1896 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio Flag_of_the_United_States_(1896–1908).svg presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in Ohio 1892 1900 United States presidential election in Ohio 1900 November 3, 1896 William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg x200px William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Garret Hobart 23 525,991 51.86% William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg x200px William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Populist Nebraska Arthur Sewall 0 477,497 47.08% 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px County results McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose 23 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Since the Civil War, Ohio politics had been controlled by a conflict between the anti-Civil War Appalachian southeast and German-American counties of the northwest, opposed both to the heavily Yankee and New Englander northeast and to the Ohio Company counties of the southeast.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 343 9780691163246 There was also an area of the Virginia Military District in the southwest that was historically the state's Whig stronghold and later voted Republican.Flinn, Thomas A.; ‘Continuity and Change in Ohio Politics’; The Journal of Politics, vol. 24, no. 3 (August 1962), pp. 521-544 The GOP had consistently controlled the state during this era, if largely due to the prevalence of Ohio natives on the ticket,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 352 losing only one electoral vote to Democrat Grover Cleveland in 1892. In 1896, the Democratic Party moved away from its urban northeastern Irish-American base to attempt to forge an alliance of the developing Jim Crow “Solid South” with the Populist West. The Midwest had seen the nation's worst labor strife in the years between the 1892 and 1896 elections,http://history.utsa.edu/docs/Kelly_Electionof1896.pdf The Election of 1896 and the Restructuring of Civil War Memory Kelly, Patrick J. and the Republican Party saw Bryan as attempting to ferment class war. Although Ohio had been affected severely by the farm crisis of the early 1890s, its strong coverage by rail transport made this much less of a problem than it was in the more remote Plains States.Eichengreen, Barry Haines, Michael R. Jaremski, Matthew S. Leblang, David amp opulists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election September 2017 https://www.nber.org/papers/w23932.pdf Consequently, Ohio was narrowly won by the Republican Party candidate and native son, William McKinley, with 51.86% of the popular vote. The Democratic Party candidate, William Jennings Bryan, garnered 47.08% of the popular vote.Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1896 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio McKinley won his home state by a narrow margin of 4.78%. Bryan would lose Ohio to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft. Results 1896 United States presidential election in OhioPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican William McKinley 525,991 51.86% 23 Democratic William Jennings Bryan 474,882 46.82% 0 Populist William Jennings Bryan 2,615 0.26% 0 Total William Jennings Bryan 477,497 47.08% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 5,068 0.50% 0 National Prohibition Charles Eugene Bentley 2,716 0.27% 0 National Democratic John M. Palmer 1,858 0.18% 0 Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 1,165 0.11% 0 Totals 1,014,295 100.0% 23 Results by county County William McKinleyRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 292-299 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % Adams 3,338 50.13% 3,248 48.78% 73 1.10% 90 1.35% 6,659 Allen 4,959 43.01% 6,394 55.46% 176 1.53% -1,435 -12.45% 11,529 Ashland 2,608 42.89% 3,422 56.28% 50 0.82% -814 -13.39% 6,080 Ashtabula 8,557 67.70% 3,840 30.38% 242 1.91% 4,717 37.32% 12,639 Athens 5,429 61.02% 3,293 37.01% 175 1.97% 2,136 24.01% 8,897 Auglaize 2,900 36.75% 4,939 62.59% 52 0.66% -2,039 -25.84% 7,891 Belmont 7,699 53.66% 6,413 44.70% 236 1.64% 1,286 8.96% 14,348 Brown 3,170 41.08% 4,485 58.13% 61 0.79% -1,315 -17.04% 7,716 Butler 5,936 40.21% 8,724 59.09% 103 0.70% -2,788 -18.89% 14,763 Carroll 2,668 57.07% 1,955 41.82% 52 1.11% 713 15.25% 4,675 Champaign 4,314 55.13% 3,432 43.86% 79 1.01% 882 11.27% 7,825 Clark 7,667 53.89% 6,382 44.86% 179 1.26% 1,285 9.03% 14,228 Clermont 4,272 47.36% 4,672 51.80% 76 0.84% -400 -4.43% 9,020 Clinton 4,144 60.18% 2,657 38.59% 85 1.23% 1,487 21.59% 6,886 Columbiana 9,487 57.80% 6,598 40.20% 329 2.00% 2,889 17.60% 16,414 Coshocton 3,340 45.23% 3,979 53.89% 65 0.88% -639 -8.65% 7,384 Crawford 3,150 34.37% 5,915 64.53% 101 1.10% -2,765 -30.17% 9,166 Cuyahoga 42,993 52.76% 37,542 46.07% 955 1.17% 5,451 6.69% 81,490 Darke 4,384 41.28% 6,151 57.92% 84 0.79% -1,767 -16.64% 10,619 Defiance 2,414 36.01% 4,239 63.24% 50 0.75% -1,825 -27.23% 6,703 Delaware 3,789 50.39% 3,612 48.04% 118 1.57% 177 2.35% 7,519 Erie 5,442 53.18% 4,641 45.35% 150 1.47% 801 7.83% 10,233 Fairfield 3,432 39.20% 5,250 59.96% 74 0.85% -1,818 -20.76% 8,756 Fayette 3,357 54.54% 2,748 44.65% 50 0.81% 609 9.89% 6,155 Franklin 20,291 51.96% 18,320 46.91% 442 1.13% 1,971 5.05% 39,053 Fulton 3,227 55.99% 2,464 42.75% 73 1.27% 763 13.24% 5,764 Gallia 4,247 63.66% 2,369 35.51% 55 0.82% 1,878 28.15% 6,671 Geauga 2,807 68.20% 1,260 30.61% 49 1.19% 1,547 37.59% 4,116 Greene 5,296 62.51% 3,003 35.45% 173 2.04% 2,293 27.07% 8,472 Guernsey 4,337 55.78% 3,258 41.90% 180 2.32% 1,079 13.88% 7,775 Hamilton 57,749 59.86% 38,165 39.56% 561 0.58% 19,584 20.30% 96,475 Hancock 5,591 49.66% 5,546 49.26% 121 1.07% 45 0.40% 11,258 Hardin 4,276 49.50% 4,247 49.16% 116 1.34% 29 0.34% 8,639 Harrison 3,151 57.36% 2,245 40.87% 97 1.77% 906 16.49% 5,493 Henry 2,558 36.91% 4,323 62.37% 50 0.72% -1,765 -25.47% 6,931 Highland 4,106 50.32% 3,909 47.91% 144 1.76% 197 2.41% 8,159 Hocking 2,746 46.00% 3,177 53.22% 47 0.79% -431 -7.22% 5,970 Holmes 1,284 25.93% 3,622 73.16% 45 0.91% -2,338 -47.22% 4,951 Huron 5,008 53.98% 4,185 45.11% 84 0.91% 823 8.87% 9,277 Jackson 4,439 53.46% 3,786 45.59% 79 0.95% 653 7.86% 8,304 Jefferson 6,185 60.61% 3,824 37.48% 195 1.91% 2,361 23.14% 10,204 Knox 3,762 47.72% 4,062 51.52% 60 0.76% -300 -3.81% 7,884 Lake 3,745 68.40% 1,682 30.72% 48 0.88% 2,063 37.68% 5,475 Lawrence 5,408 63.42% 3,050 35.77% 69 0.81% 2,358 27.65% 8,527 Licking 5,560 45.32% 6,611 53.89% 96 0.78% -1,051 -8.57% 12,267 Logan 4,722 59.56% 3,125 39.42% 81 1.02% 1,597 20.14% 7,928 Lorain 7,801 63.28% 4,367 35.43% 159 1.29% 3,434 27.86% 12,327 Lucas 16,758 54.45% 13,759 44.71% 259 0.84% 2,999 9.74% 30,776 Madison 3,308 54.01% 2,751 44.91% 66 1.08% 557 9.09% 6,125 Mahoning 8,529 55.27% 6,772 43.88% 131 0.85% 1,757 11.39% 15,432 Marion 3,426 45.40% 4,016 53.21% 105 1.39% -590 -7.82% 7,547 Medina 3,533 57.32% 2,575 41.77% 56 0.91% 958 15.54% 6,164 Meigs 4,696 64.27% 2,536 34.71% 75 1.03% 2,160 29.56% 7,307 Mercer 1,991 29.16% 4,790 70.16% 46 0.67% -2,799 -41.00% 6,827 Miami 6,051 52.60% 5,387 46.83% 65 0.57% 664 5.77% 11,503 Monroe 2,001 32.07% 4,180 67.00% 58 0.93% -2,179 -34.93% 6,239 Montgomery 18,333 53.56% 15,540 45.40% 359 1.05% 2,793 8.16% 34,232 Morgan 2,531 51.12% 2,375 47.97% 45 0.91% 156 3.15% 4,951 Morrow 2,506 48.79% 2,517 49.01% 113 2.20% -11 -0.21% 5,136 Muskingum 7,245 50.67% 6,871 48.05% 183 1.28% 374 2.62% 14,299 Noble 2,559 51.86% 2,318 46.98% 57 1.16% 241 4.88% 4,934 Ottawa 2,079 38.69% 3,260 60.67% 34 0.63% -1,181 -21.98% 5,373 Paulding 3,580 49.30% 3,656 50.34% 26 0.36% -76 -1.05% 7,262 Perry 3,989 48.63% 4,112 50.13% 102 1.24% -123 -1.50% 8,203 Pickaway 3,370 44.23% 4,165 54.67% 84 1.10% -795 -10.43% 7,619 Pike 2,228 50.64% 2,145 48.75% 27 0.61% 83 1.89% 4,400 Portage 4,073 50.01% 3,995 49.05% 76 0.93% 78 0.96% 8,144 Preble 3,300 49.56% 3,254 48.87% 105 1.58% 46 0.69% 6,659 Putnam 2,728 33.68% 5,303 65.48% 68 0.84% -2,575 -31.79% 8,099 Richland 5,115 44.70% 6,256 54.67% 73 0.64% -1,141 -9.97% 11,444 Ross 5,562 52.32% 4,967 46.73% 101 0.95% 595 5.60% 10,630 Sandusky 3,970 43.28% 5,105 55.66% 97 1.06% -1,135 -12.37% 9,172 Scioto 5,492 59.44% 3,658 39.59% 90 0.97% 1,834 19.85% 9,240 Seneca 4,988 43.51% 6,347 55.36% 130 1.13% -1,359 -11.85% 11,465 Shelby 2,488 38.35% 3,941 60.74% 59 0.91% -1,453 -22.40% 6,488 Stark 12,111 51.13% 11,339 47.87% 235 0.99% 772 3.26% 23,685 Summit 8,584 51.25% 8,020 47.88% 146 0.87% 564 3.37% 16,750 Trumbull 7,867 66.23% 3,829 32.24% 182 1.53% 4,038 34.00% 11,878 Tuscarawas 6,235 47.15% 6,898 52.16% 92 0.70% -663 -5.01% 13,225 Union 3,476 55.36% 2,736 43.57% 67 1.07% 740 11.79% 6,279 Van Wert 3,957 49.26% 3,984 49.60% 92 1.15% -27 -0.34% 8,033 Vinton 2,035 52.43% 1,821 46.92% 25 0.64% 214 5.51% 3,881 Warren 4,379 60.53% 2,794 38.62% 61 0.84% 1,585 21.91% 7,234 Washington 5,949 52.99% 5,182 46.16% 95 0.85% 767 6.83% 11,226 Wayne 4,369 43.09% 5,588 55.11% 182 1.80% -1,219 -12.02% 10,139 Williams 3,191 47.16% 3,530 52.17% 45 0.67% -339 -5.01% 6,766 Wood 7,290 51.54% 6,653 47.04% 201 1.42% 637 4.50% 14,144 Wyandot 2,374 40.44% 3,441 58.62% 55 0.94% -1,067 -18.18% 5,870Totals525,99151.86%477,49747.08%10,8071.07%48,4944.78%1,014,295 See also United States presidential elections in Ohio References Ohio 1896 Category:1896 Ohio elections