1900 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

none June 2025 September 2023 1900 United States presidential election in Wisconsin Wisconsin 1866 presidential no 1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1896 1904 United States presidential election in Wisconsin 1904 November 6, 1900 x200px Mckinley (cropped).jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Theodore Roosevelt 12 265,756 60.04% WilliamJBryan1902 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Adlai Stevenson I 0 159,279 35.99% 1900 United States presidential election in Wisconsin results map by county.svg 300px County results McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Bryan #86b6f2 50–60% President William McKinley Republican Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1900 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 6 as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wisconsin during the Third Party System was a Republican-leaning but competitive state whereby historically anti-Civil War German Catholic counties stood opposed to highly pro-war and firmly Republican Yankee areas.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 381-382, 414 978-0-691-16324-6 However, following the Populist movement, whose inflationary monetary policies were opposed by almost all urban classes and viewed as dangerously radical by rural German Catholics,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 384 Wisconsin's upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, completely fled from William Jennings Bryan’s agrarian and free silver sympathies.Sundquist, James; Politics and Policy: The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, p. 526 0815719094 Although in 1892 Grover Cleveland had become the first Democrat to carry the state since the formation of the Republican Party, in 1896 Wisconsin would prove to be Republican William McKinley’s strongest state outside the Northeast, as Bryan’s free silver monetary policy gained little support from dairy farmers who were less affected by drought or debt than wheat growers.https://www.nber.org/papers/w23932.pdf Populists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election National Bureau of Economic Research Barry Eichengreen Michael R. Haines Matthew S. Jaremski David Leblang Wisconsin would henceforth become almost a one-party polity dominated by the Republican Party.Burnham, Walter Dean; 'The System of 1896: An Analysis'; in The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 178-179 0313213798 The Democratic Party became entirely noncompetitive outside the previously anti-Yankee areas adjoining Lake Michigan in the eastern part of the state. In response to Democratic strength weakening severely after 1894, however, challenges within the state Republican Party from Robert M. La Follette would emerge rapidly, with the progressive reformer being elected Governor coincident with the presidential election.Cooper, John Milton jr.; ‘Why Wisconsin? The Badger State in the Progressive Era’; The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 87, No. 3 (Spring, 2004), pp. 14-25 Despite McKinley’s large win in 1896, Wisconsin was considered doubtful at the beginning of the 1900 campaign.‘An Election Forecast’; Courier-Democrat (Langdon, North Dakota), September 6, 1900, p. 4 However, by the middle of October expert opinion suggested strongly that McKinley would carry the state, and that the state’s Democrats were abandoning nominee William Jennings Bryan for the second consecutive election.‘Wisconsin Democrats Abandining Bryan’; The Craig News (Craig, Nebraska), October 19, 1900, p. 7 This was confirmed by polls just before Election Day,‘Four Years More of M‘Kinley’; Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa); November 6, 1900, p. 1 and as it turned out McKinley essentially repeated his three-to-two success of 1896, winning by 24.05% and carrying all but four counties. McKinley's popular vote share of 60.04% broke his own record from the previous election for the largest by any candidate in Wisconsin to that point. Once again, this record would be broken in the next election. Bryan had previously lost Wisconsin to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft. Results + General Election ResultsWisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of votes given for President and Vice President of the United States at the general election held in the several towns, wards, villages, and election districts in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the sixth day of November A.D. 1900The 1901 Blue Book gives the totals as McKinley 265,760; Bryan 159,163; Woolley 10,027; Debs 7,048; and Malloney 503. Based on the Board of Canvassers report, these totals are simply incorrect; no elector on the Republican, Democratic, or Prohibition tickets received those numbers of votes. Indeed, the Blue Book is an unreliable source for Wisconsin election data from about 1890 to 1920 and its figures frequently differ from the figures listed in the Board of Canvassers reports.Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party William McKinley Willard A. Van Brunt265,756The county figures add up to 265,755 Republican Party William McKinley Henry E. Roethe265,710 Republican Party William McKinley Whitman A. Barber265,694 Republican Party William McKinley William H. J. Kieckhefer265,686 Republican Party William McKinley John Schuette265,664 Republican Party William McKinley John Ochsner265,651 Republican Party William McKinley Charles M. Fenelon265,586 Republican Party William McKinley John D. Nelsenius265,562 Republican Party William McKinley Atley Peterson265,556 Republican Party William McKinley Fred A. Severance265,546 Republican Party William McKinley George A. Yule265,534 Republican Party William McKinley Augustus G. Wiessert265,506 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Patrick O'Meara159,279This stated total seems likely to be a mistake; the county figures add up to 159,079. If it is a mistake, then Rosch would be the highest Democratic elector. The Wisconsin Board of Canvassers reports for presidential electors often have mistakes (oddly, however, the reports for congressmen and state officers rarely have mistakes), though the 1900 election is unusual in that the report has mistakes for the highest electors on some tickets. Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan John Rosch159,136 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Frederick W. Von Cotzhausen159,134 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan George W. Stevenson159,133 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Benjamin F. Sherman159,109 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan John Berger159,090 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Henry J. Millman159,081 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan William N. Coffland159,048 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan George D. Cline159,047 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Stephen Richmond159,043 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan August C. Voshardt159,031 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Amos Holgate159,020 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Samuel D. Hastings10,022 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley John W. Evans10,010 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley William A. McKillop10,003 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Chris Solum9,992 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Benjamin F. Thomas9,991 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley William Ager9,989 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Benjamin F. Parker9,989 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Lorenzo D. Fargo9,979 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley James S. Thompson9,979 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Joshua H. Berkey9,978 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley James P. Corse9,974 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley George I. Constance9,940 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs August Mohr7,051 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Frederic Heath7,048 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs William Anderson7,043 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Joseph Braun7,043 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Frank J. Ira7,041 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Fred W. Rehfeld7,030 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Jacob Hunger7,022 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs E. P. Hassinger7,018 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Frank Gutheil7,014 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Frederic Althen7,010 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Otto Kundert7,005 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Vincent Bezucha6,984 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Otto E. Harder505 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Ernst Pagel505 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Max Boehme504 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Hy. Mensing Sr.503 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Joseph Petersen503 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Ernst Koch502 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney John Meyer502 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Charles Slaby502 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Louis Brand500 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Albert Roeder498 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Carl Korn497 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Louis Schienbein496Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 442,613 Results by county County William McKinleyRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic John G. WoolleyProhibition Eugene V. DebsSocial Democratic Joseph F. MalloneySocialist Labor Margin Total votescastBased on highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # % # %Adams1,51377.47%40920.94%291.48%20.10%00.00%1,10456.53%1,953Ashland3,03263.93%1,55932.87%1032.17%420.89%70.15%1,47331.06%4,743Barron2,94972.89%94423.33%1493.68%40.10%00.00%2,00549.56%4,046Bayfield2,42676.92%63220.04%802.54%80.25%80.25%1,79456.88%3,154Brown4,93856.82%3,58541.25%1331.53%280.32%60.07%1,35315.57%8,690Buffalo2,09362.44%1,20435.92%551.64%00.00%00.00%88926.52%3,352Burnett1,10880.29%21615.65%483.48%20.14%60.43%89264.64%1,380Calumet1,62945.14%1,90552.78%541.50%210.58%00.00%-276-7.65%3,609Chippewa4,21561.90%2,44335.88%1402.06%90.13%20.03%1,77226.02%6,809Clark3,86574.80%1,15622.37%1242.40%150.29%70.14%2,70952.43%5,167Columbia4,75665.64%2,18430.14%2823.89%220.30%20.03%2,57235.50%7,246Crawford2,33362.48%1,35636.31%441.18%00.00%10.03%97726.16%3,734Dane9,39658.41%6,12938.10%5123.18%440.27%40.02%3,26720.31%16,085Dodge4,78544.37%5,81353.90%1771.64%90.08%10.01%-1,028-9.53%10,785Door2,36376.23%67721.84%571.84%20.06%10.03%1,68654.39%3,100Douglas4,44863.80%2,19131.43%1782.55%1331.91%220.32%2,25732.37%6,972Dunn3,04470.79%1,11025.81%1443.35%20.05%00.00%1,93444.98%4,300Eau Claire4,37966.45%1,96629.83%1812.75%610.93%30.05%2,41336.62%6,590Florence51479.57%11017.03%172.63%30.46%20.31%40462.54%646Fond du Lac6,25753.82%5,13744.19%2101.81%200.17%10.01%1,1209.63%11,625Forest37876.99%9419.14%183.67%10.20%00.00%28457.84%491Grant5,61061.18%3,25035.45%2843.10%220.24%30.03%2,36025.74%9,169Green2,99660.21%1,77635.69%1643.30%400.80%00.00%1,22024.52%4,976Green Lake2,08456.46%1,52141.21%812.19%40.11%10.03%56315.25%3,691Iowa3,27062.49%1,74633.37%2033.88%140.27%00.00%1,52429.12%5,233Iron1,31876.76%35720.79%382.21%30.17%10.06%96155.97%1,717Jackson2,63977.75%65019.15%1033.03%20.06%00.00%1,98958.60%3,394Jefferson3,72546.20%4,13151.23%1992.47%80.10%00.00%-406-5.04%8,063Juneau2,91463.35%1,58634.48%982.13%20.04%00.00%1,32828.87%4,600Kenosha3,07758.38%2,10139.86%631.20%270.51%30.06%97618.52%5,271Kewaunee1,75049.86%1,72649.17%310.88%30.09%00.00%240.68%3,510La Crosse5,32658.28%3,60539.45%1982.17%90.10%10.01%1,72118.83%9,139Lafayette2,85255.82%2,10141.12%1532.99%20.04%10.02%75114.70%5,109Langlade1,59558.23%1,08539.61%481.75%50.18%60.22%51018.62%2,739Lincoln2,14656.68%1,55341.02%701.85%150.40%20.05%59315.66%3,786Manitowoc4,31949.52%4,16247.72%650.75%1711.96%40.05%1571.80%8,721Marathon4,71654.33%3,76743.40%1321.52%280.32%370.43%94910.93%8,680Marinette4,23970.96%1,53825.74%1762.95%170.28%40.07%2,70145.21%5,974Marquette1,55863.05%86635.05%471.90%00.00%00.00%69228.00%2,471Milwaukee34,80952.56%25,55838.59%7511.13%4,8747.36%2350.35%9,25113.97%66,227Monroe3,71360.32%2,24836.52%1943.15%00.00%00.00%1,46523.80%6,155Oconto2,75369.71%1,11728.29%741.87%30.08%20.05%1,63641.43%3,949Oneida1,80170.24%71127.73%371.44%130.51%20.08%1,09042.51%2,564Outagamie5,24455.15%4,00942.16%2242.36%280.29%30.03%1,23512.99%9,508Ozaukee1,28138.76%1,96559.46%371.12%210.64%10.03%-684-20.70%3,305Pepin1,09768.31%47029.27%392.43%00.00%00.00%62739.04%1,606Pierce3,43272.94%1,04222.15%2244.76%60.13%10.02%2,39050.80%4,705Polk2,73577.48%69419.66%722.04%160.45%130.37%2,04157.82%3,530Portage3,28354.57%2,63543.80%921.53%40.07%20.03%64810.77%6,016Price1,72574.32%52522.62%552.37%140.60%20.09%1,20051.70%2,321Racine5,92158.36%3,85337.98%2332.30%1331.31%50.05%2,06820.38%10,145Richland2,59459.54%1,52334.96%2305.28%100.23%00.00%1,07124.58%4,357Rock8,24769.95%3,09626.26%4033.42%360.31%80.07%5,15143.69%11,790Sauk4,32660.84%2,49335.06%2763.88%120.17%30.04%1,83325.78%7,110Sawyer72368.40%30729.04%232.18%40.38%00.00%41639.36%1,057Shawano3,24267.29%1,50431.22%681.41%30.06%10.02%1,73836.07%4,818Sheboygan5,93053.79%4,04436.68%1231.12%8807.98%480.44%1,88617.11%11,025St. Croix3,36959.00%2,07636.36%2023.54%520.91%110.19%1,29322.64%5,710Taylor1,41957.47%1,01240.99%220.89%150.61%10.04%40716.48%2,469Trempealeau3,36271.21%1,19025.21%1673.54%10.02%10.02%2,17246.01%4,721Vernon4,46375.58%1,27021.51%1542.61%160.27%20.03%3,19354.07%5,905Vilas1,20869.35%48627.90%372.12%100.57%10.06%72241.45%1,742Walworth5,10471.42%1,74124.36%2934.10%60.08%20.03%3,36347.06%7,146Washburn80774.24%24922.91%292.67%10.09%10.09%55851.33%1,087Washington2,61550.27%2,52248.48%561.08%70.13%20.04%931.79%5,202Waukesha5,12660.90%3,01635.83%2522.99%190.23%40.05%2,11025.07%8,417Waupaca5,28376.24%1,38219.95%2583.72%30.04%30.04%3,90156.30%6,929Waushara2,99082.03%52514.40%1273.48%30.08%00.00%2,46567.63%3,645Winnebago7,46455.69%5,59841.77%3062.28%270.20%80.06%1,86613.92%13,403Wood3,13461.12%1,87736.60%761.48%340.66%70.14%1,25724.51%5,128Total265,756The county figures add up to 265,75560.04%159,279The county figures add up to 159,07935.99%10,0222.27%7,0511.59%5050.11%106,48024.05%442,613 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Lincoln Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Dodge Jefferson See also United States presidential elections in Wisconsin Notes References 60em Wisconsin Category:1900 Wisconsin elections 1900