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1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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Field	Value
election_name	1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
country	Pennsylvania
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1892 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
previous_year	1892
next_election	1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
next_year	1900
election_date	November 3, 1896
image_size	x200px
image1	William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	William McKinley
party1	Republican Party (United States)
home_state1	Ohio
running_mate1	Garret Hobart
electoral_vote1	32
popular_vote1	728,300
percentage1	60.98%
image2	William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	William Jennings Bryan
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
alliance2	Populist
Silver
home_state2	Nebraska
running_mate2	Arthur Sewall
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	433,228
percentage2	36.27%
map_image	Pennsylvania Presidential Election Results 1896.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
title	President
before_election	Grover Cleveland
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	William McKinley
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 1896 United States presidential election

Silver McKinley Bryan A presidential election was held in Pennsylvania on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.71%.

Bryan would lose Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Republican	William McKinley	728,300	60.98%	32
Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	422,054	35.34%	0
Populist	William Jennings Bryan	6,103	0.51%	0
Silver	William Jennings Bryan	5,071	0.42%	0
Total	William Jennings Bryan	433,228	36.27%	0
Prohibition	Joshua Levering	19,274	1.61%	0
National Democratic	John M. Palmer	11,000	0.92%	0
Socialist Labor	Charles H. Matchett	1,683	0.14%	0
National Prohibition	Charles E. Bentley	870	0.07%	0
Totals	1,172,355	100.00%	32

Results by county

County	William McKinley
Republican	William Jennings Bryan
Democratic	Joshua Levering
Prohibition	John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic	Various candidates
Other parties	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	728,300	60.98%	427,125	35.76%	19,274	1.61%	11,000	0.92%	2,553	0.21%	301,175	25.22%	1,194,355
	Adams		4,170		50.95%		3,794		46.35%		101		1.23%		98		1.20%		2		0.02%		376		4.59%		8,185
	Allegheny		76,691		70.90%		28,782		26.61%		930		0.86%		452		0.42%		292		0.27%		47,909		44.29%		108,174
	Armstrong		6,325		61.12%		3,796		36.68%		168		1.62%		22		0.21%		9		0.09%		2,529		24.44%		10,349
	Beaver		6,842		59.95%		4,040		35.40%		202		1.77%		37		0.32%		9		0.08%		2,802		24.55%		11,412
	Bedford		4,983		57.17%		3,582		41.10%		73		0.84%		47		0.54%		8		0.09%		1,401		16.07%		8,716
	Berks		14,318		43.28%		18,099		54.71%		233		0.70%		416		1.26%		16		0.05%		-3,781		-11.43%		33,082
	Blair		10,382		65.50%		4,775		30.12%		385		2.43%		167		1.05%		77		0.49%		5,607		35.37%		15,851
	Bradford		9,422		66.04%		4,388		30.76%		381		2.67%		58		0.41%		18		0.13%		5,034		35.28%		14,267
	Bucks		9,798		57.61%		6,685		39.31%		197		1.16%		312		1.83%		15		0.09%		3,113		18.30%		17,007
	Butler		6,821		55.42%		5,048		41.01%		285		2.32%		26		0.21%		49		0.40%		1,773		14.41%		12,308
	Cambria		8,865		55.33%		6,665		41.60%		211		1.32%		81		0.51%		22		0.14%		2,200		13.73%		16,022
	Cameron		925		59.60%		566		36.47%		41		2.64%		9		0.58%		2		0.13%		359		23.13%		1,552
	Carbon		4,534		53.93%		3,584		42.63%		127		1.51%		130		1.55%		7		0.08%		950		11.30%		8,407
	Centre		4,880		49.93%		4,531		46.36%		251		2.57%		93		0.95%		4		0.04%		349		3.57%		9,774
	Chester		14,232		67.80%		6,041		28.78%		368		1.75%		246		1.17%		86		0.41%		8,191		39.02%		20,990
	Clarion		3,338		43.57%		4,061		53.00%		204		2.66%		20		0.26%		3		0.04%		-723		-9.44%		7,662
	Clearfield		7,395		50.97%		6,370		43.91%		555		3.83%		91		0.63%		7		0.05%		1,025		7.07%		14,508
	Clinton		3,486		51.23%		3,051		44.84%		158		2.32%		104		1.53%		3		0.04%		435		6.39%		6,804
	Columbia		3,280		37.77%		4,888		56.29%		418		4.81%		77		0.89%		5		0.06%		-1,608		-18.52%		8,684
	Crawford		7,851		47.26%		8,383		50.47%		285		1.72%		50		0.30%		42		0.25%		-532		-3.20%		16,611
	Cumberland		6,178		52.30%		5,187		43.91%		324		2.74%		102		0.86%		6		0.05%		991		8.39%		11,812
	Dauphin		14,752		66.84%		6,510		29.50%		466		2.11%		263		1.19%		4		0.02%		8,242		37.35%		22,069
	Delaware		13,979		75.27%		4,161		22.40%		184		0.99%		184		0.99%		56		0.30%		9,818		52.86%		18,572
	Elk		2,807		49.57%		2,707		47.80%		87		1.54%		44		0.78%		8		0.14%		100		1.77%		5,663
	Erie		11,819		54.74%		8,695		40.27%		336		1.56%		193		0.89%		34		0.16%		3,124		14.47%		21,592
	Fayette		9,268		51.33%		8,301		45.98%		355		1.97%		60		0.33%		23		0.13%		967		5.36%		18,055
	Forest		1,224		57.74%		805		37.97%		85		4.01%		6		0.28%		0		0.00%		419		19.76%		2,120
	Franklin		6,747		58.81%		4,414		38.48%		158		1.38%		139		1.21%		3		0.03%		2,333		20.34%		11,472
	Fulton		1,083		45.83%		1,240		52.48%		24		1.02%		8		0.34%		2		0.08%		-157		-6.64%		2,363
	Greene		2,453		36.41%		4,144		61.51%		61		0.91%		20		0.30%		5		0.07%		-1,691		-25.10%		6,737
	Huntingdon		4,969		66.06%		2,203		29.29%		150		1.99%		97		1.29%		1		0.01%		2,766		36.77%		7,522
	Indiana		5,818		66.11%		2,201		25.01%		186		2.11%		27		0.31%		18		0.20%		3,617		41.10%		8,801
	Jefferson		5,500		57.18%		3,545		36.85%		407		4.23%		35		0.36%		6		0.06%		1,955		20.32%		9,619
	Juniata		2,059		52.03%		1,810		45.74%		44		1.11%		35		0.88%		0		0.00%		249		6.29%		3,957
	Lackawanna		18,737		59.28%		11,826		37.42%		808		2.56%		112		0.35%		75		0.24%		6,911		21.87%		31,605
	Lancaster		24,337		72.67%		8,145		24.32%		479		1.43%		498		1.49%		31		0.09%		16,192		48.35%		33,490
	Lawrence		6,228		65.13%		2,836		29.66%		285		2.98%		13		0.14%		23		0.24%		3,392		35.47%		9,562
	Lebanon		7,288		70.60%		2,796		27.09%		213		2.06%		0		0.00%		7		0.07%		4,492		43.51%		10,323
	Lehigh		9,507		48.90%		9,359		48.14%		206		1.06%		325		1.67%		36		0.19%		148		0.76%		19,443
	Luzerne		22,718		55.08%		17,163		41.61%		810		1.96%		304		0.74%		111		0.27%		5,555		13.47%		41,248
	Lycoming		8,097		48.58%		7,256		43.53%		1,031		6.19%		167		1.00%		33		0.20%		841		5.05%		16,668
	McKean		5,077		59.59%		2,921		34.28%		308		3.62%		55		0.65%		6		0.07%		2,156		25.31%		8,520
	Mercer		7,262		55.53%		5,500		42.06%		270		2.06%		31		0.24%		14		0.11%		1,762		13.47%		13,077
	Mifflin		2,662		54.22%		2,048		41.71%		118		2.40%		76		1.55%		2		0.04%		614		12.51%		4,910
	Monroe		1,447		31.80%		2,881		63.30%		133		2.92%		79		1.74%		5		0.11%		-1,434		-31.51%		4,551
	Montgomery		17,329		61.25%		9,985		35.29%		333		1.18%		606		2.14%		41		0.14%		7,344		25.96%		28,294
	Montour		1,384		42.65%		1,733		53.41%		58		1.79%		56		1.73%		0		0.00%		-349		-10.76%		3,245
	Northampton		9,762		47.59%		10,032		48.91%		326		1.59%		360		1.76%		31		0.15%		-270		-1.32%		20,511
	Northumberland		8,659		51.68%		7,332		43.76%		574		3.43%		120		0.72%		36		0.21%		1,327		7.92%		16,756
	Perry		3,537		57.23%		2,464		39.87%		106		1.72%		54		0.87%		6		0.10%		1,073		17.36%		6,180
	Philadelphia		176,462		72.06%		63,323		25.86%		993		0.41%		3,115		1.27%		994		0.41%		113,139		46.20%		244,887
	Pike		778		40.10%		1,120		57.73%		11		0.57%		25		1.29%		3		0.15%		-342		-17.63%		1,940
	Potter		3,281		55.83%		2,079		35.38%		118		2.01%		28		0.48%		4		0.07%		1,202		20.45%		5,877
	Schuylkill		17,045		52.60%		14,671		45.27%		244		0.75%		359		1.11%		14		0.04%		2,374		7.33%		32,407
	Snyder		2,572		64.66%		1,330		33.43%		32		0.80%		23		0.58%		0		0.00%		1,242		31.22%		3,978
	Somerset		5,861		70.45%		2,277		27.37%		147		1.77%		14		0.17%		2		0.02%		3,584		43.08%		8,319
	Sullivan		1,215		46.02%		1,282		48.56%		92		3.48%		29		1.10%		4		0.15%		-67		-2.54%		2,640
	Susquehanna		5,310		56.73%		3,421		36.55%		386		4.12%		36		0.38%		10		0.11%		1,889		20.18%		9,360
	Tioga		7,922		71.42%		2,360		21.28%		258		2.33%		72		0.65%		12		0.11%		5,562		50.14%		11,092
	Union		2,585		65.63%		1,134		28.79%		114		2.89%		54		1.37%		0		0.00%		1,451		36.84%		3,939
	Venango		5,133		49.82%		4,380		42.51%		531		5.15%		32		0.31%		9		0.09%		753		7.31%		10,304
	Warren		4,846		58.70%		3,048		36.92%		312		3.78%		32		0.39%		17		0.21%		1,798		21.78%		8,255
	Washington		10,798		57.93%		7,245		38.87%		348		1.87%		83		0.45%		27		0.14%		3,553		19.06%		18,640
	Wayne		3,708		56.59%		2,459		37.53%		345		5.27%		21		0.32%		5		0.08%		1,249		19.06%		6,552
	Westmoreland		14,928		56.23%		10,723		40.39%		357		1.34%		90		0.34%		142		0.53%		4,205		15.84%		26,546
	Wyoming		2,373		53.24%		1,916		42.99%		113		2.54%		17		0.38%		3		0.07%		457		10.25%		4,457
	York		12,258		47.04%		13,028		49.99%		375		1.44%		365		1.40%		8		0.03%		-770		-2.95%		26,060

References

David Leip. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
"Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896".
Robinson, Edgar Eugene; ''The Presidential Vote 1896-1932'', pp. 309-313 {{ISBN. 9780804716963

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