1900 United States presidential election in New York explained

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Election Name:	1900 United States presidential election in New York
Country:	New York
Flag Year:	1778
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1896 United States presidential election in New York
Previous Year:	1896
Next Election:	1904 United States presidential election in New York
Next Year:	1904
Turnout:	84.6%^[1] 0.3 pp
Election Date:	November 6, 1900
Image1:	Mckinley (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	William McKinley
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Ohio
Running Mate1:	Theodore Roosevelt
Electoral Vote1:	36
Popular Vote1:	822,013
Percentage1:	53.10%
Nominee2:	William Jennings Bryan
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Nebraska
Running Mate2:	Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	678,462
Percentage2:	43.83%
Map Size:	440px
President
Before Election:	William McKinley
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	William McKinley
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1900 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Governor of New York Theodore Roosevelt. McKinley and Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominees, former Congressman and 1896 presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. Also in the running was the Socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, who ran with Job Harriman.

McKinley carried New York State with 53.10 percent of the vote to Bryan's 43.83 percent, a victory margin of 9.27 points.

New York weighed in for this election as about three percent more Republican than the national average.

The 1900 election was a direct re-match between McKinley and Bryan who had run against each other four years earlier in 1896. While New York would continue its Republican dominance of the Fourth Party System and that McKinley had slightly improved on his national margin, New York swung heavily in Bryan's favor in 1900. Four years earlier, McKinley had defeated Bryan in the state by 18.85 points, sweeping every county in the state except Palatine German Schoharie County, including rare Republican victories in New York City. McKinley's 1900 margin of victory in New York State was less than half of his 1896 margin, primarily due to dramatic Democratic gains in New York City. While in 1896 Bryan had lost New York City by about 60,000 votes, in 1900 Bryan won a majority of over 30,000 votes in New York City, winning Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Bryan would win New York City again against William Howard Taft in 1908 though he would lose the state again. New York City would not vote Republican again until the Republican landslides of 1920 and 1924, and would subsequently become a reliably Democratic bastion in every election that followed.

Results

1900 United States presidential election in New York^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley (incumbent)	822,013	53.10%	36
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	678,462	43.83%	0
	Prohibition	John G. Woolley	22,077	1.43%	0
	Social Democratic	Eugene V. Debs	12,869	0.83%	0
	Socialist Labor	Joseph F. Maloney	12,621	0.82%	0
Totals			1,548,042	100.0%	36

New York City results

1900 Presidential Election in New York City			Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	181,786		106,232	14,747	6,759	309,524	50.94%
			52.47%		48.32%	52.58%	51.20%
	Republican	William McKinley	153,001		108,977	12,323	6,042	280,343	46.14%
			44.16%		49.57%	43.94%	45.77%
	Social Democratic	Eugene V. Debs	6,193		2,331	644	109	9,277	1.53%
			1.79%		1.06%	2.30%	0.83%
	Socialist Labor	Joseph F. Maloney	4,867		1,711	250	144	6,972	1.15%
			1.40%		0.78%	0.89%	1.09%
	Prohibition	John G. Woolley	640		597	82	147	1,446	0.24%
			0.18%		0.27%	0.29%	1.11%
TOTAL			346,487		219,848	28,046	13,201	607,582	100.00%

Results by county

County	William McKinley Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		John Granville Woolley^[3] Prohibition		Eugene Victor Debs Social Democratic		Joseph Francis Maloney Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
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	Albany		23,495		54.96%		18,752		43.86%		234		0.55%		64		0.15%		207		0.48%		4,743		11.10%		42,752
	Allegany		7,200		62.05%		3,621		31.21%		759		6.54%		12		0.10%		11		0.09%		3,579		30.84%		11,603
	Broome		10,397		58.00%		6,652		37.11%		848		4.73%		15		0.08%		14		0.08%		3,745		20.89%		17,926
	Cattaraugus		9,948		59.52%		6,224		37.24%		502		3.00%		22		0.13%		17		0.10%		3,724		22.28%		16,713
	Cayuga		10,328		59.99%		6,330		36.77%		339		1.97%		49		0.28%		171		0.99%		3,998		23.22%		17,217
	Chautauqua		15,318		67.62%		6,660		29.40%		589		2.60%		42		0.19%		43		0.19%		8,658		38.22%		22,652
	Chemung		6,921		49.45%		6,531		46.66%		384		2.74%		42		0.30%		119		0.85%		390		2.79%		13,997
	Chenango		6,362		58.89%		4,043		37.42%		362		3.35%		18		0.17%		18		0.17%		2,319		21.47%		10,803
	Clinton		6,326		58.81%		4,287		39.86%		118		1.10%		12		0.11%		13		0.12%		2,039		18.95%		10,756
	Columbia		6,478		55.61%		4,953		42.52%		174		1.49%		20		0.17%		23		0.20%		1,525		13.09%		11,648
	Cortland		4,895		60.99%		2,773		34.55%		347		4.32%		0		0.00%		11		0.14%		2,122		26.44%		8,026
	Delaware		7,626		60.16%		4,639		36.60%		394		3.11%		7		0.06%		10		0.08%		2,987		23.56%		12,676
	Dutchess		11,936		59.39%		7,691		38.27%		380		1.89%		21		0.10%		70		0.35%		4,245		21.12%		20,098
	Erie		44,767		51.66%		39,833		45.97%		741		0.86%		391		0.45%		925		1.07%		4,934		5.69%		86,657
	Essex		5,064		70.31%		1,994		27.69%		86		1.19%		44		0.61%		14		0.19%		3,070		42.62%		7,202
	Franklin		6,313		68.49%		2,666		28.92%		213		2.31%		12		0.13%		13		0.14%		3,647		39.57%		9,217
	Fulton		7,230		61.91%		3,678		31.49%		494		4.23%		98		0.84%		179		1.53%		3,552		30.42%		11,679
	Genesee		5,385		59.82%		3,267		36.29%		264		2.93%		26		0.29%		60		0.67%		2,118		23.53%		9,002
	Greene		4,395		49.32%		4,269		47.90%		137		1.54%		28		0.31%		83		0.93%		126		1.42%		8,912
	Hamilton		651		54.98%		509		42.99%		22		1.86%		1		0.08%		1		0.08%		142		11.99%		1,184
	Herkimer		8,100		57.77%		5,401		38.52%		298		2.13%		168		1.20%		55		0.39%		2,699		19.25%		14,022
	Jefferson		11,870		61.03%		6,776		34.84%		576		2.96%		174		0.89%		55		0.28%		5,094		26.19%		19,451
	Kings		108,977		49.57%		106,232		48.32%		597		0.27%		2,331		1.06%		1,711		0.78%		2,745		1.25%		219,848
	Lewis		4,308		59.32%		2,857		39.34%		80		1.10%		8		0.11%		9		0.12%		1,451		19.98%		7,262
	Livingston		5,608		56.72%		3,877		39.21%		383		3.87%		7		0.07%		12		0.12%		1,731		17.51%		9,887
	Madison		7,174		63.37%		3,673		32.44%		362		3.20%		68		0.60%		44		0.39%		3,501		30.93%		11,321
	Monroe		26,691		54.62%		19,611		40.13%		1,105		2.26%		1,019		2.09%		444		0.91%		7,080		14.49%		48,870
	Montgomery		7,302		57.35%		5,138		40.36%		221		1.74%		24		0.19%		47		0.37%		2,164		16.99%		12,732
	Nassau		6,994		61.03%		4,325		37.74%		101		0.88%		23		0.20%		17		0.15%		2,669		23.29%		11,460
	New York		153,001		44.16%		181,786		52.47%		640		0.18%		6,193		1.79%		4,867		1.40%		-28,785		-8.31%		346,487
	Niagara		9,352		53.13%		7,726		43.90%		430		2.44%		26		0.15%		67		0.38%		1,626		9.23%		17,601
	Oneida		19,204		57.93%		12,820		38.67%		636		1.92%		113		0.34%		379		1.14%		6,384		19.26%		33,152
	Onondaga		24,317		59.37%		14,698		35.89%		507		1.24%		336		0.82%		1,099		2.68%		9,619		23.48%		40,957
	Ontario		7,707		56.46%		5,641		41.33%		279		2.04%		7		0.05%		16		0.12%		2,066		15.13%		13,650
	Orange		14,137		57.12%		10,180		41.13%		343		1.39%		25		0.10%		64		0.26%		3,957		15.99%		24,749
	Orleans		4,667		59.14%		2,851		36.13%		308		3.90%		20		0.25%		45		0.57%		1,816		23.01%		7,891
	Oswego		11,160		60.44%		6,605		35.77%		587		3.18%		23		0.12%		89		0.48%		4,555		24.67%		18,464
	Otsego		7,893		54.84%		6,142		42.67%		328		2.28%		11		0.08%		20		0.14%		1,751		12.17%		14,394
	Putnam		2,219		61.11%		1,345		37.04%		37		1.02%		23		0.63%		7		0.19%		874		24.07%		3,631
	Queens		12,323		43.94%		14,747		52.58%		82		0.29%		644		2.30%		250		0.89%		-2,424		-8.64%		28,046
	Rensselaer		17,228		55.03%		13,464		43.01%		352		1.12%		83		0.27%		179		0.57%		3,764		12.02%		31,306
	Richmond		6,042		45.77%		6,759		51.20%		147		1.11%		109		0.83%		144		1.09%		-717		-5.43%		13,201
	Rockland		4,187		50.16%		4,021		48.17%		106		1.27%		26		0.31%		7		0.08%		166		1.99%		8,347
	St. Lawrence		15,296		71.02%		5,699		26.46%		486		2.26%		27		0.13%		31		0.14%		9,597		44.56%		21,539
	Saratoga		9,602		59.79%		5,916		36.84%		505		3.14%		14		0.09%		22		0.14%		3,686		22.95%		16,059
	Schenectady		6,769		56.48%		4,783		39.91%		160		1.34%		32		0.27%		240		2.00%		1,986		16.57%		11,984
	Schoharie		3,860		46.19%		4,317		51.66%		170		2.03%		3		0.04%		7		0.08%		-457		-5.47%		8,357
	Schuyler		2,598		55.45%		1,889		40.32%		190		4.06%		2		0.04%		6		0.13%		709		15.13%		4,685
	Seneca		3,787		51.18%		3,461		46.78%		122		1.65%		4		0.05%		25		0.34%		326		4.40%		7,399
	Steuben		12,411		55.51%		8,872		39.68%		975		4.36%		48		0.21%		53		0.24%		3,539		15.83%		22,359
	Suffolk		9,584		60.24%		5,711		35.90%		550		3.46%		34		0.21%		31		0.19%		3,873		24.34%		15,910
	Sullivan		4,393		53.92%		3,625		44.49%		116		1.42%		4		0.05%		10		0.12%		768		9.43%		8,148
	Tioga		4,747		59.09%		3,037		37.80%		243		3.02%		1		0.01%		6		0.07%		1,710		21.29%		8,034
	Tompkins		5,409		55.79%		3,852		39.73%		372		3.84%		22		0.23%		41		0.42%		1,557		16.06%		9,696
	Ulster		11,348		53.68%		9,349		44.22%		412		1.95%		5		0.02%		27		0.13%		1,999		9.46%		21,141
	Warren		4,829		63.46%		2,540		33.38%		202		2.65%		11		0.14%		28		0.37%		2,289		30.08%		7,610
	Washington		8,209		68.34%		3,357		27.95%		404		3.36%		24		0.20%		18		0.15%		4,852		40.39%		12,012
	Wayne		7,955		62.29%		4,473		35.02%		320		2.51%		14		0.11%		9		0.07%		3,482		27.27%		12,771
	Westchester		21,256		54.82%		16,439		42.39%		385		0.99%		228		0.59%		419		1.08%		4,817		12.43%		38,777
	Wyoming		5,032		60.31%		2,896		34.71%		398		4.77%		6		0.07%		11		0.13%		2,136		25.60%		8,343
	Yates		3,432		58.97%		2,199		37.78%		175		3.01%		5		0.09%		9		0.15%		1,233		21.19%		5,820
Totals	822,013	53.10%	678,462	43.83%	22,077	1.43%	12,869	0.83%	12,622	0.82%	143,551	9.27%	1,548,093

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York
• Presidency of William McKinley
• Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt

Notes and References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. Web site: 1900 Presidential Election Results — New York. 2013-10-05 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
3. Web site: Géoelections. Popular Vote for President, 1900. (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Book: Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. 275–280. 9780804716963.