1896 United States presidential election in Wyoming
1896 United States presidential election in Wyoming
County Results
Bryan
50-60%
60-70%
McKinley
50-60%
The 1896 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election . State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Wyoming was won by representative William Jennings Bryan (D –Nebraska ), running with shipbuilder, railroad president and director, bank president Arthur Sewall , with 51.49 percent of the popular vote, against the 39th Governor of Ohio William McKinley (R –Ohio ), running with New Jersey State Senator , Garret Hobart , with 47.75 percent of the popular vote. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 3.74%.
This is also the only election where the Republican candidate won the election without Wyoming.
Bryan's support for many Populist goals resulted in him being nominated by both the Democratic Party and the People's Party (Populists) , though with different running mates. One electoral vote from Wyoming was cast for the Populist Bryan-Watson ticket with Thomas E. Watson as vice president and two votes were cast for the Bryan-Sewall ticket.
Bryan would later lose Wyoming to William McKinley four year later and would later lose the state again to William Howard Taft in 1908 .
Results
Results by county
County[ 1]
William Jennings Bryan
William McKinley
Joshua Levering
Margin
Total votes cast[ d]
Democratic
Populist
Total
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Albany
1,028
44.41%
45
1.94%
1,073
46.35%
1,220
52.70%
22
0.95%
-147
-6.35%
2,315
Big Horn
518
45.20%
73
6.37%
591
51.57%
538
46.95%
17
1.48%
53
4.62%
1,146
Carbon
1,039
44.82%
41
1.77%
1,080
46.59%
1,229
53.02%
9
0.39%
-149
-6.43%
2,318
Converse
450
42.57%
9
0.85%
459
43.42%
585
55.35%
13
1.23%
-126
-11.92%
1,057
Crook
537
48.86%
32
2.91%
569
51.77%
524
47.68%
6
0.53%
45
4.09%
1,099
Fremont
499
46.90%
24
2.26%
523
49.15%
535
50.28%
6
0.57%
-12
-1.13%
1,064
Johnson
441
58.57%
26
3.45%
467
62.02%
284
37.72%
2
0.27%
183
24.30%
753
Laramie
1,590
46.45%
38
1.11%
1,628
47.56%
1,776
51.88%
19
0.56%
-148
-4.32%
3,423
Natrona
317
43.91%
10
1.39%
327
45.29%
392
54.29%
3
0.42%
-65
-9.00%
722
Sheridan
1,045
52.46%
59
2.96%
1,104
55.42%
877
44.03%
11
0.55%
227
11.40%
1,992
Sweetwater
916
51.26%
80
4.48%
996
55.74%
754
42.19%
37
2.07%
242
13.54%
1,787
Uinta
1,700
64.37%
26
0.98%
1,726
65.35%
907
34.34%
8
0.30%
819
31.01%
2,641
Weston
295[ e] [ 2]
38.06%
23
2.97%
318
41.03%
451
58.19%
6
0.77%
-133
-17.16%
775
Totals
10,375
49.19%
486
2.30%
10,861
51.49%
10,072
47.75%
159
0.75%
789
3.74%
21,092
See also
Notes
^ Martin and Quealy voted for Sewall for Vice President
^ Van Meter voted for Watson for Vice-President.
^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
^ The Secretary of State's report appears to contain a typo for Democratic elector Martin in this county. The figure given in the report is 296 but this causes Martin's county figures to not add up correctly. Based on newspaper reporting from November 1896, this figure should be 295, which corrects the discrepancy.
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