1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance Populist
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 57,444 21,650
Percentage 68.66% 25.88%

County Results
McKinley
  60-70%
  70-80%


President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

New Hampshire 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 the state by a margin of 42.78%.

With 68.66% of the popular vote, New Hampshire would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont and Massachusetts.[1] The state was also the best performance for National Democratic Party candidate John M. Palmer, who won 4.21% of the vote.

Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little-to-no appeal in the Northeastern states like New Hampshire. This was the first time since 1860 that a Republican won every county in the state.

Bryan would lose New Hampshire to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

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1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley 57,444 68.66% 4
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 21,271 25.43% 0
Populist William Jennings Bryan 379 0.45% 0
Total William Jennings Bryan 21,650 25.88% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 3,520 4.21% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 779 0.93% 0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 228 0.27% 0
National Party Charles E. Bentley 49 0.06% 0
Totals 83,670 100.00% 4
Voter turnout

Results by county

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County William McKinley[3]
Republican
William Jennings Bryan[3]
Democratic
John McAuley Palmer[3]
National Democratic
Joshua Levering[3]
Prohibition
Various candidates[3]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Belknap 3,465 72.67% 978 20.51% 263 5.52% 58 1.22% 4 0.08% 2,487 52.16% 4,768
Carroll 2,800 65.88% 1,214 28.56% 175 4.12% 57 1.34% 4 0.09% 1,586 37.32% 4,250
Cheshire 4,818 75.60% 1,272 19.96% 231 3.62% 45 0.71% 7 0.11% 3,546 55.64% 6,373
Coös 3,253 66.01% 1,489 30.22% 149 3.02% 35 0.71% 2 0.04% 1,764 35.80% 4,928
Grafton 6,199 68.15% 2,306 25.35% 459 5.05% 109 1.20% 23 0.25% 3,893 42.80% 9,096
Hillsborough 13,080 67.80% 4,965 25.73% 917 4.75% 144 0.75% 187 0.97% 8,115 42.06% 19,293
Merrimack 7,715 65.67% 3,310 28.17% 562 4.78% 155 1.32% 7 0.06% 4,405 37.49% 11,749
Rockingham 7,881 69.32% 2,992 26.32% 390 3.43% 87 0.77% 19 0.17% 4,889 43.00% 11,369
Strafford 5,483 68.58% 2,259 28.26% 173 2.16% 62 0.78% 18 0.23% 3,224 40.33% 7,995
Sullivan 2,750 71.45% 865 22.47% 201 5.22% 27 0.70% 6 0.16% 1,885 48.97% 3,849
Totals 57,444 68.66% 21,650 25.88% 3,520 4.21% 779 0.93% 277 0.33% 35,794 42.78% 83,670

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1896 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  3. ^ a b c d e Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)