The 1896 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1896. All 45 contemporary states participated in the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors for the Electoral College, which was responsible for selecting the president and vice president.
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Oregon was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey, defeating the Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his Populist running mate Thomas E. Watson of Georgia.
McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 2.09%.
Bryan would later lose Oregon to McKinley again four years later and would lose the state for a third time against William Howard Taft in 1908.
Results
edit| 1896 United States presidential election in Oregon[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 48,779 | 50.07% | 4 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 46,739 | 47.98% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 977 | 1.00% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 919 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Totals | 97,414 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
John McAuley Palmer[3] National Democratic |
Joshua Levering[3] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Baker | 951 | 33.35% | 1,860 | 65.22% | 35 | 1.23% | 6 | 0.21% | -909 | -31.87% | 2,852 |
| Benton | 1,074 | 50.85% | 992 | 46.97% | 23 | 1.09% | 23 | 1.09% | 82 | 3.88% | 2,112 |
| Clackamas | 2,664 | 51.79% | 2,386 | 46.38% | 46 | 0.89% | 48 | 0.93% | 278 | 5.40% | 5,144 |
| Clatsop | 1,849 | 60.56% | 1,135 | 37.18% | 29 | 0.95% | 40 | 1.31% | 714 | 23.39% | 3,053 |
| Columbia | 1,022 | 54.30% | 831 | 44.16% | 15 | 0.80% | 14 | 0.74% | 191 | 10.15% | 1,882 |
| Coos | 1,105 | 40.79% | 1,558 | 57.51% | 26 | 0.96% | 20 | 0.74% | -453 | -16.72% | 2,709 |
| Crook | 607 | 49.67% | 575 | 47.05% | 39 | 3.19% | 1 | 0.08% | 32 | 2.62% | 1,222 |
| Curry | 300 | 48.70% | 301 | 48.86% | 7 | 1.14% | 8 | 1.30% | -1 | -0.16% | 616 |
| Douglas | 1,917 | 47.66% | 2,059 | 51.19% | 21 | 0.52% | 25 | 0.62% | -142 | -3.53% | 4,022 |
| Gilliam | 551 | 53.65% | 470 | 45.76% | 3 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.29% | 81 | 7.89% | 1,027 |
| Grant | 736 | 44.55% | 867 | 52.48% | 37 | 2.24% | 12 | 0.73% | -131 | -7.93% | 1,652 |
| Harney | 270 | 33.62% | 527 | 65.63% | 5 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.12% | -257 | -32.00% | 803 |
| Jackson | 1,387 | 36.62% | 2,354 | 62.14% | 24 | 0.63% | 23 | 0.61% | -967 | -25.53% | 3,788 |
| Josephine | 844 | 40.27% | 1,194 | 56.97% | 41 | 1.96% | 17 | 0.81% | -350 | -16.70% | 2,096 |
| Klamath | 346 | 41.94% | 463 | 56.12% | 8 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.97% | -117 | -14.18% | 825 |
| Lake | 351 | 47.69% | 383 | 52.04% | 2 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -32 | -4.35% | 736 |
| Lane | 2,215 | 44.94% | 2,594 | 52.63% | 75 | 1.52% | 45 | 0.91% | -379 | -7.69% | 4,929 |
| Lincoln | 583 | 50.22% | 557 | 47.98% | 13 | 1.12% | 8 | 0.69% | 26 | 2.24% | 1,161 |
| Linn | 2,064 | 42.06% | 2,736 | 55.76% | 36 | 0.73% | 71 | 1.45% | -672 | -13.69% | 4,907 |
| Malheur | 312 | 31.48% | 654 | 65.99% | 15 | 1.51% | 10 | 1.01% | -342 | -34.51% | 991 |
| Marion | 3,744 | 50.98% | 3,419 | 46.56% | 108 | 1.47% | 73 | 0.99% | 325 | 4.43% | 7,344 |
| Morrow | 586 | 50.96% | 544 | 47.30% | 15 | 1.30% | 5 | 0.43% | 42 | 3.65% | 1,150 |
| Multnomah | 11,824 | 63.53% | 6,453 | 34.67% | 178 | 0.96% | 156 | 0.84% | 5,371 | 28.86% | 18,611 |
| Polk | 1,253 | 47.34% | 1,334 | 50.40% | 22 | 0.83% | 38 | 1.44% | -81 | -3.06% | 2,647 |
| Sherman | 426 | 48.14% | 414 | 46.78% | 7 | 0.79% | 38 | 4.29% | 12 | 1.36% | 885 |
| Tillamook | 691 | 55.59% | 536 | 43.12% | 8 | 0.64% | 8 | 0.64% | 155 | 12.47% | 1,243 |
| Umatilla | 1,859 | 46.46% | 2,083 | 52.06% | 36 | 0.90% | 23 | 0.57% | -224 | -5.60% | 4,001 |
| Union | 1,303 | 37.37% | 2,155 | 61.80% | 19 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.29% | -852 | -24.43% | 3,487 |
| Wallowa | 380 | 36.33% | 642 | 61.38% | 11 | 1.05% | 13 | 1.24% | -262 | -25.05% | 1,046 |
| Wasco | 1,701 | 54.36% | 1,367 | 43.69% | 28 | 0.89% | 33 | 1.05% | 334 | 10.67% | 3,129 |
| Washington | 2,082 | 56.15% | 1,566 | 42.23% | 18 | 0.49% | 42 | 1.13% | 516 | 13.92% | 3,708 |
| Yamhill | 1,782 | 47.85% | 1,736 | 46.62% | 27 | 0.73% | 97 | 2.60% | 46 | 1.24% | 3,724 |
| Totals | 48,779 | 50.07% | 46,739 | 47.98% | 977 | 1.00% | 919 | 0.94% | 3,348 | 3.56% | 97,414 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Lincoln County Leader 29 Oct 1896, page Page 7".
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Oregon
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
- ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 305-308 ISBN 9780804716963