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| Elections in Florida |
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Florida was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Florida[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 30,779 | 66.21% | ||
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 1,977 | 4.25% | ||
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 32,756 | 70.46% | 4 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 11,298 | 24.30% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 1,778 | 3.82% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 656 | 1.41% | 0 | |
| Totals | 46,488 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist |
William McKinley Republican |
John McAuley Palmer National Democratic |
Joshua Levering Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alachua | 1,545 | 68.82% | 645 | 28.73% | 44 | 1.96% | 11 | 0.49% | 900 | 40.09% | 2,245 |
| Baker | 247 | 83.45% | 33 | 11.15% | 2 | 0.68% | 14 | 4.73% | 214 | 72.30% | 296 |
| Bradford | 836 | 77.34% | 176 | 16.28% | 53 | 4.90% | 16 | 1.48% | 660 | 61.05% | 1,081 |
| Brevard | 505 | 55.99% | 337 | 37.36% | 43 | 4.77% | 17 | 1.88% | 168 | 18.63% | 902 |
| Calhoun | 205 | 71.68% | 52 | 18.18% | 26 | 9.09% | 3 | 1.05% | 153 | 53.50% | 286 |
| Citrus | 347 | 84.63% | 35 | 8.54% | 12 | 2.93% | 16 | 3.90% | 312 | 76.10% | 410 |
| Clay | 355 | 58.10% | 230 | 37.64% | 20 | 3.27% | 6 | 0.98% | 125 | 20.46% | 611 |
| Columbia | 768 | 73.70% | 228 | 21.88% | 30 | 2.88% | 16 | 1.54% | 540 | 51.82% | 1,042 |
| Dade | 372 | 46.97% | 368 | 46.46% | 38 | 4.80% | 14 | 1.77% | 4 | 0.51% | 792 |
| De Soto | 700 | 74.39% | 198 | 21.04% | 24 | 2.55% | 19 | 2.02% | 502 | 53.35% | 941 |
| Duval | 1,903 | 51.52% | 1,462 | 39.58% | 313 | 8.47% | 16 | 0.43% | 441 | 11.94% | 3,694 |
| Escambia | 1,285 | 77.04% | 233 | 13.97% | 138 | 8.27% | 12 | 0.72% | 1,052 | 63.07% | 1,668 |
| Franklin | 294 | 64.47% | 146 | 32.02% | 13 | 2.85% | 3 | 0.66% | 148 | 32.46% | 456 |
| Gadsden | 597 | 85.78% | 66 | 9.48% | 24 | 3.45% | 9 | 1.29% | 531 | 76.29% | 696 |
| Hamilton | 533 | 81.25% | 74 | 11.28% | 18 | 2.74% | 31 | 4.73% | 459 | 69.97% | 656 |
| Hernando | 231 | 83.09% | 37 | 13.31% | 6 | 2.16% | 4 | 1.44% | 194 | 69.78% | 278 |
| Hillsborough | 2,180 | 75.20% | 584 | 20.14% | 87 | 3.00% | 48 | 1.66% | 1,596 | 55.05% | 2,899 |
| Holmes | 396 | 83.54% | 51 | 10.76% | 19 | 4.01% | 8 | 1.69% | 345 | 72.78% | 474 |
| Jackson | 1,285 | 79.62% | 285 | 17.66% | 33 | 2.04% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,000 | 61.96% | 1,614 |
| Jefferson | 1,909 | 87.29% | 242 | 11.07% | 18 | 0.82% | 18 | 0.82% | 1,667 | 76.22% | 2,187 |
| Lafayette | 357 | 92.49% | 13 | 3.37% | 4 | 1.04% | 12 | 3.11% | 344 | 89.12% | 386 |
| Lake | 870 | 70.16% | 302 | 24.35% | 54 | 4.35% | 14 | 1.13% | 568 | 45.81% | 1,240 |
| Lee | 222 | 71.15% | 74 | 23.72% | 15 | 4.81% | 1 | 0.32% | 148 | 47.44% | 312 |
| Leon | 1,298 | 81.53% | 247 | 15.52% | 26 | 1.63% | 21 | 1.32% | 1,051 | 66.02% | 1,592 |
| Levy | 483 | 77.16% | 113 | 18.05% | 20 | 3.19% | 10 | 1.60% | 370 | 59.11% | 626 |
| Liberty | 115 | 61.50% | 42 | 22.46% | 27 | 14.44% | 3 | 1.60% | 73 | 39.04% | 187 |
| Madison | 885 | 83.02% | 144 | 13.51% | 25 | 2.35% | 12 | 1.13% | 741 | 69.51% | 1,066 |
| Manatee | 480 | 75.59% | 135 | 21.26% | 11 | 1.73% | 9 | 1.42% | 345 | 54.33% | 635 |
| Marion | 1,230 | 65.74% | 480 | 25.65% | 129 | 6.89% | 32 | 1.71% | 750 | 40.09% | 1,871 |
| Monroe | 452 | 49.89% | 369 | 40.73% | 59 | 6.51% | 26 | 2.87% | 83 | 9.16% | 906 |
| Nassau | 572 | 59.83% | 310 | 32.43% | 60 | 6.28% | 14 | 1.46% | 262 | 27.41% | 956 |
| Orange | 1,086 | 62.41% | 565 | 32.47% | 74 | 4.25% | 15 | 0.86% | 521 | 29.94% | 1,740 |
| Osceola | 274 | 66.83% | 118 | 28.78% | 4 | 0.98% | 14 | 3.41% | 156 | 38.05% | 410 |
| Pasco | 482 | 85.77% | 70 | 12.46% | 6 | 1.07% | 4 | 0.71% | 412 | 73.31% | 562 |
| Polk | 1,155 | 76.24% | 279 | 18.42% | 64 | 4.22% | 17 | 1.12% | 876 | 57.82% | 1,515 |
| Putnam | 990 | 52.27% | 816 | 43.08% | 52 | 2.75% | 36 | 1.90% | 174 | 9.19% | 1,894 |
| St. John's | 561 | 86.44% | 50 | 7.70% | 13 | 2.00% | 25 | 3.85% | 511 | 78.74% | 649 |
| Santa Rosa | 694 | 59.06% | 431 | 36.68% | 25 | 2.13% | 25 | 2.13% | 263 | 22.38% | 1,175 |
| Sumter | 524 | 80.74% | 89 | 13.71% | 28 | 4.31% | 8 | 1.23% | 435 | 67.03% | 649 |
| Suwannee | 905 | 79.39% | 196 | 17.19% | 29 | 2.54% | 10 | 0.88% | 709 | 62.19% | 1,140 |
| Taylor | 255 | 86.73% | 31 | 10.54% | 6 | 2.04% | 2 | 0.68% | 224 | 76.19% | 294 |
| Volusia | 753 | 51.36% | 635 | 43.32% | 42 | 2.86% | 36 | 2.46% | 118 | 8.05% | 1,466 |
| Wakulla | 670 | 94.77% | 35 | 4.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.28% | 635 | 89.82% | 707 |
| Walton | 594 | 80.16% | 129 | 17.41% | 11 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.94% | 465 | 62.75% | 741 |
| Washington | 356 | 65.80% | 143 | 26.43% | 33 | 6.10% | 9 | 1.66% | 213 | 39.37% | 541 |
| Totals | 32,756 | 70.46% | 11,298 | 24.30% | 1,778 | 3.82% | 656 | 1.41% | 21,458 | 46.16% | 46,488 |
