1896 United States presidential election in Florida

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

Main article: 1896 United States presidential election
United States presidential election in Florida, 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 4 0
Popular vote 32,756 11,298
Percentage 70.46% 24.30%
President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Elections in Florida
Government

Florida was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine.

Results
United States presidential election in Florida, 1896[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic/Populist William Jennings Bryan 32,756 70.46% 4
Republican William McKinley 11,298 24.30% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 1,778 3.82% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 656 1.41% 0
Totals 46,488 100.00% 4
Voter turnout —

Results by county
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic		 William McKinley
Republican		 Various candidates
Other parties[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin Total votes cast[2]
County # % # % # % # % #
Alachua 1,517 67.57% 645 28.73% 83 3.70% 872 38.84% 2,245
Baker 182 61.49% 33 11.15% 81 27.36% 149 50.34% 296
Bradford 750 69.38% 176 16.28% 155 14.34% 574 53.10% 1,081
Brevard 490 54.32% 337 37.36% 75 8.31% 153 16.96% 902
Calhoun 182 63.64% 52 18.18% 52 18.18% 130 45.45% 286
Citrus 327 79.76% 35 8.54% 48 11.71% 292 71.22% 410
Clay 333 54.50% 230 37.64% 48 7.86% 103 16.86% 611
Columbia 750 71.98% 228 21.88% 64 6.14% 522 50.10% 1,042
Dade 369 46.59% 368 46.46% 55 6.94% 1 0.13% 792
De Soto 515 54.73% 198 21.04% 228 24.23% 317 33.69% 941
Duval 1,852 50.14% 1,462 39.58% 380 10.29% 390 10.56% 3,694
Escambia 1,254 75.18% 233 13.97% 181 10.85% 1,021 61.21% 1,668
Franklin 286 62.72% 146 32.02% 24 5.26% 140 30.70% 456
Gadsden 577 82.90% 66 9.48% 53 7.61% 511 73.42% 696
Hamilton 500 76.22% 74 11.28% 82 12.50% 426 64.94% 656
Hernando 208 74.82% 37 13.31% 33 11.87% 171 61.51% 278
Hillsborough 2,115 72.96% 584 20.14% 200 6.90% 1,531 52.81% 2,899
Holmes 309 65.19% 51 10.76% 114 24.05% 258 54.43% 474
Jackson 1,238 76.70% 285 17.66% 91 5.64% 953 59.05% 1,614
Jefferson 1,894 86.60% 242 11.07% 51 2.33% 1,652 75.54% 2,187
Lafayette 354 91.71% 13 3.37% 19 4.92% 341 88.34% 386
Lake 830 68.03% 302 24.75% 88 7.21% 528 43.28% 1,220
Lee 212 67.95% 74 23.72% 26 8.33% 138 44.23% 312
Leon 1,270 79.77% 247 15.52% 75 4.71% 1,023 64.26% 1,592
Levy 434 69.33% 113 18.05% 79 12.62% 321 51.28% 626
Liberty 108 57.75% 42 22.46% 37 19.79% 66 35.29% 187
Madison 872 81.80% 144 13.51% 50 4.69% 728 68.29% 1,066
Manatee 405 63.78% 135 21.26% 95 14.96% 270 42.52% 635
Marion 1,107 59.17% 480 25.65% 284 15.18% 627 33.51% 1,871
Monroe 397 43.82% 369 40.73% 140 15.45% 28 3.09% 906
Nassau 508 53.14% 310 32.43% 138 14.44% 198 20.71% 956
Orange 1,045 60.06% 565 32.47% 130 7.47% 480 27.59% 1,740
Osceola 242 59.02% 118 28.78% 50 12.20% 124 30.24% 410
Pasco 456 81.14% 70 12.46% 36 6.41% 386 68.68% 562
Polk 962 63.50% 279 18.42% 274 18.09% 683 45.08% 1,515
Putnam 954 50.37% 816 43.08% 124 6.55% 138 7.29% 1,894
St. John's 680 57.87% 431 36.68% 64 5.45% 249 21.19% 1,175
Santa Rosa 527 81.20% 50 7.70% 72 11.09% 477 73.50% 649
Sumter 441 67.95% 89 13.71% 119 18.34% 352 54.24% 649
Suwannee 881 77.28% 196 17.19% 63 5.53% 685 60.09% 1,140
Taylor 179 60.88% 31 10.54% 84 28.57% 148 50.34% 294
Volusia 682 46.52% 635 43.32% 149 10.16% 47 3.21% 1,466
Wakulla 650 92.20% 35 4.96% 20 2.84% 615 87.23% 705
Walton 541 73.01% 129 17.41% 71 9.58% 412 55.60% 741
Washington 298 55.08% 143 26.43% 100 18.48% 155 28.65% 541
Totals30,68366.03%11,29824.31%4,4859.65%19,38541.72%46,466

Notes
  1. Some of these votes are votes for William Jennings Bryan on the “Populist” line, but the source used does not provide precise county data.

References
  1. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Florida
  2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 156-161 ISBN 9780804716963
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