1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1900 United States presidential election 1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1885 presidential no 1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1896 1904 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1904 November 6, 1900 x200px WilliamJBryan1902 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Adlai Stevenson I 11 157,733 53.92% Mckinley (cropped).jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Theodore Roosevelt 0 132,997 45.47% 400px 400px County results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #002b84 90–100% McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President William McKinley Republican Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. In the period between this election and that of 1896, North Carolina had seen the 1898 overthrow of its Populist/Republican fusion government by white Democrats in the Wilmington massacre. Following this momentous event, the state would see a radical restructuring of its politics due to the disenfranchisement of its large African-American population, who had provided a substantial – but unlike many Deep South states not overwhelmingPhillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210, 242 978-0-691-16324-6 – proportion of Republican Party support ever since that party first appeared in the state following Reconstruction. At the same time, the state's Republican Party, now confined to the mountain and northwestern Piedmont areas that had resisted secession and viewed the Democratic Party as a “war party”,Key (Jr.), Valdimer Orlando; Southern Politics in State and Nation (New York, 1949), pp. 282-283 would turn almost overnight towards a “lily-white” strategy based on attempting to appeal to businessmen who found the Democratic Party too anti-business and too favorable to using of low-cost black labor instead of whites.Kousser, J. Morgan; The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910; p. 195 0-300-01696-4 The GOP had to some extent followed this strategy in the years before black disenfranchisement because it wanted to appeal to the state's budding industrialists, who were critical of Democratic policies favoring free trade over high tariffs.Kousser; The Shaping of Southern Politics, p. 183 Despite the radical changes in the electorate over this and the following election, there was relatively little change in the overall statewide vote in a rematch between Democrat William Jennings Bryan and incumbent Republican President McKinley. Although McKinley lost almost all the GOP's black belt support as its black voters could no longer vote (such as Northampton County, a majority black county which has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since the 1896 election), he did make extensive gains in majority-white and formerly Democratic regions of the Piedmont and secessionist parts of the mountains. Consequently, thirty-four of the state's ninety-seven counties switched parties despite a minimal statewide vote share change.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 34 0-7864-2217-3 McKinley was the first Republican to carry Alexander County, Caldwell County, Graham County, Lincoln County, Macon County, Swain County and Yancey County in historically secessionist parts of the mountains and northwestern Piedmont, and also Orange County in the eastern Piedmont.Menendez, The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 265-267 In addition, Republicans made strong and persistent gains in historically secessionist Sampson County, home of Populist Senator Marion Butler, a key architect of both the Populist-Republican fusion at the state level in North Carolina and the Populist-Democratic fusion at the national level in 1896 with Bryan's nomination. In 1896 Sampson County overwhelmingly voted for Bryan as the Populist fusion candidate, but with the backlash to the overthrow of the Populist-Republican fusion state government, Sampson County swung heavily to the Republican McKinley, as a 67.63%-30.82% Bryan lead over McKinley in 1896 became a 58.64%-36.82% victory for McKinley over Bryan in 1900. Sampson County would remain an isolated island of Republican support down east for decades. Along with having defeated McKinley in North Carolina four years earlier, Bryan would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft. Results 1900 United States presidential election in North CarolinaDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 157,733 53.92% 11 Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 132,997 45.47% 0 Prohibition John G. Woolley 990 0.34% 0 Populist Wharton Barker 798 0.27% 0 Totals 292,518 100.00% 11 Voter turnout — Results by county 1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county County William Jennings BryanGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1900.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1900 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)Democratic William McKinleyRepublican John Granville WoolleyProhibition Wharton BarkerPopulist Margin%#%#%#%#%# New Hanover 97.40% 2,247 2.60% 60 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 94.80% 2,187 Scotland 95.26% 925 4.53% 44 0.21% 2 0.00% 0 90.73% 881 Robeson 74.14% 3,280 25.86% 1,144 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 48.28% 2,136 Anson 73.24% 1,856 26.56% 673 0.00% 0 0.20% 5 46.69% 1,183 Richmond 71.29% 1,264 28.43% 504 0.28% 5 0.00% 0 42.87% 760 Wilson 70.19% 2,816 29.76% 1,194 0.05% 2 0.00% 0 40.43% 1,622 Bertie 69.40% 2,420 30.60% 1,067 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 38.80% 1,353 Onslow 68.14% 1,322 31.86% 618 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 36.29% 704 Currituck 68.06% 927 31.94% 435 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 36.12% 492 Pender 67.40% 1,137 32.19% 543 0.30% 5 0.12% 2 35.21% 594 Union 66.89% 1,790 32.29% 864 0.00% 0 0.82% 22 34.60% 926 Gates 66.61% 1,125 33.39% 564 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 33.21% 561 Nash 66.04% 2,600 33.96% 1,337 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 32.08% 1,263 Edgecombe 64.78% 3,009 35.20% 1,635 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 29.58% 1,374 Halifax 64.73% 3,990 35.27% 2,174 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 29.46% 1,816 Hertford 64.62% 1,337 35.38% 732 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 29.24% 605 Duplin 63.05% 1,879 36.28% 1,081 0.00% 0 0.67% 20 26.78% 798 Franklin 62.45% 2,781 35.98% 1,602 0.29% 13 1.28% 57 26.48% 1,179 Cleveland 62.25% 2,228 36.63% 1,311 0.59% 21 0.53% 19 25.62% 917 Greene 62.61% 1,385 37.07% 820 0.00% 0 0.32% 7 25.54% 565 Mecklenburg 62.09% 3,786 36.63% 2,234 0.77% 47 0.51% 31 25.45% 1,552 Martin 62.57% 1,819 37.43% 1,088 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 25.15% 731 Stanly 61.50% 1,265 38.50% 792 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 22.99% 473 Lenoir 61.34% 1,942 38.66% 1,224 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 22.68% 718 Johnston 61.03% 3,154 38.64% 1,997 0.02% 1 0.31% 16 22.39% 1,157 Wayne 60.79% 3,104 38.48% 1,965 0.72% 37 0.00% 0 22.31% 1,139 Rowan 57.34% 2,460 36.25% 1,555 6.06% 260 0.35% 15 21.10% 905 Pitt 59.82% 3,264 39.52% 2,156 0.27% 15 0.38% 21 20.31% 1,108 Granville 58.80% 2,288 40.79% 1,587 0.05% 2 0.36% 14 18.02% 701 Vance 56.98% 1,233 40.71% 881 0.09% 2 2.22% 48 16.27% 352 Haywood 57.62% 1,735 41.75% 1,257 0.43% 13 0.20% 6 15.88% 478 Carteret 57.57% 1,046 42.21% 767 0.00% 0 0.22% 4 15.35% 279 Craven 57.45% 2,028 42.55% 1,502 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 14.90% 526 Cabarrus 56.29% 1,485 42.15% 1,112 0.61% 16 0.95% 25 14.14% 373 Columbus 56.75% 1,623 43.25% 1,237 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 13.50% 386 Beaufort 56.28% 2,316 43.72% 1,799 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 12.56% 517 Northampton 55.66% 1,992 44.34% 1,587 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 11.32% 405 Burke 55.25% 1,389 44.15% 1,110 0.28% 7 0.32% 8 11.10% 279 Iredell 54.32% 2,523 44.00% 2,044 0.37% 17 1.31% 61 10.31% 479 Dare 54.97% 404 45.03% 331 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 9.93% 73 Tyrrell 54.89% 466 45.11% 383 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 9.78% 83 Wake 54.65% 4,774 45.18% 3,947 0.17% 15 0.00% 0 9.47% 827 Montgomery 54.43% 1,100 45.52% 920 0.05% 1 0.00% 0 8.91% 180 Jones 54.26% 714 45.74% 602 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 8.51% 112 Gaston 53.42% 1,931 44.98% 1,626 1.38% 50 0.22% 8 8.44% 305 Rockingham 54.05% 2,652 45.89% 2,252 0.06% 3 0.00% 0 8.15% 400 Warren 54.05% 1,573 45.95% 1,337 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 8.11% 236 Durham 53.71% 2,373 45.86% 2,026 0.32% 14 0.11% 5 7.85% 347 Person 53.37% 1,466 46.38% 1,274 0.00% 0 0.25% 7 6.99% 192 Harnett 52.79% 1,342 47.17% 1,199 0.04% 1 0.00% 0 5.63% 143 Hyde 52.01% 867 47.87% 798 0.00% 0 0.12% 2 4.14% 69 Alleghany 51.71% 709 48.29% 662 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 3.43% 47 Washington 51.55% 834 48.45% 784 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 3.09% 50 Catawba 48.97% 1,612 46.23% 1,522 1.91% 63 2.89% 95 2.73% 90 Caswell 51.20% 1,342 48.72% 1,277 0.08% 2 0.00% 0 2.48% 65 Rutherford 51.22% 2,081 48.76% 1,981 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 2.46% 100 Jackson 50.30% 1,080 48.77% 1,047 0.00% 0 0.93% 20 1.54% 33 Clay 50.63% 404 49.37% 394 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 1.25% 10 Guilford 49.96% 3,335 49.37% 3,296 0.67% 45 0.00% 0 0.58% 39 Orange 49.71% 1,275 49.90% 1,280 0.00% 0 0.39% 10 -0.19% -5 McDowell 49.34% 1,014 49.83% 1,024 0.44% 9 0.39% 8 -0.49% -10 Perquimans 49.52% 830 50.48% 846 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -0.95% -16 Chowan 49.07% 898 50.93% 932 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -1.86% -34 Forsyth 48.70% 2,482 50.77% 2,588 0.53% 27 0.00% 0 -2.08% -106 Macon 48.46% 977 51.34% 1,035 0.00% 0 0.20% 4 -2.88% -58 Pasquotank 48.26% 1,196 51.74% 1,282 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -3.47% -86 Camden 48.21% 498 51.79% 535 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -3.58% -37 Bladen 47.62% 1,102 51.51% 1,192 0.00% 0 0.86% 20 -3.89% -90 Graham 48.05% 358 51.95% 387 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -3.89% -29 Cumberland 47.75% 1,964 51.98% 2,138 0.24% 10 0.02% 1 -4.23% -174 Randolph 47.37% 2,264 52.04% 2,487 0.59% 28 0.00% 0 -4.67% -223 Buncombe 47.15% 3,724 52.41% 4,140 0.42% 33 0.03% 2 -5.27% -416 Yancey 46.86% 954 53.14% 1,082 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -6.29% -128 Alamance 45.60% 1,923 53.50% 2,256 0.76% 32 0.14% 6 -7.90% -333 Transylvania 45.84% 529 53.90% 622 0.26% 3 0.00% 0 -8.06% -93 Caldwell 45.11% 1,111 53.47% 1,317 1.14% 28 0.28% 7 -8.36% -206 Alexander 44.53% 774 53.97% 938 1.50% 26 0.00% 0 -9.44% -164 Brunswick 43.97% 525 53.85% 643 0.00% 0 2.18% 26 -9.88% -118 Pamlico 45.02% 597 54.98% 729 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -9.95% -132 Stokes 44.52% 1,443 55.48% 1,798 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -10.95% -355 Moore 44.04% 1,606 55.63% 2,029 0.05% 2 0.27% 10 -11.60% -423 Lincoln 43.58% 892 55.35% 1,133 0.15% 3 0.93% 19 -11.77% -241 Davidson 43.44% 1,823 55.49% 2,329 0.45% 19 0.62% 26 -12.06% -506 Ashe 43.83% 1,513 56.11% 1,937 0.06% 2 0.00% 0 -12.28% -424 Surry 43.64% 1,898 56.36% 2,451 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -12.72% -553 Swain 43.00% 590 57.00% 782 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -13.99% -192 Polk 42.34% 484 57.04% 652 0.61% 7 0.00% 0 -14.70% -168 Davie 39.11% 831 58.87% 1,251 1.74% 37 0.28% 6 -19.76% -420 Cherokee 39.96% 774 59.73% 1,157 0.00% 0 0.31% 6 -19.77% -383 Chatham 39.65% 1,489 59.65% 2,240 0.05% 2 0.64% 24 -20.00% -751 Henderson 39.63% 973 60.37% 1,482 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -20.73% -509 Sampson 36.82% 1,257 58.64% 2,002 1.46% 50 3.08% 105 -21.82% -745 Watauga 39.04% 923 60.87% 1,439 0.08% 2 0.00% 0 -21.83% -516 Wilkes 37.48% 1,704 62.47% 2,840 0.04% 2 0.00% 0 -24.99% -1,136 Yadkin 35.32% 950 64.42% 1,733 0.26% 7 0.00% 0 -29.11% -783 Madison 34.79% 1,268 65.21% 2,377 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -30.43% -1,109 Mitchell 20.05% 491 79.95% 1,958 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -59.90% -1,467 Notes References 2 North Carolina 1900 Category:1900 North Carolina elections