1896 United States presidential election in Missouri

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in Missouri 1892 1900 United States presidential election in Missouri 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) 17 363,667 53.96% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Garret Hobart 0 304,940 45.25% 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri results map by county.svg 300px County results Bryan #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters in Missouri chose 17 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Missouri was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Four electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. Unlike in the more easterly border states, Bryan's "free silver" platform had very substantial appeal in the Unionist but highly populist Ozark "Bible Belt".Hoffmann, Charles; 'The Depression of the Nineties'; Journal of Economic History (1956); vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 137-164 This was seen in that Missouri had in Richard P. Bland that earliest advocate of that monetary policy in Congress,Clevenger, Homer; 'Missouri Becomes a Doubtful State'; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, vol. 29, no. 4 (March 1943), pp. 541-556 and that only one vote had been cast in 1893 in Missouri against free silver, and that in St. Louis.Haynes, Frederick Emory; 'The New Sectionalism'; The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 10, no. 3 (April 1896), pp. 269-295 Although all but one of Missouri's pro-silver members had reversed course by the time of the presidential election, the state was still hit much more than the Old Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley by farmers' debts from falling prices and crop failures since 1887.Fite, Gilbert C.; 'Republican Strategy and the Farm Vote in the Presidential Campaign of 1896'; The American Historical Review, vol. 65, no. 4 (July 1960), pp. 787-806 Despite opposition by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat to Bryan's free silver policies, Bryan gained strongly via capture of James B. Weaver's support base from the 1892 and 1880 elections in the strongly Baptist southwest, which was enough to counter Catholic defections from Grover Cleveland in St. Louis and surrounds.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 31 0786422173 Bryan won Missouri by a margin of 8.71%. This is the only election since the Civil War where Douglas County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 239-246 Bryan was also the first Democrat since James Buchanan in 1856 to carry Dade, Dallas, Jasper, Lawrence, Polk and Wright counties. Bryan would win Missouri again against McKinley four years later but would later lose the state in 1908 to William Howard Taft. Results 1896 United States presidential election in MissouriDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – MissouriPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 363,667 53.96% 13 Populist William Jennings Bryan 0 0.00% 4 Total William Jennings Bryan 363,667 53.96% 17 Republican William McKinley 304,940 45.25% 0 National Democratic John M. Palmer 2,365 0.35% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 2,043 0.30% 0 Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 599 0.09% 0 National Prohibition Charles Eugene Bentley 292 0.04% 0 Totals 673,906 100.00% 17 Voter turnout — Results by county 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri by countyRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 247-256 9780804716963 County William Jennings BryanDemocratic William McKinleyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Adair 2,311 48.71% 2,402 50.63% 31 0.65% -91 -1.92% 4,744 Andrew 2,191 48.90% 2,252 50.26% 38 0.85% -61 -1.36% 4,481 Atchison 2,272 58.18% 1,587 40.64% 46 1.18% 685 17.54% 3,905 Audrain 3,984 70.79% 1,609 28.59% 35 0.62% 2,375 42.20% 5,628 Barry 3,151 57.37% 2,320 42.24% 21 0.38% 831 15.13% 5,492 Barton 2,824 64.02% 1,496 33.92% 91 2.06% 1,328 30.11% 4,411 Bates 5,073 65.64% 2,522 32.63% 133 1.72% 2,551 33.01% 7,728 Benton 1,762 46.59% 1,957 51.75% 63 1.67% -195 -5.16% 3,782 Bollinger 1,485 53.77% 1,272 46.05% 5 0.18% 213 7.71% 2,762 Boone 5,075 74.39% 1,705 24.99% 42 0.62% 3,370 49.40% 6,822 Buchanan 7,336 51.17% 6,854 47.81% 147 1.03% 482 3.36% 14,337 Butler 1,743 51.37% 1,635 48.19% 15 0.44% 108 3.18% 3,393 Caldwell 2,053 48.71% 2,115 50.18% 47 1.12% -62 -1.47% 4,215 Callaway 4,358 69.42% 1,849 29.45% 71 1.13% 2,509 39.96% 6,278 Camden 1,287 48.92% 1,326 50.40% 18 0.68% -39 -1.48% 2,631 Cape Girardeau 2,473 49.42% 2,482 49.60% 49 0.98% -9 -0.18% 5,004 Carroll 3,555 50.91% 3,363 48.16% 65 0.93% 192 2.75% 6,983 Carter 611 55.19% 483 43.63% 13 1.17% 128 11.56% 1,107 Cass 3,975 63.31% 2,229 35.50% 75 1.19% 1,746 27.81% 6,279 Cedar 2,400 55.87% 1,881 43.78% 15 0.35% 519 12.08% 4,296 Chariton 4,321 64.49% 2,359 35.21% 20 0.30% 1,962 29.28% 6,700 Christian 1,729 46.49% 1,983 53.32% 7 0.19% -254 -6.83% 3,719 Clark 2,107 51.67% 1,953 47.89% 18 0.44% 154 3.78% 4,078 Clay 4,071 80.42% 924 18.25% 67 1.32% 3,147 62.17% 5,062 Clinton 2,610 58.74% 1,792 40.33% 41 0.92% 818 18.41% 4,443 Cole 2,198 51.39% 2,033 47.53% 46 1.08% 165 3.86% 4,277 Cooper 3,028 52.56% 2,711 47.06% 22 0.38% 317 5.50% 5,761 Crawford 1,383 48.66% 1,447 50.91% 12 0.42% -64 -2.25% 2,842 Dade 2,363 56.54% 1,797 43.00% 19 0.45% 566 13.54% 4,179 Dallas 1,525 50.71% 1,466 48.75% 16 0.53% 59 1.96% 3,007 Daviess 3,125 56.77% 2,330 42.33% 50 0.91% 795 14.44% 5,505 DeKalb 2,167 57.24% 1,590 42.00% 29 0.77% 577 15.24% 3,786 Dent 1,493 57.69% 1,087 42.00% 8 0.31% 406 15.69% 2,588 Douglas 1,700 51.41% 1,598 48.32% 9 0.27% 102 3.08% 3,307 Dunklin 2,975 75.47% 961 24.38% 6 0.15% 2,014 51.09% 3,942 Franklin 2,904 43.18% 3,797 56.46% 24 0.36% -893 -13.28% 6,725 Gasconade 515 18.88% 2,185 80.10% 28 1.03% -1,670 -61.22% 2,728 Gentry 2,906 58.67% 2,000 40.38% 47 0.95% 906 18.29% 4,953 Greene 6,327 51.83% 5,808 47.58% 72 0.59% 519 4.25% 12,207 Grundy 1,675 37.41% 2,778 62.05% 24 0.54% -1,103 -24.64% 4,477 Harrison 2,582 46.30% 2,956 53.00% 39 0.70% -374 -6.71% 5,577 Henry 4,442 57.41% 3,234 41.79% 62 0.80% 1,208 15.61% 7,738 Hickory 1,045 46.51% 1,194 53.14% 8 0.36% -149 -6.63% 2,247 Holt 2,036 45.40% 2,397 53.44% 52 1.16% -361 -8.05% 4,485 Howard 3,317 70.60% 1,353 28.80% 28 0.60% 1,964 41.81% 4,698 Howell 2,373 55.21% 1,892 44.02% 33 0.77% 481 11.19% 4,298 Iron 1,016 62.33% 607 37.24% 7 0.43% 409 25.09% 1,630 Jackson 20,705 51.94% 18,711 46.94% 446 1.12% 1,994 5.00% 39,862 Jasper 7,026 58.69% 4,835 40.39% 111 0.93% 2,191 18.30% 11,972 Jefferson 2,785 48.87% 2,876 50.46% 38 0.67% -91 -1.60% 5,699 Johnson 4,240 56.48% 3,219 42.88% 48 0.64% 1,021 13.60% 7,507 Knox 2,185 63.04% 1,246 35.95% 35 1.01% 939 27.09% 3,466 Laclede 2,120 56.52% 1,598 42.60% 33 0.88% 522 13.92% 3,751 Lafayette 4,463 56.49% 3,375 42.72% 63 0.80% 1,088 13.77% 7,901 Lawrence 3,369 52.85% 2,962 46.46% 44 0.69% 407 6.38% 6,375 Lewis 2,624 61.87% 1,581 37.28% 36 0.85% 1,043 24.59% 4,241 Lincoln 3,003 65.51% 1,564 34.12% 17 0.37% 1,439 31.39% 4,584 Linn 3,327 52.07% 3,015 47.18% 48 0.75% 312 4.88% 6,390 Livingston 3,351 57.81% 2,377 41.00% 69 1.19% 974 16.80% 5,797 Macon 4,473 55.88% 3,475 43.41% 57 0.71% 998 12.47% 8,005 Madison 1,256 61.33% 780 38.09% 12 0.59% 476 23.24% 2,048 Maries 1,385 71.54% 546 28.20% 5 0.26% 839 43.34% 1,936 Marion 4,008 59.30% 2,699 39.93% 52 0.77% 1,309 19.37% 6,759 McDonald 1,676 62.37% 998 37.14% 13 0.48% 678 25.23% 2,687 Mercer 1,405 41.42% 1,958 57.72% 29 0.85% -553 -16.30% 3,392 Miller 1,694 49.62% 1,707 50.00% 13 0.38% -13 -0.38% 3,414 Mississippi 1,673 60.77% 1,074 39.01% 6 0.22% 599 21.76% 2,753 Moniteau 2,096 56.54% 1,580 42.62% 31 0.84% 516 13.92% 3,707 Monroe 4,379 82.72% 892 16.85% 23 0.43% 3,487 65.87% 5,294 Montgomery 2,272 53.41% 1,920 45.13% 62 1.46% 352 8.27% 4,254 Morgan 1,628 54.18% 1,366 45.46% 11 0.37% 262 8.72% 3,005 New Madrid 1,639 77.27% 480 22.63% 2 0.09% 1,159 54.64% 2,121 Newton 3,029 57.50% 2,174 41.27% 65 1.23% 855 16.23% 5,268 Nodaway 4,577 56.68% 3,437 42.56% 61 0.76% 1,140 14.12% 8,075 Oregon 1,783 75.39% 576 24.36% 6 0.25% 1,207 51.04% 2,365 Osage 1,456 45.61% 1,700 53.26% 36 1.13% -244 -7.64% 3,192 Ozark 1,025 46.17% 1,187 53.47% 8 0.36% -162 -7.30% 2,220 Pemiscot 1,260 77.87% 355 21.94% 3 0.19% 905 55.93% 1,618 Perry 1,450 48.17% 1,522 50.56% 38 1.26% -72 -2.39% 3,010 Pettis 4,267 50.40% 4,119 48.65% 81 0.96% 148 1.75% 8,467 Phelps 1,816 63.32% 1,038 36.19% 14 0.49% 778 27.13% 2,868 Pike 3,839 56.78% 2,884 42.66% 38 0.56% 955 14.13% 6,761 Platte 3,191 74.80% 1,044 24.47% 31 0.73% 2,147 50.33% 4,266 Polk 2,711 51.09% 2,564 48.32% 31 0.58% 147 2.77% 5,306 Pulaski 1,410 63.63% 802 36.19% 4 0.18% 608 27.44% 2,216 Putnam 1,376 36.64% 2,363 62.93% 16 0.43% -987 -26.28% 3,755 Ralls 2,297 73.60% 814 26.08% 10 0.32% 1,483 47.52% 3,121 Randolph 4,097 65.01% 2,162 34.31% 43 0.68% 1,935 30.70% 6,302 Ray 3,945 65.60% 2,003 33.31% 66 1.10% 1,942 32.29% 6,014 Reynolds 1,015 72.34% 385 27.44% 3 0.21% 630 44.90% 1,403 Ripley 1,442 65.69% 749 34.12% 4 0.18% 693 31.57% 2,195 Saint Charles 2,448 43.32% 3,173 56.15% 30 0.53% -725 -12.83% 5,651 Saint Clair 2,686 59.19% 1,829 40.30% 23 0.51% 857 18.88% 4,538 Saint Francois 2,245 57.17% 1,664 42.37% 18 0.46% 581 14.80% 3,927 Saint Louis County 3,403 35.12% 6,210 64.09% 76 0.78% -2,807 -28.97% 9,689 Saint Louis City 50,091 42.81% 65,708 56.16% 1,197 1.02% -15,617 -13.35% 116,996 Sainte Genevieve 1,245 57.83% 903 41.94% 5 0.23% 342 15.88% 2,153 Saline 5,615 64.16% 3,050 34.85% 87 0.99% 2,565 29.31% 8,752 Schuyler 1,592 57.87% 1,131 41.11% 28 1.02% 461 16.76% 2,751 Scotland 2,077 62.96% 1,203 36.47% 19 0.58% 874 26.49% 3,299 Scott 1,906 71.60% 751 28.21% 5 0.19% 1,155 43.39% 2,662 Shannon 1,186 63.09% 689 36.65% 5 0.27% 497 26.44% 1,880 Shelby 2,850 68.56% 1,275 30.67% 32 0.77% 1,575 37.89% 4,157 Stoddard 2,968 64.90% 1,584 34.64% 21 0.46% 1,384 30.26% 4,573 Stone 827 42.89% 1,094 56.74% 7 0.36% -267 -13.85% 1,928 Sullivan 2,451 50.26% 2,393 49.07% 33 0.68% 58 1.19% 4,877 Taney 925 47.29% 1,024 52.35% 7 0.36% -99 -5.06% 1,956 Texas 2,672 59.67% 1,785 39.86% 21 0.47% 887 19.81% 4,478 Vernon 5,133 69.12% 2,230 30.03% 63 0.85% 2,903 39.09% 7,426 Warren 691 29.06% 1,680 70.65% 7 0.29% -989 -41.59% 2,378 Washington 1,458 48.45% 1,547 51.41% 4 0.13% -89 -2.96% 3,009 Wayne 1,568 52.13% 1,418 47.14% 22 0.73% 150 4.99% 3,008 Webster 1,985 54.12% 1,666 45.42% 17 0.46% 319 8.70% 3,668 Worth 1,248 58.21% 885 41.28% 11 0.51% 363 16.93% 2,144 Wright 1,777 50.20% 1,755 49.58% 8 0.23% 22 0.62% 3,540Totals363,66753.96%304,93045.24%5,4220.80%58,7378.71%674,019 See also United States presidential elections in Missouri Notes References 2 Missouri 1896 Category:1896 Missouri elections