1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wisconsin during the Third Party System was a Republican-leaning but competitive state whereby historically anti-Civil War German Catholic counties stood opposed to highly pro-war and firmly Republican Yankee areas.[1] The German Catholics’ Democratic loyalties were related to their opposition to Republican pietism and to the fact that during the Civil War, they had been extremely hostile to Abraham Lincoln’s wartime draft policies which often singled them out.[1]
Early polls always had Wisconsin strong for Republican nominee William McKinley, with his supporters saying it would be one of the most Republican states despite voting Democratic in 1892.[6] During his fall tour of the Midwest, Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan made fifteen speeches, but was disturbed by a member of McKinley's club,[7] who attempted to mob Bryan in Janesville.[8]
As it turned out, McKinley would carry Wisconsin handsomely by over one hundred thousand votes and by a margin of 22.93%. Wisconsin would be McKinley's strongest state outside the Northeast.[9]
Bryan would lose Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | William McKinley | 268,135 | 59.93% | 12 | |
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 165,523 | 37.00% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 7,507 | 1.68% | 0 | |
National Democratic | John M. Palmer
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4,584 | 1.02% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 1,314 | 0.29% | 0 | |
National Prohibition | Charles E. Bentley
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346 | 0.08% | 0 | |
Totals | 447,409 | 100.0% | 12 |
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 | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,432 | 76.74% | 391 | 20.95% | 27 | 1.45% | 16 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,041 | 55.79% | 1,866 |
Ashland | 2,738 | 59.70% | 1,743 | 38.01% | 60 | 1.31% | 26 | 0.57% | 19 | 0.41% | 995 | 21.70% | 4,586 |
Barron | 2,772 | 64.74% | 1,324 | 30.92% | 155 | 3.62% | 27 | 0.63% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,448 | 33.82% | 4,282 |
Bayfield | 2,244 | 72.57% | 770 | 24.90% | 59 | 1.91% | 13 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,474 | 47.67% | 3,092 |
Brown | 5,436 | 57.51% | 3,841 | 40.64% | 88 | 0.93% | 69 | 0.73% | 18 | 0.19% | 1,595 | 16.87% | 9,452 |
Buffalo | 2,301 | 61.89% | 1,302 | 35.02% | 61 | 1.64% | 51 | 1.37% | 3 | 0.08% | 999 | 26.87% | 3,718 |
Burnett | 800 | 67.51% | 349 | 29.45% | 28 | 2.36% | 4 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.34% | 451 | 38.06% | 1,185 |
Calumet | 1,547 | 44.53% | 1,869 | 53.80% | 28 | 0.81% | 27 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.09% | -322 | -9.27% | 3,474 |
Chippewa | 3,601 | 54.09% | 2,929 | 44.00% | 84 | 1.26% | 35 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.12% | 672 | 10.09% | 6,657 |
Clark | 3,328 | 69.41% | 1,318 | 27.49% | 97 | 2.02% | 39 | 0.81% | 13 | 0.27% | 2,010 | 41.92% | 4,795 |
Columbia | 4,845 | 63.57% | 2,380 | 31.23% | 280 | 3.67% | 108 | 1.42% | 9 | 0.12% | 2,465 | 32.34% | 7,622 |
Crawford | 2,323 | 59.61% | 1,509 | 38.72% | 38 | 0.98% | 24 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.08% | 814 | 20.89% | 3,897 |
Dane | 9,080 | 56.10% | 6,521 | 40.29% | 410 | 2.53% | 159 | 0.98% | 16 | 0.10% | 2,559 | 15.81% | 16,186 |
Dodge | 5,610 | 51.55% | 4,900 | 45.03% | 120 | 1.10% | 236 | 2.17% | 16 | 0.15% | 710 | 6.52% | 10,882 |
Door | 2,402 | 71.30% | 895 | 26.57% | 49 | 1.45% | 21 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,507 | 44.73% | 3,369 |
Douglas | 4,274 | 61.45% | 2,527 | 36.33% | 96 | 1.38% | 48 | 0.69% | 10 | 0.14% | 1,747 | 25.12% | 6,955 |
Dunn | 3,370 | 67.94% | 1,418 | 28.59% | 131 | 2.64% | 33 | 0.67% | 8 | 0.16% | 1,952 | 39.35% | 4,960 |
Eau Claire | 4,522 | 63.42% | 2,364 | 33.16% | 186 | 2.61% | 52 | 0.73% | 6 | 0.08% | 2,158 | 30.27% | 7,130 |
Florence | 488 | 78.08% | 129 | 20.64% | 6 | 0.96% | 2 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 359 | 57.44% | 625 |
Fond du Lac | 6,174 | 54.15% | 4,933 | 43.27% | 157 | 1.38% | 128 | 1.12% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,241 | 10.89% | 11,401 |
Forest | 406 | 68.01% | 172 | 28.81% | 15 | 2.51% | 2 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.34% | 234 | 39.20% | 597 |
Grant | 5,315 | 57.40% | 3,683 | 39.77% | 188 | 2.03% | 67 | 0.72% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,632 | 17.62% | 9,260 |
Green | 3,093 | 54.72% | 2,339 | 41.38% | 158 | 2.80% | 53 | 0.94% | 9 | 0.16% | 754 | 13.34% | 5,652 |
Green Lake | 2,103 | 55.69% | 1,568 | 41.53% | 61 | 1.62% | 32 | 0.85% | 12 | 0.32% | 535 | 14.17% | 3,776 |
Iowa | 3,115 | 57.42% | 2,060 | 37.97% | 174 | 3.21% | 61 | 1.12% | 15 | 0.28% | 1,055 | 19.45% | 5,425 |
Iron | 1,288 | 72.04% | 472 | 26.40% | 26 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.11% | 816 | 45.64% | 1,788 |
Jackson | 2,710 | 74.57% | 778 | 21.41% | 98 | 2.70% | 39 | 1.07% | 9 | 0.25% | 1,932 | 53.16% | 3,634 |
Jefferson | 4,344 | 52.61% | 3,504 | 42.44% | 138 | 1.67% | 263 | 3.19% | 8 | 0.10% | 840 | 10.17% | 8,257 |
Juneau | 2,832 | 61.49% | 1,671 | 36.28% | 59 | 1.28% | 35 | 0.76% | 9 | 0.20% | 1,161 | 25.21% | 4,606 |
Kenosha | 2,827 | 60.54% | 1,732 | 37.09% | 40 | 0.86% | 62 | 1.33% | 9 | 0.19% | 1,095 | 23.45% | 4,670 |
Kewaunee | 1,835 | 51.11% | 1,649 | 45.93% | 14 | 0.39% | 91 | 2.53% | 1 | 0.03% | 186 | 5.18% | 3,590 |
La Crosse | 6,297 | 64.58% | 3,058 | 31.36% | 161 | 1.65% | 225 | 2.31% | 10 | 0.10% | 3,239 | 33.22% | 9,751 |
Lafayette | 2,919 | 54.74% | 2,236 | 41.94% | 114 | 2.14% | 59 | 1.11% | 4 | 0.08% | 683 | 12.81% | 5,332 |
Langlade | 1,457 | 58.80% | 956 | 38.58% | 23 | 0.93% | 38 | 1.53% | 4 | 0.16% | 501 | 20.22% | 2,478 |
Lincoln | 1,706 | 47.69% | 1,802 | 50.38% | 44 | 1.23% | 21 | 0.59% | 4 | 0.11% | -96 | -2.68% | 3,577 |
Manitowoc | 4,430 | 51.57% | 3,919 | 45.62% | 62 | 0.72% | 164 | 1.91% | 16 | 0.19% | 511 | 5.95% | 8,591 |
Marathon | 3,958 | 49.62% | 3,829 | 48.00% | 70 | 0.88% | 87 | 1.09% | 33 | 0.41% | 129 | 1.62% | 7,977 |
Marinette | 4,277 | 68.26% | 1,867 | 29.80% | 81 | 1.29% | 29 | 0.46% | 12 | 0.19% | 2,410 | 38.46% | 6,266 |
Marquette | 1,476 | 62.84% | 827 | 35.21% | 25 | 1.06% | 20 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.04% | 649 | 27.63% | 2,349 |
Milwaukee | 35,939 | 55.85% | 26,536 | 41.24% | 640 | 0.99% | 520 | 0.81% | 709 | 1.10% | 9,403 | 14.61% | 64,344 |
Monroe | 3,683 | 59.46% | 2,361 | 38.12% | 103 | 1.66% | 35 | 0.57% | 12 | 0.19% | 1,322 | 21.34% | 6,194 |
Oconto | 2,836 | 67.08% | 1,290 | 30.51% | 59 | 1.40% | 35 | 0.83% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,546 | 36.57% | 4,228 |
Oneida | 1,453 | 70.64% | 563 | 27.37% | 27 | 1.31% | 14 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 890 | 43.27% | 2,057 |
Outagamie | 5,433 | 55.42% | 4,096 | 41.78% | 139 | 1.42% | 106 | 1.08% | 30 | 0.31% | 1,337 | 13.64% | 9,804 |
Ozaukee | 1,535 | 42.79% | 1,947 | 54.28% | 30 | 0.84% | 62 | 1.73% | 13 | 0.36% | -412 | -11.49% | 3,587 |
Pepin | 1,301 | 72.48% | 436 | 24.29% | 37 | 2.06% | 19 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.11% | 865 | 48.19% | 1,795 |
Pierce | 3,724 | 69.79% | 1,412 | 26.46% | 156 | 2.92% | 38 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.11% | 2,312 | 43.33% | 5,336 |
Polk | 2,861 | 74.56% | 891 | 23.22% | 61 | 1.59% | 23 | 0.60% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,970 | 51.34% | 3,837 |
Portage | 3,537 | 53.81% | 2,890 | 43.97% | 82 | 1.25% | 54 | 0.82% | 10 | 0.15% | 647 | 9.84% | 6,573 |
Price | 1,448 | 70.22% | 550 | 26.67% | 37 | 1.79% | 19 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.39% | 898 | 43.55% | 2,062 |
Racine | 5,849 | 57.61% | 3,975 | 39.15% | 213 | 2.10% | 104 | 1.02% | 12 | 0.12% | 1,874 | 18.46% | 10,153 |
Richland | 2,636 | 54.03% | 2,098 | 43.00% | 129 | 2.64% | 16 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | 11.03% | 4,879 |
Rock | 8,282 | 67.46% | 3,655 | 29.77% | 237 | 1.93% | 86 | 0.70% | 17 | 0.14% | 4,627 | 37.69% | 12,277 |
Sauk | 4,623 | 60.95% | 2,611 | 34.42% | 242 | 3.19% | 97 | 1.28% | 12 | 0.16% | 2,012 | 26.53% | 7,585 |
Sawyer | 514 | 56.30% | 369 | 40.42% | 28 | 3.07% | 2 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 145 | 15.88% | 913 |
Shawano | 3,035 | 64.16% | 1,594 | 33.70% | 54 | 1.14% | 32 | 0.68% | 15 | 0.32% | 1,441 | 30.47% | 4,730 |
Sheboygan | 6,644 | 62.50% | 3,327 | 31.30% | 90 | 0.85% | 247 | 2.32% | 323 | 3.04% | 3,317 | 31.20% | 10,631 |
St. Croix | 3,462 | 56.38% | 2,475 | 40.31% | 158 | 2.57% | 38 | 0.62% | 7 | 0.11% | 987 | 16.07% | 6,140 |
Taylor | 1,387 | 64.51% | 710 | 33.02% | 20 | 0.93% | 27 | 1.26% | 6 | 0.28% | 677 | 31.49% | 2,150 |
Trempealeau | 3,306 | 67.66% | 1,394 | 28.53% | 152 | 3.11% | 24 | 0.49% | 10 | 0.20% | 1,912 | 39.13% | 4,886 |
Vernon | 4,393 | 71.35% | 1,627 | 26.43% | 102 | 1.66% | 28 | 0.45% | 7 | 0.11% | 2,766 | 44.92% | 6,157 |
Vilas | 754 | 62.01% | 443 | 36.43% | 8 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.16% | 311 | 25.58% | 1,216 |
Walworth | 5,347 | 70.41% | 1,894 | 24.94% | 282 | 3.71% | 57 | 0.75% | 14 | 0.18% | 3,453 | 45.47% | 7,594 |
Washburn | 771 | 73.29% | 250 | 23.76% | 21 | 2.00% | 8 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.19% | 521 | 49.52% | 1,052 |
Washington | 2,877 | 53.19% | 2,404 | 44.44% | 31 | 0.57% | 86 | 1.59% | 11 | 0.20% | 473 | 8.74% | 5,409 |
Waukesha | 5,411 | 60.93% | 3,192 | 35.95% | 162 | 1.82% | 108 | 1.22% | 7 | 0.08% | 2,219 | 24.99% | 8,880 |
Waupaca | 5,472 | 75.19% | 1,577 | 21.67% | 129 | 1.77% | 65 | 0.89% | 35 | 0.48% | 3,895 | 53.52% | 7,278 |
Waushara | 3,210 | 84.36% | 456 | 11.98% | 102 | 2.68% | 27 | 0.71% | 10 | 0.26% | 2,754 | 72.38% | 3,805 |
Winnebago | 7,898 | 59.23% | 5,089 | 38.17% | 211 | 1.58% | 101 | 0.76% | 35 | 0.26% | 2,809 | 21.07% | 13,334 |
Wood | 2,839 | 58.99% | 1,877 | 39.00% | 54 | 1.12% | 31 | 0.64% | 12 | 0.25% | 962 | 19.99% | 4,813 |
Totals | 268,135 | 59.93% | 165,523 | 37.00% | 7,507 | 1.68% | 4,584 | 1.02% | 1,660 | 0.37% | 102,612 | 22.93% | 447,409 |
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ISBN 0807813281
- ^ Hill, Perry C.; ‘Wisconsin Votes for President’, The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Autumn, 1952), pp. 11-16
- ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 384
- ISBN 9781585444502
- ^ ‘ Good News for McKinley Leaders: Strong in the Great West – Wisconsin Solid for the Ohio Man’; San Francisco Chronicle, August 13, 1896, p. 5
- ^ ‘Bryan in Wisconsin: Fifteen Short Speeches to the Badger State Voters’; The Washington Post, October 31, 1896, p. 3
- Boston Daily Globe, October 31, 1896, p. 3
- ^ "1896 Presidential General Election Data – National by State". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)