See main article: 1896 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1896 United States presidential election in Florida |
| Country: | Florida |
| Flag Year: | 1868 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Florida |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in Florida |
| Next Year: | 1900 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1896 |
| Image1: | William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate1: | Arthur Sewall |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 32,756 |
| Percentage1: | 70.46% |
| Nominee2: | William McKinley |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Garret Hobart |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 11,298 |
| Percentage2: | 24.30% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Grover Cleveland |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William McKinley |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Alliance1: | Populist |
The 1896 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Florida was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 46.16%.
Bryan would later win Florida against McKinley again four years later and would later win it again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Florida[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 30,779 | 66.21% | 4 | ||
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 1,977 | 4.25% | 0 | ||
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 32,756 | 70.46% | 4 | ||
| Republican | William McKinley | 11,298 | 24.30% | 0 | ||
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 1,778 | 3.82% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 656 | 1.41% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 46,488 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist | William McKinley Republican | John McAuley Palmer National Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alachua | 1,545 | 68.82% | 645 | 28.73% | 44 | 1.96% | 11 | 0.49% | 900 | 40.09% | 2,245 | ||||||||||||
| Baker | 247 | 83.45% | 33 | 11.15% | 2 | 0.68% | 14 | 4.73% | 214 | 72.30% | 296 | ||||||||||||
| Bradford | 836 | 77.34% | 176 | 16.28% | 53 | 4.90% | 16 | 1.48% | 660 | 61.05% | 1,081 | ||||||||||||
| Brevard | 505 | 55.99% | 337 | 37.36% | 43 | 4.77% | 17 | 1.88% | 168 | 18.63% | 902 | ||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 205 | 71.68% | 52 | 18.18% | 26 | 9.09% | 3 | 1.05% | 153 | 53.50% | 286 | ||||||||||||
| Citrus | 347 | 84.63% | 35 | 8.54% | 12 | 2.93% | 16 | 3.90% | 312 | 76.10% | 410 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 355 | 58.10% | 230 | 37.64% | 20 | 3.27% | 6 | 0.98% | 125 | 20.46% | 611 | ||||||||||||
| Columbia | 768 | 73.70% | 228 | 21.88% | 30 | 2.88% | 16 | 1.54% | 540 | 51.82% | 1,042 | ||||||||||||
| Dade | 372 | 46.97% | 368 | 46.46% | 38 | 4.80% | 14 | 1.77% | 4 | 0.51% | 792 | ||||||||||||
| De Soto | 700 | 74.39% | 198 | 21.04% | 24 | 2.55% | 19 | 2.02% | 502 | 53.35% | 941 | ||||||||||||
| Duval | 1,903 | 51.52% | 1,462 | 39.58% | 313 | 8.47% | 16 | 0.43% | 441 | 11.94% | 3,694 | ||||||||||||
| Escambia | 1,285 | 77.04% | 233 | 13.97% | 138 | 8.27% | 12 | 0.72% | 1,052 | 63.07% | 1,668 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 294 | 64.47% | 146 | 32.02% | 13 | 2.85% | 3 | 0.66% | 148 | 32.46% | 456 | ||||||||||||
| Gadsden | 597 | 85.78% | 66 | 9.48% | 24 | 3.45% | 9 | 1.29% | 531 | 76.29% | 696 | ||||||||||||
| Hamilton | 533 | 81.25% | 74 | 11.28% | 18 | 2.74% | 31 | 4.73% | 459 | 69.97% | 656 | ||||||||||||
| Hernando | 231 | 83.09% | 37 | 13.31% | 6 | 2.16% | 4 | 1.44% | 194 | 69.78% | 278 | ||||||||||||
| Hillsborough | 2,180 | 75.20% | 584 | 20.14% | 87 | 3.00% | 48 | 1.66% | 1,596 | 55.05% | 2,899 | ||||||||||||
| Holmes | 396 | 83.54% | 51 | 10.76% | 19 | 4.01% | 8 | 1.69% | 345 | 72.78% | 474 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,285 | 79.62% | 285 | 17.66% | 33 | 2.04% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,000 | 61.96% | 1,614 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 1,909 | 87.29% | 242 | 11.07% | 18 | 0.82% | 18 | 0.82% | 1,667 | 76.22% | 2,187 | ||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 357 | 92.49% | 13 | 3.37% | 4 | 1.04% | 12 | 3.11% | 344 | 89.12% | 386 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 870 | 70.16% | 302 | 24.35% | 54 | 4.35% | 14 | 1.13% | 568 | 45.81% | 1,240 | ||||||||||||
| Lee | 222 | 71.15% | 74 | 23.72% | 15 | 4.81% | 1 | 0.32% | 148 | 47.44% | 312 | ||||||||||||
| Leon | 1,298 | 81.53% | 247 | 15.52% | 26 | 1.63% | 21 | 1.32% | 1,051 | 66.02% | 1,592 | ||||||||||||
| Levy | 483 | 77.16% | 113 | 18.05% | 20 | 3.19% | 10 | 1.60% | 370 | 59.11% | 626 | ||||||||||||
| Liberty | 115 | 61.50% | 42 | 22.46% | 27 | 14.44% | 3 | 1.60% | 73 | 39.04% | 187 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 885 | 83.02% | 144 | 13.51% | 25 | 2.35% | 12 | 1.13% | 741 | 69.51% | 1,066 | ||||||||||||
| Manatee | 480 | 75.59% | 135 | 21.26% | 11 | 1.73% | 9 | 1.42% | 345 | 54.33% | 635 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 1,230 | 65.74% | 480 | 25.65% | 129 | 6.89% | 32 | 1.71% | 750 | 40.09% | 1,871 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 452 | 49.89% | 369 | 40.73% | 59 | 6.51% | 26 | 2.87% | 83 | 9.16% | 906 | ||||||||||||
| Nassau | 572 | 59.83% | 310 | 32.43% | 60 | 6.28% | 14 | 1.46% | 262 | 27.41% | 956 | ||||||||||||
| Orange | 1,086 | 62.41% | 565 | 32.47% | 74 | 4.25% | 15 | 0.86% | 521 | 29.94% | 1,740 | ||||||||||||
| Osceola | 274 | 66.83% | 118 | 28.78% | 4 | 0.98% | 14 | 3.41% | 156 | 38.05% | 410 | ||||||||||||
| Pasco | 482 | 85.77% | 70 | 12.46% | 6 | 1.07% | 4 | 0.71% | 412 | 73.31% | 562 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 1,155 | 76.24% | 279 | 18.42% | 64 | 4.22% | 17 | 1.12% | 876 | 57.82% | 1,515 | ||||||||||||
| Putnam | 990 | 52.27% | 816 | 43.08% | 52 | 2.75% | 36 | 1.90% | 174 | 9.19% | 1,894 | ||||||||||||
| St. John's | 561 | 86.44% | 50 | 7.70% | 13 | 2.00% | 25 | 3.85% | 511 | 78.74% | 649 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Rosa | 694 | 59.06% | 431 | 36.68% | 25 | 2.13% | 25 | 2.13% | 263 | 22.38% | 1,175 | ||||||||||||
| Sumter | 524 | 80.74% | 89 | 13.71% | 28 | 4.31% | 8 | 1.23% | 435 | 67.03% | 649 | ||||||||||||
| Suwannee | 905 | 79.39% | 196 | 17.19% | 29 | 2.54% | 10 | 0.88% | 709 | 62.19% | 1,140 | ||||||||||||
| Taylor | 255 | 86.73% | 31 | 10.54% | 6 | 2.04% | 2 | 0.68% | 224 | 76.19% | 294 | ||||||||||||
| Volusia | 753 | 51.36% | 635 | 43.32% | 42 | 2.86% | 36 | 2.46% | 118 | 8.05% | 1,466 | ||||||||||||
| Wakulla | 670 | 94.77% | 35 | 4.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.28% | 635 | 89.82% | 707 | ||||||||||||
| Walton | 594 | 80.16% | 129 | 17.41% | 11 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.94% | 465 | 62.75% | 741 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 356 | 65.80% | 143 | 26.43% | 33 | 6.10% | 9 | 1.66% | 213 | 39.37% | 541 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 32,756 | 70.46% | 11,298 | 24.30% | 1,778 | 3.82% | 656 | 1.41% | 21,458 | 46.16% | 46,488 | ||||||||||||