1896 United States presidential election in Nevada
November 3, 1896
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist
Silver
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall (Democratic)
Thomas E. Watson (Populist)		 Garret Hobart
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 8,376 1,938
Percentage 81.21% 18.79%
County Results
Bryan
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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.

Nevada was won by the 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 in term remains as of 2023 the strongest of any presidential nominee in the history of Nevada.

With 81.21% of the popular vote, Utah 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.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Nevada[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic/Populist/Silver William Jennings Bryan 8,376[lower-alpha 1] 81.21% 3
Republican William McKinley 1,938 18.79% 0
Totals 10,314 100.00% 3
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County William Jennings Bryan
Democratic/Populist[lower-alpha 2]		 William McKinley
Republican		 Margin Total votes cast[3]
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
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 311 88.60% 8 2.28% 319 88.60% 40 11.40% 271 77.21% 351
Totals7,80275.64%5745.57%8,37681.21%1,93818.79%6,43862.42%10,314

Notes

  1. ↑ Bryan vote comprised 7,802 votes on the Democratic ticket and 574 votes on the Populist ticket.
  2. ↑ 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.

References

  1. ↑ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nevada
  3. ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 268-270 ISBN 9780804716963
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