United States presidential election in Vermont, 1896

United States presidential election in Vermont, 1896

November 3, 1896

 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 51,127 10,640
Percentage 80.08% 16.66%

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in Vermont took place on November 3, 1896. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Vermont overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Vermont by a landslide margin of 63.42%.

With 80.08% of the popular vote, Vermont would be McKinley's strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote[1].

Results

United States presidential election in Vermont, 1896[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William McKinley of Ohio Garret Hobart of New Jersey 51,127 80.08% 4 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Arthur Sewall of Maine 10,640 16.66% 0 0.00%
National Democratic John McAuley Palmer of Illinois Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky 1,331 2.08% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Joshua Levering of Maryland Hale Johnson of Illinois 733 1.15% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 16 0.03% 0 0.00%
Total 63,847 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by County

County McKinley Votes Bryan Votes Others Votes Total
Addison County89.2%4,3148.4%4042.5%1204,838
Bennington County80.4%3,08617.1%6562.5%973,839
Caledonia County78.7%3,47416.5%7294.8%2144,417
Chittenden County75.3%4,74322.5%1,4162.3%1436,302
Essex County73.0%87323.2%2773.9%461,196
Franklin County72.2%3,44424.1%1,1503.8%1794,773
Grand Isle County69.0%42625.6%1585.4%33617
Lamoille County80.8%2,06117.3%4402.0%502,551
Orange County80.2%3,06714.8%5675.0%1903,824
Orleans County86.3%3,41211.2%4422.6%1023,956
Rutland County78.0%6,79419.1%1,6612.9%2558,710
Washington County73.1%4,47622.8%1,3964.1%2516,123
Windham County84.1%4,82911.7%6704.2%2405,739
Windsor County88.0%6,1289.7%6742.3%1606,962

References

  1. "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. "1896 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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