1900 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 1900 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1900 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 57,456 44,833
Percentage 53.44% 41.70%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Washington was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. McKinley won the state by a margin of 11.74% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity, recent victory in the Spanish–American War, continued American expansion in the Philippines,[1] and the fading of the Populist revolt of the previous decade ensured that incumbent President McKinley would not have any trouble carrying the state.

McKinley had previously lost Washington to Bryan four years earlier while Bryan would later lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

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General Election Results[2]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Republican Party William McKinley Samuel G. Cosgrove 57,456
Republican Party William McKinley Frank W. Hastings 56,536
Republican Party William McKinley Charles Sweeney 56,263
Republican Party William McKinley John Boyd 56,223
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan N. G. Blalock 44,833
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan George F. Cotterill 44,486
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Joseph G. Helm 44,311
Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Fred Reeves 44,081
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley F. L. Gwinn 2,363
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley G. W. Plummer 2,180
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley H. H. Brown 2,134
Prohibition Party John G. Woolley H. D. Skinner 2,125
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Henry Wieck 2,006
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Lewis Thompson 1,998
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Walter Griggs 1,984
Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Alonzo G. Seibert 1,968
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney H. R. Coulson 866
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney L. S. Thallheimer 788
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney J. B. Schaible 784
Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney L. A. Tennery 775
Votes cast[a] 107,524

Results by county

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County William McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
John G. Woolley
Prohibition
Eugene V. Debs
Social Democratic
Joseph F. Malloney
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 461 44.98% 523 51.02% 30 2.93% 9 0.88% 2 0.20% -62 -6.05% 1,025
Asotin 398 52.37% 328 43.16% 23 3.03% 3 0.39% 8 1.05% 70 9.21% 760
Chehalis 1,850 58.77% 1,081 34.34% 77 2.45% 108 3.43% 32 1.02% 769 24.43% 3,148
Chelan 577 48.98% 573 48.64% 12 1.02% 11 0.93% 5 0.42% 4 0.34% 1,178
Clallam 723 60.45% 407 34.03% 5 0.42% 51 4.26% 10 0.84% 316 26.42% 1,196
Clark 1,668 57.88% 1,025 35.57% 79 2.74% 90 3.12% 20 0.69% 643 22.31% 2,882
Columbia 899 54.72% 706 42.97% 27 1.64% 9 0.55% 2 0.12% 193 11.75% 1,643
Cowlitz 1,171 63.33% 619 33.48% 34 1.84% 16 0.87% 9 0.49% 552 29.85% 1,849
Douglas 516 44.44% 615 52.97% 20 1.72% 9 0.78% 1 0.09% -99 -8.53% 1,161
Ferry 423 33.25% 830 65.25% 8 0.63% 9 0.71% 2 0.16% -407 -32.00% 1,272
Franklin 52 37.41% 81 58.27% 3 2.16% 0 0.00% 3 2.16% -29 -20.86% 139
Garfield 528 52.59% 437 43.53% 18 1.79% 17 1.69% 4 0.40% 91 9.06% 1,004
Island 263 62.62% 123 29.29% 13 3.10% 14 3.33% 7 1.67% 140 33.33% 420
Jefferson 684 61.73% 392 35.38% 19 1.71% 4 0.36% 9 0.81% 292 26.35% 1,108
King 10,218 54.26% 7,804 41.44% 318 1.69% 263 1.40% 229 1.22% 2,414 12.82% 18,832
Kitsap 880 58.43% 489 32.47% 75 4.98% 46 3.05% 16 1.06% 391 25.96% 1,506
Kittitas 1,139 52.88% 934 43.36% 52 2.41% 20 0.93% 9 0.42% 205 9.52% 2,154
Klickitat 906 61.01% 495 33.33% 58 3.91% 22 1.48% 4 0.27% 411 27.68% 1,485
Lewis 1,907 55.40% 1,382 40.15% 94 2.73% 43 1.25% 16 0.46% 525 15.25% 3,442
Lincoln 1,414 45.58% 1,585 51.10% 66 2.13% 30 0.97% 7 0.23% -171 -5.51% 3,102
Mason 514 51.40% 455 45.50% 11 1.10% 13 1.30% 7 0.70% 59 5.90% 1,000
Okanogan 457 38.08% 714 59.50% 10 0.83% 17 1.42% 2 0.17% -257 -21.42% 1,200
Pacific 887 66.74% 393 29.57% 27 2.03% 15 1.13% 7 0.53% 494 37.17% 1,329
Pierce 6,269 59.20% 3,702 34.96% 204 1.93% 296 2.80% 118 1.11% 2,567 24.24% 10,589
San Juan 428 61.49% 245 35.20% 10 1.44% 6 0.86% 7 1.01% 183 26.29% 696
Skagit 1,814 55.90% 1,220 37.60% 65 2.00% 115 3.54% 31 0.96% 594 18.31% 3,245
Skamania 175 45.10% 203 52.32% 4 1.03% 4 1.03% 2 0.52% -28 -7.22% 388
Snohomish 2,961 51.80% 2,478 43.35% 179 3.13% 64 1.12% 34 0.59% 483 8.45% 5,716
Spokane 5,515 49.84% 5,125 46.32% 306 2.77% 81 0.73% 38 0.34% 390 3.52% 11,065
Stevens 1,121 39.95% 1,612 57.45% 38 1.35% 27 0.96% 8 0.29% -491 -17.50% 2,806
Thurston 1,298 54.56% 978 41.11% 36 1.51% 51 2.14% 16 0.67% 320 13.45% 2,379
Wahkiakum 396 61.78% 207 32.29% 10 1.56% 20 3.12% 8 1.25% 189 29.49% 641
Walla Walla 2,119 57.44% 1,480 40.12% 61 1.65% 20 0.54% 9 0.24% 639 17.32% 3,689
Whatcom 2,952 56.62% 1,700 32.60% 145 2.78% 282 5.41% 135 2.59% 1,252 24.01% 5,214
Whitman 2,366 42.52% 2,826 50.78% 180 3.23% 156 2.80% 37 0.66% -460 -8.27% 5,565
Yakima 1,507 55.90% 1,066 39.54% 46 1.71% 65 2.41% 12 0.45% 441 16.36% 2,696
Totals 57,456 53.44% 44,833 41.70% 2,363 2.20% 2,006 1.87% 866 0.81% 12,623 11.74% 107,524

Counties that flipped from Populist to Republican

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

References

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  1. ^ Gates, John M.; ‘Philippine Guerrillas, American Anti-Imperialists, and the Election of 1900’, Pacific Historical Review, vol. 46, no. 1 (February 1977), pp. 51-64
  2. ^ Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 6, 1900.