Newspaper endorsements in the 1900 United States presidential election explained

Newspapers made endorsements of candidates in the 1900 United States presidential election. Incumbent President William McKinley was the Republican candidate, and William Jennings Bryan the Democratic candidate, a rematch of the 1896 election.

Newspaper 1900 Endorsementdata-sort-type="number"Largest Reported Circ.Endorsement
date
State1896 EndorsementNotes
New York Herald[1] data-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley75,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900New York(blanks = to be filled in)
New York Worlddata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley75,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900New York
New York Evening Postdata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley23,244data-sort-value="1900"1900New York
Brooklyn Eagledata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley20,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900New York
The New York Times[2] [3] data-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley20,000+data-sort-value="1900-11-04"November 4, 1900New Yorkdata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley
Chicago Tribune[4] data-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley75,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900Illinoisdata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley
Country Topics[5] data-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley89,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900Parts Unknowndata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley
Baltimore Sun[6] data-sort-value="Bryan" William Jennings Bryan20,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900Marylanddata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley
The Arizona Republican[7] data-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley4,129[8] data-sort-value="1900"1900Arizona Territorydata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley
Canton Repository[9] data-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley6,563[10] data-sort-value="1900"1900Ohiodata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung“Declined with Thanks” , Harpersdata-sort-value="McKinley" William McKinley20,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900New YorkProminent German-language paper.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette[11] data-sort-value="Bryan" William Jennings Bryan1,000+data-sort-value="1900"1900Indiana

Notes and References

  1. Sheppard, Si. The Partisan Press: A History of Media Bias in the United States, p. 213 (2008) ("the Times, Herald, World, Evening Post, and Brooklyn Eagle, all backers of McKinley four years prior....")
  2. (4 November 1900). The Choice, The New York Times
  3. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/23/opinion/presidential-endorsement-timeline.html New York Times Endorsements Through the Ages: A collection of The Times's endorsements for the presidency, from Abraham Lincoln in 1860 through the editorial board’s choice of Hillary Clinton in 2016.
  4. http://themoderatevoice.com/chicago-tribune-endorses-obama/ Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama
  5. https://countrytopics.substack.com
  6. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/second-opinion-blog/bal-bs-ed-bryan-190020120502091319-photo.html 1900: William Jennings Bryan
  7. (7 Sept 2016). Arizona Republic presidential endorsements: 120 years, no Democrats, Arizona Republic
  8. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2927074;view=1up;seq=1196 Rowell's 1900 directory
  9. (11 Oct. 2016). A Paper Picks: Past Repository presidential endorsements followed an historical pattern, Canton Repository
  10. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2927074;view=1up;seq=1196 Rowell's 1900 directory
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=QggJ0tRFINcC&pg=PA72 Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions: A History of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette