1896 Presidential Election Results

William McKinley (Republican) won the 1896 presidential election with 271 of 447 electoral votes, defeating William Jennings Bryan (Democratic-Populist, 176). McKinley also won the popular vote with 52.7%.

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Results by state

State	EV	McKinley	Bryan	Votes cast
Alabama	11	29.9%55,673	70.1%130,29811 EV	185,971
Arkansas	8	25.4%37,512	74.6%110,1038 EV	147,615
California	9	54.4%146,6888 EV	45.6%123,1431 EV	269,831
Colorado	4	14.0%26,271	86.0%161,0054 EV	187,276
Connecticut	6	66.0%110,2856 EV	34.0%56,740	167,025
Delaware	3	55.7%16,8833 EV	44.3%13,425	30,308
Florida	4	26.9%11,298	73.1%30,6834 EV	41,981
Georgia	13	38.8%60,107	61.2%94,73313 EV	154,840
Iowa	13	56.4%289,29313 EV	43.6%223,744	513,037
Idaho	3	21.5%6,324	78.5%23,1353 EV	29,459
Illinois	24	56.6%607,13024 EV	43.4%465,593	1,072,723
Indiana	15	51.5%323,75415 EV	48.6%305,538	629,292
Kansas	10	48.0%159,484	52.0%173,04910 EV	332,533
Kentucky	13	50.0%218,17112 EV	50.0%217,8941 EV	436,065
Louisiana	8	22.2%22,037	77.8%77,1758 EV	99,212
Massachusetts	15	72.6%278,97615 EV	27.4%105,414	384,390
Maryland	8	56.8%136,9598 EV	43.2%104,150	241,109
Maine	6	69.9%80,4036 EV	30.1%34,587	114,990
Michigan	14	55.3%293,33614 EV	44.7%237,164	530,500
Minnesota	9	58.1%193,5039 EV	41.9%139,735	333,238
Missouri	17	45.6%304,940	54.4%363,66717 EV	668,607
Mississippi	9	7.1%4,819	92.9%63,3559 EV	68,174
Montana	3	19.8%10,509	80.2%42,6283 EV	53,137
North Carolina	11	47.1%155,122	52.9%174,40811 EV	329,530
North Dakota	3	56.0%26,3353 EV	44.0%20,686	47,021
Nebraska	8	47.3%103,064	52.7%115,0078 EV	218,071
New Hampshire	4	73.0%57,4444 EV	27.0%21,271	78,715
New Jersey	10	62.4%221,36710 EV	37.7%133,675	355,042
Nevada	3	19.9%1,938	80.1%7,8023 EV	9,740
New York	36	59.8%819,83836 EV	40.2%551,369	1,371,207
Ohio	23	52.6%525,99123 EV	47.5%474,882	1,000,873
Oregon	4	51.0%48,7004 EV	49.0%46,739	95,439
Pennsylvania	32	63.0%728,30032 EV	37.0%427,125	1,155,425
Rhode Island	4	72.1%37,4374 EV	27.9%14,459	51,896
South Carolina	9	13.7%9,313	86.3%58,8019 EV	68,114
South Dakota	4	49.9%41,040	50.1%41,2254 EV	82,265
Tennessee	12	47.1%148,683	52.9%167,16812 EV	315,851
Texas	15	37.9%163,413	62.1%267,80315 EV	431,216
Utah	3	17.3%13,491	82.7%64,6073 EV	78,098
Virginia	12	46.7%135,379	53.3%154,70812 EV	290,087
Vermont	4	83.4%51,1274 EV	16.6%10,179	61,306
Washington	4	43.1%39,153	56.9%51,6464 EV	90,799
Wisconsin	12	61.8%268,13512 EV	38.2%165,523	433,658
West Virginia	6	52.7%105,3796 EV	47.3%94,480	199,859
Wyoming	3	49.3%10,072	50.7%10,3763 EV	20,448

Popular vote shares are of the votes for the candidates listed in the source. A dash under Votes cast means the state legislature chose the electors. Sources: the National Archives (electoral votes), the American Presidency Project and the Clerk of the House (popular vote).