1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

The 1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

November 3, 1896
Turnout	70.6%[1] 4.0 pp
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 15 0 Popular vote 278,976 105,711 Percentage 69.47% 26.32%
County Results McKinley   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%
President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

Massachusetts overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Massachusetts by a margin of 43.15%.

McKinley was able to win every county in the state of Massachusetts, including a rare Republican victory in Suffolk County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Boston. Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but had little appeal in the Northeastern states such as Massachusetts. Bryan would win Suffolk County during his rematch with McKinley in 1900 but would lose it again to William Howard Taft in 1908.

With 69.47% of the popular vote, Massachusetts would be McKinley's second strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont.[2]

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	William McKinley of Ohio	Garret Hobart of New Jersey	278,976	69.47%	15	100.00%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	Arthur Sewall of Maine	105,711	26.32%	0	0.00%
	National Democratic	John McAuley Palmer of Illinois	Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky	11,749	2.93%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering of Maryland	Hale Johnson of Illinois	2,998	0.75%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Charles Horatio Matchett of New York	Matthew Maguire of New Jersey	2,114	0.53%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	20	0.01%	0	0.00%
Total				401,568	100.00%	15	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Massachusetts

References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
2. "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
3. "1896 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.