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1896 United States presidential election in Alabama

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1896 United States presidential election in Alabama

← 1892 November 3, 1896 1900 →
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 130,298 55,673
Percentage 66.96% 28.61%

County results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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

Alabama was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 38.35%.

Despite losing by more than a two-to-one margin, this would prove the last time a Republican won Colbert County until Richard Nixon in 1972.[1]

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

Results

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1896 United States presidential election in Alabama[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 106,209 54.58% 11
Populist William Jennings Bryan 24,089 12.38% 0
Total William Jennings Bryan 130,298 66.96% 11
Republican William McKinley 55,673 28.61% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 6,375 3.28% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 2,234 1.15% 0
Totals 194,580 100.00% 11
Voter turnout

Results by county

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County William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
John M. Palmer[3]
National Democratic
Joshua Levering[3]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
Autauga 1,281 76.25% 289 17.20% 99 5.89% 11 0.65% 992 59.05% 1,680
Baldwin 726 61.47% 404 34.21% 34 2.88% 17 1.44% 322 27.27% 1,181
Barbour 2,657 59.87% 1,437 32.38% 315 7.10% 29 0.65% 1,220 27.49% 4,438
Bibb 1,516 67.83% 650 29.08% 39 1.74% 30 1.34% 866 38.75% 2,235
Blount 2,422 47.39% 2,619 51.24% 40 0.78% 30 0.59% −197 −3.85% 5,111
Bullock 1,867 67.57% 749 27.11% 131 4.74% 16 0.58% 1,118 40.46% 2,763
Butler 1,809 65.31% 846 30.54% 88 3.18% 27 0.97% 963 34.77% 2,770
Calhoun 2,788 64.90% 1,222 28.45% 171 3.98% 115 2.68% 1,566 36.45% 4,296
Chambers 2,010 63.67% 1,057 33.48% 63 2.00% 27 0.86% 953 30.19% 3,157
Cherokee 1,776 71.47% 602 24.23% 89 3.58% 18 0.72% 1,174 47.24% 2,485
Chilton 1,131 74.65% 310 20.46% 52 3.43% 22 1.45% 821 54.19% 1,515
Choctaw 1,485 78.03% 357 18.76% 50 2.63% 11 0.58% 1,128 59.27% 1,903
Clarke 2,243 80.34% 502 17.98% 25 0.90% 22 0.79% 1,741 62.36% 2,792
Clay 1,410 71.90% 489 24.94% 37 1.89% 25 1.27% 921 46.97% 1,961
Cleburne 993 65.37% 472 31.07% 21 1.38% 33 2.17% 521 34.30% 1,519
Coffee 1,494 88.72% 114 6.77% 52 3.09% 24 1.43% 1,380 81.95% 1,684
Colbert 1,658 47.12% 1,754 49.84% 93 2.64% 14 0.40% −96 −2.73% 3,519
Conecuh 931 46.36% 881 43.87% 155 7.72% 41 2.04% 50 2.49% 2,008
Coosa 1,293 68.78% 499 26.54% 49 2.61% 39 2.07% 794 42.23% 1,880
Covington 1,097 91.57% 69 5.76% 16 1.34% 16 1.34% 1,028 85.81% 1,198
Crenshaw 1,808 77.56% 330 14.16% 164 7.04% 28 1.20% 1,478 63.41% 2,331
Cullman 1,202 66.19% 447 24.61% 140 7.71% 27 1.49% 755 41.57% 1,816
Dale 2,155 83.27% 289 11.17% 94 3.63% 50 1.93% 1,866 72.10% 2,588
Dallas 4,091 87.56% 519 11.11% 52 1.11% 10 0.21% 3,572 76.46% 4,672
DeKalb 1,586 51.06% 1,446 46.56% 46 1.48% 28 0.90% 140 4.51% 3,106
Elmore 1,923 55.47% 1,379 39.78% 119 3.43% 46 1.33% 544 15.69% 3,467
Escambia 914 61.01% 482 32.18% 82 5.47% 20 1.34% 432 28.84% 1,498
Etowah 1,782 63.64% 873 31.18% 109 3.89% 36 1.29% 909 32.46% 2,800
Fayette 1,222 71.21% 441 25.70% 39 2.27% 14 0.82% 781 45.51% 1,716
Franklin 1,108 67.52% 483 29.43% 33 2.01% 17 1.04% 625 38.09% 1,641
Geneva 1,246 92.16% 46 3.40% 39 2.88% 21 1.55% 1,200 88.76% 1,352
Greene 1,864 77.47% 503 20.91% 24 1.00% 15 0.62% 1,361 56.57% 2,406
Hale 2,906 73.40% 933 23.57% 77 1.94% 43 1.09% 1,973 49.84% 3,959
Henry 3,060 75.99% 675 16.76% 246 6.11% 46 1.14% 2,385 59.23% 4,027
Jackson 3,556 81.21% 675 15.41% 117 2.67% 31 0.71% 2,881 65.79% 4,379
Jefferson 8,819 67.67% 3,394 26.04% 450 3.45% 369 2.83% 5,425 41.63% 13,032
Lamar 1,263 67.79% 509 27.32% 69 3.70% 22 1.18% 754 40.47% 1,863
Lauderdale 2,300 67.97% 1,024 30.26% 45 1.33% 15 0.44% 1,276 37.71% 3,384
Lawrence 1,248 41.48% 1,685 56.00% 31 1.03% 45 1.50% −437 −14.52% 3,009
Lee 1,737 51.06% 1,491 43.83% 133 3.91% 41 1.21% 246 7.23% 3,402
Limestone 1,812 53.58% 1,520 44.94% 27 0.80% 23 0.68% 292 8.63% 3,382
Lowndes 3,001 81.35% 642 17.40% 40 1.08% 6 0.16% 2,359 63.95% 3,689
Macon 1,043 76.52% 259 19.00% 56 4.11% 5 0.37% 784 57.52% 1,363
Madison 4,056 60.06% 2,548 37.73% 103 1.53% 46 0.68% 1,508 22.33% 6,753
Marengo 3,168 79.80% 764 19.24% 25 0.63% 13 0.33% 2,404 60.55% 3,970
Marion 1,201 69.46% 502 29.03% 23 1.33% 3 0.17% 699 40.43% 1,729
Marshall 1,944 76.72% 520 20.52% 37 1.46% 33 1.30% 1,424 56.20% 2,534
Mobile 3,948 53.66% 2,778 37.76% 482 6.55% 149 2.03% 1,170 15.90% 7,357
Montgomery 2,653 63.17% 977 23.26% 526 12.52% 44 1.05% 1,676 39.90% 4,200
Morgan 2,128 55.46% 1,462 38.10% 195 5.08% 52 1.36% 666 17.36% 3,837
Perry 2,682 84.10% 463 14.52% 34 1.07% 10 0.31% 2,219 69.58% 3,189
Pickens 2,210 88.26% 211 8.43% 66 2.64% 17 0.68% 1,999 79.83% 2,504
Pike 2,077 63.44% 862 26.33% 292 8.92% 43 1.31% 1,215 37.11% 3,274
Randolph 1,442 62.13% 802 34.55% 55 2.37% 22 0.95% 640 27.57% 2,321
Russell 1,645 66.98% 773 31.47% 35 1.43% 3 0.12% 872 35.50% 2,456
Shelby 1,582 58.23% 1,051 38.68% 65 2.39% 19 0.70% 531 19.54% 2,717
St. Clair 1,604 70.38% 603 26.46% 47 2.06% 25 1.10% 1,001 43.92% 2,279
Sumter 1,834 52.44% 1,459 41.72% 186 5.32% 18 0.51% 375 10.72% 3,497
Talladega 1,854 64.78% 922 32.22% 49 1.71% 40 1.40% 932 32.56% 2,862
Tallapoosa 2,691 75.53% 685 19.23% 106 2.98% 81 2.27% 2,006 56.30% 3,563
Tuscaloosa 2,151 66.27% 965 29.73% 79 2.43% 51 1.57% 1,186 36.54% 3,246
Walker 1,248 52.15% 1,101 46.01% 22 0.92% 22 0.92% 147 6.14% 2,393
Washington 642 69.63% 224 24.30% 46 4.99% 10 1.08% 418 45.34% 922
Wilcox 2,956 96.95% 45 1.48% 45 1.48% 3 0.10% 2,911 95.47% 3,049
Winston 349 36.78% 589 62.07% 6 0.63% 5 0.53% −240 −25.29% 949
Monroe[a] 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 0 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Totals 130,298 66.96% 55,673 28.61% 6,375 3.28% 2,234 1.15% 74,625 38.35% 194,578

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ No returns for Monroe County were given in the Register and no explanations were given as to where the county's voters were recorded.

References

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  1. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 143–147 ISBN 0786422173.
  2. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Alabama
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
  4. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 133–138 ISBN 9780804716963.