1896 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:1896 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:Kansas
Flag Year:1927
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1892 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:1892
Next Election:1900 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:1900
Election Date:November 3, 1896
Image1:William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:William Jennings Bryan
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Alliance1:Populist
Home State1:Nebraska
Running Mate1:Arthur Sewall
Electoral Vote1:10
Popular Vote1:171,675
Percentage1:51.32%
Nominee2:William McKinley
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Ohio
Running Mate2:Garret Hobart
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:159,345
Percentage2:47.63%
Map Size:300px
President
Before Election:Grover Cleveland
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:William McKinley
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 1896 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Kansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 3.69%.

With his win in the state, Bryan became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state of Kansas. Bryan would later lose Kansas to McKinley four years later during their rematch and would later lose the state again to William Howard Taft in 1908. This remains the only election since Kansas statehood in which the Republican candidate won the presidency without Kansas, or where Kansas voted more Democratic than Maryland. This was the last election until 2020 in which a Democrat carried Johnson County with a majority.

This was the first of six elections in which the Democratic nominee carried Kansas, traditionally a Republican bastion like the other Plains States. The others were 1912, 1916, 1932, 1936, and 1964.[1]

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Kansas[2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticWilliam Jennings Bryan125,48137.51%10
PopulistWilliam Jennings Bryan46,19413.81%0
TotalWilliam Jennings Bryan171,67551.32%10
RepublicanWilliam McKinley159,34547.63%0
ProhibitionJoshua Levering1,6980.51%0
National DemocraticJohn M. Palmer1,2090.36%0
National ProhibitionCharles E. Bentley6200.19%0
Totals334,547100.00%10
Voter turnout

Results by county

1896 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3] [4]
CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic/Populist
William McKinley
Republican
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic
Charles Eugene Bentley
National Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
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Allen1,65646.45%1,83351.42%210.59%220.62%200.56%-177-4.96%3,565
Anderson1,89050.41%1,78047.48%350.93%140.37%230.61%1102.93%3,749
Atchison2,96346.84%3,32652.58%100.16%160.25%20.03%-363-5.74%6,326
Barber72954.04%59744.26%100.74%40.30%30.22%1329.79%1,349
Barton1,61656.39%1,21542.39%40.14%180.63%20.07%40113.99%2,866
Bourbon3,06750.85%2,90048.08%200.33%280.46%60.10%1672.77%6,032
Brown2,61846.69%2,87951.35%490.87%200.36%90.16%-261-4.65%5,607
Butler2,92654.28%2,41444.78%220.41%90.17%50.09%5129.50%5,391
Chase98154.05%81244.74%120.66%80.44%20.11%1699.31%1,815
Chautauqua1,29348.17%1,35950.63%50.19%100.37%20.07%-66-2.46%2,684
Cherokee5,10858.14%3,50539.90%440.50%460.52%170.19%1,60318.25%8,785
Cheyenne32248.42%32749.17%40.60%40.60%30.45%-5-0.75%665
Clark19150.80%18248.40%00.00%00.00%10.27%92.39%376
Clay1,92952.99%1,65545.47%320.88%70.19%110.30%2747.53%3,640
Cloud2,12954.60%1,71844.06%210.54%90.23%140.36%41110.54%3,899
Coffey2,19451.24%2,00046.71%320.75%360.84%80.19%1944.53%4,282
Comanche17254.26%14244.79%00.00%20.63%00.00%309.46%317
Cowley3,41053.22%2,87144.81%510.80%200.31%70.11%5398.41%6,407
Crawford4,75754.17%3,86844.05%240.27%380.43%240.27%88910.12%8,781
Decatur1,03263.00%59436.26%30.18%40.24%00.00%43826.74%1,638
Dickinson2,39950.47%2,29148.20%280.59%160.34%80.17%1082.27%4,753
Doniphan1,33234.02%2,54965.11%60.15%80.20%40.10%-1,217-31.09%3,915
Douglas2,57341.08%3,58257.19%420.67%170.27%280.45%-1,009-16.11%6,263
Edwards47958.85%32239.56%50.61%20.25%00.00%15719.29%814
Elk1,46451.97%1,33947.53%70.25%40.14%10.04%1254.44%2,817
Ellis1,05168.29%46029.89%90.59%130.85%00.00%59138.40%1,539
Ellsworth99248.09%1,04850.80%50.24%70.34%60.29%-56-2.71%2,063
Finney36641.69%50557.52%10.11%10.11%00.00%-139-15.83%878
Ford64352.88%55545.64%60.49%30.25%60.49%887.24%1,216
Franklin3,15254.18%2,60944.84%230.40%90.15%190.33%5439.33%5,818
Geary1,17152.02%1,05146.69%160.71%80.35%20.09%1205.33%2,251
Gove20439.77%27954.39%40.78%142.73%30.58%-75-14.62%513
Graham64864.61%34334.20%30.30%30.30%20.20%30530.41%1,003
Grant6053.57%5145.54%00.00%00.00%00.00%98.04%112
Gray13346.50%15353.50%00.00%00.00%00.00%-20-6.99%286
Greeley7638.00%12160.50%21.00%00.00%00.00%-45-22.50%200
Greenwood2,06452.48%1,83546.66%120.31%100.25%10.03%2295.82%3,933
Hamilton21653.20%18545.57%10.25%30.74%10.25%317.64%406
Harper1,33261.27%81237.35%130.60%110.51%50.23%52023.92%2,174
Harvey1,67843.79%2,08254.33%240.63%170.44%140.37%-404-10.54%3,832
Haskell5439.13%8158.70%00.00%32.17%00.00%-27-19.57%138
Hodgeman22445.81%26253.58%20.41%00.00%00.00%-38-7.77%489
Jackson1,95547.03%2,15851.91%200.48%110.26%30.07%-203-4.88%4,157
Jefferson2,27648.86%2,32249.85%250.54%190.41%50.11%-46-0.99%4,658
Jewell2,34254.57%1,90244.32%190.44%70.16%140.33%44010.25%4,292
Johnson2,46250.71%2,31347.64%300.62%230.47%90.19%1493.07%4,855
Kearny17550.29%17249.43%00.00%10.29%00.00%30.86%348
Kingman1,39357.56%98840.83%160.66%120.50%60.25%40516.74%2,420
Kiowa24548.04%25049.02%10.20%30.59%30.59%-5-0.98%510
Labette3,66952.65%3,20646.01%340.49%200.29%90.13%4636.64%6,968
Lane19143.51%24154.90%51.14%20.46%00.00%-50-11.39%439
Leavenworth4,66553.27%4,00445.72%450.51%210.24%40.05%6617.55%8,758
Lincoln1,38563.04%78735.82%80.36%120.55%00.00%59827.22%2,197
Linn2,42452.37%2,15346.51%160.35%210.45%30.06%2715.85%4,629
Logan17538.46%27460.22%20.44%30.66%00.00%-99-21.76%455
Lyon3,27652.53%2,86045.86%701.12%80.13%140.22%4166.67%6,236
Marion1,69941.90%2,28556.35%230.57%260.64%40.10%-586-14.45%4,055
Marshall2,77646.80%3,05251.45%250.42%290.49%160.27%-276-4.65%5,932
McPherson2,32449.91%2,26948.73%280.60%140.30%30.06%551.18%4,656
Meade19548.39%20350.37%20.50%10.25%10.25%-8-1.99%403
Miami2,81251.77%2,54146.78%130.24%230.42%70.13%2714.99%5,432
Mitchell1,88956.29%1,42842.55%220.66%10.03%70.21%46113.74%3,356
Montgomery3,13252.88%2,71445.82%150.25%270.46%60.10%4187.06%5,923
Morris1,45648.79%1,48449.73%150.50%150.50%40.13%-28-0.94%2,984
Morton3640.00%5257.78%11.11%00.00%00.00%-16-17.78%90
Nemaha2,47848.46%2,56850.22%260.51%110.22%30.06%-90-1.76%5,113
Neosho2,60153.77%2,17745.01%170.35%160.33%40.08%4248.77%4,837
Ness52657.17%35438.48%161.74%10.11%101.09%17218.70%920
Norton1,26056.12%94141.92%261.16%30.13%90.40%31914.21%2,245
Osage3,48153.65%2,90344.74%480.74%50.08%170.26%5788.91%6,488
Osborne1,40350.60%1,32547.78%210.76%170.61%30.11%782.81%2,773
Ottawa1,48653.53%1,25645.24%130.47%50.18%140.50%2308.29%2,776
Pawnee63554.98%49943.20%60.52%110.95%20.17%13611.77%1,155
Phillips1,50751.52%1,37446.97%150.51%100.34%40.14%1334.55%2,925
Pottawatomie2,27649.20%2,30849.89%130.28%230.50%10.02%-32-0.69%4,626
Pratt82055.97%62142.39%100.68%20.14%10.07%19913.58%1,465
Rawlins60957.62%43941.53%10.09%20.19%00.00%17016.08%1,057
Reno3,05146.90%3,37351.84%280.43%220.34%170.26%-322-4.95%6,506
Republic1,91047.74%2,03350.81%170.43%110.28%210.53%-123-3.07%4,001
Rice1,73148.68%1,72948.62%591.66%190.53%110.31%20.06%3,556
Riley1,44342.65%1,89055.87%200.59%200.59%80.24%-447-13.21%3,383
Rooks97153.41%81744.94%70.39%50.28%120.66%1548.47%1,818
Rush64354.72%51543.83%40.34%40.34%20.17%12810.89%1,175
Russell82346.76%90251.25%191.08%50.28%00.00%-79-4.49%1,760
Saline2,33457.33%1,70641.91%90.22%100.25%30.07%62815.43%4,071
Scott16163.39%9135.83%10.39%00.00%00.00%7027.56%254
Sedgwick5,43456.11%4,12242.57%530.55%170.18%330.34%1,31213.55%9,684
Seward7843.33%10055.56%10.56%00.00%00.00%-22-12.22%180
Shawnee5,53643.67%6,95854.89%780.62%310.24%120.09%-1,422-11.22%12,676
Sheridan38454.94%28240.34%20.29%284.01%10.14%10214.59%699
Sherman43759.70%29139.75%20.27%10.14%00.00%14619.95%732
Smith2,01958.45%1,38540.10%290.84%70.20%40.12%63418.36%3,454
Stafford1,27663.42%71035.29%180.89%10.05%40.20%56628.13%2,012
Stanton5750.44%5548.67%00.00%00.00%00.00%21.77%113
Stevens10167.79%4832.21%00.00%00.00%00.00%5335.57%149
Sumner3,04854.04%2,51544.59%370.66%120.21%70.12%5339.45%5,640
Thomas49061.10%30437.91%20.25%20.25%20.25%18623.19%802
Trego34056.76%25642.74%30.50%00.00%00.00%8414.02%599
Wabaunsee1,44246.89%1,58651.58%180.58%120.39%60.19%-144-4.68%3,075
Wallace12439.87%18158.20%00.00%00.00%00.00%-57-18.33%311
Washington2,39147.98%2,51450.45%110.22%390.78%80.16%-123-2.47%4,983
Wichita19246.94%21452.32%30.74%00.00%00.00%-22-5.38%409
Wilson1,95951.04%1,85248.25%70.18%70.18%30.08%1072.79%3,838
Woodson1,18947.33%1,28851.27%100.40%70.28%40.16%-99-3.94%2,512
Wyandotte6,88249.38%6,85249.16%300.22%800.57%170.12%300.22%13,938
Totals171,77451.12%159,48447.46%1,7230.51%1,2090.36%6200.18%12,2903.66%336,050

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin . 2022-04-14 . 270toWin.com.
  2. Web site: Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1896 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas.
  3. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 200-208
  4. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)