See main article: 1896 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1893 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Next Year: | 1900 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1896 |
| Image1: | William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | William McKinley |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Alliance1: | - |
| Home State1: | Ohio |
| Running Mate1: | Garret Hobart |
| Electoral Vote1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 193,503 |
| Percentage1: | 53.77% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | People's Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | Arthur Sewall |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 139,735 |
| Percentage2: | 40.89% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 Minnesota took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic and Populist nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan and his running mate former Representative Thomas E. Watson. McKinley won the state by a margin of 12.88%.
Bryan would lose Minnesota to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | William McKinley | 193,503 | 53.77% | 9 | ||
| Democratic/People's | William Jennings Bryan | 139,735 | 40.89% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 4,348 | 1.27% | 0 | ||
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 3,222 | 0.94% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 954 | 0.28% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 341,762 | 100.00% | 9 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| Counties carried by McKinley/Hobart | |
| Counties carried by Bryan/Sewall |
| County | William McKinley[2] Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Peoples | Joshua Levering Prohibition | John McAuley Palmer National Democratic | Charles Horatio Matchett Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Aitkin | 855 | 69.46% | 344 | 27.94% | 17 | 1.38% | 9 | 0.73% | 6 | 0.49% | 511 | 41.51% | 1,231 | AI | ||||||||||||
| Anoka | 1,553 | 64.90% | 791 | 33.05% | 24 | 1.00% | 24 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 762 | 31.84% | 2,393 | AN | ||||||||||||
| Becker | 1,479 | 58.81% | 985 | 39.17% | 34 | 1.35% | 15 | 0.60% | 2 | 0.08% | 494 | 19.64% | 2,515 | BK | ||||||||||||
| Beltrami | 202 | 47.98% | 213 | 50.59% | 3 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -2.61% | 421 | BL | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 778 | 46.61% | 867 | 51.95% | 8 | 0.48% | 14 | 0.84% | 2 | 0.12% | -89 | -5.33% | 1,669 | BN | ||||||||||||
| Big Stone | 1,048 | 55.72% | 742 | 39.45% | 54 | 2.87% | 31 | 1.65% | 6 | 0.32% | 306 | 16.27% | 1,881 | BS | ||||||||||||
| Blue Earth | 4,055 | 57.50% | 2,744 | 38.91% | 150 | 2.13% | 93 | 1.32% | 10 | 0.14% | 1,311 | 18.59% | 7,052 | BE | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 1,807 | 53.41% | 1,469 | 43.42% | 42 | 1.24% | 50 | 1.48% | 15 | 0.44% | 338 | 9.99% | 3,383 | BR | ||||||||||||
| Carlton | 1,169 | 67.15% | 543 | 31.19% | 10 | 0.57% | 13 | 0.75% | 6 | 0.34% | 626 | 35.96% | 1,741 | CT | ||||||||||||
| Carver | 1,856 | 58.25% | 1,268 | 39.80% | 13 | 0.41% | 44 | 1.38% | 5 | 0.16% | 588 | 18.46% | 3,186 | CA | ||||||||||||
| Cass | 351 | 55.63% | 271 | 42.95% | 5 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.32% | 80 | 12.68% | 631 | CS | ||||||||||||
| Chippewa | 1,310 | 54.61% | 1,037 | 43.23% | 33 | 1.38% | 11 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.33% | 273 | 11.38% | 2,399 | CP | ||||||||||||
| Chisago | 2,558 | 84.37% | 437 | 14.41% | 18 | 0.59% | 17 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,121 | 69.95% | 3,032 | CH | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 1,598 | 44.44% | 1,908 | 53.06% | 43 | 1.20% | 38 | 1.06% | 9 | 0.25% | -310 | -8.62% | 3,596 | CY | ||||||||||||
| Cook | 81 | 42.19% | 107 | 55.73% | 3 | 1.56% | 1 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -26 | -13.54% | 192 | CK | ||||||||||||
| Cottonwood | 1,242 | 58.72% | 810 | 38.30% | 47 | 2.22% | 16 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 432 | 20.43% | 2,115 | CD | ||||||||||||
| Crow Wing | 1,701 | 59.35% | 1,066 | 37.19% | 59 | 2.06% | 29 | 1.01% | 11 | 0.38% | 635 | 22.16% | 2,866 | CW | ||||||||||||
| Dakota | 2,147 | 46.41% | 2,310 | 49.94% | 90 | 1.95% | 57 | 1.23% | 22 | 0.48% | -163 | -3.52% | 4,626 | DK | ||||||||||||
| Dodge | 1,900 | 65.09% | 911 | 31.21% | 86 | 2.95% | 18 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.14% | 989 | 33.88% | 2,919 | DO | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 1,966 | 57.84% | 1,350 | 39.72% | 58 | 1.71% | 18 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.21% | 616 | 18.12% | 3,399 | DG | ||||||||||||
| Faribault | 3,116 | 71.37% | 1,107 | 25.36% | 82 | 1.88% | 59 | 1.35% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,009 | 46.01% | 4,366 | FA | ||||||||||||
| Fillmore | 4,195 | 66.05% | 1,939 | 30.53% | 167 | 2.63% | 40 | 0.63% | 10 | 0.16% | 2,256 | 35.52% | 6,351 | FI | ||||||||||||
| Freeborn | 3,400 | 72.25% | 1,179 | 25.05% | 99 | 2.10% | 26 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,221 | 47.20% | 4,706 | FB | ||||||||||||
| Goodhue | 5,748 | 77.87% | 1,426 | 19.32% | 118 | 1.60% | 78 | 1.06% | 12 | 0.16% | 4,322 | 58.55% | 7,382 | GH | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 1,002 | 56.29% | 739 | 41.52% | 25 | 1.40% | 9 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.28% | 263 | 14.78% | 1,780 | GR | ||||||||||||
| Hennepin | 26,786 | 55.47% | 20,515 | 42.48% | 450 | 0.93% | 291 | 0.60% | 246 | 0.51% | 6,271 | 12.99% | 48,288 | HN | ||||||||||||
| Houston | 2,087 | 65.92% | 991 | 31.30% | 47 | 1.48% | 37 | 1.17% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,096 | 34.62% | 3,166 | HS | ||||||||||||
| Hubbard | 364 | 49.73% | 344 | 46.99% | 4 | 0.55% | 19 | 2.60% | 1 | 0.14% | 20 | 2.73% | 732 | HU | ||||||||||||
| Isanti | 1,490 | 66.52% | 750 | 33.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 740 | 33.04% | 2,240 | IS | ||||||||||||
| Itasca | 826 | 52.91% | 724 | 46.38% | 5 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.19% | 102 | 6.53% | 1,561 | IT | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,558 | 56.51% | 1,150 | 41.71% | 29 | 1.05% | 17 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.11% | 408 | 14.80% | 2,757 | JK | ||||||||||||
| Kanabec | 484 | 64.11% | 256 | 33.91% | 10 | 1.32% | 5 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 228 | 30.20% | 755 | KA | ||||||||||||
| Kandiyohi | 2,181 | 56.25% | 1,638 | 42.25% | 38 | 0.98% | 17 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.08% | 543 | 14.01% | 3,877 | KD | ||||||||||||
| Kittson | 753 | 48.36% | 762 | 48.94% | 23 | 1.48% | 13 | 0.83% | 6 | 0.39% | -9 | -0.58% | 1,557 | KI | ||||||||||||
| Lac qui Parle | 1,620 | 61.34% | 932 | 35.29% | 57 | 2.16% | 21 | 0.80% | 11 | 0.42% | 688 | 26.05% | 2,641 | LQ | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 595 | 64.05% | 320 | 34.45% | 6 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.32% | 275 | 29.60% | 929 | LK | ||||||||||||
| Le Sueur | 2,235 | 51.16% | 2,003 | 45.85% | 65 | 1.49% | 54 | 1.24% | 12 | 0.27% | 232 | 5.31% | 4,369 | LS | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 674 | 46.90% | 703 | 48.92% | 31 | 2.16% | 28 | 1.95% | 1 | 0.07% | -29 | -2.02% | 1,437 | LN | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 1,623 | 52.83% | 1,351 | 43.98% | 67 | 2.18% | 22 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.29% | 272 | 8.85% | 3,072 | LY | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,200 | 48.94% | 1,222 | 49.84% | 15 | 0.61% | 11 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.16% | -22 | -0.90% | 2,452 | MH | ||||||||||||
| Martin | 1,739 | 54.31% | 1,327 | 41.44% | 97 | 3.03% | 30 | 0.94% | 9 | 0.28% | 412 | 12.87% | 3,202 | MT | ||||||||||||
| McLeod | 1,595 | 47.73% | 1,653 | 49.46% | 43 | 1.29% | 47 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.12% | -58 | -1.74% | 3,342 | MD | ||||||||||||
| Meeker | 2,094 | 56.32% | 1,538 | 41.37% | 51 | 1.37% | 23 | 0.62% | 12 | 0.32% | 556 | 14.95% | 3,718 | MK | ||||||||||||
| Mille Lacs | 977 | 66.78% | 456 | 31.17% | 13 | 0.89% | 13 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.27% | 521 | 35.61% | 1,463 | ML | ||||||||||||
| Morrison | 1,960 | 51.77% | 1,734 | 45.80% | 51 | 1.35% | 33 | 0.87% | 8 | 0.21% | 226 | 5.97% | 3,786 | MR | ||||||||||||
| Mower | 3,379 | 68.83% | 1,407 | 28.66% | 85 | 1.73% | 36 | 0.73% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,972 | 40.17% | 4,909 | MO | ||||||||||||
| Murray | 1,204 | 52.26% | 1,054 | 45.75% | 21 | 0.91% | 22 | 0.95% | 3 | 0.13% | 150 | 6.51% | 2,304 | MU | ||||||||||||
| Nicollet | 1,803 | 66.41% | 837 | 30.83% | 32 | 1.18% | 42 | 1.55% | 1 | 0.04% | 966 | 35.58% | 2,715 | NI | ||||||||||||
| Nobles | 1,568 | 54.84% | 1,204 | 42.11% | 48 | 1.68% | 32 | 1.12% | 7 | 0.24% | 364 | 12.73% | 2,859 | NO | ||||||||||||
| Norman | 1,382 | 49.61% | 1,304 | 46.81% | 83 | 2.98% | 12 | 0.43% | 5 | 0.18% | 78 | 2.80% | 2,786 | NR | ||||||||||||
| Olmsted | 3,201 | 62.83% | 1,741 | 34.17% | 83 | 1.63% | 66 | 1.30% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,460 | 28.66% | 5,095 | OL | ||||||||||||
| Otter Tail | 3,544 | 42.73% | 4,482 | 54.04% | 162 | 1.95% | 76 | 0.92% | 30 | 0.36% | -938 | -11.31% | 8,294 | OT | ||||||||||||
| Pine | 1,152 | 55.46% | 875 | 42.13% | 13 | 0.63% | 30 | 1.44% | 7 | 0.34% | 277 | 13.34% | 2,077 | PN | ||||||||||||
| Pipestone | 862 | 47.49% | 919 | 50.63% | 17 | 0.94% | 17 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -3.14% | 1,815 | PS | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 2,855 | 35.39% | 5,054 | 62.65% | 69 | 0.86% | 54 | 0.67% | 35 | 0.43% | -2,199 | -27.26% | 8,067 | PL | ||||||||||||
| Pope | 1,773 | 70.53% | 688 | 27.37% | 43 | 1.71% | 8 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,085 | 43.16% | 2,514 | PO | ||||||||||||
| Ramsey | 17,522 | 57.66% | 12,048 | 39.65% | 177 | 0.58% | 433 | 1.42% | 207 | 0.68% | 5,474 | 18.01% | 30,387 | RM | ||||||||||||
| Redwood | 1,818 | 60.60% | 1,123 | 37.43% | 31 | 1.03% | 24 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.13% | 695 | 23.17% | 3,000 | RW | ||||||||||||
| Renville | 2,553 | 55.16% | 1,978 | 42.74% | 51 | 1.10% | 38 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.17% | 575 | 12.42% | 4,628 | RV | ||||||||||||
| Rice | 3,483 | 60.99% | 2,002 | 35.06% | 103 | 1.80% | 110 | 1.93% | 13 | 0.23% | 1,481 | 25.93% | 5,711 | RC | ||||||||||||
| Rock | 1,209 | 59.85% | 765 | 37.87% | 28 | 1.39% | 15 | 0.74% | 3 | 0.15% | 444 | 21.98% | 2,020 | RK | ||||||||||||
| Roseau | 287 | 34.66% | 527 | 63.65% | 6 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.36% | -240 | -28.99% | 828 | RS | ||||||||||||
| Scott | 1,126 | 38.31% | 1,706 | 58.05% | 29 | 0.99% | 67 | 2.28% | 11 | 0.37% | -580 | -19.73% | 2,939 | SL | ||||||||||||
| Sherburne | 1,008 | 63.92% | 536 | 33.99% | 18 | 1.14% | 13 | 0.82% | 2 | 0.13% | 472 | 29.93% | 1,577 | SC | ||||||||||||
| Sibley | 1,826 | 57.97% | 1,251 | 39.71% | 19 | 0.60% | 47 | 1.49% | 7 | 0.22% | 575 | 18.25% | 3,150 | SB | ||||||||||||
| St. Louis | 9,810 | 56.36% | 7,412 | 42.58% | 92 | 0.53% | 76 | 0.44% | 16 | 0.09% | 2,398 | 13.78% | 17,406 | SY | ||||||||||||
| Stearns | 2,873 | 36.06% | 4,911 | 61.64% | 42 | 0.53% | 123 | 1.54% | 18 | 0.23% | -2,038 | -25.58% | 7,967 | ST | ||||||||||||
| Steele | 2,046 | 59.41% | 1,248 | 36.24% | 80 | 2.32% | 65 | 1.89% | 5 | 0.15% | 798 | 23.17% | 3,444 | SE | ||||||||||||
| Stevens | 981 | 57.40% | 685 | 40.08% | 28 | 1.64% | 13 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.12% | 296 | 17.32% | 1,709 | SV | ||||||||||||
| Swift | 1,273 | 49.78% | 1,222 | 47.79% | 40 | 1.56% | 15 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.27% | 51 | 1.99% | 2,557 | SW | ||||||||||||
| Todd | 2,043 | 52.28% | 1,739 | 44.50% | 96 | 2.46% | 29 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.03% | 304 | 7.78% | 3,908 | TD | ||||||||||||
| Traverse | 589 | 36.65% | 963 | 59.93% | 22 | 1.37% | 28 | 1.74% | 5 | 0.31% | -374 | -23.27% | 1,607 | TR | ||||||||||||
| Wabasha | 2,530 | 58.86% | 1,630 | 37.92% | 76 | 1.77% | 55 | 1.28% | 7 | 0.16% | 900 | 20.94% | 4,298 | WB | ||||||||||||
| Wadena | 874 | 60.65% | 534 | 37.06% | 25 | 1.73% | 7 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.07% | 340 | 23.59% | 1,441 | WD | ||||||||||||
| Waseca | 1,902 | 58.79% | 1,244 | 38.45% | 57 | 1.76% | 29 | 0.90% | 3 | 0.09% | 658 | 20.34% | 3,235 | WC | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 3,995 | 70.51% | 1,558 | 27.50% | 47 | 0.83% | 58 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.14% | 2,437 | 43.01% | 5,666 | WA | ||||||||||||
| Watonwan | 1,622 | 71.99% | 586 | 26.01% | 33 | 1.46% | 10 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,036 | 45.98% | 2,253 | WW | ||||||||||||
| Wilkin | 631 | 41.30% | 855 | 55.96% | 21 | 1.37% | 16 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.33% | -224 | -14.66% | 1,528 | WK | ||||||||||||
| Winona | 3,935 | 51.51% | 3,528 | 46.18% | 69 | 0.90% | 89 | 1.17% | 18 | 0.24% | 407 | 5.33% | 7,639 | WN | ||||||||||||
| Wright | 3,312 | 59.37% | 2,172 | 38.93% | 49 | 0.88% | 37 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,140 | 20.43% | 5,579 | WR | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Medicine | 1,578 | 58.92% | 1,015 | 37.90% | 63 | 2.35% | 21 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.04% | 563 | 21.02% | 2,678 | YM | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 193,507 | 56.62% | 139,735 | 40.89% | 4,348 | 1.27% | 3,222 | 0.94% | 954 | 0.28% | 53,772 | 15.73% | 341,766 | MN | ||||||||||||