1896 United States presidential election in California

Main article: 1896 United States presidential election
1896 United States presidential election in California
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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 8 1
Popular vote 146,688 144,766
Percentage 49.16% 48.51%
County Results
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Grover Cleveland
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William McKinley
Republican

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The 1896 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Governor William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former Nebraska representative William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.65%.

Eight of the state's electoral votes were awarded to McKinley, while one was awarded to Bryan. This was the third occasion in which California's electoral vote was split, rather than being awarded to a single candidate. The previous two occasions were in 1880 and 1892. Such a split would only subsequently occur in California one more time (in 1912).[1]

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

Results

General Election Results[2]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party William McKinley Duncan E. McKinley 146,688
Republican Party William McKinley Irving M. Scott 146,133
Republican Party William McKinley Claus Spreckels 145,886
Republican Party William McKinley Howell A. Powell 145,812
Republican Party William McKinley Julius M. Walling 145,631
Republican Party William McKinley George M. Francis 145,590
Republican Party William McKinley Joseph S. Spear Jr. 145,587
Republican Party William McKinley Elwood Cooper 145,474
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan J. W. Martin 144,766[a]
Republican Party William McKinley Thomas Flint 144,618
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan J. V. Webster 144,185[b]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan William Craig 144,113[c]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan Jo Hamilton 143,959[d]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan D. T. Fowler 143,913[e]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan S. I. Allard 143,874[f]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan M. R. Merritt 143,725[g]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan C. W. Thresher 143,664[h]
Democratic Party & People's Party William Jennings Bryan Daniel McKay 143,024[i]
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering W. R. Goodwin 2,573
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering B. F. Taylor 2,562
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering Stephen Bowers 2,500
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering Elam Biggs 2,491
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering Dr. P. McCargar 2,481
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering Robert Thompson 2,480
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering M. J. Hall 2,446
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering R. H. Young 2,445
Prohibition Party Joshua Levering H. H. Luse 2,444
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer James K. O'Brien 2,006
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer Clay W. Taylor 1,730
Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Matchett Emil Liess 1,611
Socialist Labor Party Charles H. Matchett Lemuel D. Biddle 1,564
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer John Rosenfeld 1,563
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer Thomas B. Bond 1,532
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer Jeremiah Lynch 1,529
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer Charles Anderson 1,510
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer John Roth 1,476
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer Robert Y. Hayne 1,472
National Democratic Party John M. Palmer L. B. Hakes 1,411
National Party Charles E. Bentley John Bidwell 1,047
National Party Charles E. Bentley William Kelly 947
National Party Charles E. Bentley Henry French 931
National Party Charles E. Bentley R. F. Burns 922
National Party Charles E. Bentley F. W. Hooper 896
National Party Charles E. Bentley J. M. Glass 890
National Party Charles E. Bentley W. H. Bone 860
National Party Charles E. Bentley F. Hilton 855
National Party Charles E. Bentley Jesse Yarnell 834
Write-in Scattering 4
Votes cast[j] 298,419

Results by county

County William McKinley
Republican 		William Jennings Bryan
Democratic & People's 		Joshua Levering
Prohibition 		John M. Palmer
National Democratic 		Charles H. Matchett
Socialist Labor 		Charles E. Bentley
National 		Scattering
Write-in 		Margin Total votes cast[k]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Alameda 13,429 60.43% 8,394 37.77% 132 0.59% 111 0.50% 101 0.45% 56 0.25% 0 0.00% 5.035 22.66% 22,223
Alpine 40 49.38% 39 48.15% 1 1.23% 1 1.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 1.23% 81
Amador 1,144 44.39% 1,398 54.25% 20 0.78% 4 0.16% 2 0.08% 9 0.35% 0 0.00% -254 -9.86% 2,577
Butte 2,075 48.31% 2,120 49.36% 20 0.47% 42 0.98% 6 0.14% 32 0.75% 0 0.00% -45 -1.05% 4,295
Calaveras 1,541 49.92% 1,518 49.17% 5 0.16% 11 0.36% 7 0.23% 5 0.16% 0 0.00% 23 0.75% 3,087
Colusa 581 30.86% 1,250 66.38% 10 0.53% 31 1.65% 9 0.48% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% -689 -35.53% 1,883
Contra Costa 1,834 56.10% 1,381 42.25% 14 0.43% 15 0.46% 4 0.12% 21 0.64% 0 0.00% 453 13.86% 3,269
Del Norte 345 49.50% 334 47.92% 7 1.00% 9 1.29% 2 0.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 11 1.58% 697
El Dorado 1,130 39.54% 1,674 58.57% 16 0.56% 14 0.49% 7 0.24% 17 0.59% 0 0.00% -544 -19.03% 2,858
Fresno 2,686 40.22% 3,790 56.75% 85 1.27% 47 0.70% 39 0.58% 12 0.48% 0 0.00% -1,104 -16.53% 6,679
Glenn 479 36.54% 825 62.93% 1 0.08% 2 0.15% 2 0.15% 2 0.15% 0 0.00% -346 -26.39% 1,311
Humboldt 3,142 55.37% 2,465 43.44% 32 0.56% 19 0.33% 8 0.14% 9 0.16% 0 0.00% 677 11.93% 5,675
Inyo 286 34.01% 532 63.26% 10 1.19% 6 0.71% 2 0.24% 5 0.59% 0 0.00% -246 -29.25% 841
Kern 1,430 43.80% 1,763 54.00% 28 0.86% 26 0.80% 12 0.37% 6 0.18% 0 0.00% -333 -10.20% 3,265
Kings 673 43.06% 862 55.15% 13 0.83% 6 0.38% 2 0.13% 6 0.38% 1 0.06% -189 -12.09% 1,563
Lake 546 38.00% 854 59.43% 20 1.39% 10 0.70% 0 0.14% 5 0.35% 0 0.00% -308 -21.43% 1,437
Lassen 420 43.66% 528 54.89% 3 0.31% 5 0.52% 3 0.31% 3 0.31% 0 0.00% -108 -11.23% 962
Los Angeles 16,891 49.62% 16,043 47.13% 787 2.31% 131 0.38% 108 0.32% 82 0.24% 0 0.00% 848 2.49% 34,042
Madera 452 37.32% 739 61.02% 13 1.07% 4 0.33% 1 0.08% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% -287 -23.70% 1,211
Marin 1,448 61.41% 874 37.07% 3 0.13% 7 0.30% 21 0.89% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 574 24.34% 2,358
Mariposa 563 39.68% 829 58.42% 7 0.49% 18 1.27% 0 0.00% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% -266 -18.75% 1,419
Mendocino 2,093 48.92% 2,120 49.56% 24 0.56% 28 0.65% 3 0.07% 10 0.23% 0 0.00% -27 -0.63% 4,278
Merced 653 36.24% 1,117 61.99% 15 0.83% 5 0.28% 4 0.22% 8 0.44% 0 0.00% -464 -25.75% 1,802
Modoc 300 33.00% 588 64.69% 9 0.99% 7 0.77% 4 0.44% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% -288 -31.68% 909
Mono 259 44.27% 315 53.85% 1 0.17% 8 1.37% 1 0.17% 1 0.17% 0 0.00% -56 -9.57% 585
Monterey 1,878 45.82% 2,149 52.43% 21 0.51% 20 0.49% 11 0.27% 20 0.49% 0 0.00% -271 -6.61% 4,099
Napa 2,032 57.03% 1,472 41.31% 23 0.65% 18 0.51% 8 0.22% 9 0.25% 1 0.03% 560 15.72% 3,563
Nevada 1,985 44.76% 2,360 53.21% 32 0.72% 26 0.59% 10 0.23% 22 0.50% 0 0.00% -375 -8.46% 4,435
Orange 1,932 51.06% 1,712 45.24% 99 2.62% 24 0.63% 2 0.05% 15 0.40% 0 0.00% 220 5.81% 3,784
Placer 1,890 51.41% 1,721 46.82% 8 0.22% 14 0.38% 9 0.24% 34 0.92% 0 0.00% 169 4.60% 3,676
Plumas 678 53.47% 575 45.35% 7 0.55% 6 0.47% 0 0.00% 2 0.16% 0 0.00% 103 8.12% 1,268
Riverside 2,063 53.06% 1,684 43.31% 112 2.88% 18 0.46% 4 0.10% 7 0.18% 0 0.00% 379 9.75% 3,888
Sacramento 4,600 47.68% 4,831 50.07% 49 0.51% 71 0.74% 58 0.60% 39 0.40% 0 0.00% -231 -2.39% 9,648
San Benito 729 42.48% 956 55.71% 7 0.41% 8 0.47% 6 0.35% 10 0.58% 0 0.00% -227 -13.23% 1,716
San Bernardino 2,818 48.54% 2,740 47.20% 188 3.24% 26 0.45% 12 0.21% 21 0.36% 0 0.00% 78 1.34% 5,805
San Diego 3,631 46.86% 3,908 50.44% 96 1.24% 23 0.30% 71 0.92% 19 0.25% 0 0.00% -277 -3.58% 7,748
San Francisco 31,041 49.20% 30,649 48.58% 109 0.17% 320 0.51% 784 1.24% 183 0.29% 0 0.00% 392 0.62% 63,086
San Joaquin 3,500 48.83% 3,500 48.83% 54 0.75% 46 0.64% 31 0.43% 36 0.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 7,167
San Luis Obispo 1,671 43.74% 2,056 53.82% 39 1.02% 22 0.58% 8 0.21% 24 0.63% 0 0.00% -385 10.08% 3,820
San Mateo 1,607 61.10% 987 37.53% 14 0.53% 12 0.46% 8 0.30% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 620 23.57% 2,630
Santa Barbara 2,004 49.48% 1,916 47.31% 60 1.48% 41 1.01% 20 0.49% 9 0.22% 0 0.00% 88 2.17% 4,050
Santa Clara 6,315 53.51% 5,191 43.99% 68 0.58% 41 0.35% 82 0.69% 104 0.88% 0 0.00% 1,124 9.52% 11,801
Santa Cruz 1,969 48.24% 1,960 48.02% 46 1.13% 56 1.37% 23 0.56% 28 0.69% 0 0.00% 9 0.22% 4,082
Shasta 1,210 37.55% 1,936 60.09% 20 0.62% 38 1.18% 9 0.28% 9 0.28% 0 0.00% -726 -22.53% 3,222
Sierra 707 56.61% 527 42.19% 6 0.48% 6 0.48% 0 0.00% 3 0.24% 0 0.00% 180 14.41% 1,249
Siskiyou 1,473 44.98% 1,724 52.64% 7 0.21% 37 1.13% 6 0.18% 26 0.79% 2 0.06% -251 -7.66% 3,275
Solano 2,702 53.19% 2,284 44.96% 27 0.53% 44 0.87% 10 0.20% 13 0.26% 0 0.00% 418 8.23% 5,080
Sonoma 4,053 51.86% 3,595 46.00% 28 0.36% 84 1.07% 31 0.40% 25 0.32% 0 0.00% 458 5.86% 7,816
Stanislaus 1,007 40.92% 1,398 56.81% 14 0.57% 22 0.89% 1 0.04% 19 0.77% 0 0.00% -391 -15.89% 2,461
Sutter 796 51.89% 713 46.48% 12 0.78% 11 0.72% 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 0 0.00% 83 5.41% 1,534
Tehama 969 45.39% 1,135 53.16% 11 0.52% 8 0.37% 2 0.09% 10 0.47% 0 0.00% -166 -7.78% 2,135
Trinity 502 46.44% 545 50.42% 4 0.37% 26 2.41% 2 0.19% 2 0.19% 0 0.00% -43 -3.98% 1,081
Tulare 1,410 33.80% 2,673 64.07% 35 0.84% 10 0.24% 31 0.74% 13 0.31% 0 0.00% -1,263 -30.27% 4,172
Tuolumne 834 38.06% 1,308 59.70% 24 1.10% 16 0.73% 5 0.23% 4 0.18% 0 0.00% -474 -21.63% 2,191
Ventura 1,533 50.41% 1,465 47.55% 35 1.14% 14 0.45% 9 0.29% 5 0.16% 0 0.00% 88 2.86% 3,081
Yolo 1,485 44.84% 1,753 52.93% 32 0.97% 33 1.00% 4 0.12% 5 0.15% 0 0.00% -268 -8.09% 3,312
Yuba 1,204 53.82% 991 44.30% 10 0.45% 22 0.98% 4 0.18% 6 0.27% 0 0.00% 213 9.52% 2,237
Total 146,688 49.16% 144,766 48.51% 2,573 0.86% 1,730 0.58% 1,611 0.54% 1,047 0.35% 4 0.00% 1,922 0.64% 298,419

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ^ 123,143 on the Democratic ticket and 21,623 on the Populist ticket
  2. ^ 122,451 on the Democratic ticket and 21,734 on the Populist ticket
  3. ^ 122,507 on the Democratic ticket and 21,606 on the Populist ticket
  4. ^ 122,333 on the Democratic ticket and 21,626 on the Populist ticket
  5. ^ 122,330 on the Democratic ticket and 21,583 on the Populist ticket
  6. ^ 122,289 on the Democratic ticket and 21,585 on the Populist ticket
  7. ^ 122,208 on the Democratic ticket and 21,517 on the Populist ticket
  8. ^ 122,245 on the Democratic ticket and 21,419 on the Populist ticket
  9. ^ 121,457 on the Democratic ticket and 21,567 on the Populist ticket
  10. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  11. ^ Based on the highest elector on each ticket

References

  1. ^ "DIVIDED ELECTORAL VOTES". Newspapers.com. The Boston Globe. November 11, 1912. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Statement of the Vote of California at the General Election, Held November 3, 1896. Sacramento, California. p. 3. Retrieved July 4, 2024.