1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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

1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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NomineeWilliam Jennings BryanWilliam McKinley
PartyDemocraticRepublican
AlliancePopulist-
Home stateNebraskaOhio
Running mateArthur Sewall (Democratic)
Thomas E. Watson (People's)
Garret Hobart
Electoral vote80
Popular vote110,10337,512
Percentage73.72%25.12%

County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

This election marks the establishment of one-party hegemony in every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy where Republicans would control local government permanently.[1] The new secret ballot and an onerous poll tax had already severely reduced black and poor white voting at the time of this election,[2] in the process largely eliminating opposition party challenges.

Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Three electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. They defeated Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 48.6%.

Bryan would later defeat McKinley again in Arkansas four years later and would later win the state against William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

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1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas[3]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticWilliam Jennings Bryan110,10373.72%8
RepublicanWilliam McKinley37,51225.12%0
National ProhibitionCharles Eugene Bentley8930.60%0
ProhibitionJoshua Levering8390.56%0
Totals149,347100.00%8
Voter turnout

Results by county

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1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county[4][5]
CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
Charles Eugene Bentley
National Prohibition
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%
Arkansas1,17567.45%55031.57%60.34%110.63%62535.88%1,742
Ashley1,76078.05%40517.96%180.80%723.19%1,35560.09%2,255
Baxter98078.78%26221.06%00.00%20.16%71857.72%1,244
Benton3,54883.15%68516.05%130.30%210.49%2,86367.10%4,267
Boone1,73074.50%57324.68%60.26%130.56%1,15749.83%2,322
Bradley97683.70%18515.87%30.26%20.17%79167.84%1,166
Calhoun91080.53%21619.12%20.18%20.18%69461.42%1,130
Carroll1,79066.08%87532.30%230.85%210.78%91533.78%2,709
Chicot41855.00%25833.95%172.24%678.82%16021.05%760
Clark1,91067.61%83329.49%572.02%250.88%1,07738.12%2,825
Clay1,53775.57%47523.35%100.49%120.59%1,06252.21%2,034
Cleburne1,04789.79%1089.26%70.60%40.34%93980.53%1,166
Cleveland1,26983.71%23115.24%80.53%80.53%1,03868.47%1,516
Columbia2,15979.76%53719.84%40.15%70.26%1,62259.92%2,707
Conway2,25576.99%65622.40%70.24%110.38%1,59954.59%2,929
Craighead1,89084.98%32914.79%20.09%30.13%1,56170.19%2,224
Crawford1,87058.46%1,31140.98%80.25%100.31%55917.47%3,199
Crittenden62569.99%25828.89%50.56%50.56%36741.10%893
Cross90880.14%22419.77%00.00%10.09%68460.37%1,133
Dallas1,03267.98%47931.55%50.33%20.13%55336.43%1,518
Desha39655.31%29040.50%212.93%91.26%10614.80%716
Drew1,75474.07%60325.46%50.21%60.25%1,15148.61%2,368
Faulkner2,04475.31%55620.49%60.23%80.31%1,48854.83%2,714
Franklin1,74678.19%42418.99%251.12%381.70%1,32259.20%2,233
Fulton1,25978.93%33320.88%20.13%10.06%92658.06%1,595
Garland1,46565.29%70331.33%401.78%361.60%76233.96%2,244
Grant80186.04%12513.43%20.21%30.32%67672.61%931
Greene1,62785.63%26213.79%70.37%40.21%1,36571.84%1,900
Hempstead1,83259.79%1,20339.26%100.33%190.62%62920.53%3,064
Hot Spring1,33180.96%29217.76%90.55%120.73%1,03963.20%1,644
Howard1,39282.42%29417.41%10.06%20.12%1,09865.01%1,689
Independence2,08978.06%56721.19%90.34%110.41%1,52256.88%2,676
Izard1,50782.98%28515.69%110.61%130.72%1,22267.29%1,816
Jackson1,58572.64%58826.95%00.00%90.41%99745.69%2,182
Jefferson1,65360.11%1,05038.18%270.98%200.73%60321.93%2,750
Johnson1,83178.55%49121.06%30.13%60.26%1,34057.49%2,331
Lafayette60858.69%42340.83%20.19%30.29%18517.86%1,036
Lawrence1,67981.78%33716.42%231.12%140.68%1,34265.37%2,053
Lee1,94688.41%2139.68%231.04%190.86%1,73378.74%2,201
Lincoln1,02681.11%23618.66%20.16%10.08%79062.45%1,265
Little River85274.80%27323.97%70.61%70.61%57950.83%1,139
Logan1,78665.16%94634.51%60.22%30.11%84030.65%2,741
Lonoke2,30083.27%43715.82%120.43%130.47%1,86367.45%2,762
Madison1,68956.64%1,26042.25%160.54%170.57%42914.39%2,982
Marion1,21276.90%33621.32%251.59%30.19%87655.58%1,576
Miller1,07365.07%56534.26%60.36%50.30%50830.81%1,649
Mississippi81582.74%16817.06%20.20%00.00%64765.69%985
Monroe1,01964.01%43627.39%774.84%603.77%58336.62%1,592
Montgomery1,00882.08%22017.92%00.00%00.00%78864.17%1,228
Nevada1,66977.66%46921.82%40.19%70.33%1,20055.84%2,149
Newton65946.94%73352.21%40.28%80.57%-74-5.27%1,404
Ouachita1,36656.77%1,02942.77%20.08%90.37%33714.01%2,406
Perry67875.25%21724.08%40.44%20.22%46151.17%901
Phillips1,08554.85%81541.20%432.17%351.77%27013.65%1,978
Pike86478.69%23121.04%20.18%10.09%63357.65%1,098
Poinsett57280.34%13018.26%30.42%70.98%44262.08%712
Polk1,00494.10%514.78%40.37%80.75%95389.32%1,067
Pope2,31574.75%76224.60%130.42%70.23%1,55350.15%3,097
Prairie1,14564.22%63335.50%30.17%20.11%51228.72%1,783
Pulaski3,02161.73%1,75435.84%741.51%450.92%1,26725.89%4,894
Randolph1,91586.03%30713.79%40.18%00.00%1,60872.24%2,226
St. Francis1,08770.13%45529.35%20.12%00.00%63240.77%1,550
Saline1,41784.00%26815.89%311.99%60.38%1,14968.11%1,687
Scott1,26080.72%26416.91%20.15%20.15%99663.81%1,561
Searcy61545.35%73754.35%120.33%170.46%-122-9.00%1,356
Sebastian2,62271.64%1,00927.57%40.30%30.22%1,61344.07%3,660
Sevier1,16686.82%17012.66%10.06%20.12%99674.16%1,343
Sharp1,38385.58%23014.23%30.19%50.32%1,15371.35%1,616
Stone72880.26%17218.96%50.55%20.22%55661.30%907
Union1,74989.37%1487.56%291.48%311.58%1,60181.81%1,957
Van Buren84667.90%37430.02%201.61%60.48%47237.88%1,246
Washington3,20872.17%1,19726.93%170.38%230.52%2,01145.24%4,445
White2,87683.12%55916.16%170.49%80.23%2,31766.97%3,460
Woodruff1,47870.15%62029.43%50.24%40.19%85840.72%2,107
Yell2,26173.29%81226.32%40.13%80.26%1,44946.97%3,085
Totals[a]110,10373.65%37,51225.09%8920.60%8890.60%72,59148.56%149,496

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Totals from Géoelections differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas and The Presidential Vote.

References

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  1. ^ See Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger. Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. p. 32. ISBN 1557282005.
  2. ^ Perman, Michael. Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908. p. 65. ISBN 0807860255.
  3. ^ "Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 139–145. ISBN 9780804716963.
  5. ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)