1896 United States presidential election in Idaho

none June 2025 September 2023 1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States presidential election in Idaho Idaho 1861 presidential no 1892 United States presidential election in Idaho 1892 1900 United States presidential election in Idaho 1900 November 3, 1896 x200px Bryan, Hon. Wm. J 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Populist Party (United States) Nebraska Arthur Sewall 3 23,135 78.10% William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 Alt Trim Edit 3x4.jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) - Ohio Garret Hobart 0 6,314 21.32% 1896 United States presidential election in Idaho results map by county.svg 200px County results Bryan #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% President Grover Cleveland Democratic Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) The 1896 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Idaho, upon its organization as a territory was overwhelmingly Democratic,Owens, Kenneth N.; ‘Pattern and Structure in Western Territorial Politics’; Western Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4 (October 1970), pp. 373-392 but had been increasingly dominated by the Republican Party in the years leading up to statehood, as ex-Southern and Mormon mining settlers were increasingly outweighed by those from the Midwest.Weatherby, James B. and Stapilus, Randy; Governing Idaho: Politics, People and Power, pp. 35-36 0870045210 The state Democratic Party would regroup and its pro-silver, anti-Mormon faction under Marshal Fred T. Dubois would bring the state into the Union in the late 1880s. Upon statehood, Idaho was shaken by a wave of strikes in the silver-mining regionsKennedy, David M. and Cohen, Lizabeth; American Pageant, Volume 2, p. 506 1305537416 and even deeper conflict whereby an idled ore concentrator was destroyed in Gem.Schwantes, Carlos A.; The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History, p. 343 This, alongside opposition to Republican Governor Norman Bushnell Willey’s declaration of martial law upon the miners, and against the absentee ownership of Idaho's land and water,Larson, Robert W.; ‘Populism in the Mountain West: A Mainstream Movement’; Western Historical Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2 (April 1982), pp. 143-164 would turn the state's electorate strongly towards the Populist leader James B. Weaver, who carried the state in 1892 in an election where Gold Democrat and former President Grover Cleveland was not even on the ballot. As the 1896 election approached, it was clear that silver politics would be the determining factor in Idaho's vote,Johnson, Claudius O.; ‘The Story of Silver Politics in Idaho, 1892-1902’; The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3 (July 1942), pp. 283-296 and that the state would not vote for any candidate opposing free silver. Senator Fred T. Dubois, who had been a critical player in giving Idaho statehood, confirmed this in June. When William Jennings Bryan gained the Democratic nomination on a platform favoring the coinage of silver at 16:1 relative to gold, the Populist Party supported him throughout the country.Case, Matthew H. and Sprague, Alan F. (1982); Northwest Frontier, p. 257 Idaho was won by the Democratic/Populist nominees, William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 56.78%. He also won every county, and only in three of twenty-one did McKinley crack a quarter of the vote. Despite half a century of overwhelming Republican dominance, no presidential nominee of either party has ever equaled Bryan's performance in the state. Bryan would later defeat McKinley again in Idaho four years later but would later lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908. This is one of two elections where the Republican candidate won without the state, the other being in 1900. Results 1896 United States presidential election in IdahoDave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1896 Presidential General Election Results – IdahoPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 23,135 78.10% 3 Republican William McKinley 6,314 21.32% 0 Prohibition Joshua Levering 172 0.58% 0 Totals 29,621 100.00% 3 Voter turnout — Results by county County William Jennings BryanDemocratic William McKinleyRepublican Joshua LeveringProhibition Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 174-177 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % Ada 1,531 63.55% 851 35.33% 27 1.12% 680 28.23% 2,409 Bannock 1,363 85.29% 228 14.27% 7 0.44% 1,135 71.03% 1,598 Bear Lake 851 77.29% 249 22.62% 1 0.09% 602 54.68% 1,101 Bingham 1,232 85.56% 194 13.47% 14 0.97% 1,038 72.08% 1,440 Blaine 1,228 95.19% 59 4.57% 3 0.23% 1,169 90.62% 1,290 Boise 862 78.87% 226 20.68% 5 0.46% 636 58.19% 1,093 Canyon 1,178 78.38% 303 20.16% 22 1.46% 875 58.22% 1,503 Cassia 579 81.43% 129 18.14% 3 0.42% 450 63.29% 711 Custer 599 95.08% 29 4.60% 2 0.32% 570 90.48% 630 Elmore 535 81.06% 124 18.79% 1 0.15% 411 62.27% 660 Fremont 1,526 92.21% 121 7.31% 8 0.48% 1,405 84.89% 1,655 Idaho 1,127 74.59% 377 24.95% 7 0.46% 750 49.64% 1,511 Kootenai 1,432 80.49% 334 18.77% 13 0.73% 1,098 61.72% 1,779 Latah 1,870 64.00% 1,036 35.46% 16 0.55% 834 28.54% 2,922 Lemhi 1,065 83.92% 202 15.92% 2 0.16% 863 68.01% 1,269 Lincoln 305 80.26% 74 19.47% 1 0.26% 231 60.79% 380 Nez Perce 1,089 60.97% 675 37.79% 22 1.23% 414 23.18% 1,786 Oneida 1,092 77.23% 315 22.28% 7 0.50% 777 54.95% 1,414 Owyhee 1,140 92.16% 97 7.84% 0 0.00% 1,043 84.32% 1,237 Shoshone 1,760 77.84% 497 21.98% 4 0.18% 1,263 55.86% 2,261 Washington 828 79.62% 204 19.62% 8 0.77% 624 60.00% 1,040Totals23,19278.12%6,32421.30%1730.58%16,86856.82%29,689 See also United States presidential elections in Idaho Notes References 2 Idaho 1896 Category:1896 Idaho elections