United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1900

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1900

November 6, 1900

 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai E. Stevenson
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 238,866 156,997
Percentage 57.59% 37.85%

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1900 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 6, 1900. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Massachusetts by a margin of 19.74% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

Results

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1900[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William McKinley of Ohio Theodore Roosevelt of New York 238,866 57.59% 15 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois 156,997 37.85% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Job Harriman of California 9,607 2.32% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Granville Woolley of Illinois Henry Brewer Metcalf of Rhode Island 6,202 1.50% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Joseph Francis Malloney of Massachusetts Valentine Remmel of Pennsylvania 2,599 0.86% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 533 0.13% 0 0.00%
Total 414,804 100.00% 15 100.00%

References

  1. "1900 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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