1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
The 1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1900 as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.31% 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.
With 60.74% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would be McKinley's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, North Dakota and Maine.[1]
Results
| 1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 712,665 | 60.74% | 32 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 424,232 | 36.16% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | John Woolley | 27,908 | 2.38% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene Debs | 4,831 | 0.41% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Joseph Maloney | 2,936 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| People's | Wharton Barker | 638 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,173,210 | 100.00% | 35 | ||
Results by county
| County | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,718 | 47.47% | 3,967 | 50.65% | 147 | 1.88% | -249 | -3.18% | 7,832 |
| Allegheny | 71,780 | 69.94% | 27,311 | 26.61% | 3,533 | 3.44% | 44,469 | 43.33% | 102,624 |
| Armstrong | 6,443 | 63.58% | 3,438 | 33.93% | 252 | 2.49% | 3,005 | 29.66% | 10,133 |
| Beaver | 6,759 | 60.11% | 4,076 | 36.25% | 409 | 3.64% | 2,683 | 23.86% | 11,244 |
| Bedford | 4,790 | 57.24% | 3,445 | 41.17% | 133 | 1.59% | 1,345 | 16.07% | 8,368 |
| Berks | 13,952 | 41.53% | 19,013 | 56.60% | 628 | 1.87% | -5,061 | -15.07% | 33,593 |
| Blair | 9,749 | 65.81% | 4,528 | 30.57% | 537 | 3.62% | 5,221 | 35.24% | 14,814 |
| Bradford | 8,625 | 64.05% | 4,211 | 31.27% | 631 | 4.69% | 4,414 | 32.78% | 13,467 |
| Bucks | 9,263 | 55.13% | 7,287 | 43.37% | 253 | 1.51% | 1,976 | 11.76% | 16,803 |
| Butler | 6,303 | 55.85% | 4,465 | 39.57% | 517 | 4.58% | 1,838 | 16.29% | 11,285 |
| Cambria | 10,476 | 57.99% | 7,168 | 39.68% | 420 | 2.33% | 3,308 | 18.31% | 18,064 |
| Cameron | 971 | 63.59% | 514 | 33.66% | 42 | 2.75% | 457 | 29.93% | 1,527 |
| Carbon | 4,222 | 48.81% | 4,149 | 47.97% | 278 | 3.21% | 73 | 0.84% | 8,649 |
| Centre | 4,684 | 50.64% | 4,339 | 46.91% | 226 | 2.44% | 345 | 3.73% | 9,249 |
| Chester | 13,809 | 66.20% | 6,214 | 29.79% | 835 | 4.00% | 7,595 | 36.41% | 20,858 |
| Clarion | 3,002 | 44.69% | 3,472 | 51.68% | 244 | 3.63% | -470 | -7.00% | 6,718 |
| Clearfield | 7,955 | 53.55% | 6,066 | 40.84% | 833 | 5.61% | 1,889 | 12.72% | 14,854 |
| Clinton | 3,157 | 50.58% | 2,879 | 46.13% | 205 | 3.28% | 278 | 4.45% | 6,241 |
| Columbia | 2,954 | 35.21% | 4,982 | 59.38% | 454 | 5.41% | -2,028 | -24.17% | 8,390 |
| Crawford | 7,705 | 49.97% | 7,000 | 45.40% | 713 | 4.62% | 705 | 4.57% | 15,418 |
| Cumberland | 5,587 | 49.06% | 5,428 | 47.66% | 374 | 3.28% | 159 | 1.40% | 11,389 |
| Dauphin | 14,673 | 64.23% | 7,390 | 32.35% | 783 | 3.43% | 7,283 | 31.88% | 22,846 |
| Delaware | 13,794 | 74.96% | 4,249 | 23.09% | 358 | 1.95% | 9,545 | 51.87% | 18,401 |
| Elk | 3,254 | 50.06% | 3,105 | 47.77% | 141 | 2.17% | 149 | 2.29% | 6,500 |
| Erie | 11,816 | 58.47% | 7,281 | 36.03% | 1,110 | 5.49% | 4,535 | 22.44% | 20,207 |
| Fayette | 9,637 | 53.54% | 7,650 | 42.50% | 712 | 3.96% | 1,987 | 11.04% | 17,999 |
| Forest | 1,309 | 61.25% | 714 | 33.41% | 114 | 5.33% | 595 | 27.84% | 2,137 |
| Franklin | 6,483 | 57.98% | 4,500 | 40.24% | 199 | 1.78% | 1,983 | 17.73% | 11,182 |
| Fulton | 1,039 | 45.27% | 1,224 | 53.33% | 32 | 1.39% | -185 | -8.06% | 2,295 |
| Greene | 2,427 | 39.02% | 3,674 | 59.07% | 119 | 1.91% | -1,247 | -20.05% | 6,220 |
| Huntingdon | 4,645 | 67.91% | 1,989 | 29.08% | 206 | 3.01% | 2,656 | 38.83% | 6,840 |
| Indiana | 5,687 | 72.25% | 1,767 | 22.45% | 417 | 5.30% | 3,920 | 49.80% | 7,871 |
| Jefferson | 5,950 | 62.38% | 3,063 | 32.11% | 525 | 5.50% | 2,887 | 30.27% | 9,538 |
| Juniata | 1,805 | 51.50% | 1,621 | 46.25% | 79 | 2.25% | 184 | 5.25% | 3,505 |
| Lackawanna | 16,763 | 51.56% | 14,728 | 45.30% | 1,019 | 3.13% | 2,035 | 6.26% | 32,510 |
| Lancaster | 23,230 | 71.77% | 8,437 | 26.07% | 701 | 2.17% | 14,793 | 45.70% | 32,368 |
| Lawrence | 6,343 | 61.39% | 2,754 | 26.66% | 1,235 | 11.95% | 3,589 | 34.74% | 10,332 |
| Lebanon | 7,089 | 66.76% | 3,050 | 28.72% | 479 | 4.51% | 4,039 | 38.04% | 10,618 |
| Lehigh | 9,775 | 47.64% | 10,438 | 50.87% | 304 | 1.48% | -663 | -3.23% | 20,517 |
| Luzerne | 21,793 | 54.87% | 16,470 | 41.47% | 1,454 | 3.66% | 5,323 | 13.40% | 39,717 |
| Lycoming | 7,750 | 47.53% | 7,427 | 45.55% | 1,127 | 6.91% | 323 | 1.98% | 16,304 |
| McKean | 6,319 | 61.39% | 3,427 | 33.29% | 547 | 5.31% | 2,892 | 28.10% | 10,293 |
| Mercer | 6,950 | 55.94% | 4,916 | 39.57% | 559 | 4.50% | 2,034 | 16.37% | 12,425 |
| Mifflin | 2,594 | 56.48% | 1,842 | 40.10% | 157 | 3.42% | 752 | 16.37% | 4,593 |
| Monroe | 1,264 | 27.99% | 3,054 | 67.63% | 198 | 4.38% | -1,790 | -39.64% | 4,516 |
| Montgomery | 17,051 | 59.10% | 11,208 | 38.85% | 590 | 2.05% | 5,843 | 20.25% | 28,849 |
| Montour | 1,292 | 39.89% | 1,875 | 57.89% | 72 | 2.22% | -583 | -18.00% | 3,239 |
| Northampton | 9,849 | 45.14% | 11,412 | 52.31% | 556 | 2.55% | -1,563 | -7.16% | 21,817 |
| Northumberland | 8,366 | 49.35% | 7,989 | 47.13% | 596 | 3.52% | 377 | 2.22% | 16,951 |
| Perry | 3,400 | 57.41% | 2,440 | 41.20% | 82 | 1.38% | 960 | 16.21% | 5,922 |
| Philadelphia | 173,657 | 73.93% | 58,179 | 24.77% | 3,053 | 1.30% | 115,478 | 49.16% | 234,889 |
| Pike | 694 | 35.30% | 1,236 | 62.87% | 36 | 1.83% | -542 | -27.57% | 1,966 |
| Potter | 3,224 | 56.29% | 2,147 | 37.49% | 356 | 6.22% | 1,077 | 18.81% | 5,727 |
| Schuylkill | 15,327 | 50.73% | 14,496 | 47.98% | 392 | 1.30% | 831 | 2.75% | 30,215 |
| Snyder | 2,517 | 64.85% | 1,319 | 33.99% | 45 | 1.16% | 1,198 | 30.87% | 3,881 |
| Somerset | 6,677 | 73.30% | 2,151 | 23.61% | 281 | 3.08% | 4,526 | 49.69% | 9,109 |
| Sullivan | 1,266 | 45.46% | 1,376 | 49.41% | 143 | 5.13% | -110 | -3.95% | 2,785 |
| Susquehanna | 5,019 | 55.24% | 3,527 | 38.82% | 539 | 5.93% | 1,492 | 16.42% | 9,085 |
| Tioga | 7,458 | 71.02% | 2,638 | 25.12% | 406 | 3.87% | 4,820 | 45.90% | 10,502 |
| Union | 2,810 | 65.82% | 1,359 | 31.83% | 100 | 2.34% | 1,451 | 33.99% | 4,269 |
| Venango | 5,931 | 52.75% | 4,014 | 35.70% | 1,299 | 11.55% | 1,917 | 17.05% | 11,244 |
| Warren | 5,609 | 64.88% | 2,500 | 28.92% | 536 | 6.20% | 3,109 | 35.96% | 8,645 |
| Washington | 10,408 | 59.40% | 6,380 | 36.41% | 733 | 4.18% | 4,028 | 22.99% | 17,521 |
| Wayne | 3,229 | 50.91% | 2,647 | 41.74% | 466 | 7.35% | 582 | 9.18% | 6,342 |
| Westmoreland | 16,014 | 57.00% | 11,010 | 39.19% | 1,072 | 3.82% | 5,004 | 17.81% | 28,096 |
| Wyoming | 2,247 | 52.61% | 1,875 | 43.90% | 149 | 3.49% | 372 | 8.71% | 4,271 |
| York | 12,327 | 46.29% | 13,732 | 51.56% | 572 | 2.15% | -1,405 | -5.28% | 26,631 |
| Totals | 712,665 | 60.74% | 424,232 | 36.16% | 36,313 | 3.10% | 288,433 | 24.58% | 1,173,210 |
References
- "1900 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- David Leip. "1900 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 309-313 ISBN 9780804716963
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