1900 United States presidential election in Illinois

The 1900 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1900 United States presidential election in Illinois

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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 24 0
Popular vote 597,985 503,061
Percentage 52.83% 44.44%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Illinois was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. McKinley won the state by a margin of 8.39% 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.

Illinois was the tipping-point-state in the 1900 presidential election.

Bryan had previous lost Illinois 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 Illinois[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley (inc.) 597,985 52.83% 24
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 503,061 44.44% 0
Prohibition John G. Woolley 17,626 1.56% 0
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 9,687 0.86% 0
Socialist Labor Joseph F. Malloney 1,373 0.12% 0
Populist Wharton Barker 1,141 0.10% 0
Union Reform Seth H. Ellis 672 0.06% 0
United Christian Jonah Leonard 352 0.03% 0
Totals 1,131,897 100.00% 24
Voter turnout

Chicago results

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1900 United States presidential election in Chicago[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican William McKinley 182,485 50.06%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 174,178 47.78%
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 5,073 1.39%
Prohibition John G. Woolley 2,330 0.64%
Socialist Labor Joseph F. Malloney 291 0.08%
Populist Wharton Barker 188 0.05%
Totals 364,545 100.00%

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Illinois
  2. ^ "CITY VOTE CLOSE ON LOCAL TICKET". The Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1900. Retrieved August 11, 2023.