See main article: 1896 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1896 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Country: | Nevada |
| Flag Year: | 1905 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in Nevada |
| Next Year: | 1900 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1896 |
| Image1: | William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party1: | Silver |
| Alliance1: | Democratic Populist |
| Home State1: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate1: | Arthur Sewall (Democratic/Silver) Thomas E. Watson (Populist) |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,376 |
| Percentage1: | 81.21% |
| Nominee2: | William McKinley |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Garret Hobart |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,938 |
| Percentage2: | 18.79% |
| Map Size: | x275px |
| 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 Nevada took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Nevada was won by the Silver and 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 margin of 62.42%, which to date remains the strongest of any presidential nominee in the history of Nevada.
With 81.21% of the popular vote, Nevada would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only after Mississippi, South Carolina, Colorado and neighboring Utah.[1]
Bryan would later defeat McKinley in the state four years later and would also later defeat William Howard Taft in the state in 1908. This election was the first time ever that the presidential candidate that won Nevada carried all counties in Nevada. This was also the first time that Ormsby County backed a Democratic candidate.
| Democratic Party & Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan | Benjamin F. Leete | 7,802 | ||
| Democratic Party & Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan | George Russell | 7,758 | ||
| Democratic Party & Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan | Joseph R. Ryan | 7,722 | ||
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Allen C. Bragg | 1,938 | ||
| Republican Party | William McKinley | J. A. Lewis | 1,917 | ||
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Z. Pierce | 1,906 | ||
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Charles H. Steele | 574 | ||
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | George E. Peckham | 549 | ||
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | H. C. Dangberg | 546 | ||
| Votes cast | 10,314 | ||||
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| William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist | William McKinley Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | County | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||
| Churchill | 153 | 75.36% | 3 | 1.47% | 156 | 76.85% | 47 | 23.15% | 109 | 53.69% | 203 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 180 | 40.90% | 85 | 19.31% | 265 | 60.23% | 175 | 39.77% | 90 | 20.45% | 440 | ||||||||||||
| Elko | 942 | 82.77% | 69 | 6.06% | 1,011 | 88.84% | 127 | 11.16% | 884 | 77.68% | 1,138 | ||||||||||||
| Esmeralda | 384 | 82.40% | 13 | 2.79% | 397 | 85.19% | 69 | 14.81% | 328 | 70.39% | 466 | ||||||||||||
| Eureka | 533 | 92.69% | 20 | 3.48% | 553 | 96.17% | 22 | 3.83% | 531 | 92.35% | 575 | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt | 715 | 84.41% | 34 | 4.01% | 749 | 88.43% | 98 | 11.57% | 651 | 76.86% | 847 | ||||||||||||
| Lander | 479 | 90.38% | 15 | 2.83% | 494 | 93.21% | 36 | 6.79% | 458 | 86.42% | 530 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 813 | 92.70% | 34 | 3.88% | 847 | 96.58% | 30 | 3.42% | 817 | 93.16% | 877 | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 450 | 75.63% | 32 | 5.38% | 482 | 81.01% | 113 | 18.99% | 369 | 62.02% | 595 | ||||||||||||
| Nye | 215 | 89.58% | 13 | 5.42% | 228 | 95.00% | 12 | 5.00% | 216 | 90.00% | 240 | ||||||||||||
| Ormsby | 550 | 64.71% | 16 | 1.88% | 566 | 66.59% | 284 | 33.41% | 282 | 33.18% | 850 | ||||||||||||
| Storey | 1,075 | 70.67% | 74 | 4.87% | 1,149 | 75.54% | 372 | 24.46% | 777 | 51.08% | 1,521 | ||||||||||||
| Washoe | 1,010 | 60.08% | 158 | 9.40% | 1,168 | 69.48% | 513 | 30.52% | 655 | 38.96% | 1,681 | ||||||||||||
| White Pine | 303 | 86.32% | 8 | 2.28% | 311 | 88.60% | 40 | 11.40% | 271 | 77.21% | 351 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 7,802 | 75.64% | 574 | 5.57% | 8,376 | 81.21% | 1,938 | 18.79% | 6,438 | 62.42% | 10,314 | ||||||||||||