United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1896

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1896
November 3, 1896

 
Nominee William J. Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 174,408 155,122
Percentage 52.64% 46.82%
President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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

North Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Five electors cast their Vice Presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson.

Results

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1896[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 174,408 52.64% 11
Republican William McKinley 155,122 46.82% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 635 0.19% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 578 0.17% 0
Write-ins Scattered 372 0.11% 0
National Prohibition Charles Bentley 222 0.07% 0
Totals 331,337 100.00% 11
Voter turnout —

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