See main article: 1896 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1896 United States presidential election in Oregon |
| Country: | Oregon |
| Flag Year: | 1925 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1892 United States presidential election in Oregon |
| Previous Year: | 1892 |
| Next Election: | 1900 United States presidential election in Oregon |
| 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: | 48,779 |
| Percentage1: | 50.07% |
| Nominee2: | William Jennings Bryan |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Nebraska |
| Running Mate2: | Thomas E. Watson[1] |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 46,739 |
| Percentage2: | 47.98% |
| Map Size: | 375px |
| 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 Oregon took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Oregon was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey, defeating the Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his Populist running mate Thomas E. Watson of Georgia.
McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 2.09%.
Bryan would later lose Oregon to McKinley again four years later and would lose the state for a third time against William Howard Taft in 1908.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Oregon[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Republican | William McKinley | 48,779 | 50.07% | 4 | ||
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 46,739 | 47.98% | 0 | ||
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 977 | 1.00% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 919 | 0.94% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 97,414 | 100.00% | 4 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | John McAuley Palmer[3] National Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Baker | 951 | 33.35% | 1,860 | 65.22% | 35 | 1.23% | 6 | 0.21% | -909 | -31.87% | 2,852 | ||||||||||||
| Benton | 1,074 | 50.85% | 992 | 46.97% | 23 | 1.09% | 23 | 1.09% | 82 | 3.88% | 2,112 | ||||||||||||
| Clackamas | 2,664 | 51.79% | 2,386 | 46.38% | 46 | 0.89% | 48 | 0.93% | 278 | 5.40% | 5,144 | ||||||||||||
| Clatsop | 1,849 | 60.56% | 1,135 | 37.18% | 29 | 0.95% | 40 | 1.31% | 714 | 23.39% | 3,053 | ||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1,022 | 54.30% | 831 | 44.16% | 15 | 0.80% | 14 | 0.74% | 191 | 10.15% | 1,882 | ||||||||||||
| Coos | 1,105 | 40.79% | 1,558 | 57.51% | 26 | 0.96% | 20 | 0.74% | -453 | -16.72% | 2,709 | ||||||||||||
| Crook | 607 | 49.67% | 575 | 47.05% | 39 | 3.19% | 1 | 0.08% | 32 | 2.62% | 1,222 | ||||||||||||
| Curry | 300 | 48.70% | 301 | 48.86% | 7 | 1.14% | 8 | 1.30% | -1 | -0.16% | 616 | ||||||||||||
| Douglas | 1,917 | 47.66% | 2,059 | 51.19% | 21 | 0.52% | 25 | 0.62% | -142 | -3.53% | 4,022 | ||||||||||||
| Gilliam | 551 | 53.65% | 470 | 45.76% | 3 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.29% | 81 | 7.89% | 1,027 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 736 | 44.55% | 867 | 52.48% | 37 | 2.24% | 12 | 0.73% | -131 | -7.93% | 1,652 | ||||||||||||
| Harney | 270 | 33.62% | 527 | 65.63% | 5 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.12% | -257 | -32.00% | 803 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 1,387 | 36.62% | 2,354 | 62.14% | 24 | 0.63% | 23 | 0.61% | -967 | -25.53% | 3,788 | ||||||||||||
| Josephine | 844 | 40.27% | 1,194 | 56.97% | 41 | 1.96% | 17 | 0.81% | -350 | -16.70% | 2,096 | ||||||||||||
| Klamath | 346 | 41.94% | 463 | 56.12% | 8 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.97% | -117 | -14.18% | 825 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 351 | 47.69% | 383 | 52.04% | 2 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -32 | -4.35% | 736 | ||||||||||||
| Lane | 2,215 | 44.94% | 2,594 | 52.63% | 75 | 1.52% | 45 | 0.91% | -379 | -7.69% | 4,929 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 583 | 50.22% | 557 | 47.98% | 13 | 1.12% | 8 | 0.69% | 26 | 2.24% | 1,161 | ||||||||||||
| Linn | 2,064 | 42.06% | 2,736 | 55.76% | 36 | 0.73% | 71 | 1.45% | -672 | -13.69% | 4,907 | ||||||||||||
| Malheur | 312 | 31.48% | 654 | 65.99% | 15 | 1.51% | 10 | 1.01% | -342 | -34.51% | 991 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 3,744 | 50.98% | 3,419 | 46.56% | 108 | 1.47% | 73 | 0.99% | 325 | 4.43% | 7,344 | ||||||||||||
| Morrow | 586 | 50.96% | 544 | 47.30% | 15 | 1.30% | 5 | 0.43% | 42 | 3.65% | 1,150 | ||||||||||||
| Multnomah | 11,824 | 63.53% | 6,453 | 34.67% | 178 | 0.96% | 156 | 0.84% | 5,371 | 28.86% | 18,611 | ||||||||||||
| Polk | 1,253 | 47.34% | 1,334 | 50.40% | 22 | 0.83% | 38 | 1.44% | -81 | -3.06% | 2,647 | ||||||||||||
| Sherman | 426 | 48.14% | 414 | 46.78% | 7 | 0.79% | 38 | 4.29% | 12 | 1.36% | 885 | ||||||||||||
| Tillamook | 691 | 55.59% | 536 | 43.12% | 8 | 0.64% | 8 | 0.64% | 155 | 12.47% | 1,243 | ||||||||||||
| Umatilla | 1,859 | 46.46% | 2,083 | 52.06% | 36 | 0.90% | 23 | 0.57% | -224 | -5.60% | 4,001 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 1,303 | 37.37% | 2,155 | 61.80% | 19 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.29% | -852 | -24.43% | 3,487 | ||||||||||||
| Wallowa | 380 | 36.33% | 642 | 61.38% | 11 | 1.05% | 13 | 1.24% | -262 | -25.05% | 1,046 | ||||||||||||
| Wasco | 1,701 | 54.36% | 1,367 | 43.69% | 28 | 0.89% | 33 | 1.05% | 334 | 10.67% | 3,129 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 2,082 | 56.15% | 1,566 | 42.23% | 18 | 0.49% | 42 | 1.13% | 516 | 13.92% | 3,708 | ||||||||||||
| Yamhill | 1,782 | 47.85% | 1,736 | 46.62% | 27 | 0.73% | 97 | 2.60% | 46 | 1.24% | 3,724 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 48,779 | 50.07% | 46,739 | 47.98% | 977 | 1.00% | 919 | 0.94% | 3,348 | 3.56% | 97,414 | ||||||||||||