1896 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1896 United States presidential election in Nevada

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Nominee  | William Jennings Bryan | William McKinley |
Party  | Silver | Republican
Alliance  | Democratic
Populist |
Home state  | Nebraska | Ohio
Running mate  | Arthur Sewall (Democratic/Silver)
Thomas E. Watson (Populist)  | Garret Hobart
Electoral vote  | 3 | 0
Popular vote  | 8,376 | 1,938
Percentage  | 81.21% | 18.79%

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County Results

Bryan

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90-100%

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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 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

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General Election Results[2] Party  | Pledged to  | Elector  | Votes

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| 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

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| William Jennings Bryan
Democratic/Populist[d] | William McKinley
Republican  | Margin  | Total votes cast[e]

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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

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* Churchill
* Elko
* Esmeralda
* Eureka
* Humboldt
* Lander
* Lincoln
* Lyon
* Nye
* Storey
* Washoe
* White Pine

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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* Douglas
* Ormsby

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c and Arthur Sewall for Vice President
2. ^ a b c and Thomas E. Watson for Vice President
3. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket

## References

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1. ^ "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
2. ^ Biennial Report of the Secretary of State 1895-1896. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 49. Retrieved July 9, 2024.

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