United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1896

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United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1896

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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 58,801 9,313
Percentage 85.30% 13.51%

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1896. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 71.79%.

Results

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1896[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Arthur Sewall of Maine 58,801 85.30% 9 100.00%
Republican William McKinley of Ohio Garret Hobart of New Jersey 9,313 13.51% 0 0.00%
style="background-color: Template:National Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[National Democratic Party (United States)|Template:National Democratic Party (United States)/meta/shortname]] John McAuley Palmer of Illinois Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky 824 1.20% 0 0.00%
Total 68,938 100.00% 9 100.00%

References

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