1896 United States presidential election in Kansas
The 1896 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Kansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine.
With his win in the state, Bryan became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state of Kansas. Bryan would later lose Kansas to Republican William McKinley four years later during their rematch and would later lose the state again to William Howard Taft in 1908.
Results
| 1896 United States presidential election in Kansas[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 171,675 | 51.32% | 10 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 159,345 | 47.63% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 1,698 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 1,209 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles Bentley | 620 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| Totals | 334,547 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
William McKinley Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 1,656 | 46.45% | 1,833 | 51.42% | 76 | 2.13% | -177 | -4.96% | 3,565 |
| Anderson | 1,890 | 50.41% | 1,780 | 47.48% | 79 | 2.11% | 110 | 2.93% | 3,749 |
| Atchison | 2,963 | 46.84% | 3,326 | 52.58% | 37 | 0.58% | -363 | -5.74% | 6,326 |
| Barber | 729 | 54.04% | 597 | 44.26% | 23 | 1.70% | 132 | 9.79% | 1,349 |
| Barton | 1,616 | 56.39% | 1,215 | 42.39% | 35 | 1.22% | 401 | 13.99% | 2,866 |
| Bourbon | 3,067 | 50.85% | 2,900 | 48.08% | 65 | 1.08% | 167 | 2.77% | 6,032 |
| Brown | 2,618 | 46.69% | 2,879 | 51.35% | 110 | 1.96% | -261 | -4.65% | 5,607 |
| Butler | 2,926 | 54.28% | 2,414 | 44.78% | 51 | 0.95% | 512 | 9.50% | 5,391 |
| Chase | 981 | 54.05% | 812 | 44.74% | 22 | 1.21% | 169 | 9.31% | 1,815 |
| Chautauqua | 1,293 | 48.17% | 1,359 | 50.63% | 32 | 1.19% | -66 | -2.46% | 2,684 |
| Cherokee | 5,108 | 58.14% | 3,505 | 39.90% | 172 | 1.96% | 1,603 | 18.25% | 8,785 |
| Cheyenne | 322 | 48.42% | 327 | 49.17% | 16 | 2.41% | -5 | -0.75% | 665 |
| Clark | 191 | 50.80% | 182 | 48.40% | 3 | 0.80% | 9 | 2.39% | 376 |
| Clay | 1,929 | 52.99% | 1,655 | 45.47% | 56 | 1.54% | 274 | 7.53% | 3,640 |
| Cloud | 2,129 | 54.60% | 1,718 | 44.06% | 52 | 1.33% | 411 | 10.54% | 3,899 |
| Coffey | 2,194 | 51.24% | 2,000 | 46.71% | 88 | 2.06% | 194 | 4.53% | 4,282 |
| Comanche | 172 | 54.26% | 142 | 44.79% | 3 | 0.95% | 30 | 9.46% | 317 |
| Cowley | 3,410 | 53.22% | 2,871 | 44.81% | 126 | 1.97% | 539 | 8.41% | 6,407 |
| Crawford | 4,757 | 54.17% | 3,868 | 44.05% | 156 | 1.78% | 889 | 10.12% | 8,781 |
| Decatur | 1,032 | 63.00% | 594 | 36.26% | 12 | 0.73% | 438 | 26.74% | 1,638 |
| Dickinson | 2,399 | 50.47% | 2,291 | 48.20% | 63 | 1.33% | 108 | 2.27% | 4,753 |
| Doniphan | 1,332 | 34.02% | 2,549 | 65.11% | 34 | 0.87% | -1,217 | -31.09% | 3,915 |
| Douglas | 2,573 | 41.08% | 3,582 | 57.19% | 108 | 1.72% | -1,009 | -16.11% | 6,263 |
| Edwards | 479 | 58.85% | 322 | 39.56% | 13 | 1.60% | 157 | 19.29% | 814 |
| Elk | 1,464 | 51.97% | 1,339 | 47.53% | 14 | 0.50% | 125 | 4.44% | 2,817 |
| Ellis | 1,051 | 68.29% | 460 | 29.89% | 28 | 1.82% | 591 | 38.40% | 1,539 |
| Ellsworth | 992 | 48.09% | 1,048 | 50.80% | 23 | 1.11% | -56 | -2.71% | 2,063 |
| Finney | 366 | 41.69% | 505 | 57.52% | 7 | 0.80% | -139 | -15.83% | 878 |
| Ford | 643 | 52.88% | 555 | 45.64% | 18 | 1.48% | 88 | 7.24% | 1,216 |
| Franklin | 3,152 | 54.18% | 2,609 | 44.84% | 57 | 0.98% | 543 | 9.33% | 5,818 |
| Geary | 1,171 | 52.02% | 1,051 | 46.69% | 29 | 1.29% | 120 | 5.33% | 2,251 |
| Gove | 204 | 39.77% | 279 | 54.39% | 30 | 5.85% | -75 | -14.62% | 513 |
| Graham | 648 | 64.61% | 343 | 34.20% | 12 | 1.20% | 305 | 30.41% | 1,003 |
| Grant | 60 | 53.57% | 51 | 45.54% | 1 | 0.89% | 9 | 8.04% | 112 |
| Gray | 133 | 46.50% | 153 | 53.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -20 | -6.99% | 286 |
| Greeley | 76 | 38.00% | 121 | 60.50% | 3 | 1.50% | -45 | -22.50% | 200 |
| Greenwood | 2,064 | 52.48% | 1,835 | 46.66% | 34 | 0.86% | 229 | 5.82% | 3,933 |
| Hamilton | 216 | 53.20% | 185 | 45.57% | 5 | 1.23% | 31 | 7.64% | 406 |
| Harper | 1,332 | 61.27% | 812 | 37.35% | 30 | 1.38% | 520 | 23.92% | 2,174 |
| Harvey | 1,678 | 43.79% | 2,082 | 54.33% | 72 | 1.88% | -404 | -10.54% | 3,832 |
| Haskell | 54 | 39.13% | 81 | 58.70% | 3 | 2.17% | -27 | -19.57% | 138 |
| Hodgeman | 224 | 45.81% | 262 | 53.58% | 3 | 0.61% | -38 | -7.77% | 489 |
| Jackson | 1,955 | 47.03% | 2,158 | 51.91% | 44 | 1.06% | -203 | -4.88% | 4,157 |
| Jefferson | 2,276 | 48.86% | 2,322 | 49.85% | 60 | 1.29% | -46 | -0.99% | 4,658 |
| Jewell | 2,342 | 54.57% | 1,902 | 44.32% | 48 | 1.12% | 440 | 10.25% | 4,292 |
| Johnson | 2,462 | 50.71% | 2,313 | 47.64% | 80 | 1.65% | 149 | 3.07% | 4,855 |
| Kearny | 175 | 50.29% | 172 | 49.43% | 1 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.86% | 348 |
| Kingman | 1,393 | 57.56% | 988 | 40.83% | 39 | 1.61% | 405 | 16.74% | 2,420 |
| Kiowa | 245 | 48.04% | 250 | 49.02% | 15 | 2.94% | -5 | -0.98% | 510 |
| Labette | 3,669 | 52.65% | 3,206 | 46.01% | 93 | 1.33% | 463 | 6.64% | 6,968 |
| Lane | 191 | 43.51% | 241 | 54.90% | 7 | 1.59% | -50 | -11.39% | 439 |
| Leavenworth | 4,665 | 53.27% | 4,004 | 45.72% | 89 | 1.02% | 661 | 7.55% | 8,758 |
| Lincoln | 1,385 | 63.04% | 787 | 35.82% | 25 | 1.14% | 598 | 27.22% | 2,197 |
| Linn | 2,424 | 52.37% | 2,153 | 46.51% | 52 | 1.12% | 271 | 5.85% | 4,629 |
| Logan | 175 | 38.46% | 274 | 60.22% | 6 | 1.32% | -99 | -21.76% | 455 |
| Lyon | 3,276 | 52.53% | 2,860 | 45.86% | 100 | 1.60% | 416 | 6.67% | 6,236 |
| Marion | 1,699 | 41.90% | 2,285 | 56.35% | 71 | 1.75% | -586 | -14.45% | 4,055 |
| Marshall | 2,776 | 46.80% | 3,052 | 51.45% | 104 | 1.75% | -276 | -4.65% | 5,932 |
| McPherson | 2,324 | 49.91% | 2,269 | 48.73% | 63 | 1.35% | 55 | 1.18% | 4,656 |
| Meade | 195 | 48.39% | 203 | 50.37% | 5 | 1.24% | -8 | -1.99% | 403 |
| Miami | 2,812 | 51.77% | 2,541 | 46.78% | 79 | 1.45% | 271 | 4.99% | 5,432 |
| Mitchell | 1,889 | 56.29% | 1,428 | 42.55% | 39 | 1.16% | 461 | 13.74% | 3,356 |
| Montgomery | 3,132 | 52.88% | 2,714 | 45.82% | 77 | 1.30% | 418 | 7.06% | 5,923 |
| Morris | 1,456 | 48.79% | 1,484 | 49.73% | 44 | 1.47% | -28 | -0.94% | 2,984 |
| Morton | 36 | 40.00% | 52 | 57.78% | 2 | 2.22% | -16 | -17.78% | 90 |
| Nemaha | 2,478 | 48.46% | 2,568 | 50.22% | 67 | 1.31% | -90 | -1.76% | 5,113 |
| Neosho | 2,601 | 53.77% | 2,177 | 45.01% | 59 | 1.22% | 424 | 8.77% | 4,837 |
| Ness | 526 | 57.17% | 354 | 38.48% | 40 | 4.35% | 172 | 18.70% | 920 |
| Norton | 1,260 | 56.12% | 941 | 41.92% | 44 | 1.96% | 319 | 14.21% | 2,245 |
| Osage | 3,481 | 53.65% | 2,903 | 44.74% | 104 | 1.60% | 578 | 8.91% | 6,488 |
| Osborne | 1,403 | 50.60% | 1,325 | 47.78% | 45 | 1.62% | 78 | 2.81% | 2,773 |
| Ottawa | 1,486 | 53.53% | 1,256 | 45.24% | 34 | 1.22% | 230 | 8.29% | 2,776 |
| Pawnee | 635 | 54.98% | 499 | 43.20% | 21 | 1.82% | 136 | 11.77% | 1,155 |
| Phillips | 1,507 | 51.52% | 1,374 | 46.97% | 44 | 1.50% | 133 | 4.55% | 2,925 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,276 | 49.20% | 2,308 | 49.89% | 42 | 0.91% | -32 | -0.69% | 4,626 |
| Pratt | 820 | 55.97% | 621 | 42.39% | 24 | 1.64% | 199 | 13.58% | 1,465 |
| Rawlins | 609 | 57.62% | 439 | 41.53% | 9 | 0.85% | 170 | 16.08% | 1,057 |
| Reno | 3,051 | 46.90% | 3,373 | 51.84% | 82 | 1.26% | -322 | -4.95% | 6,506 |
| Republic | 1,910 | 47.74% | 2,033 | 50.81% | 58 | 1.45% | -123 | -3.07% | 4,001 |
| Rice | 1,731 | 48.68% | 1,729 | 48.62% | 96 | 2.70% | 2 | 0.06% | 3,556 |
| Riley | 1,443 | 42.65% | 1,890 | 55.87% | 50 | 1.48% | -447 | -13.21% | 3,383 |
| Rooks | 971 | 53.41% | 817 | 44.94% | 30 | 1.65% | 154 | 8.47% | 1,818 |
| Rush | 643 | 54.72% | 515 | 43.83% | 17 | 1.45% | 128 | 10.89% | 1,175 |
| Russell | 823 | 46.76% | 902 | 51.25% | 35 | 1.99% | -79 | -4.49% | 1,760 |
| Saline | 2,334 | 57.33% | 1,706 | 41.91% | 31 | 0.76% | 628 | 15.43% | 4,071 |
| Scott | 161 | 63.39% | 91 | 35.83% | 2 | 0.79% | 70 | 27.56% | 254 |
| Sedgwick | 5,434 | 56.11% | 4,122 | 42.57% | 128 | 1.32% | 1,312 | 13.55% | 9,684 |
| Seward | 78 | 43.33% | 100 | 55.56% | 2 | 1.11% | -22 | -12.22% | 180 |
| Shawnee | 5,536 | 43.67% | 6,958 | 54.89% | 182 | 1.44% | -1,422 | -11.22% | 12,676 |
| Sheridan | 384 | 54.94% | 282 | 40.34% | 33 | 4.72% | 102 | 14.59% | 699 |
| Sherman | 437 | 59.70% | 291 | 39.75% | 4 | 0.55% | 146 | 19.95% | 732 |
| Smith | 2,019 | 58.45% | 1,385 | 40.10% | 50 | 1.45% | 634 | 18.36% | 3,454 |
| Stafford | 1,276 | 63.42% | 710 | 35.29% | 26 | 1.29% | 566 | 28.13% | 2,012 |
| Stanton | 57 | 50.44% | 55 | 48.67% | 1 | 0.88% | 2 | 1.77% | 113 |
| Stevens | 101 | 67.79% | 48 | 32.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 53 | 35.57% | 149 |
| Sumner | 3,048 | 54.04% | 2,515 | 44.59% | 77 | 1.37% | 533 | 9.45% | 5,640 |
| Thomas | 490 | 61.10% | 304 | 37.91% | 8 | 1.00% | 186 | 23.19% | 802 |
| Trego | 340 | 56.76% | 256 | 42.74% | 3 | 0.50% | 84 | 14.02% | 599 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,442 | 46.89% | 1,586 | 51.58% | 47 | 1.53% | -144 | -4.68% | 3,075 |
| Wallace | 124 | 39.87% | 181 | 58.20% | 6 | 1.93% | -57 | -18.33% | 311 |
| Washington | 2,391 | 47.98% | 2,514 | 50.45% | 78 | 1.57% | -123 | -2.47% | 4,983 |
| Wichita | 192 | 46.94% | 214 | 52.32% | 3 | 0.73% | -22 | -5.38% | 409 |
| Wilson | 1,959 | 51.04% | 1,852 | 48.25% | 27 | 0.70% | 107 | 2.79% | 3,838 |
| Woodson | 1,189 | 47.33% | 1,288 | 51.27% | 35 | 1.39% | -99 | -3.94% | 2,512 |
| Wyandotte | 6,882 | 49.38% | 6,852 | 49.16% | 204 | 1.46% | 30 | 0.22% | 13,938 |
| Totals | 171,774 | 51.12% | 159,484 | 47.46% | 4,792 | 1.43% | 12,290 | 3.66% | 336,050 |
Notes
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References
- Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Kansas
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 200-208 ISBN 9780804716963
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