1896 United States presidential election in South Dakota

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in South Dakota South Dakota 1909 presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1892 1900 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1900 November 3, 1896 x200px Bryan, Hon. Wm. J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Populist Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Arthur Sewall (Democratic)Thomas E. Watson (Populist) 4 41,225 49.70% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) - Ohio Garret Hobart 0 41,042 49.48% 1896 United States presidential election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 350px County results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Tie #ae8bb1 50% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. South Dakota was won by the Populist nominees,Although Bryan ran nationally as the Democratic nominee, that party was so weak in South Dakota that Bryan was instead endorsed by the state’s Populist Party, which was the major competitor with the GOP. former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Two electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. Bryan won the state by a very narrow margin of 0.22 percentage points, becoming the first national Democratic presidential candidate to win the state. Bryan would later lose the state to Republican incumbent president William McKinley four years later and would later lose the state again to William Howard Taft in 1908. The state would not vote Democratic again until 1932. As of the 2024 election, this is the only time that a Republican candidate has won the presidency without carrying South Dakota. Results 1896 United States presidential election in South DakotaDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – South DakotaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Populist William Jennings Bryan 41,225 49.70% 2 Democratic William Jennings Bryan 0 0.00% 2 Total William Jennings Bryan 41,225 49.70% 4 Republican William McKinley 41,042 49.48% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 683 0.82% 0 Totals 82,950 100.00% 4 Voter turnout — Results by county CountyRoddle William H. December 1, 1898 Fourth Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of South Dakota https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2999889&seq=148 Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of South Dakota 4 1 126-127 HathiTrustWilliam McKinleyRepublicanWilliam Jennings BryanPopulistJoshua LeveringProhibitionMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % Aurora 387 44.08% 479 54.56% 12 1.37% -92 -10.48% 878 Beadle 935 49.84% 915 48.77% 26 1.39% 20 1.07% 1,876 Bon Homme 1,163 56.37% 893 43.29% 7 0.34% 270 13.09% 2,063 Brookings 1,263 48.71% 1,288 49.67% 42 1.62% -25 -0.96% 2,593 Brown 1,618 46.15% 1,867 53.25% 21 0.60% -249 -7.10% 3,506 Brule 441 39.59% 668 59.96% 5 0.45% -227 -20.38% 1,114 Buffalo 68 46.26% 79 53.74% 0 0.00% -11 -7.48% 147 Butte 222 43.53% 286 56.08% 2 0.39% -64 -12.55% 510 Campbell 449 54.62% 369 44.89% 4 0.49% 80 9.73% 822 Charles Mix 698 53.57% 594 45.59% 11 0.84% 104 7.98% 1,303 Clark 695 45.01% 816 52.85% 33 2.14% -121 -7.84% 1,544 Clay 1,238 53.36% 1,061 45.73% 21 0.91% 177 7.63% 2,320 Codington 1,041 57.10% 759 41.63% 23 1.26% 282 15.47% 1,823 Custer 429 45.30% 515 54.38% 3 0.32% -86 -9.08% 947 Davison 616 45.13% 733 53.70% 16 1.17% -117 -8.57% 1,365 Day 1,171 48.07% 1,230 50.49% 35 1.44% -59 -2.42% 2,436 Deuel 698 50.95% 668 48.76% 4 0.29% 30 2.19% 1,370 Douglas 533 58.06% 380 41.39% 5 0.54% 153 16.67% 918 Edmunds 371 41.78% 510 57.43% 7 0.79% -139 -15.65% 888 Fall River 532 48.76% 555 50.87% 4 0.37% -23 -2.11% 1,091 Faulk 430 64.08% 237 35.32% 4 0.60% 193 28.76% 671 Grant 1,029 52.72% 902 46.21% 21 1.08% 127 6.51% 1,952 Hamlin 702 55.10% 559 43.88% 13 1.02% 143 11.22% 1,274 Hand 451 43.96% 567 55.26% 8 0.78% -116 -11.31% 1,026 Hanson 420 38.75% 658 60.70% 6 0.55% -238 -21.96% 1,084 Hughes 462 58.33% 327 41.29% 3 0.38% 135 17.05% 792 Hutchinson 1,413 74.96% 458 24.30% 14 0.74% 955 50.66% 1,885 Hyde 223 64.45% 121 34.97% 2 0.58% 102 29.48% 346 Jerauld 274 44.48% 336 54.55% 6 0.97% -62 -10.06% 616 Kingsbury 950 46.82% 1,051 51.80% 28 1.38% -101 -4.98% 2,029 Lake 864 46.10% 999 53.31% 11 0.59% -135 -7.20% 1,874 Lawrence 2,210 42.91% 2,905 56.41% 35 0.68% -695 -13.50% 5,150 Lincoln 1,516 51.86% 1,393 47.66% 14 0.48% 123 4.21% 2,923 Lyman 114 59.07% 78 40.41% 1 0.52% 36 18.65% 193 Marshall 553 43.78% 694 54.95% 16 1.27% -141 -11.16% 1,263 McCook 678 39.03% 1,047 60.28% 12 0.69% -369 -21.24% 1,737 McPherson 512 58.25% 361 41.07% 6 0.68% 151 17.18% 879 Meade 550 40.56% 802 59.14% 4 0.29% -252 -18.58% 1,356 Miner 582 45.05% 705 54.57% 5 0.39% -123 -9.52% 1,292 Minnehaha 2,429 47.15% 2,667 51.77% 56 1.09% -238 -4.62% 5,152 Moody 780 43.36% 1,012 56.25% 7 0.39% -232 -12.90% 1,799 Pennington 739 41.40% 1,038 58.15% 8 0.45% -299 -16.75% 1,785 Potter 333 45.74% 390 53.57% 5 0.69% -57 -7.83% 728 Roberts 1,324 58.20% 929 40.84% 22 0.97% 395 17.36% 2,275 Sanborn 530 50.72% 500 47.85% 15 1.44% 30 2.87% 1,045 Spink 1,132 51.31% 1,061 48.10% 13 0.59% 71 3.22% 2,206 Stanley 89 38.53% 140 60.61% 2 0.87% -51 -22.08% 231 Sully 262 56.34% 198 42.58% 5 1.08% 64 13.76% 465 Turner 1,616 62.47% 950 36.72% 21 0.81% 666 25.74% 2,587 Union 1,297 46.24% 1,491 53.16% 17 0.61% -194 -6.92% 2,805 Walworth 250 46.21% 286 52.87% 5 0.92% -36 -6.65% 541 Yankton 1,423 51.39% 1,330 48.03% 16 0.58% 93 3.36% 2,769 Unorganized 337 47.73% 368 52.12% 1 0.14% -31 -4.39% 706Totals41,04249.48%41,22549.70%6830.82%-183-0.2282,950 See also United States presidential elections in South Dakota Notes References South Dakota 1896 Category:1896 South Dakota elections