1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.71%.
Bryan would lose Pennsylvania to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
Results
| 1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 728,300 | 60.98% | 32 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 422,054 | 35.34% | 0 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 6,103 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Silver | William Jennings Bryan | 5,071 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 433,228 | 36.27% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 19,274 | 1.61% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 11,000 | 0.92% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 1,683 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles E. Bentley | 870 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,172,355 | 100.00% | 32 | ||
Results by county
| County | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Joshua Levering[2] Prohibition |
John McAuley Palmer[2] National Democratic |
Various candidates[2] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,170 | 50.95% | 3,794 | 46.35% | 101 | 1.23% | 98 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.02% | 376 | 4.59% | 8,185 |
| Allegheny | 76,691 | 70.90% | 28,782 | 26.61% | 930 | 0.86% | 452 | 0.42% | 292 | 0.27% | 47,909 | 44.29% | 108,174 |
| Armstrong | 6,325 | 61.12% | 3,796 | 36.68% | 168 | 1.62% | 22 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.09% | 2,529 | 24.44% | 10,349 |
| Beaver | 6,842 | 59.95% | 4,040 | 35.40% | 202 | 1.77% | 37 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.08% | 2,802 | 24.55% | 11,412 |
| Bedford | 4,983 | 57.17% | 3,582 | 41.10% | 73 | 0.84% | 47 | 0.54% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,401 | 16.07% | 8,716 |
| Berks | 14,318 | 43.28% | 18,099 | 54.71% | 233 | 0.70% | 416 | 1.26% | 16 | 0.05% | -3,781 | -11.43% | 33,082 |
| Blair | 10,382 | 65.50% | 4,775 | 30.12% | 385 | 2.43% | 167 | 1.05% | 77 | 0.49% | 5,607 | 35.37% | 15,851 |
| Bradford | 9,422 | 66.04% | 4,388 | 30.76% | 381 | 2.67% | 58 | 0.41% | 18 | 0.13% | 5,034 | 35.28% | 14,267 |
| Bucks | 9,798 | 57.61% | 6,685 | 39.31% | 197 | 1.16% | 312 | 1.83% | 15 | 0.09% | 3,113 | 18.30% | 17,007 |
| Butler | 6,821 | 55.42% | 5,048 | 41.01% | 285 | 2.32% | 26 | 0.21% | 49 | 0.40% | 1,773 | 14.41% | 12,308 |
| Cambria | 8,865 | 55.33% | 6,665 | 41.60% | 211 | 1.32% | 81 | 0.51% | 22 | 0.14% | 2,200 | 13.73% | 16,022 |
| Cameron | 925 | 59.60% | 566 | 36.47% | 41 | 2.64% | 9 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.13% | 359 | 23.13% | 1,552 |
| Carbon | 4,534 | 53.93% | 3,584 | 42.63% | 127 | 1.51% | 130 | 1.55% | 7 | 0.08% | 950 | 11.30% | 8,407 |
| Centre | 4,880 | 49.93% | 4,531 | 46.36% | 251 | 2.57% | 93 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.04% | 349 | 3.57% | 9,774 |
| Chester | 14,232 | 67.80% | 6,041 | 28.78% | 368 | 1.75% | 246 | 1.17% | 86 | 0.41% | 8,191 | 39.02% | 20,990 |
| Clarion | 3,338 | 43.57% | 4,061 | 53.00% | 204 | 2.66% | 20 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.04% | -723 | -9.44% | 7,662 |
| Clearfield | 7,395 | 50.97% | 6,370 | 43.91% | 555 | 3.83% | 91 | 0.63% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,025 | 7.07% | 14,508 |
| Clinton | 3,486 | 51.23% | 3,051 | 44.84% | 158 | 2.32% | 104 | 1.53% | 3 | 0.04% | 435 | 6.39% | 6,804 |
| Columbia | 3,280 | 37.77% | 4,888 | 56.29% | 418 | 4.81% | 77 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,608 | -18.52% | 8,684 |
| Crawford | 7,851 | 47.26% | 8,383 | 50.47% | 285 | 1.72% | 50 | 0.30% | 42 | 0.25% | -532 | -3.20% | 16,611 |
| Cumberland | 6,178 | 52.30% | 5,187 | 43.91% | 324 | 2.74% | 102 | 0.86% | 6 | 0.05% | 991 | 8.39% | 11,812 |
| Dauphin | 14,752 | 66.84% | 6,510 | 29.50% | 466 | 2.11% | 263 | 1.19% | 4 | 0.02% | 8,242 | 37.35% | 22,069 |
| Delaware | 13,979 | 75.27% | 4,161 | 22.40% | 184 | 0.99% | 184 | 0.99% | 56 | 0.30% | 9,818 | 52.86% | 18,572 |
| Elk | 2,807 | 49.57% | 2,707 | 47.80% | 87 | 1.54% | 44 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.14% | 100 | 1.77% | 5,663 |
| Erie | 11,819 | 54.74% | 8,695 | 40.27% | 336 | 1.56% | 193 | 0.89% | 34 | 0.16% | 3,124 | 14.47% | 21,592 |
| Fayette | 9,268 | 51.33% | 8,301 | 45.98% | 355 | 1.97% | 60 | 0.33% | 23 | 0.13% | 967 | 5.36% | 18,055 |
| Forest | 1,224 | 57.74% | 805 | 37.97% | 85 | 4.01% | 6 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 419 | 19.76% | 2,120 |
| Franklin | 6,747 | 58.81% | 4,414 | 38.48% | 158 | 1.38% | 139 | 1.21% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,333 | 20.34% | 11,472 |
| Fulton | 1,083 | 45.83% | 1,240 | 52.48% | 24 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.08% | -157 | -6.64% | 2,363 |
| Greene | 2,453 | 36.41% | 4,144 | 61.51% | 61 | 0.91% | 20 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.07% | -1,691 | -25.10% | 6,737 |
| Huntingdon | 4,969 | 66.06% | 2,203 | 29.29% | 150 | 1.99% | 97 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,766 | 36.77% | 7,522 |
| Indiana | 5,818 | 66.11% | 2,201 | 25.01% | 186 | 2.11% | 27 | 0.31% | 18 | 0.20% | 3,617 | 41.10% | 8,801 |
| Jefferson | 5,500 | 57.18% | 3,545 | 36.85% | 407 | 4.23% | 35 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,955 | 20.32% | 9,619 |
| Juniata | 2,059 | 52.03% | 1,810 | 45.74% | 44 | 1.11% | 35 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 249 | 6.29% | 3,957 |
| Lackawanna | 18,737 | 59.28% | 11,826 | 37.42% | 808 | 2.56% | 112 | 0.35% | 75 | 0.24% | 6,911 | 21.87% | 31,605 |
| Lancaster | 24,337 | 72.67% | 8,145 | 24.32% | 479 | 1.43% | 498 | 1.49% | 31 | 0.09% | 16,192 | 48.35% | 33,490 |
| Lawrence | 6,228 | 65.13% | 2,836 | 29.66% | 285 | 2.98% | 13 | 0.14% | 23 | 0.24% | 3,392 | 35.47% | 9,562 |
| Lebanon | 7,288 | 70.60% | 2,796 | 27.09% | 213 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.07% | 4,492 | 43.51% | 10,323 |
| Lehigh | 9,507 | 48.90% | 9,359 | 48.14% | 206 | 1.06% | 325 | 1.67% | 36 | 0.19% | 148 | 0.76% | 19,443 |
| Luzerne | 22,718 | 55.08% | 17,163 | 41.61% | 810 | 1.96% | 304 | 0.74% | 111 | 0.27% | 5,555 | 13.47% | 41,248 |
| Lycoming | 8,097 | 48.58% | 7,256 | 43.53% | 1,031 | 6.19% | 167 | 1.00% | 33 | 0.20% | 841 | 5.05% | 16,668 |
| McKean | 5,077 | 59.59% | 2,921 | 34.28% | 308 | 3.62% | 55 | 0.65% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,156 | 25.31% | 8,520 |
| Mercer | 7,262 | 55.53% | 5,500 | 42.06% | 270 | 2.06% | 31 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.11% | 1,762 | 13.47% | 13,077 |
| Mifflin | 2,662 | 54.22% | 2,048 | 41.71% | 118 | 2.40% | 76 | 1.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 614 | 12.51% | 4,910 |
| Monroe | 1,447 | 31.80% | 2,881 | 63.30% | 133 | 2.92% | 79 | 1.74% | 5 | 0.11% | -1,434 | -31.51% | 4,551 |
| Montgomery | 17,329 | 61.25% | 9,985 | 35.29% | 333 | 1.18% | 606 | 2.14% | 41 | 0.14% | 7,344 | 25.96% | 28,294 |
| Montour | 1,384 | 42.65% | 1,733 | 53.41% | 58 | 1.79% | 56 | 1.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -349 | -10.76% | 3,245 |
| Northampton | 9,762 | 47.59% | 10,032 | 48.91% | 326 | 1.59% | 360 | 1.76% | 31 | 0.15% | -270 | -1.32% | 20,511 |
| Northumberland | 8,659 | 51.68% | 7,332 | 43.76% | 574 | 3.43% | 120 | 0.72% | 36 | 0.21% | 1,327 | 7.92% | 16,756 |
| Perry | 3,537 | 57.23% | 2,464 | 39.87% | 106 | 1.72% | 54 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,073 | 17.36% | 6,180 |
| Philadelphia | 176,462 | 72.06% | 63,323 | 25.86% | 993 | 0.41% | 3,115 | 1.27% | 994 | 0.41% | 113,139 | 46.20% | 244,887 |
| Pike | 778 | 40.10% | 1,120 | 57.73% | 11 | 0.57% | 25 | 1.29% | 3 | 0.15% | -342 | -17.63% | 1,940 |
| Potter | 3,281 | 55.83% | 2,079 | 35.38% | 118 | 2.01% | 28 | 0.48% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,202 | 20.45% | 5,877 |
| Schuylkill | 17,045 | 52.60% | 14,671 | 45.27% | 244 | 0.75% | 359 | 1.11% | 14 | 0.04% | 2,374 | 7.33% | 32,407 |
| Snyder | 2,572 | 64.66% | 1,330 | 33.43% | 32 | 0.80% | 23 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,242 | 31.22% | 3,978 |
| Somerset | 5,861 | 70.45% | 2,277 | 27.37% | 147 | 1.77% | 14 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,584 | 43.08% | 8,319 |
| Sullivan | 1,215 | 46.02% | 1,282 | 48.56% | 92 | 3.48% | 29 | 1.10% | 4 | 0.15% | -67 | -2.54% | 2,640 |
| Susquehanna | 5,310 | 56.73% | 3,421 | 36.55% | 386 | 4.12% | 36 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.11% | 1,889 | 20.18% | 9,360 |
| Tioga | 7,922 | 71.42% | 2,360 | 21.28% | 258 | 2.33% | 72 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.11% | 5,562 | 50.14% | 11,092 |
| Union | 2,585 | 65.63% | 1,134 | 28.79% | 114 | 2.89% | 54 | 1.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,451 | 36.84% | 3,939 |
| Venango | 5,133 | 49.82% | 4,380 | 42.51% | 531 | 5.15% | 32 | 0.31% | 9 | 0.09% | 753 | 7.31% | 10,304 |
| Warren | 4,846 | 58.70% | 3,048 | 36.92% | 312 | 3.78% | 32 | 0.39% | 17 | 0.21% | 1,798 | 21.78% | 8,255 |
| Washington | 10,798 | 57.93% | 7,245 | 38.87% | 348 | 1.87% | 83 | 0.45% | 27 | 0.14% | 3,553 | 19.06% | 18,640 |
| Wayne | 3,708 | 56.59% | 2,459 | 37.53% | 345 | 5.27% | 21 | 0.32% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,249 | 19.06% | 6,552 |
| Westmoreland | 14,928 | 56.23% | 10,723 | 40.39% | 357 | 1.34% | 90 | 0.34% | 142 | 0.53% | 4,205 | 15.84% | 26,546 |
| Wyoming | 2,373 | 53.24% | 1,916 | 42.99% | 113 | 2.54% | 17 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.07% | 457 | 10.25% | 4,457 |
| York | 12,258 | 47.04% | 13,028 | 49.99% | 375 | 1.44% | 365 | 1.40% | 8 | 0.03% | -770 | -2.95% | 26,060 |
| Totals | 728,300 | 60.98% | 427,125 | 35.76% | 19,274 | 1.61% | 11,000 | 0.92% | 2,553 | 0.21% | 301,175 | 25.22% | 1,194,355 |
See also
References
- ^ David Leip. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- ^ a b c Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
- ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 ISBN 9780804716963
