1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1885 presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1892 1900 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1900 November 3, 1896 x200px Bryan, Hon. Wm. J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Populist Nebraska Arthur Sewall (Democratic)Thomas E. Watson (Populist) 11 174,408 52.64% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Garret Hobart 0 155,122 46.82% 1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina results map by county.svg 400px County 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% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. North Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. 5 electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson, who was nominated as Bryan's running mate under the Populist Party banner in a form of fusion, at the same time as the Populists were engaging in fusion with the North Carolina Republicans at the state level (both fusion efforts being orchestrated by Marion Butler.) They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 5.82%. As of 2024, this is the last occasion Northampton County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate,Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 265-271 0786422173 which stands as the longest Democratic streak in the nation. Brooks County, Texas and Jim Hogg County, Texas, as well as Menominee County, Wisconsin and Kalawao County, Hawaii have never voted Republican but were only created in 1911, 1913, 1959, and 1905, respectively. While Northampton County had been majority Black and a Republican bastion since the Civil War, the Wilmington massacre of Black voters by North Carolina Democrats following their White supremacy campaign of 1898 prevented Republicans from winning the county until long after political realignment had occurred. Bryan would defeat McKinley in North Carolina again four years later and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft. Results 1896 United States presidential election in North CarolinaDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – North CarolinaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 174,408 52.64% 6 Populist William Jennings Bryan 0 0.00% 5 Total William Jennings Bryan 174,408 52.64% 11 Republican William McKinley 155,122 46.82% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 635 0.19% 0 National Democratic John M. Palmer 578 0.17% 0 Write-ins Scattered 372 0.11% 0 National Prohibition Charles Eugene Bentley 222 0.07% 0 Totals 331,337 100.00% 11 Voter turnout — Results by county 1896 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county County William Jennings BryanGéoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)Democratic William McKinleyRepublican Joshua LeveringProhibition John M. PalmerNational Democratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin%#%#%#%#%#%# Stanly 73.53% 1,425 26.37% 511 0.05% 1 0.05% 1 0.00% 0 47.16% 914 Union 72.69% 2,747 26.70% 1,009 0.03% 1 0.58% 22 0.00% 0 45.99% 1,738 Onslow 72.58% 1,559 27.42% 589 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 45.16% 970 Catawba 71.94% 2,649 27.27% 1,004 0.54% 20 0.19% 7 0.05% 2 44.68% 1,645 Cabarrus 68.06% 2,250 30.13% 996 0.54% 18 1.09% 36 0.18% 6 37.93% 1,254 Anson 68.66% 2,322 31.34% 1,060 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 37.32% 1,262 Cleveland 67.89% 2,664 30.99% 1,216 0.13% 5 0.99% 39 0.00% 0 36.90% 1,448 Sampson 67.63% 2,789 30.82% 1,271 0.51% 21 0.00% 0 1.04% 43 36.81% 1,518 Duplin 67.59% 2,409 32.18% 1,147 0.03% 1 0.03% 1 0.17% 6 35.41% 1,262 Rowan 67.28% 3,095 31.91% 1,468 0.72% 33 0.02% 1 0.07% 3 35.37% 1,627 Currituck 66.09% 922 33.84% 472 0.00% 0 0.07% 1 0.00% 0 32.26% 450 Chatham 65.77% 2,892 33.89% 1,490 0.07% 3 0.00% 0 0.27% 12 31.89% 1,402 Wilson 65.37% 2,715 34.58% 1,436 0.00% 0 0.05% 2 0.00% 0 30.80% 1,279 Johnston 64.67% 3,343 35.29% 1,824 0.04% 2 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 29.39% 1,519 Haywood 64.07% 1,901 35.02% 1,039 0.27% 8 0.51% 15 0.13% 4 29.05% 862 Alexander 64.24% 1,119 35.59% 620 0.06% 1 0.11% 2 0.00% 0 28.65% 499 Franklin 63.68% 3,217 36.30% 1,834 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.02% 1 27.38% 1,383 Nash 63.17% 2,916 36.81% 1,699 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.02% 1 26.36% 1,217 Columbus 61.91% 1,918 37.51% 1,162 0.00% 0 0.58% 18 0.00% 0 24.40% 756 Harnett 61.03% 1,676 37.95% 1,042 0.80% 22 0.22% 6 0.00% 0 23.09% 634 Clay 61.42% 476 38.58% 299 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 22.84% 177 Swain 60.25% 808 39.60% 531 0.00% 0 0.15% 2 0.00% 0 20.66% 277 Iredell 59.45% 2,958 40.25% 2,003 0.10% 5 0.06% 3 0.14% 7 19.19% 955 Caldwell 57.93% 1,428 39.23% 967 2.39% 59 0.45% 11 0.00% 0 18.70% 461 Brunswick 59.27% 1,279 40.69% 878 0.00% 0 0.05% 1 0.00% 0 18.58% 401 Gates 58.86% 1,086 41.14% 759 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 17.72% 327 Wayne 58.56% 3,215 40.95% 2,248 0.42% 23 0.02% 1 0.05% 3 17.61% 967 Robeson 58.70% 3,457 41.25% 2,429 0.03% 2 0.02% 1 0.00% 0 17.46% 1,028 Lenoir 58.20% 1,966 41.74% 1,410 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.06% 2 16.46% 556 Carteret 57.95% 1,308 41.78% 943 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.27% 6 16.17% 365 Orange 57.09% 1,700 42.44% 1,264 0.00% 0 0.24% 7 0.24% 7 14.64% 436 Pamlico 57.25% 861 42.69% 642 0.00% 0 0.07% 1 0.00% 0 14.56% 219 Lincoln 56.63% 1,349 42.40% 1,010 0.50% 12 0.46% 11 0.00% 0 14.23% 339 Pitt 56.99% 3,181 42.82% 2,390 0.00% 0 0.04% 2 0.16% 9 14.17% 791 Bladen 56.94% 1,665 42.95% 1,256 0.00% 0 0.10% 3 0.00% 0 13.99% 409 Jackson 56.74% 1,145 43.26% 873 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 13.48% 272 Macon 56.02% 1,140 43.78% 891 0.10% 2 0.10% 2 0.00% 0 12.24% 249 Gaston 55.51% 2,069 43.60% 1,625 0.78% 29 0.08% 3 0.03% 1 11.91% 444 McDowell 55.79% 1,204 44.02% 950 0.14% 3 0.05% 1 0.00% 0 11.77% 254 Durham 55.20% 2,435 43.62% 1,924 0.00% 0 0.09% 4 1.09% 48 11.58% 511 Martin 55.02% 1,681 44.98% 1,374 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 10.05% 307 Person 54.99% 1,713 45.01% 1,402 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 9.98% 311 Alleghany 54.88% 737 45.05% 605 0.07% 1 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 9.83% 132 Hyde 54.55% 1,019 45.34% 847 0.00% 0 0.11% 2 0.00% 0 9.21% 172 Mecklenburg 53.63% 4,714 44.61% 3,921 0.55% 48 0.39% 34 0.83% 73 9.02% 793 Jones 54.27% 814 45.73% 686 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 8.53% 128 Wake 53.31% 5,396 46.19% 4,675 0.11% 11 0.19% 19 0.20% 20 7.12% 721 Greene 53.43% 1,222 46.57% 1,065 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 6.86% 157 Cumberland 52.88% 2,509 46.36% 2,200 0.63% 30 0.08% 4 0.04% 2 6.51% 309 Beaufort 52.98% 2,513 46.53% 2,207 0.15% 7 0.04% 2 0.30% 14 6.45% 306 Moore 52.96% 2,207 46.75% 1,948 0.19% 8 0.10% 4 0.00% 0 6.22% 259 Rockingham 52.78% 2,882 47.05% 2,569 0.00% 0 0.04% 2 0.13% 7 5.73% 313 Burke 52.22% 1,550 46.66% 1,385 0.40% 12 0.71% 21 0.00% 0 5.56% 165 Rutherford 52.15% 2,146 47.46% 1,953 0.10% 4 0.29% 12 0.00% 0 4.69% 193 Pender 52.30% 1,276 47.70% 1,164 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 4.59% 112 Yancey 51.82% 1,056 48.18% 982 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 3.63% 74 Graham 51.13% 363 48.87% 347 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 2.25% 16 Granville 50.90% 2,269 48.79% 2,175 0.00% 0 0.31% 14 0.00% 0 2.11% 94 Guilford 49.67% 3,479 49.33% 3,455 0.61% 43 0.26% 18 0.13% 9 0.34% 24 Alamance 49.34% 2,302 49.59% 2,314 0.21% 10 0.02% 1 0.84% 39 -0.26% -12 Camden 48.51% 554 51.49% 588 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -2.98% -34 Montgomery 48.31% 1,129 51.60% 1,206 0.00% 0 0.09% 2 0.00% 0 -3.29% -77 Transylvania 48.14% 595 51.54% 637 0.00% 0 0.32% 4 0.00% 0 -3.40% -42 Watauga 47.46% 1,063 52.05% 1,166 0.13% 3 0.18% 4 0.18% 4 -4.60% -103 Randolph 46.58% 2,482 51.47% 2,743 1.56% 83 0.00% 0 0.39% 21 -4.90% -261 Ashe 47.14% 1,574 52.74% 1,761 0.12% 4 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -5.60% -187 Buncombe 46.93% 4,098 52.80% 4,611 0.02% 2 0.18% 16 0.07% 6 -5.87% -513 Davidson 46.24% 2,072 53.00% 2,375 0.54% 24 0.11% 5 0.11% 5 -6.76% -303 Hertford 46.51% 1,240 53.49% 1,426 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -6.98% -186 Dare 46.42% 408 53.58% 471 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -7.17% -63 Richmond 46.08% 2,172 53.65% 2,529 0.00% 0 0.28% 13 0.00% 0 -7.57% -357 Vance 45.57% 1,465 54.28% 1,745 0.09% 3 0.06% 2 0.00% 0 -8.71% -280 Tyrrell 45.57% 411 54.43% 491 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -8.87% -80 Northampton 45.17% 1,906 54.74% 2,310 0.00% 0 0.09% 4 0.00% 0 -9.57% -404 Caswell 44.00% 1,372 54.55% 1,701 0.00% 0 0.03% 1 1.41% 44 -10.55% -329 Perquimans 43.64% 793 55.92% 1,016 0.00% 0 0.44% 8 0.00% 0 -12.27% -223 Cherokee 43.77% 770 56.11% 987 0.00% 0 0.11% 2 0.00% 0 -12.34% -217 Surry 43.73% 2,019 56.10% 2,590 0.00% 0 0.17% 8 0.00% 0 -12.37% -571 Bertie 43.03% 1,711 56.72% 2,255 0.00% 0 0.15% 6 0.10% 4 -13.68% -544 Edgecombe 42.34% 2,032 57.47% 2,758 0.00% 0 0.19% 9 0.00% 0 -15.13% -726 Forsyth 41.33% 2,778 57.85% 3,888 0.45% 30 0.33% 22 0.04% 3 -16.52% -1,110 Henderson 40.99% 1,022 58.52% 1,459 0.00% 0 0.44% 11 0.04% 1 -17.53% -437 Stokes 41.13% 1,447 58.81% 2,069 0.06% 2 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -17.68% -622 Chowan 40.84% 791 59.16% 1,146 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -18.33% -355 Davie 40.56% 894 59.26% 1,306 0.09% 2 0.09% 2 0.00% 0 -18.69% -412 Pasquotank 40.43% 1,037 59.22% 1,519 0.23% 6 0.12% 3 0.00% 0 -18.79% -482 New Hanover 38.38% 2,100 58.17% 3,183 0.00% 0 1.74% 95 1.72% 94 -19.79% -1,083 Yadkin 39.67% 1,093 59.75% 1,646 0.29% 8 0.07% 2 0.22% 6 -20.07% -553 Polk 38.66% 469 60.26% 731 1.07% 13 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -21.60% -262 Wilkes 38.80% 1,801 61.07% 2,835 0.09% 4 0.00% 0 0.04% 2 -22.27% -1,034 Craven 37.49% 1,810 60.50% 2,921 0.12% 6 0.25% 12 1.64% 79 -23.01% -1,111 Madison 37.39% 1,357 62.55% 2,270 0.00% 0 0.06% 2 0.00% 0 -25.16% -913 Washington 36.44% 739 63.56% 1,289 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -27.12% -550 Halifax 36.02% 2,255 63.94% 4,003 0.00% 0 0.05% 3 0.00% 0 -27.92% -1,748 Warren 35.75% 1,213 64.10% 2,175 0.00% 0 0.15% 5 0.00% 0 -28.35% -962 Mitchell 25.29% 630 74.71% 1,861 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -49.42% -1,231 See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina Notes note References 2 North Carolina 1896 Category:1896 North Carolina elections