1896 United States presidential election
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Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by McKinley/Hobart, blue denotes states won by Bryan/Sewall and the Democratic/Populist ticket of Bryan/Watson. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1896 United States presidential election was the 28th presidential election in the United States. It happened on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican candidate, defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan. The 1896 campaign happened during an economic depression called the Panic of 1893. The election is considered to mark the change from the "Third Party System" to the "Fourth Party System".[2]
Although, McKinley's 1896 nomination was his first time securing the nomination, he had received 10+ delegates in every convention since 1888.
Candidates
Republican Party
| 1896 Republican Party ticket | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William McKinley | Garret Hobart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39th Governor of Ohio (1892–1896) |
24th President of the New Jersey Senate (1881–1882) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- William McKinley, former Governor of Ohio (1892-1896) (Nominee)
- Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1889-1891; 1895-1899)
- Matthew Quay, Senator of Pennsylvania (1887-1899; 1901-1904)
- Levi P. Morton, 22nd Vice President of the United States (1889-1893) and Governor of New York (1895-1896)
- William B. Allison, Senator of Iowa (1873-1908)
Democratic Party
| 1896 Democratic Party ticket | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Jennings Bryan | Arthur Sewall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| for President | for Vice President | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Representative for NE-01 (1891–1895) |
President of the Maine Central Railroad (1884–1893) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- William Jennings Bryan, former Congressman of Nebraska (1891-1895) (Nominee)
- Richard P. Bland, former Congressman of Missouri (1873-1895; 1897-1899)
- Robert E. Pattison, former Governor of Pennsylvania (1883-1887; 1891-1895)
- Joseph Blackburn, Senator of Kentucky (1885-1897; 1901-1907)
- Horace Boies, former Governor of Iowa (1890-1894)
- John R. McLean, newspaper publisher from Ohio (1877-1914)
- Claude Matthews, Governor of Iowa (1893-1897)
- Sylvester Pennoyer, former Governor of Oregon (1887-1895)
References
- ↑ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.
- ↑ Williams (2010)
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to United States presidential election, 1896.
- United States presidential election of 1896 at the Encyclopædia Britannica
- Presidential Election of 1896: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress
- 1896 popular vote by counties
- How close was the 1896 election? — Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- McKinley & Hobart campaign handkerchief in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database
- Election of 1896 in Counting the Votes Archived 2019-09-23 at the Wayback Machine