1900 United States presidential election in Illinois

1900 United States presidential election in Illinois

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I Electoral vote 24 0 Popular vote 597,985 503,061 Percentage 52.83% 44.44%

County Results McKinley   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Bryan   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%

President before election William McKinley Republican Elected President William McKinley Republican

The 1900 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Bryan

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

  90–100%

McKinley

  40–50%

  50–60%

  60–70%

  70–80%

  80–90%

  90–100%

Tie

  

Illinois was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. They defeated 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. McKinley won the state by a margin of 8.39% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

Illinois was the tipping-point-state in the 1900 presidential election.

Bryan had previous lost Illinois to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1900 United States presidential election in Illinois [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley (inc.)	597,985	52.83%	24
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	503,061	44.44%	0
	Prohibition	John G. Woolley	17,626	1.56%	0
	Social Democratic	Eugene V. Debs	9,687	0.86%	0
	Socialist Labor	Joseph F. Malloney	1,373	0.12%	0
	Populist	Wharton Barker	1,141	0.10%	0
	Union Reform	Seth H. Ellis	672	0.06%	0
	United Christian	Jonah Leonard	352	0.03%	0
Totals			1,131,897	100.00%	24
Voter turnout					—

Chicago results

1900 United States presidential election in Chicago [2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	William McKinley	184,786	49.66%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	177,165	47.61%
	Social Democratic	Eugene V. Debs	6,553	1.76%
	Prohibition	John G. Woolley	2,997	0.81%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph F. Malloney	410	0.11%
	Populist	Wharton Barker	185	0.05%
Totals			372,096	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois

References

1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Illinois
2. "The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1901". The Chicago Daily News. January 1, 1901. p. 390. Retrieved May 12, 2025.