1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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The 1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota

November 3, 1896

Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Populist Alliance - Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 193,503 139,735 Percentage 53.77% 40.89%

County Results McKinley   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Bryan   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

Minnesota was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic and Populist nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan and his running mate former Representative Thomas E. Watson. McKinley won the state by a margin of 12.88%.

Bryan would lose Minnesota to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	193,503	53.77%	9
	Democratic/People's	William Jennings Bryan	139,735	40.89%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	4,348	1.27%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	3,222	0.94%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	954	0.28%	0
Totals			341,762	100.00%	9
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

Counties carried by McKinley/Hobart

Counties carried by Bryan/Sewall

County	William McKinley Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Peoples		Joshua Levering Prohibition		John McAuley Palmer National Democratic		Charles Horatio Matchett Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Aitkin	855	69.46%	344	27.94%	17	1.38%	9	0.73%	6	0.49%	511	41.51%	1,231	AI
Anoka	1,553	64.90%	791	33.05%	24	1.00%	24	1.00%	1	0.04%	762	31.84%	2,393	AN
Becker	1,479	58.81%	985	39.17%	34	1.35%	15	0.60%	2	0.08%	494	19.64%	2,515	BK
Beltrami	202	47.98%	213	50.59%	3	0.71%	3	0.71%	0	0.00%	-11	-2.61%	421	BL
Benton	778	46.61%	867	51.95%	8	0.48%	14	0.84%	2	0.12%	-89	-5.33%	1,669	BN
Big Stone	1,048	55.72%	742	39.45%	54	2.87%	31	1.65%	6	0.32%	306	16.27%	1,881	BS
Blue Earth	4,055	57.50%	2,744	38.91%	150	2.13%	93	1.32%	10	0.14%	1,311	18.59%	7,052	BE
Brown	1,807	53.41%	1,469	43.42%	42	1.24%	50	1.48%	15	0.44%	338	9.99%	3,383	BR
Carlton	1,169	67.15%	543	31.19%	10	0.57%	13	0.75%	6	0.34%	626	35.96%	1,741	CT
Carver	1,856	58.25%	1,268	39.80%	13	0.41%	44	1.38%	5	0.16%	588	18.46%	3,186	CA
Cass	351	55.63%	271	42.95%	5	0.79%	2	0.32%	2	0.32%	80	12.68%	631	CS
Chippewa	1,310	54.61%	1,037	43.23%	33	1.38%	11	0.46%	8	0.33%	273	11.38%	2,399	CP
Chisago	2,558	84.37%	437	14.41%	18	0.59%	17	0.56%	2	0.07%	2,121	69.95%	3,032	CH
Clay	1,598	44.44%	1,908	53.06%	43	1.20%	38	1.06%	9	0.25%	-310	-8.62%	3,596	CY
Cook	81	42.19%	107	55.73%	3	1.56%	1	0.52%	0	0.00%	-26	-13.54%	192	CK
Cottonwood	1,242	58.72%	810	38.30%	47	2.22%	16	0.76%	0	0.00%	432	20.43%	2,115	CD
Crow Wing	1,701	59.35%	1,066	37.19%	59	2.06%	29	1.01%	11	0.38%	635	22.16%	2,866	CW
Dakota	2,147	46.41%	2,310	49.94%	90	1.95%	57	1.23%	22	0.48%	-163	-3.52%	4,626	DK
Dodge	1,900	65.09%	911	31.21%	86	2.95%	18	0.62%	4	0.14%	989	33.88%	2,919	DO
Douglas	1,966	57.84%	1,350	39.72%	58	1.71%	18	0.53%	7	0.21%	616	18.12%	3,399	DG
Faribault	3,116	71.37%	1,107	25.36%	82	1.88%	59	1.35%	2	0.05%	2,009	46.01%	4,366	FA
Fillmore	4,195	66.05%	1,939	30.53%	167	2.63%	40	0.63%	10	0.16%	2,256	35.52%	6,351	FI
Freeborn	3,400	72.25%	1,179	25.05%	99	2.10%	26	0.55%	2	0.04%	2,221	47.20%	4,706	FB
Goodhue	5,748	77.87%	1,426	19.32%	118	1.60%	78	1.06%	12	0.16%	4,322	58.55%	7,382	GH
Grant	1,002	56.29%	739	41.52%	25	1.40%	9	0.51%	5	0.28%	263	14.78%	1,780	GR
Hennepin	26,786	55.47%	20,515	42.48%	450	0.93%	291	0.60%	246	0.51%	6,271	12.99%	48,288	HN
Houston	2,087	65.92%	991	31.30%	47	1.48%	37	1.17%	4	0.13%	1,096	34.62%	3,166	HS
Hubbard	364	49.73%	344	46.99%	4	0.55%	19	2.60%	1	0.14%	20	2.73%	732	HU
Isanti	1,490	66.52%	750	33.48%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	740	33.04%	2,240	IS
Itasca	826	52.91%	724	46.38%	5	0.32%	3	0.19%	3	0.19%	102	6.53%	1,561	IT
Jackson	1,558	56.51%	1,150	41.71%	29	1.05%	17	0.62%	3	0.11%	408	14.80%	2,757	JK
Kanabec	484	64.11%	256	33.91%	10	1.32%	5	0.66%	0	0.00%	228	30.20%	755	KA
Kandiyohi	2,181	56.25%	1,638	42.25%	38	0.98%	17	0.44%	3	0.08%	543	14.01%	3,877	KD
Kittson	753	48.36%	762	48.94%	23	1.48%	13	0.83%	6	0.39%	-9	-0.58%	1,557	KI
Lac qui Parle	1,620	61.34%	932	35.29%	57	2.16%	21	0.80%	11	0.42%	688	26.05%	2,641	LQ
Lake	595	64.05%	320	34.45%	6	0.65%	5	0.54%	3	0.32%	275	29.60%	929	LK
Le Sueur	2,235	51.16%	2,003	45.85%	65	1.49%	54	1.24%	12	0.27%	232	5.31%	4,369	LS
Lincoln	674	46.90%	703	48.92%	31	2.16%	28	1.95%	1	0.07%	-29	-2.02%	1,437	LN
Lyon	1,623	52.83%	1,351	43.98%	67	2.18%	22	0.72%	9	0.29%	272	8.85%	3,072	LY
Marshall	1,200	48.94%	1,222	49.84%	15	0.61%	11	0.45%	4	0.16%	-22	-0.90%	2,452	MH
Martin	1,739	54.31%	1,327	41.44%	97	3.03%	30	0.94%	9	0.28%	412	12.87%	3,202	MT
McLeod	1,595	47.73%	1,653	49.46%	43	1.29%	47	1.41%	4	0.12%	-58	-1.74%	3,342	MD
Meeker	2,094	56.32%	1,538	41.37%	51	1.37%	23	0.62%	12	0.32%	556	14.95%	3,718	MK
Mille Lacs	977	66.78%	456	31.17%	13	0.89%	13	0.89%	4	0.27%	521	35.61%	1,463	ML
Morrison	1,960	51.77%	1,734	45.80%	51	1.35%	33	0.87%	8	0.21%	226	5.97%	3,786	MR
Mower	3,379	68.83%	1,407	28.66%	85	1.73%	36	0.73%	2	0.04%	1,972	40.17%	4,909	MO
Murray	1,204	52.26%	1,054	45.75%	21	0.91%	22	0.95%	3	0.13%	150	6.51%	2,304	MU
Nicollet	1,803	66.41%	837	30.83%	32	1.18%	42	1.55%	1	0.04%	966	35.58%	2,715	NI
Nobles	1,568	54.84%	1,204	42.11%	48	1.68%	32	1.12%	7	0.24%	364	12.73%	2,859	NO
Norman	1,382	49.61%	1,304	46.81%	83	2.98%	12	0.43%	5	0.18%	78	2.80%	2,786	NR
Olmsted	3,201	62.83%	1,741	34.17%	83	1.63%	66	1.30%	4	0.08%	1,460	28.66%	5,095	OL
Otter Tail	3,544	42.73%	4,482	54.04%	162	1.95%	76	0.92%	30	0.36%	-938	-11.31%	8,294	OT
Pine	1,152	55.46%	875	42.13%	13	0.63%	30	1.44%	7	0.34%	277	13.34%	2,077	PN
Pipestone	862	47.49%	919	50.63%	17	0.94%	17	0.94%	0	0.00%	-57	-3.14%	1,815	PS
Polk	2,855	35.39%	5,054	62.65%	69	0.86%	54	0.67%	35	0.43%	-2,199	-27.26%	8,067	PL
Pope	1,773	70.53%	688	27.37%	43	1.71%	8	0.32%	2	0.08%	1,085	43.16%	2,514	PO
Ramsey	17,522	57.66%	12,048	39.65%	177	0.58%	433	1.42%	207	0.68%	5,474	18.01%	30,387	RM
Redwood	1,818	60.60%	1,123	37.43%	31	1.03%	24	0.80%	4	0.13%	695	23.17%	3,000	RW
Renville	2,553	55.16%	1,978	42.74%	51	1.10%	38	0.82%	8	0.17%	575	12.42%	4,628	RV
Rice	3,483	60.99%	2,002	35.06%	103	1.80%	110	1.93%	13	0.23%	1,481	25.93%	5,711	RC
Rock	1,209	59.85%	765	37.87%	28	1.39%	15	0.74%	3	0.15%	444	21.98%	2,020	RK
Roseau	287	34.66%	527	63.65%	6	0.72%	5	0.60%	3	0.36%	-240	-28.99%	828	RS
Scott	1,126	38.31%	1,706	58.05%	29	0.99%	67	2.28%	11	0.37%	-580	-19.73%	2,939	SL
Sherburne	1,008	63.92%	536	33.99%	18	1.14%	13	0.82%	2	0.13%	472	29.93%	1,577	SC
Sibley	1,826	57.97%	1,251	39.71%	19	0.60%	47	1.49%	7	0.22%	575	18.25%	3,150	SB
St. Louis	9,810	56.36%	7,412	42.58%	92	0.53%	76	0.44%	16	0.09%	2,398	13.78%	17,406	SY
Stearns	2,873	36.06%	4,911	61.64%	42	0.53%	123	1.54%	18	0.23%	-2,038	-25.58%	7,967	ST
Steele	2,046	59.41%	1,248	36.24%	80	2.32%	65	1.89%	5	0.15%	798	23.17%	3,444	SE
Stevens	981	57.40%	685	40.08%	28	1.64%	13	0.76%	2	0.12%	296	17.32%	1,709	SV
Swift	1,273	49.78%	1,222	47.79%	40	1.56%	15	0.59%	7	0.27%	51	1.99%	2,557	SW
Todd	2,043	52.28%	1,739	44.50%	96	2.46%	29	0.74%	1	0.03%	304	7.78%	3,908	TD
Traverse	589	36.65%	963	59.93%	22	1.37%	28	1.74%	5	0.31%	-374	-23.27%	1,607	TR
Wabasha	2,530	58.86%	1,630	37.92%	76	1.77%	55	1.28%	7	0.16%	900	20.94%	4,298	WB
Wadena	874	60.65%	534	37.06%	25	1.73%	7	0.49%	1	0.07%	340	23.59%	1,441	WD
Waseca	1,902	58.79%	1,244	38.45%	57	1.76%	29	0.90%	3	0.09%	658	20.34%	3,235	WC
Washington	3,995	70.51%	1,558	27.50%	47	0.83%	58	1.02%	8	0.14%	2,437	43.01%	5,666	WA
Watonwan	1,622	71.99%	586	26.01%	33	1.46%	10	0.44%	2	0.09%	1,036	45.98%	2,253	WW
Wilkin	631	41.30%	855	55.96%	21	1.37%	16	1.05%	5	0.33%	-224	-14.66%	1,528	WK
Winona	3,935	51.51%	3,528	46.18%	69	0.90%	89	1.17%	18	0.24%	407	5.33%	7,639	WN
Wright	3,312	59.37%	2,172	38.93%	49	0.88%	37	0.66%	9	0.16%	1,140	20.43%	5,579	WR
Yellow Medicine	1,578	58.92%	1,015	37.90%	63	2.35%	21	0.78%	1	0.04%	563	21.02%	2,678	YM
Totals	193,507	56.62%	139,735	40.89%	4,348	1.27%	3,222	0.94%	954	0.28%	53,772	15.73%	341,766	MN

See also

• United States presidential elections in Minnesota