1896 United States presidential election in Georgia

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J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Populist Nebraska Arthur Sewall 13 93,885 57.78% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Garret Hobart 0 59,395 36.56% 1896 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 250px County results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% McKinley #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) Elected President William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Following Reconstruction, Georgia would be the first former Confederate state to substantially disenfranchise its newly enfranchised freedmen and many poor whites, doing so in the early 1870s.Mickey, Robert W.; Paths Out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972, p. 76 1400838789 This largely limited the Republican Party to a few North Georgia counties with substantial Civil War Unionist sentiment – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and TownsPhillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 9780691163246 – and in presidential elections to a small number of counties elsewhere where blacks were not yet fully disenfranchised. The Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction, and the main competition became Democratic primaries, which were restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 022611435X This restriction was done by local county laws, but combined with the highly efficacious cumulative poll tax introduced in 1877 meant that turnout declined steadily throughout the 1880s,Kousser, J. Morgan; The Shaping of Southern Politics Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910, p. 213 0-300-01973-4 unlike any other former Confederate state except South Carolina. Georgia was won by the Democratic and Populist nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 21.22%. However, politics after the first demobilization was always chaotic. Third-party movements, chiefly the Populist Party, gained support amongst the remaining poor white and black voters in opposition to the planter elite.Mickey, Robert W.; ‘The Beginning of the End for Authoritarian Rule in America: Smith v. Allwright and the Abolition of the White Primary in the Deep South, 1944-1948’; Studies in American Political Development, Vol. 22 (Fall 2008), pp. 143-182. Whereas the Republican Party had not contested a statewide election seriously since 1876,J. Morgan. Kousser The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910, p. 211 January 1, 1974 https://www.amazon.com/Shaping-Southern-Politics-Establishment-Publications/dp/0300016964 The Populists made significant runs for the Georgia governorship in 1892, 1894, and 1896, which would have been stronger but for large scale Black Belt electoral fraud.Kousser; The Shaping of Southern Politics, p. 214 In the presidential race the state was hit by a dispute between state Populist leader Thomas E. Watson and Maine shipbuilder Arthur Sewall over the vice-presidential nomination, which led to Watson's frustration and fury increasing and failed to gain either candidate local support.Durden, Robert Franklin. The Climax of Populism: The Election of 1896, pp. 52-56 0813162653 The Populist political maneuvering, combined with past alliances of Republicans with the Populist movement, increased Georgia's Republican vote to the highest level seen in any presidential election since 1872 at the height of Reconstruction.Lindeen, James W.; ‘Longitudinal Analysis of Republican Presidential Electoral Trends, 1896-1968’; Midwest Journal of Political Science, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb., 1972), pp. 102-122 Nonetheless, McKinley never campaigned in Georgia, and Bryan still carried the state by over twenty-one points. Bryan would later win Georgia again against William McKinley four years later and would win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft. Results 1896 United States presidential election in GeorgiaDave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1896&fips=13&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1896 Presidential General Election Results – GeorgiaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 93,445 57.51% 13 Populist William Jennings Bryan 440 0.27% 0 Total William Jennings Bryan 93,885 57.78% 13 Republican William McKinley 59,395 36.56% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 5,483 3.37% 0 National Democratic John M. Palmer 3,670 2.26% 0 Write-ins Scattered 47These scattered write-in votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total. 0.03% 0 Results by county County William Jennings BryanGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1896.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)Democratic William McKinleyRepublican Joshua LeveringProhibition John McAuley PalmerNational Democratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Appling 996 66.89% 488 32.77% 0 0.00% 5 0.34% 508 34.12% 1,489 Baker 527 88.87% 62 10.46% 3 0.51% 1 0.17% 465 78.41% 593 Baldwin 516 52.98% 410 42.09% 38 3.90% 10 1.03% 106 10.88% 974 Banks 579 55.73% 389 37.44% 60 5.77% 11 1.06% 190 18.29% 1,039 Bartow 1,026 54.40% 808 42.84% 31 1.64% 21 1.11% 218 11.56% 1,886 Berrien 606 65.80% 250 27.14% 36 3.91% 29 3.15% 356 38.65% 921 Bibb 1,854 50.81% 670 18.36% 134 3.67% 991 27.16% 863"PalmerdMcKinley" In this county where Palmer ran second ahead of McKinley, margin given is Bryan vote minus Palmer vote and percentage margin Bryan percentage minus Palmer percentage. 23.65% 3,649 Brooks 528 51.56% 423 41.31% 55 5.37% 18 1.76% 105 10.25% 1,024 Bryan 259 59.00% 171 38.95% 3 0.68% 6 1.37% 88 20.05% 439 Bulloch 1,042 65.04% 511 31.90% 40 2.50% 9 0.56% 531 33.15% 1,602 Burke 1,414 86.70% 193 11.83% 14 0.86% 10 0.61% 1,221 74.86% 1,631 Butts 586 59.92% 317 32.41% 75 7.67% 0 0.00% 269 27.51% 978 Calhoun 406 97.13% 5 1.20% 0 0.00% 7 1.67% 399"PalmerdMcKinley" 95.45% 418 Camden 190 44.08% 209 48.49% 5 1.16% 27 6.26% -19 -4.41% 431 Campbell 434 50.58% 377 43.94% 42 4.90% 5 0.58% 57 6.64% 858 Carroll 1,490 64.81% 733 31.88% 71 3.09% 5 0.22% 757 32.93% 2,299 Catoosa 557 74.17% 161 21.44% 25 3.33% 8 1.07% 396 52.73% 751 Chatham 2,506 52.64% 1,697 35.64% 42 0.88% 516 10.84% 809 16.99% 4,761 Chattahoochee 157 30.66% 349 68.16% 6 1.17% 0 0.00% -192 -37.50% 512 Chattooga 911 62.06% 500 34.06% 46 3.13% 11 0.75% 411 28.00% 1,468 Cherokee 712 47.91% 702 47.24% 72 4.85% 0 0.00% 10 0.67% 1,486 Clarke 707 60.17% 419 35.66% 19 1.62% 30 2.55% 288 24.51% 1,175 Clay 240 28.14% 534 62.60% 70 8.21% 9 1.06% -294 -34.47% 853 Clayton 516 50.74% 472 46.41% 24 2.36% 5 0.49% 44 4.33% 1,017 Clinch 257 53.10% 212 43.80% 5 1.03% 10 2.07% 45 9.30% 484 Cobb 1,387 61.97% 758 33.87% 79 3.53% 14 0.63% 629 28.11% 2,238 Coffee 428 31.96% 873 65.20% 38 2.84% 0 0.00% -445 -33.23% 1,339 Colquitt 361 60.47% 135 22.61% 62 10.39% 39 6.53% 226 37.86% 597 Columbia 192 31.68% 401 66.17% 10 1.65% 3 0.50% -209 -34.49% 606 Coweta 1,196 66.74% 571 31.86% 23 1.28% 2 0.11% 625 34.88% 1,792 Crawford 367 82.47% 62 13.93% 16 3.60% 0 0.00% 305 68.54% 445 Dade 325 62.02% 110 20.99% 17 3.24% 72 13.74% 215 41.03% 524 Dawson 324 51.67% 290 46.25% 13 2.07% 0 0.00% 34 5.42% 627 DeKalb 815 60.24% 439 32.45% 62 4.58% 37 2.73% 376 27.79% 1,353 Decatur 972 55.57% 700 40.02% 57 3.26% 20 1.14% 272 15.55% 1,749 Dodge 568 59.66% 315 33.09% 57 5.99% 12 1.26% 253 26.58% 952 Dooly 956 68.73% 365 26.24% 68 4.89% 2 0.14% 591 42.49% 1,391 Dougherty 404 76.23% 120 22.64% 1 0.19% 5 0.94% 284 53.58% 530 Douglas 463 41.30% 641 57.18% 17 1.52% 0 0.00% -178 -15.88% 1,121 Early 591 57.94% 336 32.94% 45 4.41% 48 4.71% 255 25.00% 1,020 Echols 174 76.65% 52 22.91% 1 0.44% 0 0.00% 122 53.74% 227 Effingham 372 60.29% 209 33.87% 22 3.57% 14 2.27% 163 26.42% 617 Elbert 134 33.50% 155 38.75% 96 24.00% 15 3.75% -21 -5.25% 400 Emanuel 690 51.69% 507 37.98% 112 8.39% 26 1.95% 183 13.71% 1,335 Fannin 507 35.43% 920 64.29% 4 0.28% 0 0.00% -413 -28.86% 1,431 Fayette 562 58.06% 345 35.64% 59 6.10% 2 0.21% 217 22.42% 968 Floyd 2,150 64.68% 1,117 33.60% 23 0.69% 34 1.02% 1,033 31.08% 3,324 Forsyth 482 62.60% 259 33.64% 29 3.77% 0 0.00% 223 28.96% 770 Franklin 599 56.46% 392 36.95% 64 6.03% 6 0.57% 207 19.51% 1,061 Fulton 4,504 57.01% 3,005 38.04% 150 1.90% 241 3.05% 1,499 18.97% 7,900 Gilmer 706 58.40% 503 41.60% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 203 16.79% 1,209 Glascock 154 45.83% 122 36.31% 58 17.26% 2 0.60% 32 9.52% 336 Glynn 592 60.72% 353 36.21% 8 0.82% 22 2.26% 239 24.51% 975 Gordon 875 61.36% 523 36.68% 27 1.89% 1 0.07% 352 24.68% 1,426 Greene 575 37.03% 910 58.60% 59 3.80% 9 0.58% -335 -21.57% 1,553 Gwinnett 1,250 57.84% 773 35.77% 115 5.32% 23 1.06% 477 22.07% 2,161 Habersham 782 71.81% 242 22.22% 57 5.23% 8 0.73% 540 49.59% 1,089 Hall 1,134 61.36% 582 31.49% 107 5.79% 25 1.35% 552 29.87% 1,848 Hancock 952 85.69% 122 10.98% 37 3.33% 0 0.00% 830 74.71% 1,111 Haralson 469 39.48% 686 57.74% 32 2.69% 1 0.08% -217 -18.27% 1,188 Harris 919 67.57% 402 29.56% 39 2.87% 0 0.00% 517 38.01% 1,360 Hart 738 62.92% 339 28.90% 91 7.76% 5 0.43% 399 34.02% 1,173 Heard 620 80.42% 138 17.90% 11 1.43% 2 0.26% 482 62.52% 771 Henry 569 46.64% 568 46.56% 68 5.57% 15 1.23% 1 0.08% 1,220 Houston 875 80.35% 192 17.63% 0 0.00% 22 2.02% 683 62.72% 1,089 Irwin 626 55.15% 486 42.82% 15 1.32% 8 0.70% 140 12.33% 1,135 Jackson 1,205 56.36% 700 32.74% 206 9.64% 27 1.26% 505 23.62% 2,138 Jasper 628 83.96% 110 14.71% 2 0.27% 8 1.07% 518 69.25% 748 Jefferson 541 58.17% 223 23.98% 148 15.91% 18 1.94% 318 34.19% 930 Johnson 213 45.03% 239 50.53% 21 4.44% 0 0.00% -26 -5.50% 473 Jones 521 57.13% 377 41.34% 9 0.99% 5 0.55% 144 15.79% 912 Laurens 570 49.61% 514 44.73% 65 5.66% 0 0.00% 56 4.87% 1,149 Lee 285 63.62% 163 36.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 122 27.23% 448 Liberty 237 26.60% 646 72.50% 0 0.00% 8 0.90% -409 -45.90% 891 Lincoln 239 61.28% 73 18.72% 78 20.00% 0 0.00% 161"LeveringdMcKinley" In this county where Levering ran second ahead of McKinley, margin given is Bryan vote minus Levering vote and percentage margin Bryan percentage minus Levering percentage. 41.28% 390 Lowndes 586 49.87% 536 45.62% 0 0.00% 53 4.51% 50 4.26% 1,175 Lumpkin 436 48.39% 456 50.61% 5 0.55% 4 0.44% -20 -2.22% 901 Macon 511 58.87% 286 32.95% 52 5.99% 19 2.19% 225 25.92% 868 Madison 672 80.96% 141 16.99% 0 0.00% 17 2.05% 531 63.98% 830 Marion 223 33.28% 409 61.04% 32 4.78% 6 0.90% -186 -27.76% 670 McDuffie 138 23.35% 401 67.85% 31 5.25% 21 3.55% -263 -44.50% 591 McIntosh 234 29.25% 538 67.25% 9 1.13% 19 2.38% -304 -38.00% 800 Meriwether 991 48.60% 946 46.40% 91 4.46% 11 0.54% 45 2.21% 2,039 Miller 315 80.56% 55 14.07% 20 5.12% 1 0.26% 260 66.50% 391 Milton 428 62.48% 227 33.14% 26 3.80% 4 0.58% 201 29.34% 685 Mitchell 437 54.56% 268 33.46% 65 8.11% 31 3.87% 169 21.10% 801 Monroe 729 56.47% 419 32.46% 129 9.99% 14 1.08% 310 24.01% 1,291 Montgomery 503 51.22% 441 44.91% 28 2.85% 10 1.02% 62 6.31% 982 Morgan 629 42.13% 819 54.86% 41 2.75% 4 0.27% -190 -12.73% 1,493 Murray 557 62.44% 323 36.21% 12 1.35% 0 0.00% 234 26.23% 892 Muscogee 1,365 68.28% 501 25.06% 25 1.25% 108 5.40% 864 43.22% 1,999 Newton 973 60.47% 580 36.05% 29 1.80% 27 1.68% 393 24.43% 1,609 Oconee 330 47.90% 358 51.96% 1 0.15% 0 0.00% -28 -4.06% 689 Oglethorpe 1,242 88.21% 106 7.53% 53 3.76% 7 0.50% 1,136 80.68% 1,408 Paulding 627 50.56% 552 44.52% 58 4.68% 3 0.24% 75 6.05% 1,240 Pickens 458 39.79% 693 60.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -235 -20.42% 1,151 Pierce 329 52.98% 215 34.62% 35 5.64% 42 6.76% 114 18.36% 621 Pike 890 52.05% 724 42.34% 69 4.04% 27 1.58% 166 9.71% 1,710 Polk 567 39.79% 810 56.84% 13 0.91% 35 2.46% -243 -17.05% 1,425 Pulaski 755 82.60% 132 14.44% 16 1.75% 11 1.20% 623 68.16% 914 Putnam 438 92.41% 2 0.42% 19 4.01% 15 3.16% 419"LeveringdMcKinley" 88.40% 474 Quitman 181 37.32% 280 57.73% 19 3.92% 5 1.03% -99 -20.41% 485 Rabun 404 78.14% 101 19.54% 5 0.97% 7 1.35% 303 58.61% 517 Randolph 627 58.00% 384 35.52% 49 4.53% 21 1.94% 243 22.48% 1,081 Richmond 3,716 65.78% 1,698 30.06% 96 1.70% 139 2.46% 2,018 35.72% 5,649 Rockdale 473 48.96% 483 50.00% 0 0.00% 10 1.04% -10 -1.04% 966 Schley 266 44.11% 327 54.23% 10 1.66% 0 0.00% -61 -10.12% 603 Screven 585 48.67% 542 45.09% 75 6.24% 0 0.00% 43 3.58% 1,202 Spalding 612 68.76% 239 26.85% 13 1.46% 26 2.92% 373 41.91% 890 Stewart 635 72.82% 213 24.43% 13 1.49% 11 1.26% 422 48.39% 872 Sumter 1,094 72.07% 371 24.44% 28 1.84% 25 1.65% 723 47.63% 1,518 Talbot 472 72.84% 156 24.07% 14 2.16% 6 0.93% 316 48.77% 648 Taliaferro 221 41.23% 261 48.69% 52 9.70% 2 0.37% -40 -7.46% 536 Tattnall 517 40.71% 600 47.24% 85 6.69% 68 5.35% -83 -6.54% 1,270 Taylor 237 41.00% 309 53.46% 30 5.19% 2 0.35% -72 -12.46% 578 Telfair 580 58.88% 350 35.53% 54 5.48% 1 0.10% 230 23.35% 985 Terrell 809 60.42% 467 34.88% 54 4.03% 9 0.67% 342 25.54% 1,339 Thomas 600 42.13% 620 43.54% 75 5.27% 129 9.06% -20 -1.40% 1,424 Towns 340 53.21% 299 46.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 41 6.42% 639 Troup 878 79.67% 199 18.06% 22 2.00% 3 0.27% 679 61.62% 1,102 Twiggs 397 75.62% 128 24.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 269 51.24% 525 Union 560 56.06% 419 41.94% 20 2.00% 0 0.00% 141 14.11% 999 Upson 591 52.53% 498 44.27% 35 3.11% 1 0.09% 93 8.27% 1,125 Walker 1,045 62.99% 569 34.30% 26 1.57% 19 1.15% 476 28.69% 1,659 Walton 1,001 56.24% 726 40.79% 34 1.91% 19 1.07% 275 15.45% 1,780 Ware 545 59.63% 330 36.11% 15 1.64% 24 2.63% 215 23.52% 914 Warren 279 32.33% 458 53.07% 126 14.60% 0 0.00% -179 -20.74% 863 Washington 925 45.72% 1,023 50.57% 64 3.16% 11 0.54% -98 -4.84% 2,023 Wayne 477 61.79% 266 34.46% 29 3.76% 0 0.00% 211 27.33% 772 Webster 246 55.91% 191 43.41% 0 0.00% 3 0.68% 55 12.50% 440 White 274 59.05% 159 34.27% 26 5.60% 5 1.08% 115 24.78% 464 Whitfield 857 59.51% 494 34.31% 56 3.89% 33 2.29% 363 25.21% 1,440 Wilcox 623 79.87% 145 18.59% 5 0.64% 7 0.90% 478 61.28% 780 Wilkes 1,063 81.64% 104 7.99% 100 7.68% 35 2.69% 959 73.66% 1,302 Wilkinson 610 55.61% 476 43.39% 9 0.82% 2 0.18% 134 12.22% 1,097 Worth 528 48.93% 447 41.43% 91 8.43% 13 1.20% 81 7.51% 1,079Totals93,44557.68%59,39536.67%5,4833.38%3,6702.27%34,05021.02%161,993 See also United States presidential elections in Georgia Notes References 2 Georgia 1896 Category:1896 Georgia (U.S. state) elections