1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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.
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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%.
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 | 433,228 | 36.27% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 19,274 | 1.61% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John Palmer | 11,000 | 0.92% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles Matchett | 1,683 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles Bentley | 870 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,172,355 | 100.00% | 32 | ||
Results by county
| County | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,170 | 50.95% | 3,794 | 46.35% | 221 | 2.70% | 376 | 4.59% | 8,185 |
| Allegheny | 76,691 | 70.90% | 28,782 | 26.61% | 2,701 | 2.50% | 47,909 | 44.29% | 108,174 |
| Armstrong | 6,325 | 61.12% | 3,796 | 36.68% | 228 | 2.20% | 2,529 | 24.44% | 10,349 |
| Beaver | 6,842 | 59.95% | 4,040 | 35.40% | 530 | 4.64% | 2,802 | 24.55% | 11,412 |
| Bedford | 4,983 | 57.17% | 3,582 | 41.10% | 151 | 1.73% | 1,401 | 16.07% | 8,716 |
| Berks | 14,318 | 43.28% | 18,099 | 54.71% | 665 | 2.01% | -3,781 | -11.43% | 33,082 |
| Blair | 10,382 | 65.50% | 4,775 | 30.12% | 694 | 4.38% | 5,607 | 35.37% | 15,851 |
| Bradford | 9,422 | 66.04% | 4,388 | 30.76% | 457 | 3.20% | 5,034 | 35.28% | 14,267 |
| Bucks | 9,798 | 57.61% | 6,685 | 39.31% | 524 | 3.08% | 3,113 | 18.30% | 17,007 |
| Butler | 6,821 | 55.42% | 5,048 | 41.01% | 439 | 3.57% | 1,773 | 14.41% | 12,308 |
| Cambria | 8,865 | 55.33% | 6,665 | 41.60% | 492 | 3.07% | 2,200 | 13.73% | 16,022 |
| Cameron | 925 | 59.60% | 566 | 36.47% | 61 | 3.93% | 359 | 23.13% | 1,552 |
| Carbon | 4,534 | 53.93% | 3,584 | 42.63% | 289 | 3.44% | 950 | 11.30% | 8,407 |
| Centre | 4,880 | 49.93% | 4,531 | 46.36% | 363 | 3.71% | 349 | 3.57% | 9,774 |
| Chester | 14,232 | 67.80% | 6,041 | 28.78% | 717 | 3.42% | 8,191 | 39.02% | 20,990 |
| Clarion | 3,338 | 43.57% | 4,061 | 53.00% | 263 | 3.43% | -723 | -9.44% | 7,662 |
| Clearfield | 7,395 | 50.97% | 6,370 | 43.91% | 743 | 5.12% | 1,025 | 7.07% | 14,508 |
| Clinton | 3,486 | 51.23% | 3,051 | 44.84% | 267 | 3.92% | 435 | 6.39% | 6,804 |
| Columbia | 3,280 | 37.77% | 4,888 | 56.29% | 516 | 5.94% | -1,608 | -18.52% | 8,684 |
| Crawford | 7,851 | 47.26% | 8,383 | 50.47% | 377 | 2.27% | -532 | -3.20% | 16,611 |
| Cumberland | 6,178 | 52.30% | 5,187 | 43.91% | 447 | 3.78% | 991 | 8.39% | 11,812 |
| Dauphin | 14,752 | 66.84% | 6,510 | 29.50% | 807 | 3.66% | 8,242 | 37.35% | 22,069 |
| Delaware | 13,979 | 75.27% | 4,161 | 22.40% | 432 | 2.33% | 9,818 | 52.86% | 18,572 |
| Elk | 2,807 | 49.57% | 2,707 | 47.80% | 149 | 2.63% | 100 | 1.77% | 5,663 |
| Erie | 11,819 | 54.74% | 8,695 | 40.27% | 1,078 | 4.99% | 3,124 | 14.47% | 21,592 |
| Fayette | 9,268 | 51.33% | 8,301 | 45.98% | 486 | 2.69% | 967 | 5.36% | 18,055 |
| Forest | 1,224 | 57.74% | 805 | 37.97% | 91 | 4.29% | 419 | 19.76% | 2,120 |
| Franklin | 6,747 | 58.81% | 4,414 | 38.48% | 311 | 2.71% | 2,333 | 20.34% | 11,472 |
| Fulton | 1,083 | 45.83% | 1,240 | 52.48% | 40 | 1.69% | -157 | -6.64% | 2,363 |
| Greene | 2,453 | 36.41% | 4,144 | 61.51% | 140 | 2.08% | -1,691 | -25.10% | 6,737 |
| Huntingdon | 4,969 | 66.06% | 2,203 | 29.29% | 350 | 4.65% | 2,766 | 36.77% | 7,522 |
| Indiana | 5,818 | 66.11% | 2,201 | 25.01% | 782 | 8.89% | 3,617 | 41.10% | 8,801 |
| Jefferson | 5,500 | 57.18% | 3,545 | 36.85% | 574 | 5.97% | 1,955 | 20.32% | 9,619 |
| Juniata | 2,059 | 52.03% | 1,810 | 45.74% | 88 | 2.22% | 249 | 6.29% | 3,957 |
| Lackawanna | 18,737 | 59.28% | 11,826 | 37.42% | 1,042 | 3.30% | 6,911 | 21.87% | 31,605 |
| Lancaster | 24,337 | 72.67% | 8,145 | 24.32% | 1,008 | 3.01% | 16,192 | 48.35% | 33,490 |
| Lawrence | 6,228 | 65.13% | 2,836 | 29.66% | 498 | 5.21% | 3,392 | 35.47% | 9,562 |
| Lebanon | 7,288 | 70.60% | 2,796 | 27.09% | 239 | 2.32% | 4,492 | 43.51% | 10,323 |
| Lehigh | 9,507 | 48.90% | 9,359 | 48.14% | 577 | 2.97% | 148 | 0.76% | 19,443 |
| Luzerne | 22,718 | 55.08% | 17,163 | 41.61% | 1,367 | 3.31% | 5,555 | 13.47% | 41,248 |
| Lycoming | 8,097 | 48.58% | 7,256 | 43.53% | 1,315 | 7.89% | 841 | 5.05% | 16,668 |
| McKean | 5,077 | 59.59% | 2,921 | 34.28% | 522 | 6.13% | 2,156 | 25.31% | 8,520 |
| Mercer | 7,262 | 55.53% | 5,500 | 42.06% | 315 | 2.41% | 1,762 | 13.47% | 13,077 |
| Mifflin | 2,662 | 54.22% | 2,048 | 41.71% | 200 | 4.07% | 614 | 12.51% | 4,910 |
| Monroe | 1,447 | 31.80% | 2,881 | 63.30% | 223 | 4.90% | -1,434 | -31.51% | 4,551 |
| Montgomery | 17,329 | 61.25% | 9,985 | 35.29% | 980 | 3.46% | 7,344 | 25.96% | 28,294 |
| Montour | 1,384 | 42.65% | 1,733 | 53.41% | 128 | 3.94% | -349 | -10.76% | 3,245 |
| Northampton | 9,762 | 47.59% | 10,032 | 48.91% | 717 | 3.50% | -270 | -1.32% | 20,511 |
| Northumberland | 8,659 | 51.68% | 7,332 | 43.76% | 765 | 4.57% | 1,327 | 7.92% | 16,756 |
| Perry | 3,537 | 57.23% | 2,464 | 39.87% | 179 | 2.90% | 1,073 | 17.36% | 6,180 |
| Philadelphia | 176,462 | 72.06% | 63,323 | 25.86% | 5,102 | 2.08% | 113,139 | 46.20% | 244,887 |
| Pike | 778 | 40.10% | 1,120 | 57.73% | 42 | 2.16% | -342 | -17.63% | 1,940 |
| Potter | 3,281 | 55.83% | 2,079 | 35.38% | 517 | 8.80% | 1,202 | 20.45% | 5,877 |
| Schuylkill | 17,045 | 52.60% | 14,671 | 45.27% | 691 | 2.13% | 2,374 | 7.33% | 32,407 |
| Snyder | 2,572 | 64.66% | 1,330 | 33.43% | 76 | 1.91% | 1,242 | 31.22% | 3,978 |
| Somerset | 5,861 | 70.45% | 2,277 | 27.37% | 181 | 2.18% | 3,584 | 43.08% | 8,319 |
| Sullivan | 1,215 | 46.02% | 1,282 | 48.56% | 143 | 5.42% | -67 | -2.54% | 2,640 |
| Susquehanna | 5,310 | 56.73% | 3,421 | 36.55% | 629 | 6.72% | 1,889 | 20.18% | 9,360 |
| Tioga | 7,922 | 71.42% | 2,360 | 21.28% | 810 | 7.30% | 5,562 | 50.14% | 11,092 |
| Union | 2,585 | 65.63% | 1,134 | 28.79% | 220 | 5.59% | 1,451 | 36.84% | 3,939 |
| Venango | 5,133 | 49.82% | 4,380 | 42.51% | 791 | 7.68% | 753 | 7.31% | 10,304 |
| Warren | 4,846 | 58.70% | 3,048 | 36.92% | 361 | 4.37% | 1,798 | 21.78% | 8,255 |
| Washington | 10,798 | 57.93% | 7,245 | 38.87% | 597 | 3.20% | 3,553 | 19.06% | 18,640 |
| Wayne | 3,708 | 56.59% | 2,459 | 37.53% | 385 | 5.88% | 1,249 | 19.06% | 6,552 |
| Westmoreland | 14,928 | 56.23% | 10,723 | 40.39% | 895 | 3.37% | 4,205 | 15.84% | 26,546 |
| Wyoming | 2,373 | 53.24% | 1,916 | 42.99% | 168 | 3.77% | 457 | 10.25% | 4,457 |
| York | 12,258 | 47.04% | 13,028 | 49.99% | 774 | 2.97% | -770 | -2.95% | 26,060 |
| Totals | 728,300 | 60.98% | 427,125 | 35.76% | 38,930 | 3.26% | 301,175 | 25.22% | 1,194,355 |
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References
- David Leip. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 ISBN 9780804716963
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