1900 United States presidential election in Maine
November 6, 1900
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 65,412[lower-alpha 1] 36,822[lower-alpha 1]
Percentage 61.89% 34.84%
County Results
President before election

William McKinley
Republican

 Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1900 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1900 as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maine overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Maine by a margin of 27.85% in this rematch of the 1896 United States presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory. Nonetheless, Bryan’s narrow victory in Knox County was the only occasion between 1884 and 1908 that a Democrat carried any of Maine’s counties, and one of only two such cases[lower-alpha 2] between 1856 and 1908 inclusive.[1]

With 61.89% of the popular vote, Maine would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont and North Dakota.[2]

Bryan had previous lost Maine to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1900 United States presidential election in Maine[3][lower-alpha 1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican William McKinley of Ohio Theodore Roosevelt of New York 65,412 61.89% 6 100.00%
Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Adlai Ewing Stevenson I of Illinois 36,822 34.84% 0 0.00%
Prohibition John Granville Woolley of Illinois Henry Brewer Metcalf of Rhode Island 2,581 2.44% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Job Harriman of California 878 0.83% 0 0.00%
Total 106,093 100.00% 6 100.00%

Results by county

County William McKinley
Republican		 William Jennings Bryan
Democratic		 John Granville Woolley[4]
Prohibition		 Eugene Victor Debs[4]
Socialist		 Margin Total votes cast[5]
#  % #  % #  % #  % #  %
Androscoggin 4,648 57.44% 3,182 39.32% 203 2.51% 59 0.73% 1,466 18.12% 8,092
Aroostook 4,192 76.07% 1,030 18.69% 280 5.08% 9 0.16% 3,162 57.38% 5,511
Cumberland 8,824 58.59% 5,770 38.31% 337 2.24% 129 0.86% 3,054 20.28% 15,060
Franklin 2,235 65.99% 1,085 32.03% 65 1.92% 2 0.06% 1,150 33.96% 3,387
Hancock 3,432 63.70% 1,860 34.52% 69 1.28% 27 0.50% 1,572 29.18% 5,388
Kennebec 6,228 62.60% 3,410 34.27% 257 2.58% 54 0.54% 2,818 28.33% 9,949
Knox 2,762 48.76% 2,765 48.81% 74 1.31% 64 1.13% -3 -0.05% 5,665
Lincoln 2,212 59.98% 1,419 38.48% 48 1.30% 9 0.24% 793 21.50% 3,688
Oxford 3,912 64.19% 2,023 33.20% 146 2.40% 13 0.21% 1,889 30.99% 6,094
Penobscot 6,873 63.87% 3,615 33.59% 237 2.20% 36 0.33% 3,258 30.28% 10,761
Piscataquis 2,023 67.50% 824 27.49% 146 4.87% 4 0.13% 1,199 40.01% 2,997
Sagadahoc 2,245 64.49% 1,025 29.45% 192 5.52% 19 0.55% 1,220 35.04% 3,481
Somerset 3,727 61.21% 1,949 32.01% 121 1.99% 292 4.80% 1,778 29.20% 6,089
Waldo 2,469 57.96% 1,710 40.14% 61 1.43% 20 0.47% 759 17.82% 4,260
Washington 3,682 61.60% 2,109 35.29% 110 1.84% 76 1.27% 1,573 26.31% 5,977
York 6,949 61.52% 4,046 35.82% 235 2.08% 65 0.58% 2,903 25.70% 11,295
Totals66,41361.67%37,82235.12%2,5812.40%8780.82%28,59126.55%107,694

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 These Results differ slightly from those used by Edgar Eugene Robinson and taken from the Maine Secretary of State
  2. ↑ In 1880, Winfield S. Hancock carried Aroostook County, Knox County, Lincoln County and Waldo County.

References

  1. ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 218-219 ISBN 0786422173
  2. ↑ "1900 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "1900 Presidential General Election Results - Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1900 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
  5. ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224 ISBN 9780804716963
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