1896 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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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 15.13%,
As a result of his win in the state, Bryan would become the first Democratic[c] 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.
This is the last time the losing candidate won a majority of Clallam County votes.
Results
[edit]Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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People's Party[2] | William Jennings Bryan[d] | N. T. Caton | 51,646 | |
People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[d] | I. N. Maxwell | 50,895 | |
People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[e] | John B. Hart | 50,842 | |
People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[e] | 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] | William Jennings Bryan | Thomas Burke | 1,668 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | George W. Stapleton | 1,526 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. S. Yearsley | 1,517 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | 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[f] | 93,583 |
Results by county
[edit]County | William Jennings Bryan | William McKinley Republican | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Charles Bentley National | Margin | Total votes cast[g] | |||||||||
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Populist | Democratic | Total | |||||||||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 363 | 57.99% | 9 | 1.44% | 372 | 59.42% | 243 | 38.82% | 11 | 1.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 129 | 20.61% | 626 |
Asotin | 254 | 52.16% | 15 | 3.08% | 269 | 55.24% | 214 | 43.94% | 3 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.21% | 55 | 11.29% | 487 |
Chehalis | 1,312 | 49.68% | 38 | 1.44% | 1,350 | 51.12% | 1,267 | 47.97% | 21 | 0.80% | 3 | 0.11% | 83 | 3.14% | 2,641 |
Clallam | 676 | 52.53% | 41 | 3.19% | 717 | 55.71% | 559 | 43.43% | 6 | 0.47% | 5 | 0.39% | 158 | 12.28% | 1,287 |
Clark | 1,497 | 48.23% | 50 | 1.61% | 1,547 | 49.84% | 1,497 | 48.23% | 51 | 1.64% | 9 | 0.29% | 50[h] | 1.61% | 3,104 |
Columbia | 847 | 51.30% | 15 | 0.91% | 862 | 52.21% | 776 | 47.00% | 9 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.24% | 86 | 5.21% | 1,651 |
Cowlitz | 935 | 47.03% | 39 | 1.96% | 974 | 48.99% | 989 | 49.75% | 23 | 1.16% | 2 | 0.10% | -15 | -0.75% | 1,988 |
Douglas | 722 | 67.04% | 11 | 1.02% | 733 | 68.06% | 334 | 31.01% | 10 | 0.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 37.05% | 1,077 |
Franklin | 108 | 70.59% | 5 | 3.27% | 113 | 73.86% | 38 | 24.84% | 2 | 1.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 75 | 49.02% | 153 |
Garfield | 469 | 53.60% | 13 | 1.49% | 482 | 55.09% | 378 | 43.20% | 14 | 1.60% | 1 | 0.11% | 104 | 11.89% | 875 |
Island | 181 | 44.69% | 10 | 2.47% | 191 | 47.16% | 206 | 50.86% | 7 | 1.73% | 1 | 0.25% | -15 | -3.70% | 405 |
Jefferson | 500 | 40.00% | 36 | 2.88% | 536 | 42.88% | 704 | 56.32% | 8 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.16% | -168 | -13.44% | 1,250 |
King | 7,497 | 52.41% | 236 | 1.65% | 7,733 | 54.06% | 6,413 | 44.83% | 144 | 1.01% | 15 | 0.10% | 1,320 | 9.23% | 14,305 |
Kitsap | 702 | 47.15% | 26 | 1.75% | 728 | 48.89% | 728 | 48.89% | 29 | 1.95% | 4 | 0.27% | 0[i] | 0.00% | 1,489 |
Kittitas | 1,296 | 53.87% | 40 | 1.66% | 1,336 | 55.53% | 1,044 | 43.39% | 23 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.12% | 292 | 12.14% | 2,406 |
Klickitat | 664 | 41.63% | 44 | 2.76% | 708 | 44.39% | 876 | 54.92% | 11 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | -168 | -10.53% | 1,595 |
Lewis | 1,584 | 48.04% | 70 | 2.12% | 1,654 | 50.17% | 1,594 | 48.35% | 37 | 1.12% | 12 | 0.36% | 60[i] | 1.82% | 3,297 |
Lincoln | 1,715 | 66.27% | 56 | 2.16% | 1,771 | 68.43% | 781 | 30.18% | 31 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.19% | 990 | 38.25% | 2,588 |
Mason | 650 | 60.35% | 17 | 1.58% | 667 | 61.93% | 397 | 36.86% | 11 | 1.02% | 2 | 0.19% | 270 | 25.07% | 1,077 |
Okanogan | 912 | 72.96% | 38 | 3.04% | 950 | 76.00% | 284 | 22.72% | 11 | 0.88% | 5 | 0.40% | 666 | 53.28% | 1,250 |
Pacific | 512 | 33.88% | 50 | 3.31% | 562 | 37.19% | 925 | 61.22% | 19 | 1.26% | 5 | 0.33% | -363 | -24.02% | 1,511 |
Pierce | 5,404 | 52.45% | 166 | 1.61% | 5,570 | 54.06% | 4,651 | 45.14% | 58 | 0.56% | 24 | 0.23% | 919 | 8.92% | 10,303 |
San Juan | 283 | 40.14% | 8 | 1.13% | 291 | 41.28% | 411 | 58.30% | 3 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -120 | -17.02% | 705 |
Skagit | 1,573 | 53.85% | 50 | 1.71% | 1,623 | 55.56% | 1,268 | 43.41% | 28 | 0.96% | 2 | 0.07% | 355 | 12.15% | 2,921 |
Skamania | 237 | 62.70% | 15 | 3.97% | 252 | 66.67% | 122 | 32.28% | 4 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 130 | 34.39% | 378 |
Snohomish | 2,775 | 58.13% | 83 | 1.74% | 2,858 | 59.87% | 1,871 | 39.19% | 43 | 0.90% | 2 | 0.04% | 987 | 20.67% | 4,774 |
Spokane | 5,725 | 66.17% | 104 | 1.20% | 5,829 | 67.37% | 2,701 | 31.22% | 111 | 1.28% | 11 | 0.13% | 3,128 | 36.15% | 8,652 |
Stevens | 1,880 | 78.50% | 46 | 1.92% | 1,926 | 80.42% | 433 | 18.08% | 26 | 1.09% | 10 | 0.42% | 1,493 | 62.34% | 2,395 |
Thurston | 1,371 | 55.08% | 44 | 1.77% | 1,415 | 56.85% | 1,052 | 42.27% | 17 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.20% | 363 | 14.58% | 2,489 |
Wahkiakum | 376 | 54.57% | 20 | 2.90% | 396 | 57.47% | 290 | 42.09% | 3 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 15.38% | 689 |
Walla Walla | 1,652 | 49.30% | 64 | 1.91% | 1,716 | 51.21% | 1,596 | 47.63% | 37 | 1.10% | 2 | 0.06% | 120 | 3.58% | 3,351 |
Whatcom | 2,177 | 50.98% | 50 | 1.17% | 2,227 | 52.15% | 1,971 | 46.16% | 68 | 1.59% | 4 | 0.09% | 256 | 6.00% | 4,270 |
Whitman | 3,578 | 66.67% | 112 | 2.09% | 3,690 | 68.75% | 1,592 | 29.66% | 77 | 1.43% | 8 | 0.15% | 2,098 | 39.09% | 5,367 |
Yakima | 1,219 | 54.74% | 47 | 2.11% | 1,266 | 56.85% | 948 | 42.57% | 12 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.04% | 318 | 14.28% | 2,227 |
Totals | 51,646 | 55.19% | 1,668 | 1.78% | 53,314 | 56.97% | 39,153 | 41.84% | 968 | 1.03% | 148 | 0.16% | 14,161 | 15.13% | 93,583 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Populist
[edit]- Adams
- Asotin
- Chehalis
- Clallam
- Clark
- Douglas
- Garfield
- King
- Kittitas
- Lewis
- Okanogan
- Pierce
- Skagit
- Snohomish
- Spokane
- Stevens
- Thurston
- Wahkiakum
- Walla Walla
- Whatcom
- Whitman
- Yakima
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Received 2 electoral votes for Vice President
- ^ Combined total from the Populist and Democratic tickets
- ^ Most of Bryan's vote came on the Populist ticket
- ^ a b Voted for Arthur Sewall for Vice President
- ^ a b Voted for Thomas E. Watson for Vice President
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Bryan only wins this county if you include his Democratic vote, otherwise it is a tie between the Populist and Republican vote
- ^ a b McKinley wins this county if Bryan's votes are not combined
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e "The Official Ballot". Washington Digital Newspapers. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. November 2, 1896. Retrieved July 31, 2024.