See main article: 1896 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in New Hampshire |
| 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) |
| Home State1: | Ohio |
| Running Mate1: | Garret Hobart |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 57,444 |
| Percentage1: | 68.66% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Populist |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | Arthur Sewall |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 21,650 |
| Percentage2: | 25.88% |
| Map Size: | 295px |
| 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 New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
New Hampshire overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 42.78%.
With 68.66% of the popular vote, New Hampshire would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont and Massachusetts.[1] The state was also the best performance for National Democratic Party candidate John M. Palmer, who won 4.21% of the vote.
Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little-to-no appeal in the Northeastern states like New Hampshire. This was the first time since 1860 that a Republican won every county in the state.
Bryan would lose New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | William McKinley | 57,444 | 68.66% | 4 | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 21,271 | 25.43% | 0 | ||
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 379 | 0.45% | 0 | ||
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 21,650 | 25.88% | 0 | ||
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 3,520 | 4.21% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 779 | 0.93% | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 228 | 0.27% | 0 | ||
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | 49 | 0.06% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 83,670 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | William McKinley[3] Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | John McAuley Palmer National Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Belknap | 3,465 | 72.67% | 978 | 20.51% | 263 | 5.52% | 58 | 1.22% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,487 | 52.16% | 4,768 | ||||||||||||||
| Carroll | 2,800 | 65.88% | 1,214 | 28.56% | 175 | 4.12% | 57 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,586 | 37.32% | 4,250 | ||||||||||||||
| Cheshire | 4,818 | 75.60% | 1,272 | 19.96% | 231 | 3.62% | 45 | 0.71% | 7 | 0.11% | 3,546 | 55.64% | 6,373 | ||||||||||||||
| Coös | 3,253 | 66.01% | 1,489 | 30.22% | 149 | 3.02% | 35 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,764 | 35.80% | 4,928 | ||||||||||||||
| Grafton | 6,199 | 68.15% | 2,306 | 25.35% | 459 | 5.05% | 109 | 1.20% | 23 | 0.25% | 3,893 | 42.80% | 9,096 | ||||||||||||||
| Hillsborough | 13,080 | 67.80% | 4,965 | 25.73% | 917 | 4.75% | 144 | 0.75% | 187 | 0.97% | 8,115 | 42.06% | 19,293 | ||||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 7,715 | 65.67% | 3,310 | 28.17% | 562 | 4.78% | 155 | 1.32% | 7 | 0.06% | 4,405 | 37.49% | 11,749 | ||||||||||||||
| Rockingham | 7,881 | 69.32% | 2,992 | 26.32% | 390 | 3.43% | 87 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.17% | 4,889 | 43.00% | 11,369 | ||||||||||||||
| Strafford | 5,483 | 68.58% | 2,259 | 28.26% | 173 | 2.16% | 62 | 0.78% | 18 | 0.23% | 3,224 | 40.33% | 7,995 | ||||||||||||||
| Sullivan | 2,750 | 71.45% | 865 | 22.47% | 201 | 5.22% | 27 | 0.70% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,885 | 48.97% | 3,849 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 57,444 | 68.66% | 21,650 | 25.88% | 3,520 | 4.21% | 779 | 0.93% | 277 | 0.33% | 35,794 | 42.78% | 83,670 | ||||||||||||||