1896 United States presidential election in Virginia

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J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Arthur Sewall 12 154,708 52.50% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Garret Hobart 0 135,379 45.94% 435px 435px County and independent city results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Tie #d4c4dc 49.63% Bryan & McKinley President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Following the state's delayed readmission to the Union, Virginia was unique among ex-Confederate states in not having a period of Republican control during Reconstruction, due to the failure of the Underwood Constitution to pass in 1868Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffrey A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968 March 19, 2020 217–221 Cambridge University Press 978-1107158436 and the consequent support for the Conservative Party that fused prewar Democrats and Whigs in the first postwar elections and consistently controlled the state legislature after readmission. From 1879, however, a fusion with the “Readjuster” faction of the state Democratic Party would revitalize the Republicans until 1883, although the state GOP would remain competitive in statewide elections, only narrowly failing to carry the state in 1888, until the Cleveland Administration eliminated federal oversight while the Walton Act created the secret ballot and began large-scale black disenfranchisement.Moger Allen The Rift in Virginia Democracy in 1896 The Journal of Southern History 4 3 295–317 10.2307/2191291 2191291 However, despite its dominant position, the Democratic Party was deeply divided between the conservative Gold Democrats of a state whose economy was already substantially influenced by the rapidly industrializing Northeast, and a Populist-influenced faction centered in the state's rural areas. Many Virginia farmers still depended upon a tobacco monoculture and had been affected severely by consistently declining prices, poor harvestsWright James D. The farmer's revolt: the election of 1896 in Virginia https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1750&context=honors-theses University of Richmond May 18, 1978 and the evolving rift between growing Northern and Southwest Virginia which were deeply tied culturally to the border states, and the declining, agrarian Southside. After the nomination of Nebraska congressman William Jennings Bryan on a free silver platform was confirmed in June, it became clear he would face opposition in Virginia's larger cities and towns, with the leader of this opposition being the Richmond Times under Bryan's namesake Joseph. At the beginning of the fall campaign Virginia was viewed as fairly secure for Bryan despite the defections that were expected to (and did) cost him the border states,The Hustler Madisonville, Kentucky A Conservative Estimate of the Electoral Vote Makes a Fine Showing for Bryan September 22, 1896 2 and this opinion did not change as the campaign developed during October.Reading Times Reading, Pennsylvania Chairman Jones' Bluff October 14, 1896 1 Near the end, the state was heavily debated by politicians of opposing views on Bryan and Republican nominee, Ohio Governor William McKinley, some of whose supporters thought the GOP had a chance of carrying the state.Doubtful States: Representatives of Them Interviewed on the Outlook — Opinions of the Common People: Results of Visits to Hotels and Railroad Stations — The Views Expressed Evening Star Washington, D.C. October 31, 1896 10 Virginia ultimately voted comfortably for Bryan over McKinley. Bryan won the state by a margin of 6.56 percentage points; however, McKinley did make major gains in developing Southwest Virginia, where he was the first-ever Republican victor in Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Grayson, Greene, Pulaski, Shenandoah, Smyth and Washington Counties.Menendez Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 2005 322–324 McFarland 0786422173 Aided by the developing shift to a "lily-white" Jim Crow state Republican Party, this region and these counties would become the party's stronghold in Virginia during the first half of the twentieth century, allowing the party to remain more viable than in any other ex-Confederate state other than North Carolina and Tennessee where extremely loyal Unionist Republicanism remained.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210, 242 978-0-691-16324-6 Bryan would later win the state against McKinley again four years later and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft. Results 1896 United States presidential election in Virginia1896 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1896&fips=51&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 12 April 2013PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 154,708 52.50% 12 Republican William McKinley 135,379 45.94% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 2,350 0.80% 0 National Democratic John M. Palmer 2,129 0.72% 0 Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 108 0.04% 0 Totals 294,674 100.0% 12 Results by county 1896 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent citiesRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 354-361 9780804716963Géoelections 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) County orindependent city William Jennings BryanDemocratic William McKinleyRepublican Joshua LeveringProhibition John M. PalmerNational Democratic Charles H. MatchettSocialist Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Accomack County 3,115 62.25% 1,675 33.47% 186 3.72% 28 0.56% 1 0.02% 1,440 28.78% 5,004 Albemarle County 2,628 56.86% 1,918 41.50% 25 0.54% 51 1.10% 2 0.04% 710 15.36% 4,622 Alexandria County 322 30.99% 713 68.62% 2 0.19% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% -391 -37.63% 1,039 Alleghany County 720 28.55% 1,711 67.84% 78 3.09% 13 0.52% 0 0.00% -991 -39.29% 2,522 Amelia County 663 42.20% 899 57.22% 8 0.51% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% -236 -15.02% 1,571 Amherst County 1,751 59.26% 1,190 40.27% 4 0.14% 10 0.34% 6 0.20% 561 18.98% 2,955 Appomattox County 946 60.76% 598 38.41% 8 0.51% 5 0.32% 0 0.00% 348 22.35% 1,557 Augusta County 3,066 50.12% 2,823 46.15% 194 3.17% 34 0.56% 2 0.03% 243 3.97% 6,117 Bath County 508 51.42% 471 47.67% 3 0.30% 6 0.61% 0 0.00% 37 3.74% 988 Bedford County 3,085 57.13% 2,248 41.63% 32 0.59% 35 0.65% 2 0.04% 837 15.50% 5,400 Bland County 498 56.14% 388 43.74% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 110 12.40% 887 Botetourt County 1,494 47.44% 1,614 51.25% 19 0.60% 22 0.70% 0 0.00% -120 -3.81% 3,149 Brunswick County 1,372 58.56% 956 40.80% 3 0.13% 12 0.51% 3 0.13% 416 17.76% 2,343 Buchanan County 509 42.28% 695 57.72% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -186 -15.45% 1,204 Buckingham County 1,247 50.32% 1,199 48.39% 8 0.32% 24 0.97% 2 0.08% 48 1.94% 2,478 Campbell County 2,115 55.27% 1,696 44.32% 8 0.21% 8 0.21% 2 0.05% 419 10.95% 3,827 Caroline County 1,293 45.97% 1,502 53.39% 9 0.32% 9 0.32% 1 0.04% -209 -7.43% 2,813 Carroll County 1,528 47.65% 1,673 52.17% 3 0.09% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% -145 -4.52% 3,207 Charles City County 272 42.11% 362 56.04% 5 0.77% 7 1.08% 0 0.00% -90 -13.93% 646 Charlotte County 1,458 70.78% 538 26.12% 30 1.45% 34 1.65% 5 0.24% 920 44.66% 2,060 Chesterfield County 1,727 56.88% 1,273 41.93% 14 0.46% 22 0.72% 1 0.03% 454 14.95% 3,036 Clarke County 1,114 68.39% 490 30.08% 18 1.10% 7 0.43% 0 0.00% 624 38.31% 1,629 Craig County 490 64.73% 249 32.89% 18 2.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 241 31.84% 757 Culpeper County 1,704 59.98% 1,113 39.18% 10 0.35% 14 0.49% 0 0.00% 591 20.80% 2,841 Cumberland County 618 48.13% 657 51.17% 4 0.31% 5 0.39% 0 0.00% -39 -3.04% 1,284 Dickenson County 547 50.09% 534 48.90% 1 0.09% 10 0.92% 0 0.00% 13 1.19% 1,092 Dinwiddie County 1,099 59.47% 741 40.10% 1 0.05% 7 0.38% 0 0.00% 358 19.37% 1,848 Elizabeth City County 572 37.39% 919 60.07% 20 1.31% 19 1.24% 0 0.00% -347 -22.68% 1,530 Essex County 924 57.86% 669 41.89% 1 0.06% 3 0.19% 0 0.00% 255 15.97% 1,597 Fairfax County 2,109 52.51% 1,877 46.74% 8 0.20% 22 0.55% 1 0.02% 232 5.78% 4,016 Fauquier County 2,744 63.40% 1,553 35.88% 9 0.21% 22 0.51% 2 0.05% 1,191 27.52% 4,328 Floyd County 848 35.53% 1,525 63.89% 12 0.50% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% -677 -28.36% 2,387 Fluvanna County 919 55.97% 708 43.12% 3 0.18% 12 0.73% 1 0.06% 211 12.85% 1,642 Franklin County 2,305 57.28% 1,711 42.52% 5 0.12% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% 594 14.76% 4,024 Frederick County 1,848 67.74% 845 30.98% 24 0.88% 11 0.40% 0 0.00% 1,003 36.77% 2,728 Giles County 993 54.08% 777 42.32% 51 2.78% 15 0.82% 0 0.00% 216 11.76% 1,836 Gloucester County 819 59.13% 549 39.64% 10 0.72% 7 0.51% 1 0.07% 270 19.49% 1,385 Goochland County 676 42.62% 897 56.56% 3 0.19% 10 0.63% 0 0.00% -221 -13.93% 1,586 Grayson County 1,328 46.91% 1,473 52.03% 2 0.07% 28 0.99% 0 0.00% -145 -5.12% 2,831 Greene County 533 47.76% 581 52.06% 2 0.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -48 -4.30% 1,116 Greensville County 850 64.05% 471 35.49% 3 0.23% 3 0.23% 0 0.00% 379 28.56% 1,327 Halifax County 3,231 60.57% 2,050 38.43% 33 0.62% 20 0.37% 1 0.02% 1,181 22.14% 5,334 Hanover County 1,499 51.71% 1,337 46.12% 26 0.90% 37 1.28% 1 0.03% 162 5.59% 2,899 Henrico County 2,332 55.39% 1,817 43.16% 13 0.31% 48 1.14% 5 0.12% 515 12.23% 4,210 Henry County 1,409 43.95% 1,783 55.61% 10 0.31% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% -374 -11.67% 3,206 Highland County 553 52.62% 489 46.53% 7 0.67% 2 0.19% 1 0.10% 64 6.09% 1,051 Isle of Wight County 1,264 63.17% 727 36.33% 7 0.35% 3 0.15% 7 0.35% 537 26.84% 2,001 James City County 261 47.03% 291 52.43% 2 0.36% 1 0.18% 1 0.18% -30 -5.41% 555 King and Queen County 853 56.27% 655 43.21% 5 0.33% 3 0.20% 0 0.00% 198 13.06% 1,516 King George County 582 45.75% 681 53.54% 3 0.24% 6 0.47% 0 0.00% -99 -7.78% 1,272 King William County 592 37.16% 990 62.15% 6 0.38% 5 0.31% 0 0.00% -398 -24.98% 1,593 Lancaster County 1,073 63.42% 599 35.40% 16 0.94% 4 0.24% 3 0.18% 474 28.01% 1,692 Lee County 1,475 49.63% 1,470 49.46% 16 0.54% 11 0.37% 0 0.00% 5 0.17% 2,972 Loudoun County 2,741 56.67% 1,991 41.16% 96 1.98% 9 0.19% 0 0.00% 750 15.51% 4,837 Louisa County 1,366 48.93% 1,391 49.82% 25 0.90% 10 0.36% 0 0.00% -25 -0.90% 2,792 Lunenburg County 1,045 68.30% 475 31.05% 6 0.39% 4 0.26% 0 0.00% 570 37.25% 1,530 Madison County 1,089 59.90% 724 39.82% 5 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 365 20.08% 1,818 Mathews County 797 62.36% 444 34.74% 30 2.35% 7 0.55% 0 0.00% 353 27.62% 1,278 Mecklenburg County 2,099 46.81% 2,353 52.48% 26 0.58% 6 0.13% 0 0.00% -254 -5.66% 4,484 Middlesex County 688 50.00% 680 49.42% 5 0.36% 3 0.22% 0 0.00% 8 0.58% 1,376 Montgomery County 1,317 44.21% 1,594 53.51% 56 1.88% 12 0.40% 1 0.03% -277 -9.30% 2,979 Nansemond County 1,300 54.64% 1,060 44.56% 11 0.46% 8 0.34% 2 0.08% 240 10.09% 2,379 Nelson County 1,492 54.89% 1,183 43.52% 20 0.74% 23 0.85% 0 0.00% 309 11.37% 2,718 New Kent County 369 44.84% 446 54.19% 3 0.36% 5 0.61% 0 0.00% -77 -9.36% 823 Norfolk County 2,137 37.66% 3,475 61.24% 33 0.58% 29 0.51% 7 0.12% -1,338 -23.58% 5,674 Northampton County 1,086 56.56% 802 41.77% 21 1.09% 11 0.57% 0 0.00% 284 14.79% 1,920 Northumberland County 953 50.88% 904 48.26% 13 0.69% 3 0.16% 1 0.05% 49 2.62% 1,873 Nottoway County 936 65.36% 478 33.38% 16 1.12% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 458 31.98% 1,432 Orange County 1,324 57.44% 957 41.52% 11 0.48% 13 0.56% 0 0.00% 367 15.92% 2,305 Page County 1,166 43.67% 1,454 54.46% 37 1.38% 13 0.49% 2 0.07% -288 -10.79% 2,670 Patrick County 886 43.45% 1,140 55.91% 10 0.49% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% -254 -12.46% 2,039 Pittsylvania County 3,987 55.04% 3,196 44.12% 36 0.50% 25 0.35% 0 0.00% 791 10.92% 7,244 Powhatan County 528 45.17% 637 54.49% 0 0.00% 4 0.34% 0 0.00% -109 -9.32% 1,169 Prince Edward County 991 49.60% 979 49.00% 6 0.30% 22 1.10% 0 0.00% 12 0.60% 1,998 Prince George County 518 56.43% 394 42.92% 1 0.11% 5 0.54% 1 0.11% 124 13.51% 918 Prince William County 1,341 64.56% 727 35.00% 2 0.10% 7 0.34% 0 0.00% 614 29.56% 2,077 Princess Anne County 790 53.20% 687 46.26% 6 0.40% 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 103 6.94% 1,485 Pulaski County 1,109 42.51% 1,489 57.07% 3 0.11% 8 0.31% 1 0.04% -380 -14.56% 2,609 Rappahannock County 1,076 65.05% 569 34.40% 1 0.06% 8 0.48% 0 0.00% 507 30.65% 1,654 Richmond County 667 49.63% 667 49.63% 3 0.22% 7 0.52% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,344 Roanoke County 1,116 42.15% 1,484 56.04% 36 1.36% 12 0.45% 1 0.04% -368 -13.90% 2,648 Rockbridge County 1,634 40.41% 2,290 56.63% 17 0.42% 103 2.55% 0 0.00% -656 -16.22% 4,044 Rockingham County 2,998 45.09% 3,524 53.00% 100 1.50% 27 0.41% 0 0.00% -526 -7.91% 6,649 Russell County 1,530 50.70% 1,475 48.87% 9 0.30% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 55 1.82% 3,018 Scott County 1,793 44.67% 2,206 54.96% 4 0.10% 11 0.27% 1 0.02% -413 -10.29% 4,014 Shenandoah County 2,052 48.26% 2,102 49.44% 51 1.20% 47 1.11% 0 0.00% -50 -1.18% 4,252 Smyth County 1,407 47.41% 1,546 52.09% 8 0.27% 7 0.24% 4 0.13% -139 -4.68% 2,968 Southampton County 1,438 75.80% 439 23.14% 14 0.74% 6 0.32% 0 0.00% 999 52.66% 1,897 Spotsylvania County 877 49.05% 903 50.50% 4 0.22% 4 0.22% 0 0.00% -26 -1.45% 1,788 Stafford County 629 36.59% 1,084 63.06% 3 0.17% 3 0.17% 0 0.00% -455 -26.47% 1,719 Surry County 709 53.39% 609 45.86% 5 0.38% 5 0.38% 0 0.00% 100 7.53% 1,328 Sussex County 769 64.46% 418 35.04% 2 0.17% 4 0.34% 0 0.00% 351 29.42% 1,193 Tazewell County 1,582 38.36% 2,525 61.23% 8 0.19% 9 0.22% 0 0.00% -943 -22.87% 4,124 Warren County 1,172 65.40% 575 32.09% 25 1.40% 20 1.12% 0 0.00% 597 33.31% 1,792 Warwick County 238 29.10% 577 70.54% 1 0.12% 2 0.24% 0 0.00% -339 -41.44% 818 Washington County 2,374 46.74% 2,669 52.55% 20 0.39% 16 0.32% 0 0.00% -295 -5.81% 5,079 Westmoreland County 705 45.72% 827 53.63% 2 0.13% 8 0.52% 1 0.06% -122 -7.91% 1,542 Wise County 966 43.87% 1,230 55.86% 0 0.00% 6 0.27% 1 0.05% -264 -11.99% 2,202 Wythe County 1,683 46.17% 1,882 51.63% 9 0.25% 71 1.95% 4 0.11% -199 -5.46% 3,645 York County 722 75.05% 223 23.18% 16 1.66% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 499 51.87% 962 Alexandria City 1,830 57.55% 1,281 40.28% 37 1.16% 32 1.01% 4 0.13% 549 17.26% 3,180 Bristol City 413 50.06% 384 46.55% 16 1.94% 12 1.45% 0 0.00% 29 3.52% 825 Buena Vista City 219 53.81% 184 45.21% 0 0.00% 3 0.74% 0 0.00% 35 8.60% 407 Charlottesville City 801 67.31% 371 31.18% 7 0.59% 11 0.92% 0 0.00% 430 36.13% 1,190 Danville City 1,702 59.26% 1,078 37.53% 51 1.78% 41 1.43% 0 0.00% 624 21.73% 2,872 Fredericksburg City 533 56.88% 388 41.41% 7 0.74% 9 0.96% 3 0.32% 145 15.47% 937 Lynchburg City 1,657 49.21% 1,647 48.92% 37 1.10% 26 0.77% 0 0.00% 10 0.30% 3,367 Manchester City 812 56.90% 588 41.21% 9 0.63% 18 1.26% 1 0.07% 224 15.70% 1,427 Newport News City 676 44.59% 815 53.76% 5 0.33% 20 1.32% 1 0.07% -139 -9.17% 1,516 Norfolk City 3,068 58.67% 1,995 38.15% 73 1.39% 93 1.78% 5 0.10% 1,073 20.52% 5,229 Petersburg City 1,682 66.32% 766 30.21% 5 0.20% 83 3.27% 2 0.08% 916 36.12% 2,536 Portsmouth City 1,380 62.61% 769 34.89% 7 0.32% 48 2.18% 1 0.05% 611 27.72% 2,204 Radford City 372 52.47% 309 43.58% 18 2.54% 10 1.41% 0 0.00% 63 8.89% 709 Richmond City 7,839 58.36% 5,160 38.42% 99 0.74% 334 2.49% 5 0.04% 2,679 19.94% 13,432 Roanoke City 2,005 52.86% 1,697 44.74% 58 1.53% 33 0.87% 2 0.05% 308 8.12% 3,793 Staunton City 713 50.82% 556 39.63% 92 6.55% 42 2.99% 1 0.07% 157 11.19% 1,403 Williamsburg City 113 54.59% 90 43.48% 3 1.45% 1 0.48% 0 0.00% 23 11.11% 207 Winchester City 490 49.70% 447 45.33% 22 2.23% 27 2.74% 1 0.10% 43 4.36% 986Totals154,97852.56%135,37945.92%2,3500.80% 2,129 0.72%1080.04%19,5996.65%294,837 See also United States presidential elections in Virginia References Virginia 1896 Category:1896 Virginia elections