1896 United States presidential election

1896 United States presidential election
November 3, 1896
447 members of the Electoral College
224 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout79.3%[1] Increase 4.6 pp
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance –
Parties
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
(Democratic, Silver)
Thomas E. Watson
(Populist)
Electoral vote 271 176
States carried 23 22
Popular vote 7,112,138 6,510,807
Percentage 51.0% 46.7%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by McKinley/Hobart, blue denotes states won by Bryan/Sewall and the Democratic/Populist ticket of Bryan/Watson. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election was the 28th presidential election in the United States. It happened on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican candidate, defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. The 1896 campaign happened during an economic depression called the Panic of 1893. The election is considered to mark the change from the "Third Party System" to the "Fourth Party System".[2]

Although, McKinley's 1896 nomination was his first time securing the nomination, he had received 10+ delegates in every convention since 1888.

Candidates

Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
1896 Republican Party ticket
William McKinley Garret Hobart
for President for Vice President
William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg
William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg
39th
Governor of Ohio
(1892–1896)		 24th
President of the New Jersey Senate
(1881–1882)

Presidential

Vice Presidential

Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party (United States)
1896 Democratic Party ticket
William Jennings Bryan Arthur Sewall
for President for Vice President
U.S. Representative
for NE-01
(1891–1895)		 President of the
Maine Central Railroad
(1884–1893)

Presidential

Vice Presidential

  • Arthur Sewall, former President of the Maine Central Railroad from Maine (1884–1893) (Vice presidential nominee)
  • George F. Williams, former Congressman from Massachusetts (1884–1893)
  • Walter Clark, Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1889–1903)
  • William F. Harrity, 9th Chair of the Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania (1892-1896)
  • J. C. S. Blackburn, U.S. senator from Kentucky (1885-1897, 1901-1907)
  • Robert E. Pattison, 19th & 21st Governor of Pennsylvania (1883-1887, 1891-1895)
  • Henry M. Teller, U.S. senator from Colorado (1876-1882, 1885-1909) and 15th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1882-1885)
  • Sylvester Pennoyer, 8th Governor of Oregon (1873–1895, 1897-1899)
  • Stephen M. White, U.S. senator from California (1893-1899) and 18th Lieutenant Governor of California (1887-1891)
  • J. Hamilton Lewis, Congressional nominee for Washington's at-large district (Ineligible, not yet 35 years old)
  • John R. McLean, owner and publisher of The Washington Post and The Cincinnati Enquirer from Ohio (1905-1916, 1881-1916) (Declined)
  • Richard P. Bland, former Congressman from Missouri (1905-1916, 1881-1916) (Declined)
  • Joseph C. Sibley, former Congressman from Pennsylvania (1893-1895, 1899-1907) (Declined)
  • John W. Daniel, U.S. senator from Virginia (1887-1910) (Declined)
  • James R. Williams, former Congressman from Illionis (1889-1895, 1899-1905) (Declined)
  • Horace Boies, 14th Governor of Iowa (1890-1894) (Declined)
  • George W. Fithian, former Congressman from Illionis (1889-1895) (Declined)

References

  1. ↑ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.
  2. ↑ Williams (2010)

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