 1889. [1] A poll tax was introduced in 1889 [2] as were the so-called “Myers” and “Dortch” laws which required voters in more populous settlements to register their voting precincts. [3] This dramatically cut voter registration amongst blacks and poorer whites, and since Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession, its Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes. Thus this disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites by a poll tax introduced in 1889 [4] left Florida as devoid of Republican adherents as Louisiana, Mississippi or South Carolina. [5] The Republican Party did not offer presidential electors in 1892, and it did not carry a single county in 1896. Florida was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 52.76%. With Bryan appealing to many pineywoods “crackers” who still paid the poll tax, he was able to improve upon his 1896 landslide. [6] The power of Baptist preachers in the settled northern part of the state, however, did produce considerable support for the Prohibition Party’s John G. Woolley in the white counties. [7] This stands as one of the ten occasions [lower-alpha 1] when third or minor parties got over 5% of the vote in Florida. [8] This also marks the only time that any president has won two terms without ever carrying Florida. With 71.31% of the popular vote, Florida would prove to be Bryan's fourth strongest state in the 1900 presidential election only after South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. [9] Bryan had previously won Florida against McKinley four years earlier and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft. Results 1900 United States presidential election in Florida [8] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 28,273 71.31% 4 Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 7,753 18.55% 0 Prohibition John G. Woolley 2,244 5.66% 0 Populist Wharton Barker 1,143 2.88% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 634 1.60% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 39,649 100.00% 4 Voter turnout — Results by county County William Jennings Bryan Democratic William McKinley Republican John Granville Woolley Prohibition Wharton Barker Populist Eugene Victor Debs Socialist Margin Total votes cast [10] #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % Alachua 1,346 76.83% 334 19.06% 17 0.97% 50 2.85% 9 0.51% 1,012 57.76% 1,752 Baker 198 58.41% 112 33.04% 16 4.75% 8 2.37% 3 0.89% 86 25.37% 339 Bradford 734 63.39% 276 23.83% 101 8.82% 21 1.83% 13 1.14% 458 39.55% 1,158 Brevard 513 73.60% 121 17.36% 44 6.30% 18 2.58% 2 0.29% 392 56.24% 697 Calhoun 196 67.12% 35 11.99% 30 10.27% 28 9.59% 3 1.03% 161 55.14% 292 Citrus 413 92.19% 16 3.57% 18 4.02% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 395 [lower-alpha 2] 88.17% 448 Clay 308 71.13% 91 21.02% 8 1.85% 19 4.39% 7 1.62% 217 50.12% 433 Columbia 663 66.70% 252 25.35% 15 1.53% 44 4.49% 6 0.61% 411 41.35% 994 Dade 806 58.62% 389 28.29% 100 7.33% 54 3.96% 16 1.17% 417 30.33% 1,375 De Soto 526 63.99% 134 16.30% 27 3.28% 32 3.89% 103 12.53% 392 47.69% 822 Duval 1,857 66.49% 773 27.68% 24 0.86% 103 3.69% 31 1.11% 1,084 38.81% 2,793 Escambia 1,435 63.47% 432 19.11% 346 15.30% 30 1.33% 18 0.80% 1,003 44.36% 2,261 Franklin 239 56.10% 146 34.27% 25 5.87% 13 3.05% 3 0.70% 93 21.83% 426 Gadsden 684 91.32% 61 8.14% 0 0.00% 4 0.53% 0 0.00% 623 83.18% 749 Hamilton 322 68.08% 96 20.30% 38 7.87% 13 2.69% 14 2.90% 226 47.78% 473 Hernando 252 88.11% 18 6.29% 10 3.50% 5 1.75% 1 0.35% 234 81.82% 286 Hillsborough 2,257 69.55% 349 10.76% 514 15.84% 36 1.11% 89 2.74% 1,743 [lower-alpha 2] 53.71% 3,245 Holmes 339 72.75% 69 14.81% 46 9.87% 8 1.72% 4 0.86% 270 57.94% 466 Jackson 978 78.43% 178 14.27% 14 1.12% 53 4.25% 24 1.92% 800 64.15% 1,247 Jefferson 711 82.29% 143 16.55% 4 0.46% 6 0.69% 0 0.00% 568 65.74% 864 Lafayette 326 89.07% 21 5.74% 13 3.55% 6 1.64% 0 0.00% 305 83.33% 366 Lake 492 70.49% 143 20.49% 41 5.90% 17 2.45% 2 0.29% 349 50.00% 698 Lee 278 81.29% 39 11.40% 20 5.85% 2 0.58% 3 0.88% 239 69.88% 342 Leon 932 80.28% 162 13.95% 43 3.70% 21 1.81% 3 0.26% 770 66.32% 1,161 Levy 383 67.31% 157 27.59% 4 0.70% 23 4.04% 2 0.35% 226 39.72% 569 Liberty 127 88.19% 10 6.94% 6 4.17% 1 0.69% 0 0.00% 117 81.25% 144 Madison 510 76.92% 44 6.64% 83 12.65% 7 1.07% 12 1.83% 427 [lower-alpha 2] 64.27% 663 Manatee 535 81.68% 60 9.16% 42 6.10% 9 1.31% 42 6.10% 475 72.52% 655 Marion 1,132 75.02% 264 17.50% 32 2.13% 52 3.47% 19 1.27% 868 57.52% 1,509 Monroe 747 66.28% 252 22.36% 56 4.97% 50 4.44% 22 1.95% 495 43.92% 1,127 Nassau 441 70.56% 149 23.84% 11 1.77% 17 2.73% 5 0.80% 292 46.72% 625 Orange 857 61.65% 402 28.92% 52 3.75% 56 4.04% 18 1.30% 455 32.73% 1,390 Osceola 266 71.89% 42 11.35% 47 12.63% 11 2.96% 6 1.61% 219 [lower-alpha 2] 59.26% 370 Pasco 492 84.68% 32 5.51% 43 7.40% 14 2.41% 0 0.00% 449 77.28% 581 Polk 983 79.60% 133 10.77% 9 0.73% 24 1.94% 86 6.96% 850 [lower-alpha 2] 68.83% 1,235 Putnam 648 65.32% 250 25.20% 56 5.63% 24 2.41% 17 1.71% 398 40.12% 992 St. John’s 764 70.35% 234 21.55% 15 1.39% 53 4.92% 11 1.02% 530 48.80% 1,086 Santa Rosa 519 88.42% 38 6.47% 8 1.36% 14 2.39% 8 1.36% 481 81.95% 587 Sumter 343 81.28% 53 12.56% 8 1.90% 14 3.33% 2 0.48% 290 68.72% 422 Suwannee 677 71.41% 153 16.14% 76 8.04% 34 3.60% 5 0.53% 524 55.27% 948 Taylor 253 60.38% 105 25.06% 5 1.20% 53 12.74% 0 0.00% 148 35.32% 419 Volusia 755 67.47% 255 22.79% 60 5.34% 40 3.56% 13 1.16% 500 44.68% 1,119 Wakulla 254 85.81% 10 3.38% 32 10.81% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 222 [lower-alpha 2] 75.00% 296 Walton 382 67.97% 139 24.73% 30 5.34% 11 1.96% 0 0.00% 243 43.24% 562 Washington 387 49.05% 291 36.88% 55 6.97% 44 5.58% 12 1.52% 96 12.17% 789 Totals 28,260 71.05% 7,463 18.76% 2,244 5.64% 1,143 2.87% 634 0.51% 20,797 52.29% 39,775 See also United States presidential elections in Florida Notes 1860, 1892, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1924, 1948, 1968 and 1992 are the others In this county where Woolley ran second ahead of McKinley, margin given is Bryan vote minus Woolley vote and percentage margin Bryan percentage minus Woolley percentage. 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