1896 United States presidential election in New Jersey

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in New Jersey New Jersey 1896 presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1892 1900 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1900 November 3, 1896 x200px William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Garret Hobart 10 221,535 59.68% Bryan, Hon. Wm. J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Arthur Sewall 0 133,695 36.02% 1896 United States presidential election in New Jersey results map by county.svg 350px County results McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Bryan #86b6f2 50–60% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 3, 1896. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New Jersey voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 23.66%, making him the first Republican presidential candidate since Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 to carry the state. Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but had little appeal in Northeastern states like New Jersey. This was a realigning election for New Jersey, as it was for the nation. From 1852 to 1892, the Democrats had carried the state all but once – in Ulysses S. Grant's 1872 landslide – and only in 1860 had any other candidates won any electoral votes at all.New Jersey Presidential Election Voting History https://www.270towin.com/states/New_Jersey 2021-09-25 270toWin.com New Jersey, as an industrial Mid-Atlantic state, was strongly in favor of the gold standard. Up until 1896, the Democrats had nominated candidates favorable to that notion, and to the state at large. In the ten elections between 1852 and 1892, the Democrats nominated a New Yorker in six (Horatio Seymour in 1868, Horace Greeley in 1872, Samuel J. Tilden in 1876, and Grover Cleveland in 1884, 1888, and 1892). In another three, a candidate from another Mid-Atlantic state was nominated by the Democrats: James Buchanan and Winfield Hancock of Pennsylvania in 1856 and 1880, and New Jersey's own George McClellan in 1864. The only exception occurred in 1860 when the Democrats were completely split between Breckinridge and Douglas.Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 https://www.270towin.com/historical-presidential-elections/ 2021-09-25 270toWin.com Beginning in 1896, the Democratic party dramatically shifted away from supporting business interests to supporting the interests of farmers and miners of the south and west.Budgor Joel Capell Elizabeth A. Flanders David A. Polsby Nelson W. Westlye Mark C. Zaller John 1981 The 1896 Election and Congressional Modernization: An Appraisal of the Evidence https://www.jstor.org/stable/1171090 Social Science History 5 1 53–90 10.2307/1171090 1171090 0145-5532 subscription As the issue of bimetallism – whether to allow silver to be used as currency in addition to goldBimetallism monetary system https://www.britannica.com/topic/bimetallism 2021-09-25 Encyclopedia Britannica en – split the country along regional boundaries, New Jersey went with the pro-gold standard and pro-business Republicans. In the ensuing "System of 1896" that lasted until the Great Depression realignment of 1932, Republicans won the state in all but one election: when New Jersey's own governor, Woodrow Wilson, was the Democratic nominee in 1912. Even then, Wilson was barely able to overcome New Jersey's Republican lean, winning with a tiny plurality of 41.20 percent of the vote due to the Republican split between Progressive Teddy Roosevelt and conservative William Howard Taft.Our Campaigns - NJ US President Race - Nov 05, 1912 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3188 2021-09-25 www.ourcampaigns.com Beyond even the 4th party system, New Jersey retained the Republican bent it acquired in 1896 for the next century: in the twentieth century, Democrats only won New Jersey nine times, while Republicans won sixteen times. On all but three of these occasions (the Democratic landslides of 1936, 1964, and 1996) the margin of victory was less than 10 points. Even Franklin Roosevelt only barely won the state in 1932, 1940, and 1944. Beginning with Bill Clinton's massive victory in 1996, the state would return to the Democratic fold with the rest of the Northeast during the twenty-first century. Bryan would lose New Jersey 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 New Jersey1896 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1896&fips=34&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Republican Party (United States) William McKinley Ohio Garret Hobart New Jersey 221,535 59.68% 10 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) William Jennings Bryan Nebraska Arthur Sewall Maine 133,695 36.02% 0 0.00% National Democratic Party (United States) John M. Palmer Illinois Simon Bolivar Buckner Kentucky 6,378 1.72% 0 0.00% Prohibition Party Charles Eugene Bentley Nebraska James H. Southgate North Carolina 5,617 1.51% 0 0.00% Socialist Labor Party of America Charles H. Matchett New York Matthew Maguire New Jersey 3,986 1.07% 0 0.00% 371,211 100.00% 10 100.00% Results by county County William McKinleyRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic John McAuley PalmerNational Democratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castGéoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures) # % # % # % # % # % Atlantic 5,005 66.06% 2,233 29.47% 119 1.57% 219 2.89% 2,772 36.59% 7,576 Bergen 8,545 62.07% 4,531 32.91% 451 3.28% 239 1.74% 4,014 29.16% 13,766 Burlington 9,371 63.70% 4,610 31.33% 406 2.76% 325 2.21% 4,761 32.36% 14,712 Camden 16,395 69.64% 6,380 27.10% 280 1.19% 487 2.07% 10,015 42.54% 23,542 Cape May 2,136 65.48% 929 28.48% 50 1.53% 147 4.51% 1,207 37.00% 3,262 Cumberland 7,018 61.09% 3,877 33.75% 78 0.68% 515 4.48% 3,141 27.34% 11,488 Essex 42,587 64.99% 20,509 31.30% 1,004 1.53% 1,425 2.17% 22,078 33.69% 65,525 Gloucester 4,727 59.02% 2,981 37.22% 77 0.96% 224 2.80% 1,746 21.80% 8,009 Hudson 33,626 52.51% 28,133 43.94% 927 1.45% 1,347 2.10% 5,493 8.58% 64,033 Hunterdon 4,264 44.20% 4,992 51.75% 93 0.96% 297 3.08% -728 -7.55% 9,646 Mercer 13,847 66.84% 5,970 28.82% 430 2.08% 471 2.27% 7,877 38.02% 20,718 Middlesex 9,304 58.73% 5,976 37.72% 350 2.21% 213 1.34% 3,328 21.01% 15,843 Monmouth 10,611 55.27% 7,799 40.63% 474 2.47% 313 1.63% 2,812 14.65% 19,197 Morris 8,190 58.71% 4,936 35.38% 331 2.37% 494 3.54% 3,254 23.32% 13,951 Ocean 3,384 72.59% 1,068 22.91% 80 1.72% 130 2.79% 2,316 49.68% 4,662 Passaic 15,437 58.81% 9,280 35.36% 357 1.36% 1,173 4.47% 6,157 23.46% 26,247 Salem 3,717 54.37% 2,802 40.99% 67 0.98% 250 3.66% 915 13.39% 6,836 Somerset 4,388 60.18% 2,608 35.77% 159 2.18% 136 1.87% 1,780 24.41% 7,291 Sussex 3,045 49.09% 2,975 47.96% 49 0.79% 134 2.16% 70 1.13% 6,203 Union 11,707 61.58% 6,073 31.95% 529 2.78% 701 3.69% 5,634 29.64% 19,010 Warren 4,063 42.78% 5,013 52.79% 62 0.65% 359 3.78% -950 -10.00% 9,497Totals221,36759.67%133,67536.03%6,3731.72%9,5992.59%87,69223.64%371,014 See also United States presidential elections in New Jersey References New Jersey 1896 Category:1896 New Jersey elections