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The 1896 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Governor William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former Nebraska representative William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.65%.
Eight of the state's electoral votes were awarded to McKinley, while one was awarded to Bryan. This was the third occasion in which California's electoral vote was split, rather than being awarded to a single candidate. The previous two occasions were in 1880 and 1892. Such a split would only subsequently occur in California one more time (in 1912).[1]
Bryan would lose California to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Duncan E. McKinley | 146,688 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Irving M. Scott | 146,133 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Claus Spreckels | 145,886 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Howell A. Powell | 145,812 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Julius M. Walling | 145,631 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | George M. Francis | 145,590 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Joseph S. Spear Jr. | 145,587 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Elwood Cooper | 145,474 | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. W. Martin | 144,766[a] | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Thomas Flint | 144,618 | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. V. Webster | 144,185[b] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | William Craig | 144,113[c] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Jo Hamilton | 143,959[d] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | D. T. Fowler | 143,913[e] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | S. I. Allard | 143,874[f] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | M. R. Merritt | 143,725[g] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | C. W. Thresher | 143,664[h] | |
| Democratic Party & People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Daniel McKay | 143,024[i] | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | W. R. Goodwin | 2,573 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | B. F. Taylor | 2,562 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Stephen Bowers | 2,500 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Elam Biggs | 2,491 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Dr. P. McCargar | 2,481 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Robert Thompson | 2,480 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | M. J. Hall | 2,446 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | R. H. Young | 2,445 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | H. H. Luse | 2,444 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | James K. O'Brien | 2,006 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Clay W. Taylor | 1,730 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Emil Liess | 1,611 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Lemuel D. Biddle | 1,564 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | John Rosenfeld | 1,563 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Thomas B. Bond | 1,532 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Jeremiah Lynch | 1,529 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Charles Anderson | 1,510 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | John Roth | 1,476 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Robert Y. Hayne | 1,472 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | L. B. Hakes | 1,411 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | John Bidwell | 1,047 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | William Kelly | 947 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Henry French | 931 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | R. F. Burns | 922 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | F. W. Hooper | 896 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | J. M. Glass | 890 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | W. H. Bone | 860 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | F. Hilton | 855 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Jesse Yarnell | 834 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 4 | ||
| Votes cast[j] | 298,419 | |||
Results by county
| County | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic & People's |
Joshua Levering Prohibition |
John M. Palmer National Democratic |
Charles H. Matchett Socialist Labor |
Charles E. Bentley National |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast[k] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 13,429 | 60.43% | 8,394 | 37.77% | 132 | 0.59% | 111 | 0.50% | 101 | 0.45% | 56 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 5.035 | 22.66% | 22,223 |
| Alpine | 40 | 49.38% | 39 | 48.15% | 1 | 1.23% | 1 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 1.23% | 81 |
| Amador | 1,144 | 44.39% | 1,398 | 54.25% | 20 | 0.78% | 4 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -254 | -9.86% | 2,577 |
| Butte | 2,075 | 48.31% | 2,120 | 49.36% | 20 | 0.47% | 42 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.14% | 32 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -45 | -1.05% | 4,295 |
| Calaveras | 1,541 | 49.92% | 1,518 | 49.17% | 5 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 0.75% | 3,087 |
| Colusa | 581 | 30.86% | 1,250 | 66.38% | 10 | 0.53% | 31 | 1.65% | 9 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -689 | -35.53% | 1,883 |
| Contra Costa | 1,834 | 56.10% | 1,381 | 42.25% | 14 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 453 | 13.86% | 3,269 |
| Del Norte | 345 | 49.50% | 334 | 47.92% | 7 | 1.00% | 9 | 1.29% | 2 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 1.58% | 697 |
| El Dorado | 1,130 | 39.54% | 1,674 | 58.57% | 16 | 0.56% | 14 | 0.49% | 7 | 0.24% | 17 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -544 | -19.03% | 2,858 |
| Fresno | 2,686 | 40.22% | 3,790 | 56.75% | 85 | 1.27% | 47 | 0.70% | 39 | 0.58% | 12 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,104 | -16.53% | 6,679 |
| Glenn | 479 | 36.54% | 825 | 62.93% | 1 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -346 | -26.39% | 1,311 |
| Humboldt | 3,142 | 55.37% | 2,465 | 43.44% | 32 | 0.56% | 19 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 677 | 11.93% | 5,675 |
| Inyo | 286 | 34.01% | 532 | 63.26% | 10 | 1.19% | 6 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -246 | -29.25% | 841 |
| Kern | 1,430 | 43.80% | 1,763 | 54.00% | 28 | 0.86% | 26 | 0.80% | 12 | 0.37% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -333 | -10.20% | 3,265 |
| Kings | 673 | 43.06% | 862 | 55.15% | 13 | 0.83% | 6 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.06% | -189 | -12.09% | 1,563 |
| Lake | 546 | 38.00% | 854 | 59.43% | 20 | 1.39% | 10 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -308 | -21.43% | 1,437 |
| Lassen | 420 | 43.66% | 528 | 54.89% | 3 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.52% | 3 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -108 | -11.23% | 962 |
| Los Angeles | 16,891 | 49.62% | 16,043 | 47.13% | 787 | 2.31% | 131 | 0.38% | 108 | 0.32% | 82 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 848 | 2.49% | 34,042 |
| Madera | 452 | 37.32% | 739 | 61.02% | 13 | 1.07% | 4 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -287 | -23.70% | 1,211 |
| Marin | 1,448 | 61.41% | 874 | 37.07% | 3 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.30% | 21 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 574 | 24.34% | 2,358 |
| Mariposa | 563 | 39.68% | 829 | 58.42% | 7 | 0.49% | 18 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -266 | -18.75% | 1,419 |
| Mendocino | 2,093 | 48.92% | 2,120 | 49.56% | 24 | 0.56% | 28 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -27 | -0.63% | 4,278 |
| Merced | 653 | 36.24% | 1,117 | 61.99% | 15 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -464 | -25.75% | 1,802 |
| Modoc | 300 | 33.00% | 588 | 64.69% | 9 | 0.99% | 7 | 0.77% | 4 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -288 | -31.68% | 909 |
| Mono | 259 | 44.27% | 315 | 53.85% | 1 | 0.17% | 8 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -56 | -9.57% | 585 |
| Monterey | 1,878 | 45.82% | 2,149 | 52.43% | 21 | 0.51% | 20 | 0.49% | 11 | 0.27% | 20 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -271 | -6.61% | 4,099 |
| Napa | 2,032 | 57.03% | 1,472 | 41.31% | 23 | 0.65% | 18 | 0.51% | 8 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.03% | 560 | 15.72% | 3,563 |
| Nevada | 1,985 | 44.76% | 2,360 | 53.21% | 32 | 0.72% | 26 | 0.59% | 10 | 0.23% | 22 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -375 | -8.46% | 4,435 |
| Orange | 1,932 | 51.06% | 1,712 | 45.24% | 99 | 2.62% | 24 | 0.63% | 2 | 0.05% | 15 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 | 5.81% | 3,784 |
| Placer | 1,890 | 51.41% | 1,721 | 46.82% | 8 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.24% | 34 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 169 | 4.60% | 3,676 |
| Plumas | 678 | 53.47% | 575 | 45.35% | 7 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 103 | 8.12% | 1,268 |
| Riverside | 2,063 | 53.06% | 1,684 | 43.31% | 112 | 2.88% | 18 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 379 | 9.75% | 3,888 |
| Sacramento | 4,600 | 47.68% | 4,831 | 50.07% | 49 | 0.51% | 71 | 0.74% | 58 | 0.60% | 39 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -231 | -2.39% | 9,648 |
| San Benito | 729 | 42.48% | 956 | 55.71% | 7 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -227 | -13.23% | 1,716 |
| San Bernardino | 2,818 | 48.54% | 2,740 | 47.20% | 188 | 3.24% | 26 | 0.45% | 12 | 0.21% | 21 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 1.34% | 5,805 |
| San Diego | 3,631 | 46.86% | 3,908 | 50.44% | 96 | 1.24% | 23 | 0.30% | 71 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -277 | -3.58% | 7,748 |
| San Francisco | 31,041 | 49.20% | 30,649 | 48.58% | 109 | 0.17% | 320 | 0.51% | 784 | 1.24% | 183 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 392 | 0.62% | 63,086 |
| San Joaquin | 3,500 | 48.83% | 3,500 | 48.83% | 54 | 0.75% | 46 | 0.64% | 31 | 0.43% | 36 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,167 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,671 | 43.74% | 2,056 | 53.82% | 39 | 1.02% | 22 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.21% | 24 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | -385 | 10.08% | 3,820 |
| San Mateo | 1,607 | 61.10% | 987 | 37.53% | 14 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 620 | 23.57% | 2,630 |
| Santa Barbara | 2,004 | 49.48% | 1,916 | 47.31% | 60 | 1.48% | 41 | 1.01% | 20 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 2.17% | 4,050 |
| Santa Clara | 6,315 | 53.51% | 5,191 | 43.99% | 68 | 0.58% | 41 | 0.35% | 82 | 0.69% | 104 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,124 | 9.52% | 11,801 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,969 | 48.24% | 1,960 | 48.02% | 46 | 1.13% | 56 | 1.37% | 23 | 0.56% | 28 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.22% | 4,082 |
| Shasta | 1,210 | 37.55% | 1,936 | 60.09% | 20 | 0.62% | 38 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.28% | 9 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -726 | -22.53% | 3,222 |
| Sierra | 707 | 56.61% | 527 | 42.19% | 6 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | 14.41% | 1,249 |
| Siskiyou | 1,473 | 44.98% | 1,724 | 52.64% | 7 | 0.21% | 37 | 1.13% | 6 | 0.18% | 26 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.06% | -251 | -7.66% | 3,275 |
| Solano | 2,702 | 53.19% | 2,284 | 44.96% | 27 | 0.53% | 44 | 0.87% | 10 | 0.20% | 13 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 418 | 8.23% | 5,080 |
| Sonoma | 4,053 | 51.86% | 3,595 | 46.00% | 28 | 0.36% | 84 | 1.07% | 31 | 0.40% | 25 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 5.86% | 7,816 |
| Stanislaus | 1,007 | 40.92% | 1,398 | 56.81% | 14 | 0.57% | 22 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -391 | -15.89% | 2,461 |
| Sutter | 796 | 51.89% | 713 | 46.48% | 12 | 0.78% | 11 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 5.41% | 1,534 |
| Tehama | 969 | 45.39% | 1,135 | 53.16% | 11 | 0.52% | 8 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -166 | -7.78% | 2,135 |
| Trinity | 502 | 46.44% | 545 | 50.42% | 4 | 0.37% | 26 | 2.41% | 2 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -43 | -3.98% | 1,081 |
| Tulare | 1,410 | 33.80% | 2,673 | 64.07% | 35 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.24% | 31 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,263 | -30.27% | 4,172 |
| Tuolumne | 834 | 38.06% | 1,308 | 59.70% | 24 | 1.10% | 16 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -474 | -21.63% | 2,191 |
| Ventura | 1,533 | 50.41% | 1,465 | 47.55% | 35 | 1.14% | 14 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 2.86% | 3,081 |
| Yolo | 1,485 | 44.84% | 1,753 | 52.93% | 32 | 0.97% | 33 | 1.00% | 4 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -268 | -8.09% | 3,312 |
| Yuba | 1,204 | 53.82% | 991 | 44.30% | 10 | 0.45% | 22 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 9.52% | 2,237 |
| Total | 146,688 | 49.16% | 144,766 | 48.51% | 2,573 | 0.86% | 1,730 | 0.58% | 1,611 | 0.54% | 1,047 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.00% | 1,922 | 0.64% | 298,419 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Butte (largest city: Chico)
- Inyo (largest town: Bishop)
- Lassen (largest town: Susanville)
- Mono (largest town: Bodie)
- Monterey (largest city: Salinas)
- Nevada (largest city: Grass Valley)
- Sacramento (largest city: Sacramento)
- San Diego (largest city: San Diego)
- San Luis Obispo (largest city: San Luis Obispo)
- Shasta (largest city: Redding)
- Trinity (largest community: Weaverville)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Del Norte (largest city: Crescent City)
- San Francisco (largest city: San Francisco)
- Sonoma (largest city: Santa Rosa)
- Yuba (largest city: Marysville)
See also
Notes
- ^ 123,143 on the Democratic ticket and 21,623 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,451 on the Democratic ticket and 21,734 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,507 on the Democratic ticket and 21,606 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,333 on the Democratic ticket and 21,626 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,330 on the Democratic ticket and 21,583 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,289 on the Democratic ticket and 21,585 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,208 on the Democratic ticket and 21,517 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 122,245 on the Democratic ticket and 21,419 on the Populist ticket
- ^ 121,457 on the Democratic ticket and 21,567 on the Populist ticket
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on the highest elector on each ticket
References
- ^ "DIVIDED ELECTORAL VOTES". Newspapers.com. The Boston Globe. November 11, 1912. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- ^ Statement of the Vote of California at the General Election, Held November 3, 1896. Sacramento, California. p. 3. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
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