1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota

The 1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota
November 3, 1896
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Populist
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 193,503 139,735
Percentage 53.77% 40.89%
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President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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Minnesota was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Populist nominees, former Representative William Jennings Bryan and his running mate former Representative Thomas E. Watson.

McKinley won the state by a margin of 12.88%.

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

Results
1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley 193,503 53.77% 9
Democratic/People's William Jennings Bryan 139,735 40.89% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 4,348 1.27% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 3,222 0.94% 0
Socialist Labor Charles Matchett 954 0.28% 0
Totals 341,762 100.00% 9
Voter turnout —

Results by county
Counties carried by McKinley/Hobart
Counties carried by Bryan/Sewall
County William McKinley[2]
Republican		 William Jennings Bryan[2]
Democratic/Peoples		 Joshua Levering[2]
Prohibition		 John McAuley Palmer[2]
National Democratic		 Charles Horatio Matchett[2]
Socialist Labor		 Margin Total votes cast
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #  % #
Aitkin 855 69.46% 344 27.94% 17 1.38% 9 0.73% 6 0.49% 511 41.51% 1,231 AI
Anoka 1,553 64.90% 791 33.05% 24 1.00% 24 1.00% 1 0.04% 762 31.84% 2,393 AN
Becker 1,479 58.81% 985 39.17% 34 1.35% 15 0.60% 2 0.08% 494 19.64% 2,515 BK
Beltrami 202 47.98% 213 50.59% 3 0.71% 3 0.71% 0 0.00% -11 -2.61% 421 BL
Benton 778 46.61% 867 51.95% 8 0.48% 14 0.84% 2 0.12% -89 -5.33% 1,669 BN
Big Stone 1,048 55.72% 742 39.45% 54 2.87% 31 1.65% 6 0.32% 306 16.27% 1,881 BS
Blue Earth 4,055 57.50% 2,744 38.91% 150 2.13% 93 1.32% 10 0.14% 1,311 18.59% 7,052 BE
Brown 1,807 53.41% 1,469 43.42% 42 1.24% 50 1.48% 15 0.44% 338 9.99% 3,383 BR
Carlton 1,169 67.15% 543 31.19% 10 0.57% 13 0.75% 6 0.34% 626 35.96% 1,741 CT
Carver 1,856 58.25% 1,268 39.80% 13 0.41% 44 1.38% 5 0.16% 588 18.46% 3,186 CA
Cass 351 55.63% 271 42.95% 5 0.79% 2 0.32% 2 0.32% 80 12.68% 631 CS
Chippewa 1,310 54.61% 1,037 43.23% 33 1.38% 11 0.46% 8 0.33% 273 11.38% 2,399 CP
Chisago 2,558 84.37% 437 14.41% 18 0.59% 17 0.56% 2 0.07% 2,121 69.95% 3,032 CH
Clay 1,598 44.44% 1,908 53.06% 43 1.20% 38 1.06% 9 0.25% -310 -8.62% 3,596 CY
Cook 81 42.19% 107 55.73% 3 1.56% 1 0.52% 0 0.00% -26 -13.54% 192 CK
Cottonwood 1,242 58.72% 810 38.30% 47 2.22% 16 0.76% 0 0.00% 432 20.43% 2,115 CD
Crow Wing 1,701 59.35% 1,066 37.19% 59 2.06% 29 1.01% 11 0.38% 635 22.16% 2,866 CW
Dakota 2,147 46.41% 2,310 49.94% 90 1.95% 57 1.23% 22 0.48% -163 -3.52% 4,626 DK
Dodge 1,900 65.09% 911 31.21% 86 2.95% 18 0.62% 4 0.14% 989 33.88% 2,919 DO
Douglas 1,966 57.84% 1,350 39.72% 58 1.71% 18 0.53% 7 0.21% 616 18.12% 3,399 DG
Faribault 3,116 71.37% 1,107 25.36% 82 1.88% 59 1.35% 2 0.05% 2,009 46.01% 4,366 FA
Fillmore 4,195 66.05% 1,939 30.53% 167 2.63% 40 0.63% 10 0.16% 2,256 35.52% 6,351 FI
Freeborn 3,400 72.25% 1,179 25.05% 99 2.10% 26 0.55% 2 0.04% 2,221 47.20% 4,706 FB
Goodhue 5,748 77.87% 1,426 19.32% 118 1.60% 78 1.06% 12 0.16% 4,322 58.55% 7,382 GH
Grant 1,002 56.29% 739 41.52% 25 1.40% 9 0.51% 5 0.28% 263 14.78% 1,780 GR
Hennepin 26,786 55.47% 20,515 42.48% 450 0.93% 291 0.60% 246 0.51% 6,271 12.99% 48,288 HN
Houston 2,087 65.92% 991 31.30% 47 1.48% 37 1.17% 4 0.13% 1,096 34.62% 3,166 HS
Hubbard 364 49.73% 344 46.99% 4 0.55% 19 2.60% 1 0.14% 20 2.73% 732 HU
Isanti 1,490 66.52% 750 33.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 740 33.04% 2,240 IS
Itasca 826 52.91% 724 46.38% 5 0.32% 3 0.19% 3 0.19% 102 6.53% 1,561 IT
Jackson 1,558 56.51% 1,150 41.71% 29 1.05% 17 0.62% 3 0.11% 408 14.80% 2,757 JK
Kanabec 484 64.11% 256 33.91% 10 1.32% 5 0.66% 0 0.00% 228 30.20% 755 KA
Kandiyohi 2,181 56.25% 1,638 42.25% 38 0.98% 17 0.44% 3 0.08% 543 14.01% 3,877 KD
Kittson 753 48.36% 762 48.94% 23 1.48% 13 0.83% 6 0.39% -9 -0.58% 1,557 KI
Lac qui Parle 1,620 61.34% 932 35.29% 57 2.16% 21 0.80% 11 0.42% 688 26.05% 2,641 LQ
Lake 595 64.05% 320 34.45% 6 0.65% 5 0.54% 3 0.32% 275 29.60% 929 LK
Le Sueur 2,235 51.16% 2,003 45.85% 65 1.49% 54 1.24% 12 0.27% 232 5.31% 4,369 LS
Lincoln 674 46.90% 703 48.92% 31 2.16% 28 1.95% 1 0.07% -29 -2.02% 1,437 LN
Lyon 1,623 52.83% 1,351 43.98% 67 2.18% 22 0.72% 9 0.29% 272 8.85% 3,072 LY
Marshall 1,200 48.94% 1,222 49.84% 15 0.61% 11 0.45% 4 0.16% -22 -0.90% 2,452 MH
Martin 1,739 54.31% 1,327 41.44% 97 3.03% 30 0.94% 9 0.28% 412 12.87% 3,202 MT
McLeod 1,595 47.73% 1,653 49.46% 43 1.29% 47 1.41% 4 0.12% -58 -1.74% 3,342 MD
Meeker 2,094 56.32% 1,538 41.37% 51 1.37% 23 0.62% 12 0.32% 556 14.95% 3,718 MK
Mille Lacs 977 66.78% 456 31.17% 13 0.89% 13 0.89% 4 0.27% 521 35.61% 1,463 ML
Morrison 1,960 51.77% 1,734 45.80% 51 1.35% 33 0.87% 8 0.21% 226 5.97% 3,786 MR
Mower 3,379 68.83% 1,407 28.66% 85 1.73% 36 0.73% 2 0.04% 1,972 40.17% 4,909 MO
Murray 1,204 52.26% 1,054 45.75% 21 0.91% 22 0.95% 3 0.13% 150 6.51% 2,304 MU
Nicollet 1,803 66.41% 837 30.83% 32 1.18% 42 1.55% 1 0.04% 966 35.58% 2,715 NI
Nobles 1,568 54.84% 1,204 42.11% 48 1.68% 32 1.12% 7 0.24% 364 12.73% 2,859 NO
Norman 1,382 49.61% 1,304 46.81% 83 2.98% 12 0.43% 5 0.18% 78 2.80% 2,786 NR
Olmsted 3,201 62.83% 1,741 34.17% 83 1.63% 66 1.30% 4 0.08% 1,460 28.66% 5,095 OL
Otter Tail 3,544 42.73% 4,482 54.04% 162 1.95% 76 0.92% 30 0.36% -938 -11.31% 8,294 OT
Pine 1,152 55.46% 875 42.13% 13 0.63% 30 1.44% 7 0.34% 277 13.34% 2,077 PN
Pipestone 862 47.49% 919 50.63% 17 0.94% 17 0.94% 0 0.00% -57 -3.14% 1,815 PS
Polk 2,855 35.39% 5,054 62.65% 69 0.86% 54 0.67% 35 0.43% -2,199 -27.26% 8,067 PL
Pope 1,773 70.53% 688 27.37% 43 1.71% 8 0.32% 2 0.08% 1,085 43.16% 2,514 PO
Ramsey 17,522 57.66% 12,048 39.65% 177 0.58% 433 1.42% 207 0.68% 5,474 18.01% 30,387 RM
Redwood 1,818 60.60% 1,123 37.43% 31 1.03% 24 0.80% 4 0.13% 695 23.17% 3,000 RW
Renville 2,553 55.16% 1,978 42.74% 51 1.10% 38 0.82% 8 0.17% 575 12.42% 4,628 RV
Rice 3,483 60.99% 2,002 35.06% 103 1.80% 110 1.93% 13 0.23% 1,481 25.93% 5,711 RC
Rock 1,209 59.85% 765 37.87% 28 1.39% 15 0.74% 3 0.15% 444 21.98% 2,020 RK
Roseau 287 34.66% 527 63.65% 6 0.72% 5 0.60% 3 0.36% -240 -28.99% 828 RS
Scott 1,126 38.31% 1,706 58.05% 29 0.99% 67 2.28% 11 0.37% -580 -19.73% 2,939 SL
Sherburne 1,008 63.92% 536 33.99% 18 1.14% 13 0.82% 2 0.13% 472 29.93% 1,577 SC
Sibley 1,826 57.97% 1,251 39.71% 19 0.60% 47 1.49% 7 0.22% 575 18.25% 3,150 SB
St. Louis 9,810 56.36% 7,412 42.58% 92 0.53% 76 0.44% 16 0.09% 2,398 13.78% 17,406 SY
Stearns 2,873 36.06% 4,911 61.64% 42 0.53% 123 1.54% 18 0.23% -2,038 -25.58% 7,967 ST
Steele 2,046 59.41% 1,248 36.24% 80 2.32% 65 1.89% 5 0.15% 798 23.17% 3,444 SE
Stevens 981 57.40% 685 40.08% 28 1.64% 13 0.76% 2 0.12% 296 17.32% 1,709 SV
Swift 1,273 49.78% 1,222 47.79% 40 1.56% 15 0.59% 7 0.27% 51 1.99% 2,557 SW
Todd 2,043 52.28% 1,739 44.50% 96 2.46% 29 0.74% 1 0.03% 304 7.78% 3,908 TD
Traverse 589 36.65% 963 59.93% 22 1.37% 28 1.74% 5 0.31% -374 -23.27% 1,607 TR
Wabasha 2,530 58.86% 1,630 37.92% 76 1.77% 55 1.28% 7 0.16% 900 20.94% 4,298 WB
Wadena 874 60.65% 534 37.06% 25 1.73% 7 0.49% 1 0.07% 340 23.59% 1,441 WD
Waseca 1,902 58.79% 1,244 38.45% 57 1.76% 29 0.90% 3 0.09% 658 20.34% 3,235 WC
Washington 3,995 70.51% 1,558 27.50% 47 0.83% 58 1.02% 8 0.14% 2,437 43.01% 5,666 WA
Watonwan 1,622 71.99% 586 26.01% 33 1.46% 10 0.44% 2 0.09% 1,036 45.98% 2,253 WW
Wilkin 631 41.30% 855 55.96% 21 1.37% 16 1.05% 5 0.33% -224 -14.66% 1,528 WK
Winona 3,935 51.51% 3,528 46.18% 69 0.90% 89 1.17% 18 0.24% 407 5.33% 7,639 WN
Wright 3,312 59.37% 2,172 38.93% 49 0.88% 37 0.66% 9 0.16% 1,140 20.43% 5,579 WR
Yellow Medicine 1,578 58.92% 1,015 37.90% 63 2.35% 21 0.78% 1 0.04% 563 21.02% 2,678 YM
Totals193,50756.62%139,73540.89%4,3481.27%3,2220.94%9540.28%53,77215.73%341,766MN

See also

References
  1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Minnesota
  2. "Popular Vote for President, 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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