1896 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1896 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
November 3, 1896
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Populist Republican
Alliance Democratic
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Thomas E. Watson[a] (Populist)
Arthur Sewall[a] (Democratic) 		Garret Hobart
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 51,646 39,153
Percentage 55.19% 41.84%
County results
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 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 13.35%,

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.

Results

General Election Results[1]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
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

Results by county

County William Jennings Bryan
Populist 		John M. Palmer
Democratic 		William McKinley
Republican 		Joshua Levering
Prohibition 		Charles Bentley
National 		Margin Total votes cast[f]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 363 57.99% 9 1.44% 243 38.82% 11 1.76% 0 0.00% 120 19.17% 626
Asotin 254 52.16% 15 3.08% 214 43.94% 3 0.62% 1 0.21% 40 8.22% 487
Chehalis 1,312 49.68% 38 1.44% 1,267 47.97% 21 0.80% 3 0.11% 45 1.71% 2,641
Clallam 676 52.53% 41 3.19% 559 43.43% 6 0.47% 5 0.39% 117 9.10% 1,287
Clarke 1,497 48.23% 50 1.61% 1,497 48.23% 51 1.64% 0.29% 0 0.00% 3,104
Columbia 847 51.30% 15 0.91% 776 47.00% 9 0.55% 4 0.24% 71 4.30% 1,651
Cowlitz 935 47.03% 39 1.96% 989 49.75% 23 1.16% 2 0.10% -54 -2.72% 1,988
Douglas 722 67.04% 11 1.02% 334 31.01% 10 0.93% 0 0.00% 388 36.03% 1,077
Franklin 108 70.59% 5 3.27% 38 24.84% 2 1.31% 0 0.00% 70 45.75% 153
Garfield 469 53.60% 13 1.49% 378 43.20% 14 1.60% 1 0.11% 91 10.40% 875
Island 181 44.69% 10 2.47% 206 50.86% 7 1.73% 1 0.25% -25 -6.17% 405
Jefferson 500 40.00% 36 2.88% 704 56.32% 8 0.64% 2 0.16% -204 -16.32% 1,250
King 7,497 52.41% 236 1.65% 6,413 44.83% 144 1.01% 15 0.10% 1,084 7.58% 14,305
Kitsap 702 47.15% 26 1.75% 728 48.89% 29 1.95% 4 0.27% -26 -1.74% 1,489
Kittitas 1,296 53.87% 40 1.66% 1,044 43.39% 23 0.96% 3 0.12% 252 10.48% 2,406
Klickitat 664 41.63% 44 2.76% 876 54.92% 11 0.69% 0 0.00% -212 -13.29% 1,595
Lewis 1,584 48.04% 70 2.12% 1,594 48.35% 37 1.12% 12 0.36% -10 -0.31% 3,297
Lincoln 1,715 66.27% 56 2.16% 781 30.18% 31 1.20% 5 0.19% 934 36.09% 2,588
Mason 650 60.35% 17 1.58% 397 36.86% 11 1.02% 2 0.19% 253 23.49% 1,077
Okanogan 912 72.96% 38 3.04% 284 22.72% 11 0.88% 5 0.40% 628 50.24% 1,250
Pacific 512 33.88% 50 3.31% 925 61.22% 19 1.26% 5 0.33% -413 -27.34% 1,511
Pierce 5,404 52.45% 166 1.61% 4,651 45.14% 58 0.56% 24 0.23% 753 7.31% 10,303
San Juan 283 40.14% 8 1.13% 411 58.30% 3 0.43% 0 0.00% -128 -18.16% 705
Skagit 1,573 53.85% 50 1.71% 1,268 43.41% 28 0.96% 2 0.07% 305 10.44% 2,921
Skamania 237 62.70% 15 3.97% 122 32.28% 4 1.06% 0 0.00% 115 30.42% 378
Snohomish 2,775 58.13% 83 1.74% 1,871 39.19% 43 0.90% 2 0.04% 904 18.94% 4,774
Spokane 5,725 66.17% 104 1.20% 2,701 31.22% 111 1.28% 11 0.13% 3,024 34.95% 8,652
Stevens 1,880 78.50% 46 1.92% 433 18.08% 26 1.09% 10 0.42% 1,447 60.42% 2,395
Thurston 1,371 55.08% 44 1.77% 1,052 42.27% 17 0.68% 5 0.20% 319 12.81% 2,489
Wahkiakum 376 54.57% 20 2.90% 290 42.09% 3 0.44% 0 0.00% 86 12.48% 689
Walla Walla 1,652 49.30% 64 1.91% 1,596 47.63% 37 1.10% 2 0.06% 56 1.67% 3,351
Whatcom 2,177 50.98% 50 1.17% 1,971 46.16% 68 1.59% 4 0.09% 206 4.82% 4,270
Whitman 3,578 66.67% 112 2.09% 1,592 29.66% 77 1.43% 8 0.15% 1,986 37.01% 5,367
Yakima 1,219 54.74% 47 2.11% 948 42.57% 12 0.54% 1 0.04% 271 12.17% 2,227
Totals 51,646 55.19% 1,668 1.78% 39,153 41.84% 968 1.03% 148 0.16% 12,493 13.35% 93,583

Counties that flipped from Republican to Populist

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Received 2 electoral votes for Vice President
  2. ^ Most of Bryan's vote came on the Populist ticket
  3. ^ a b Voted for Arthur Sewall for Vice President
  4. ^ a b Voted for Thomas E. Watson for Vice President
  5. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  6. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

  1. ^ Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington, at a General Election held in the several voting precincts of said State, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday, being the third day of November, A.D. 1896, taken from the official returns.
  2. ^ a b c d e "The Official Ballot". Washington Digital Newspapers. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 2, 1896. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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