See main article: 1896 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1896 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
| Country: | Mississippi |
| Flag Year: | 1894 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
| 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: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 63,355 |
| Percentage1: | 91.04% |
| Nominee2: | William McKinley |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Garret Hobart |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,819 |
| Percentage2: | 6.92% |
| Map Size: | 205px |
| 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 Mississippi took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Mississippi 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 Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 84.12%.
With black disfranchisement virtually complete due to onerous poll taxes and literacy tests, Mississippi would begin seven decades as a one-party Democratic state, as the state completely lacked areas of upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession.[1] No Republican would serve in the state legislature between 1902 and the 1960s, and only once until 1950 – when Herbert Hoover won riding on anti-Catholic and Prohibitionist sentiment the Pine Belt counties of Pearl River, Stone and George in 1928 – would the state Democratic nominee lose a Mississippi county in any Presidential election.[2]
With 91.04% of the popular vote, Mississippi would prove to be Bryan's strongest state in the 1896 presidential election.[3]
Bryan would later win Mississippi against McKinley four years later and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Mississippi[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 55,838 | 80.24% | 9 | ||
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 7,517 | 10.80% | 0 | ||
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 63,355 | 91.04% | 9 | ||
| Republican | William McKinley | 4,819 | 6.92% | 0 | ||
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 1,021 | 1.47% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 396 | 0.57% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 69,591 | 100.00% | 9 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | William McKinley Republican | John McAuley Palmer[5] National Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Adams | 507 | 70.91% | 174 | 24.34% | 30 | 4.20% | 4 | 0.56% | 333 | 46.57% | 715 | ||||||||||||
| Alcorn | 925 | 93.72% | 57 | 5.78% | 2 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.30% | 868 | 87.94% | 987 | ||||||||||||
| Amite | 983 | 95.72% | 21 | 2.04% | 17 | 1.66% | 6 | 0.58% | 962 | 93.67% | 1,027 | ||||||||||||
| Attala | 1,307 | 87.72% | 164 | 11.01% | 11 | 0.74% | 8 | 0.54% | 1,143 | 76.71% | 1,490 | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 636 | 84.46% | 113 | 15.01% | 1 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.40% | 523 | 69.46% | 753 | ||||||||||||
| Bolivar | 360 | 72.00% | 117 | 23.40% | 3 | 0.60% | 20 | 4.00% | 243 | 48.60% | 500 | ||||||||||||
| Calhoun | 948 | 92.76% | 33 | 3.23% | 30 | 2.94% | 11 | 1.08% | 915 | 89.53% | 1,022 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 1,187 | 92.81% | 79 | 6.18% | 11 | 0.86% | 2 | 0.16% | 1,108 | 86.63% | 1,279 | ||||||||||||
| Chickasaw | 666 | 86.83% | 70 | 9.13% | 20 | 2.61% | 11 | 1.43% | 596 | 77.71% | 767 | ||||||||||||
| Choctaw | 904 | 93.68% | 54 | 5.60% | 4 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.31% | 850 | 88.08% | 965 | ||||||||||||
| Claiborne | 514 | 89.86% | 15 | 2.62% | 41 | 7.17% | 2 | 0.35% | 499 | 82.69% | 572 | ||||||||||||
| Clarke | 947 | 98.65% | 7 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.21% | 940 | 97.92% | 960 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 676 | 93.50% | 34 | 4.70% | 8 | 1.11% | 5 | 0.69% | 642 | 88.80% | 723 | ||||||||||||
| Coahoma | 347 | 78.33% | 83 | 18.74% | 10 | 2.26% | 3 | 0.68% | 264 | 59.59% | 443 | ||||||||||||
| Copiah | 1,588 | 94.86% | 63 | 3.76% | 17 | 1.02% | 6 | 0.36% | 1,525 | 91.10% | 1,674 | ||||||||||||
| Covington | 731 | 90.69% | 72 | 8.93% | 1 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.25% | 659 | 81.76% | 806 | ||||||||||||
| DeSoto | 888 | 91.74% | 58 | 5.99% | 21 | 2.17% | 1 | 0.10% | 830 | 85.74% | 968 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 592 | 95.79% | 17 | 2.75% | 7 | 1.13% | 2 | 0.32% | 575 | 93.04% | 618 | ||||||||||||
| Greene | 266 | 98.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 1.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 97.04% | 270 | ||||||||||||
| Grenada | 483 | 94.89% | 20 | 3.93% | 2 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.79% | 463 | 90.96% | 509 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 348 | 85.50% | 48 | 11.79% | 11 | 2.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 300 | 73.71% | 407 | ||||||||||||
| Harrison | 237 | 87.78% | 17 | 6.30% | 15 | 5.56% | 1 | 0.37% | 220 | 81.48% | 270 | ||||||||||||
| Hinds | 1,643 | 88.57% | 144 | 7.76% | 28 | 1.51% | 40 | 2.16% | 1,499 | 80.81% | 1,855 | ||||||||||||
| Holmes | 1,010 | 92.24% | 74 | 6.76% | 6 | 0.55% | 5 | 0.46% | 936 | 85.48% | 1,095 | ||||||||||||
| Issaquena | 97 | 75.78% | 29 | 22.66% | 1 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.78% | 68 | 53.13% | 128 | ||||||||||||
| Itawamba | 1,089 | 95.78% | 32 | 2.81% | 11 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.44% | 1,057 | 92.96% | 1,137 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 723 | 72.96% | 181 | 18.26% | 72 | 7.27% | 15 | 1.51% | 542 | 54.69% | 991 | ||||||||||||
| Jasper | 871 | 95.50% | 20 | 2.19% | 16 | 1.75% | 5 | 0.55% | 851 | 93.31% | 912 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 627 | 91.40% | 55 | 8.02% | 1 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.44% | 572 | 83.38% | 686 | ||||||||||||
| Jones | 934 | 94.53% | 35 | 3.54% | 14 | 1.42% | 5 | 0.51% | 899 | 90.99% | 988 | ||||||||||||
| Kemper | 922 | 90.75% | 72 | 7.09% | 19 | 1.87% | 3 | 0.30% | 850 | 83.66% | 1,016 | ||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1,314 | 90.81% | 129 | 8.91% | 3 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,185 | 81.89% | 1,447 | ||||||||||||
| Lauderdale | 1,978 | 92.60% | 98 | 4.59% | 42 | 1.97% | 18 | 0.84% | 1,880 | 88.01% | 2,136 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 774 | 80.71% | 175 | 18.25% | 8 | 0.83% | 2 | 0.21% | 599 | 62.46% | 959 | ||||||||||||
| Leake | 1,164 | 91.94% | 91 | 7.19% | 4 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.55% | 1,073 | 84.76% | 1,266 | ||||||||||||
| Lee | 1,241 | 96.43% | 34 | 2.64% | 9 | 0.70% | 3 | 0.23% | 1,207 | 93.78% | 1,287 | ||||||||||||
| Leflore | 316 | 99.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 315 | 99.36% | 317 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 954 | 84.65% | 134 | 11.89% | 22 | 1.95% | 17 | 1.51% | 820 | 72.76% | 1,127 | ||||||||||||
| Lowndes | 820 | 97.27% | 13 | 1.54% | 7 | 0.83% | 3 | 0.36% | 807 | 95.73% | 843 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 763 | 89.76% | 66 | 7.76% | 20 | 2.35% | 1 | 0.12% | 697 | 82.00% | 850 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 839 | 76.07% | 228 | 20.67% | 29 | 2.63% | 7 | 0.63% | 611 | 55.39% | 1,103 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,286 | 93.32% | 72 | 5.22% | 13 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.51% | 1,214 | 88.10% | 1,378 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,608 | 95.49% | 71 | 4.22% | 4 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,537 | 91.27% | 1,684 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 1,050 | 96.95% | 23 | 2.12% | 3 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.65% | 1,027 | 94.83% | 1,083 | ||||||||||||
| Neshoba | 1,055 | 99.15% | 7 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.19% | 1,048 | 98.50% | 1,064 | ||||||||||||
| Newton | 1,201 | 98.44% | 9 | 0.74% | 6 | 0.49% | 4 | 0.33% | 1,192 | 97.70% | 1,220 | ||||||||||||
| Noxubee | 715 | 96.10% | 12 | 1.61% | 5 | 0.67% | 12 | 1.61% | 703 | 94.49% | 744 | ||||||||||||
| Oktibbeha | 816 | 96.11% | 27 | 3.18% | 2 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.47% | 789 | 92.93% | 849 | ||||||||||||
| Panola | 1,235 | 91.01% | 78 | 5.75% | 21 | 1.55% | 23 | 1.69% | 1,157 | 85.26% | 1,357 | ||||||||||||
| Pearl River | 266 | 85.81% | 34 | 10.97% | 9 | 2.90% | 1 | 0.32% | 232 | 74.84% | 310 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 419 | 91.48% | 30 | 6.55% | 2 | 0.44% | 7 | 1.53% | 389 | 84.93% | 458 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 1,380 | 89.73% | 120 | 7.80% | 28 | 1.82% | 10 | 0.65% | 1,260 | 81.92% | 1,538 | ||||||||||||
| Pontotoc | 944 | 92.28% | 64 | 6.26% | 4 | 0.39% | 11 | 1.08% | 880 | 86.02% | 1,023 | ||||||||||||
| Prentiss | 973 | 92.31% | 59 | 5.60% | 18 | 1.71% | 4 | 0.38% | 914 | 86.72% | 1,054 | ||||||||||||
| Quitman | 171 | 81.04% | 40 | 18.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 131 | 62.09% | 211 | ||||||||||||
| Rankin | 1,044 | 92.23% | 76 | 6.71% | 9 | 0.80% | 3 | 0.27% | 968 | 85.51% | 1,132 | ||||||||||||
| Scott | 780 | 95.94% | 23 | 2.83% | 3 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.86% | 757 | 93.11% | 813 | ||||||||||||
| Sharkey | 194 | 87.78% | 22 | 9.95% | 1 | 0.45% | 4 | 1.81% | 172 | 77.83% | 221 | ||||||||||||
| Simpson | 677 | 91.49% | 53 | 7.16% | 4 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.81% | 624 | 84.32% | 740 | ||||||||||||
| Smith | 1,077 | 99.26% | 1 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.46% | 1,072 | 98.80% | 1,085 | ||||||||||||
| Sunflower | 459 | 93.48% | 24 | 4.89% | 6 | 1.22% | 2 | 0.41% | 435 | 88.59% | 491 | ||||||||||||
| Tallahatchie | 779 | 97.01% | 23 | 2.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.12% | 756 | 94.15% | 803 | ||||||||||||
| Tate | 1,125 | 90.65% | 76 | 6.12% | 40 | 3.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,049 | 84.53% | 1,241 | ||||||||||||
| Tippah | 1,063 | 90.55% | 103 | 8.77% | 5 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.26% | 960 | 81.77% | 1,174 | ||||||||||||
| Tishomingo | 851 | 92.40% | 67 | 7.27% | 2 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.11% | 784 | 85.12% | 921 | ||||||||||||
| Tunica | 174 | 72.20% | 62 | 25.73% | 4 | 1.66% | 1 | 0.41% | 112 | 46.47% | 241 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 1,262 | 91.25% | 114 | 8.24% | 7 | 0.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,148 | 83.01% | 1,383 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 867 | 72.19% | 183 | 15.24% | 143 | 11.91% | 8 | 0.67% | 684 | 56.95% | 1,201 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 611 | 80.61% | 98 | 12.93% | 44 | 5.80% | 5 | 0.66% | 513 | 67.68% | 758 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 655 | 94.79% | 30 | 4.34% | 5 | 0.72% | 1 | 0.14% | 625 | 90.45% | 691 | ||||||||||||
| Webster | 876 | 86.82% | 127 | 12.59% | 5 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.10% | 749 | 74.23% | 1,009 | ||||||||||||
| Wilkinson | 561 | 93.50% | 36 | 6.00% | 2 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.17% | 525 | 87.50% | 600 | ||||||||||||
| Winston | 793 | 94.63% | 32 | 3.82% | 11 | 1.31% | 2 | 0.24% | 761 | 90.81% | 838 | ||||||||||||
| Yalobusha | 1,110 | 91.51% | 73 | 6.02% | 24 | 1.98% | 6 | 0.49% | 1,037 | 85.49% | 1,213 | ||||||||||||
| Yazoo | 1,159 | 97.48% | 24 | 2.02% | 6 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,135 | 95.46% | 1,189 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 63,355 | 91.05% | 4,819 | 6.93% | 1,021 | 1.47% | 390 | 0.56% | 58,536 | 84.12% | 69,585 | ||||||||||||