United States presidential election in New York, 1896

United States presidential election in New York, 1896

November 3, 1896

Nominee William McKinley William J. Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 36 0 Popular vote 819,838 551,369 Percentage 57.58% 38.72%

County Results   Bryan—50-60%   McKinley—50-60%   McKinley—60-70%   McKinley—70-80%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. New York voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

New York was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate corporate lawyer Garret Hobart of New Jersey. McKinley and Hobart defeated the Democratic nominees, former Congressman William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate industrialist Arthur Sewall of Maine. Bryan also ran and received votes on the Populist Party line, with running mate Congressman Thomas E. Watson of Georgia.

Also in the running was the National Democratic Party (Gold Democrat) candidate, John M. Palmer of Illinois, who ran with former Governor of Kentucky Simon Bolivar Buckner on a platform advocating for the gold standard.

McKinley carried New York State with 57.58% of the vote to Bryan's 38.72%, a victory margin of 18.85%. Palmer came in a distant third with 1.33%.

New York weighed in for this election as about 14% more Republican than the national average.

Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little appeal in the Northeastern United States. Consequently, he performed especially weakly for a Democrat in New York, losing every county in the state except for Schoharie County upstate. This included New York City, where McKinley outpolled Bryan by about 60,000 votes. McKinley would lose New York City to Bryan in their 1900 rematch four years later, and New York City would not vote Republican again until 1920.

Results

United States presidential election in New York, 1896[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	819,838	57.58%	36
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	551,369	38.72%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	18,950	1.33%	0
	Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	17,667	1.24%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	16,052	1.13%	0
Totals			1,423,876	100.0%	36

See also

• Presidency of William McKinley

References

1. "1896 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2013-10-06.