1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1892 1900 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1900 November 3, 1896 x200px Bryan, Hon. Wm. J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) People's Party (United States) Nebraska Arthur Sewall (Democratic)Thomas E. Watson (People's) 8 110,103 73.72% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) - Ohio Garret Hobart 0 37,512 25.12% 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas results map by county.svg 300px County results Bryan #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% McKinley #e27f90 50–60% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. This election marks the establishment of one-party hegemony in every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy where Republicans would control local government permanently.See Urwin Cathy Kunzinger Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71 January 1991 32 University of Arkansas Press 1557282005 The new secret ballot and an onerous poll tax had already severely reduced black and poor white voting at the time of this election,Perman Michael Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908 April 3, 2003 65 Univ of North Carolina Press 0807860255 in the process largely eliminating opposition party challenges. Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Three electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. They defeated Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 48.6%. Bryan would later defeat McKinley again in Arkansas four years later and would later win the state against William Howard Taft in 1908. Results 1896 United States presidential election in ArkansasDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=5&year=1896&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Presidential General Election Results – ArkansasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 110,103 73.72% 8 Republican William McKinley 37,512 25.12% 0 National Prohibition Charles Eugene Bentley 893 0.60% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 839 0.56% 0 Totals 149,347 100.00% 8 Voter turnout — Results by county +1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas by countyRobinson Edgar Eugene The Presidential Vote 1896-1932 139–145 9780804716963Géoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1896.htm Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures) County William Jennings Bryan Democratic William McKinleyRepublican Charles Eugene BentleyNational Prohibition Joshua LeveringProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Arkansas 1,175 67.45% 550 31.57% 6 0.34% 11 0.63% 625 35.88% 1,742 Ashley 1,760 78.05% 405 17.96% 18 0.80% 72 3.19% 1,355 60.09% 2,255 Baxter 980 78.78% 262 21.06% 0 0.00% 2 0.16% 718 57.72% 1,244 Benton 3,548 83.15% 685 16.05% 13 0.30% 21 0.49% 2,863 67.10% 4,267 Boone 1,730 74.50% 573 24.68% 6 0.26% 13 0.56% 1,157 49.83% 2,322 Bradley 976 83.70% 185 15.87% 3 0.26% 2 0.17% 791 67.84% 1,166 Calhoun 910 80.53% 216 19.12% 2 0.18% 2 0.18% 694 61.42% 1,130 Carroll 1,790 66.08% 875 32.30% 23 0.85% 21 0.78% 915 33.78% 2,709 Chicot 418 55.00% 258 33.95% 17 2.24% 67 8.82% 160 21.05% 760 Clark 1,910 67.61% 833 29.49% 57 2.02% 25 0.88% 1,077 38.12% 2,825 Clay 1,537 75.57% 475 23.35% 10 0.49% 12 0.59% 1,062 52.21% 2,034 Cleburne 1,047 89.79% 108 9.26% 7 0.60% 4 0.34% 939 80.53% 1,166 Cleveland 1,269 83.71% 231 15.24% 8 0.53% 8 0.53% 1,038 68.47% 1,516 Columbia 2,159 79.76% 537 19.84% 4 0.15% 7 0.26% 1,622 59.92% 2,707 Conway 2,255 76.99% 656 22.40% 7 0.24% 11 0.38% 1,599 54.59% 2,929 Craighead 1,890 84.98% 329 14.79% 2 0.09% 3 0.13% 1,561 70.19% 2,224 Crawford 1,870 58.46% 1,311 40.98% 8 0.25% 10 0.31% 559 17.47% 3,199 Crittenden 625 69.99% 258 28.89% 5 0.56% 5 0.56% 367 41.10% 893 Cross 908 80.14% 224 19.77% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% 684 60.37% 1,133 Dallas 1,032 67.98% 479 31.55% 5 0.33% 2 0.13% 553 36.43% 1,518 Desha 396 55.31% 290 40.50% 21 2.93% 9 1.26% 106 14.80% 716 Drew 1,754 74.07% 603 25.46% 5 0.21% 6 0.25% 1,151 48.61% 2,368 Faulkner 2,044 75.31% 556 20.49% 6 0.23% 8 0.31% 1,488 54.83% 2,714 Franklin 1,746 78.19% 424 18.99% 25 1.12% 38 1.70% 1,322 59.20% 2,233 Fulton 1,259 78.93% 333 20.88% 2 0.13% 1 0.06% 926 58.06% 1,595 Garland 1,465 65.29% 703 31.33% 40 1.78% 36 1.60% 762 33.96% 2,244 Grant 801 86.04% 125 13.43% 2 0.21% 3 0.32% 676 72.61% 931 Greene 1,627 85.63% 262 13.79% 7 0.37% 4 0.21% 1,365 71.84% 1,900 Hempstead 1,832 59.79% 1,203 39.26% 10 0.33% 19 0.62% 629 20.53% 3,064 Hot Spring 1,331 80.96% 292 17.76% 9 0.55% 12 0.73% 1,039 63.20% 1,644 Howard 1,392 82.42% 294 17.41% 1 0.06% 2 0.12% 1,098 65.01% 1,689 Independence 2,089 78.06% 567 21.19% 9 0.34% 11 0.41% 1,522 56.88% 2,676 Izard 1,507 82.98% 285 15.69% 11 0.61% 13 0.72% 1,222 67.29% 1,816 Jackson 1,585 72.64% 588 26.95% 0 0.00% 9 0.41% 997 45.69% 2,182 Jefferson 1,653 60.11% 1,050 38.18% 27 0.98% 20 0.73% 603 21.93% 2,750 Johnson 1,831 78.55% 491 21.06% 3 0.13% 6 0.26% 1,340 57.49% 2,331 Lafayette 608 58.69% 423 40.83% 2 0.19% 3 0.29% 185 17.86% 1,036 Lawrence 1,679 81.78% 337 16.42% 23 1.12% 14 0.68% 1,342 65.37% 2,053 Lee 1,946 88.41% 213 9.68% 23 1.04% 19 0.86% 1,733 78.74% 2,201 Lincoln 1,026 81.11% 236 18.66% 2 0.16% 1 0.08% 790 62.45% 1,265 Little River 852 74.80% 273 23.97% 7 0.61% 7 0.61% 579 50.83% 1,139 Logan 1,786 65.16% 946 34.51% 6 0.22% 3 0.11% 840 30.65% 2,741 Lonoke 2,300 83.27% 437 15.82% 12 0.43% 13 0.47% 1,863 67.45% 2,762 Madison 1,689 56.64% 1,260 42.25% 16 0.54% 17 0.57% 429 14.39% 2,982 Marion 1,212 76.90% 336 21.32% 25 1.59% 3 0.19% 876 55.58% 1,576 Miller 1,073 65.07% 565 34.26% 6 0.36% 5 0.30% 508 30.81% 1,649 Mississippi 815 82.74% 168 17.06% 2 0.20% 0 0.00% 647 65.69% 985 Monroe 1,019 64.01% 436 27.39% 77 4.84% 60 3.77% 583 36.62% 1,592 Montgomery 1,008 82.08% 220 17.92% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 788 64.17% 1,228 Nevada 1,669 77.66% 469 21.82% 4 0.19% 7 0.33% 1,200 55.84% 2,149 Newton 659 46.94% 733 52.21% 4 0.28% 8 0.57% -74 -5.27% 1,404 Ouachita 1,366 56.77% 1,029 42.77% 2 0.08% 9 0.37% 337 14.01% 2,406 Perry 678 75.25% 217 24.08% 4 0.44% 2 0.22% 461 51.17% 901 Phillips 1,085 54.85% 815 41.20% 43 2.17% 35 1.77% 270 13.65% 1,978 Pike 864 78.69% 231 21.04% 2 0.18% 1 0.09% 633 57.65% 1,098 Poinsett 572 80.34% 130 18.26% 3 0.42% 7 0.98% 442 62.08% 712 Polk 1,004 94.10% 51 4.78% 4 0.37% 8 0.75% 953 89.32% 1,067 Pope 2,315 74.75% 762 24.60% 13 0.42% 7 0.23% 1,553 50.15% 3,097 Prairie 1,145 64.22% 633 35.50% 3 0.17% 2 0.11% 512 28.72% 1,783 Pulaski 3,021 61.73% 1,754 35.84% 74 1.51% 45 0.92% 1,267 25.89% 4,894 Randolph 1,915 86.03% 307 13.79% 4 0.18% 0 0.00% 1,608 72.24% 2,226 St. Francis 1,087 70.13% 455 29.35% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% 632 40.77% 1,550 Saline 1,417 84.00% 268 15.89% 31 1.99% 6 0.38% 1,149 68.11% 1,687 Scott 1,260 80.72% 264 16.91% 2 0.15% 2 0.15% 996 63.81% 1,561 Searcy 615 45.35% 737 54.35% 12 0.33% 17 0.46% -122 -9.00% 1,356 Sebastian 2,622 71.64% 1,009 27.57% 4 0.30% 3 0.22% 1,613 44.07% 3,660 Sevier 1,166 86.82% 170 12.66% 1 0.06% 2 0.12% 996 74.16% 1,343 Sharp 1,383 85.58% 230 14.23% 3 0.19% 5 0.32% 1,153 71.35% 1,616 Stone 728 80.26% 172 18.96% 5 0.55% 2 0.22% 556 61.30% 907 Union 1,749 89.37% 148 7.56% 29 1.48% 31 1.58% 1,601 81.81% 1,957 Van Buren 846 67.90% 374 30.02% 20 1.61% 6 0.48% 472 37.88% 1,246 Washington 3,208 72.17% 1,197 26.93% 17 0.38% 23 0.52% 2,011 45.24% 4,445 White 2,876 83.12% 559 16.16% 17 0.49% 8 0.23% 2,317 66.97% 3,460 Woodruff 1,478 70.15% 620 29.43% 5 0.24% 4 0.19% 858 40.72% 2,107 Yell 2,261 73.29% 812 26.32% 4 0.13% 8 0.26% 1,449 46.97% 3,085TotalsTotals from Géoelections differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas and The Presidential Vote.110,10373.65%37,51225.09%8920.60%8890.60%72,59148.56%149,496 See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas Notes References 2 Arkansas 1896 Category:1896 Arkansas elections