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Presidential election · 1896

1896 electoral map

William McKinley (Republican) won the 1896 presidential election with 271 electoral votes to William Jennings Bryan's 176. McKinley carried 23 of the 45 states that took part.
Winner
William McKinley
271
Democratic
William Jennings Bryan
176
official Electoral College count
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  • Some electoral votes were split within states, cast by faithless electors or not counted, so the coloured states do not add up exactly to the official totals shown here. Each state is coloured by the party that won most of its electors.

States won in 1896

William Jennings Bryan· Democratic
22 states
Missouri 17Texas 15Georgia 13Tennessee 12Virginia 12Alabama 11North Carolina 11Kansas 10Mississippi 9South Carolina 9Arkansas 8Louisiana 8Nebraska 8Colorado 4Florida 4South Dakota 4Washington 4Idaho 3Montana 3Nevada 3Utah 3Wyoming 3
William McKinley· Republican
23 states
New York 36Pennsylvania 32Illinois 24Ohio 23Indiana 15Massachusetts 15Michigan 14Iowa 13Kentucky 13Wisconsin 12New Jersey 10California 9Minnesota 9Maryland 8Connecticut 6Maine 6West Virginia 6New Hampshire 4Oregon 4Rhode Island 4Vermont 4Delaware 3North Dakota 3

Electoral College in 1896

45 states held 447 electoral votes in 1896. The largest prize was New York with 36 electoral votes.

Compare with every other election, see electoral votes by state today, or draw your own 2028 map.

Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1896 election article.