The 1896 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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 County Results
Bryan 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
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Nevada was won by the Silver and Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 62.42%, which to date remains the strongest of any presidential nominee in the history of Nevada.
With 81.21% of the popular vote, Nevada would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only after Mississippi, South Carolina, Colorado and neighboring Utah.[1]
Bryan would later defeat McKinley in the state four years later and would also later defeat William Howard Taft in the state in 1908. This election was the first time ever that the presidential candidate that won Nevada carried all counties in Nevada. This was also the first time that Ormsby County backed a Democratic candidate.
Results
edit| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party & Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan[a] | Benjamin F. Leete | 7,802 | |
| Democratic Party & Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan[a] | George Russell | 7,758 | |
| Democratic Party & Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan[a] | Joseph R. Ryan | 7,722 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Allen C. Bragg | 1,938 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | J. A. Lewis | 1,917 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Z. Pierce | 1,906 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[b] | Charles H. Steele | 574 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[b] | George E. Peckham | 549 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[b] | H. C. Dangberg | 546 | |
| Votes cast[c] | 10,314 | |||
Results by county
edit| William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist[d] |
William McKinley Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[e] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Churchill | 153 | 75.36% | 3 | 1.47% | 156 | 76.85% | 47 | 23.15% | 109 | 53.69% | 203 |
| Douglas | 180 | 40.90% | 85 | 19.31% | 265 | 60.23% | 175 | 39.77% | 90 | 20.45% | 440 |
| Elko | 942 | 82.77% | 69 | 6.06% | 1,011 | 88.84% | 127 | 11.16% | 884 | 77.68% | 1,138 |
| Esmeralda | 384 | 82.40% | 13 | 2.79% | 397 | 85.19% | 69 | 14.81% | 328 | 70.39% | 466 |
| Eureka | 533 | 92.69% | 20 | 3.48% | 553 | 96.17% | 22 | 3.83% | 531 | 92.35% | 575 |
| Humboldt | 715 | 84.41% | 34 | 4.01% | 749 | 88.43% | 98 | 11.57% | 651 | 76.86% | 847 |
| Lander | 479 | 90.38% | 15 | 2.83% | 494 | 93.21% | 36 | 6.79% | 458 | 86.42% | 530 |
| Lincoln | 813 | 92.70% | 34 | 3.88% | 847 | 96.58% | 30 | 3.42% | 817 | 93.16% | 877 |
| Lyon | 450 | 75.63% | 32 | 5.38% | 482 | 81.01% | 113 | 18.99% | 369 | 62.02% | 595 |
| Nye | 215 | 89.58% | 13 | 5.42% | 228 | 95.00% | 12 | 5.00% | 216 | 90.00% | 240 |
| Ormsby | 550 | 64.71% | 16 | 1.88% | 566 | 66.59% | 284 | 33.41% | 282 | 33.18% | 850 |
| Storey | 1,075 | 70.67% | 74 | 4.87% | 1,149 | 75.54% | 372 | 24.46% | 777 | 51.08% | 1,521 |
| Washoe | 1,010 | 60.08% | 158 | 9.40% | 1,168 | 69.48% | 513 | 30.52% | 655 | 38.96% | 1,681 |
| White Pine | 303 | 86.32% | 8 | 2.28% | 311 | 88.60% | 40 | 11.40% | 271 | 77.21% | 351 |
| Totals | 7,802 | 75.64% | 574 | 5.57% | 8,376 | 81.21% | 1,938 | 18.79% | 6,438 | 62.42% | 10,314 |
Counties that flipped from Populist to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editNotes
edit- ^ a b c and Arthur Sewall for Vice President
- ^ a b c and Thomas E. Watson for Vice President
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Bryan vote on Democratic line is in left two columns, vote on Populist line in middle two columns, and total vote in two rightmost columns.
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
References
edit- ^ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1895-1896. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 49. Retrieved July 9, 2024.