1900 United States presidential election in Colorado

none June 2025 September 2023 1900 United States presidential election in Colorado Colorado 1907 presidential no 1896 United States presidential election in Colorado 1896 1904 United States presidential election in Colorado 1904 November 6, 1900 x200px WilliamJBryan1902 3x4.jpg William Jennings Bryan Democratic Party (United States) Nebraska Adlai Stevenson I 4 122,733 55.43% Mckinley (cropped).jpg William McKinley Republican Party (United States) Ohio Theodore Roosevelt 0 93,072 42.04% 1900 United States presidential election in Colorado results map by county.svg 280px County results Bryan #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% McKinley #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President William McKinley Republican Party (United States) William McKinley Republican Party (United States) 1900 United States presidential election The 1900 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. In its early days as a state, Colorado had, like the Plains States to its east, been solidly Republican. However, with crises emerging in its agricultural sector from low wheat pricesGormley, Ken (editor); The Presidents and the Constitution: A Living History, p. 299 1479839906 and a severe drought in 1888 and 1889, and the state's underdevelopment leading to resentment of the Northeast,Azari, Julia and Hetherington, Mark J.; ‘Back to the Future? What the Politics of the Late Nineteenth Century Can Tell Us about the 2016 Election’; The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science; Vol 667: Elections in America; (September 2016), pp. 92-109 the new Populist Party was able to largely take over the state's politics in the early 1890s. Aided by fusion with the minority Democratic Party and strong support for free silver in this state which produced over half of all American silver,Larson, Robert W.; ‘Populism in the Mountain West: A Mainstream Movement’; Western Historical Quarterly; Vol. 13, No. 2 (April 1982), pp. 143-164 the Populist Party under James B. Weaver in 1892 carried the state's presidential electoral votes and won both its congressional seats. After the Republicans gained a 130-seat majority in the House of Representatives following the 1894 elections, five dissident Republicans from the Mountain States who supported free silver jointed together as the “Silver Republicans”Henry M. Teller of Colorado, Fred T. Dubois of Idaho, Frank J. Cannon of Utah and Thomas H. Carter and Lee Mantle of Montana.Ellis, Elmer; ‘The Silver Republicans in the Election of 1896’; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 18, No. 4 (March 1932), pp. 519-534 They supported nominating Centennial State Senator Henry M. Teller for president at first, but ultimately this was viewed as impractical and the Silver Republicans fused with a Democratic/Populist ticket headed by William Jennings Bryan, who ultimately won Colorado in 1896 by a landslide margin of over six-and-a-half-to-one versus William McKinley. Following the election, the Populist majority in Colorado largely faded after the ensuing return to prosperity.McCarthy, G. Michael; ‘The People’s Party in Colorado: A Profile of Populist Leadership’; Agricultural History, Vol. 47, No. 2 (April 1973), pp. 146-155 However, Colorado and other Mountain States became opposed to the Philippine–American War, which they viewed as an imperialist land grab,Stock, Catherine McNicol; ‘Making War Their Business: The Short History of Populist Anti-Militarism’; The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Vol. 13, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 387-399 which maintained substantial support for Bryan although free silver had largely disappeared as an important issue except within the silver-mining industry. One week before the election, the GOP had given up trying to carry Colorado,‘Republicans Do Not Hope To Carry Colorado’; San Francisco Examiner, October 29, 1900, p. 2 and ultimately Bryan won the state by 13.39 percentage points, which was nonetheless only two-elevenths of his 1896 margin. Bryan had previously won Colorado against William McKinley four years earlier and would later also win the state against William Howard Taft in 1908. Since Colorado's statehood, this marks the only time that a president won two consecutive terms in office without ever winning Colorado. Results + General Election ResultsMills David A. Legislative Manual 1903 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.li2211&seq=160 Legislative Manual 156–163 HathiTrustParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Benjamin H. Eaton122,733 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Thomas M. Patterson122,334 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Charles J. Hughes, Jr.122,309 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Jacob H. Robeson122,141 Republican Party William McKinley Irving Howbert93,072 Republican Party William McKinley Simon Guggenheim93,039 Republican Party William McKinley Thomas S. McMurray92,993 Republican Party William McKinley Thomas F. Walsh92,975 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Charles J. Clayton3,790 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Ralph Hilton3,754 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Adam Miller3,731 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley John Trew3,714 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney George Bauer714 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney Charles Rice700 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney James Dalby686 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs John H. Morrow684 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs William M. Ash654 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney J. M. Sellers630 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs J. Everett Seeley628 People's Party Wharton Barker Davis H. Waite389 People's Party Wharton Barker John D. Kleckner333 People's Party Wharton Barker Thomas M. Marshall321 People's Party Wharton Barker William S. Neal308 Write-in W. J. Palmer26Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 221,408 Results by county County William Jennings BryanDemocratic William McKinleyRepublican John Granville WoolleyProhibition Various candidatesOther parties Margin%#%#%#%#%# Dolores 84.60% 412 13.55% 66 0.62% 3 1.23% 6 71.05% 346 Pitkin 82.71% 2,305 16.43% 458 0.22% 6 0.65% 18 66.27% 1,847 Mineral 76.50% 700 22.73% 208 0.44% 4 0.33% 3 53.77% 492 Montezuma 75.46% 732 22.68% 220 0.52% 5 1.34% 13 52.78% 512 San Juan 74.57% 1,135 23.78% 362 0.13% 2 1.51% 23 50.79% 773 Clear Creek 73.96% 2,309 24.38% 761 0.42% 13 1.25% 39 49.58% 1,548 Ouray 71.91% 1,656 26.49% 610 0.26% 6 1.35% 31 45.42% 1,046 Hinsdale 71.60% 595 27.68% 230 0.48% 4 0.24% 2 43.92% 365 Summit 70.17% 967 28.59% 394 0.44% 6 0.80% 11 41.58% 573 Eagle 68.43% 943 29.90% 412 0.44% 6 1.23% 17 38.53% 531 San Miguel 67.99% 1,604 30.39% 717 0.47% 11 1.14% 27 37.60% 887 Garfield 66.46% 1,700 32.29% 826 0.66% 17 0.59% 15 34.17% 874 La Plata 66.59% 1,844 32.50% 900 0.40% 11 0.51% 14 34.09% 944 Teller 66.27% 9,659 32.51% 4,738 0.42% 61 0.80% 117 33.76% 4,921 Lake 65.00% 4,755 32.60% 2,385 1.08% 79 1.31% 96 32.40% 2,370 Chaffee 62.96% 1,890 34.41% 1,033 1.87% 56 0.77% 23 28.55% 857 Custer 63.00% 870 36.93% 510 0.00% 0 0.07% 1 26.07% 360 Gunnison 61.07% 1,559 37.02% 945 1.45% 37 0.47% 12 24.05% 614 Park 61.52% 940 37.89% 579 0.20% 3 0.39% 6 23.63% 361 Delta 58.71% 1,352 35.69% 822 3.26% 75 2.34% 54 23.01% 530 Montrose 56.60% 1,038 35.88% 658 2.73% 50 4.80% 88 20.72% 380 Saguache 59.13% 1,085 39.84% 731 0.44% 8 0.60% 11 19.29% 354 Rio Grande 58.63% 1,118 39.43% 752 1.31% 25 0.63% 12 19.19% 366 Mesa 55.69% 1,968 37.27% 1,317 3.88% 137 3.17% 112 18.42% 651 Routt 58.19% 828 40.41% 575 0.49% 7 0.91% 13 17.78% 253 Rio Blanco 57.93% 391 40.89% 276 0.59% 4 0.59% 4 17.04% 115 Boulder 55.81% 5,117 40.57% 3,719 2.88% 264 0.74% 68 15.25% 1,398 Arapahoe 55.81% 33,754 42.11% 25,469 1.37% 828 0.71% 432 13.70% 8,285 Las Animas 54.90% 4,204 44.16% 3,382 0.73% 56 0.21% 16 10.73% 822 Yuma 52.41% 392 42.25% 316 3.07% 23 2.27% 17 10.16% 76 Weld 52.20% 3,386 42.95% 2,786 4.64% 301 0.20% 13 9.25% 600 Fremont 51.19% 3,094 42.55% 2,572 4.04% 244 2.22% 134 8.64% 522 Jefferson 53.00% 2,138 44.79% 1,807 1.74% 70 0.47% 19 8.21% 331 Otero 51.79% 2,266 43.73% 1,913 4.34% 190 0.14% 6 8.07% 353 Gilpin 49.95% 1,498 45.72% 1,371 2.87% 86 1.47% 44 4.23% 127 Grand 51.27% 182 48.17% 171 0.00% 0 0.56% 2 3.10% 11 Larimer 48.05% 2,456 45.84% 2,343 5.67% 290 0.43% 22 2.21% 113 Elbert 49.31% 640 48.23% 626 2.08% 27 0.39% 5 1.08% 14 Douglas 49.62% 650 49.01% 642 1.22% 16 0.15% 2 0.61% 8 Logan 45.73% 583 46.59% 594 6.27% 80 1.41% 18 -0.86% -11 Pueblo 48.32% 5,878 49.56% 6,028 1.47% 179 0.65% 79 -1.23% -150 Bent 48.45% 546 50.49% 569 0.98% 11 0.09% 1 -2.04% -23 Kiowa 48.48% 144 50.84% 151 0.00% 0 0.67% 2 -2.36% -7 Baca 46.05% 134 53.95% 157 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 -7.90% -23 Prowers 43.72% 633 53.11% 769 2.07% 30 1.10% 16 -9.39% -136 El Paso 43.19% 6,230 53.76% 7,755 2.33% 336 0.71% 103 -10.57% -1,525 Phillips 42.57% 275 53.72% 347 3.56% 23 0.15% 1 -11.15% -72 Cheyenne 42.73% 97 56.39% 128 0.88% 2 0.00% 0 -13.66% -31 Morgan 41.16% 538 55.32% 723 2.07% 27 1.45% 19 -14.15% -185 Kit Carson 39.36% 259 58.36% 384 1.98% 13 0.30% 2 -19.00% -125 Archuleta 40.18% 391 59.40% 578 0.41% 4 0.00% 0 -19.22% -187 Sedgwick 37.05% 163 58.18% 256 4.77% 21 0.00% 0 -21.14% -93 Washington 36.59% 191 59.77% 312 3.26% 17 0.38% 2 -23.18% -121 Costilla 33.53% 453 65.43% 884 0.81% 11 0.22% 3 -31.90% -431 Conejos 32.91% 912 66.87% 1,853 0.11% 3 0.11% 3 -33.96% -941 Lincoln 32.55% 124 66.93% 255 0.52% 2 0.00% 0 -34.38% -131 Huerfano 30.83% 1,022 68.69% 2,277 0.00% 0 0.48% 16 -37.86% -1,255 Notes References 2 Colorado 1900 Presidential election in Colorado