1900 United States presidential election in Connecticut

The 1900 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1900 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 102,572 74,014
Percentage 56.92% 41.07%


President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Connecticut overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Connecticut by a margin of 15.85% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

Bryan had previous lost Connecticut to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

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1900 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William McKinley of Ohio (incumbent) Theodore Roosevelt of New York 102,572 56.92% 6 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois 74,014 41.07% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Granville Woolley of Illinois Henry Brewer Metcalf of Rhode Island 1,617 0.90% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Job Harriman of California 1,029 0.57% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Joseph Francis Malloney of Massachusetts Valentine Remmel of Pennsylvania 908 0.50% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 55 0.03% 0 0.00%
Total 180,195 100.00% 6 100.00%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1900 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.