1896 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist –
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall
(Democratic)
Thomas E. Watson
(Populist) 		Garret Hobart
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 115,007 103,064
Percentage 51.53% 46.18%
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and Nebraska native William Jennings Bryan and his Democratic running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Four electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson, who was Bryan's running mate on the Populist Party. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won his home state by a margin of 5.35%.

As a result of his win, Bryan became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Nebraska. Bryan would later lose the state to McKinley in 1900 but would later win it again against William Howard Taft in 1908. This is just one of two occasions where the Republican candidate won without the state, the other being in 1908.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 115,007 51.53% 4
Populist William Jennings Bryan 0 0.00% 4
Total William Jennings Bryan 115,007 51.53% 8
Republican William McKinley 103,064 46.18% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 2,885 1.29% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 1,243 0.56% 0
National Prohibition Charles E. Bentley 797 0.36% 0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 186 0.08% 0
Totals 223,182 100.00% 8
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County[2] William Jennings Bryan
Democratic/Populist 		William McKinley
Republican 		John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic 		Joshua Levering
Prohibition 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 2,042 52.12% 1,768 45.13% 56 1.43% 21 0.54% 31 0.79% 274 6.99% 3,918
Antelope 1,185 52.90% 988 44.11% 29 1.29% 29 1.29% 9 0.40% 197 8.79% 2,240
Banner 130 42.48% 173 56.54% 2 0.65% 1 0.33% 0 0.00% -43 -14.05% 306
Blaine 60 40.54% 86 58.11% 2 1.35% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -26 -17.57% 148
Boone 1,366 54.64% 1,099 43.96% 11 0.44% 20 0.80% 4 0.16% 267 10.68% 2,500
Box Butte 535 53.13% 441 43.79% 19 1.89% 3 0.30% 9 0.89% 94 9.33% 1,007
Boyd 657 54.57% 500 41.53% 24 1.99% 8 0.66% 15 1.25% 157 13.04% 1,204
Brown 290 42.21% 385 56.04% 10 1.46% 0 0.00% 2 0.29% -95 -13.83% 687
Buffalo 2,433 55.60% 1,835 41.93% 48 1.10% 34 0.78% 26 0.59% 598 13.67% 4,376
Burt 1,190 41.46% 1,608 56.03% 31 1.08% 23 0.80% 18 0.63% -418 -14.56% 2,870
Butler 2,261 62.70% 1,285 35.64% 8 0.22% 19 0.53% 33 0.92% 976 27.07% 3,606
Cass 2,454 47.18% 2,639 50.74% 64 1.23% 21 0.40% 23 0.44% -185 -3.56% 5,201
Cedar 1,519 58.69% 1,041 40.22% 16 0.62% 6 0.23% 6 0.23% 478 18.47% 2,588
Chase 260 50.58% 244 47.47% 8 1.56% 2 0.39% 0 0.00% 16 3.11% 514
Cherry 687 51.19% 607 45.23% 40 2.98% 3 0.22% 5 0.37% 80 5.96% 1,342
Cheyenne 505 51.90% 439 45.12% 22 2.26% 3 0.31% 4 0.41% 66 6.78% 973
Clay 1,703 49.04% 1,691 48.69% 47 1.35% 21 0.60% 11 0.32% 12 0.35% 3,473
Colfax 1,420 59.59% 905 37.98% 43 1.80% 6 0.25% 9 0.38% 515 21.61% 2,383
Cuming 1,760 56.79% 1,312 42.34% 20 0.65% 4 0.13% 3 0.10% 448 14.46% 3,099
Custer 2,494 61.57% 1,484 36.63% 16 0.39% 39 0.96% 18 0.44% 1,010 24.93% 4,051
Dakota 934 58.96% 619 39.08% 25 1.58% 6 0.38% 0 0.00% 315 19.89% 1,584
Dawes 916 51.03% 832 46.35% 28 1.56% 7 0.39% 12 0.67% 84 4.68% 1,795
Dawson 1,357 53.28% 1,128 44.29% 34 1.33% 22 0.86% 6 0.24% 229 8.99% 2,547
Deuel 282 47.55% 301 50.76% 10 1.69% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -19 -3.20% 593
Dixon 1,299 56.31% 934 40.49% 56 2.43% 13 0.56% 5 0.22% 365 15.82% 2,307
Dodge 2,005 43.42% 2,453 53.12% 112 2.43% 25 0.54% 23 0.50% -448 -9.70% 4,618
Douglas 11,755 47.63% 12,326 49.95% 404 1.64% 101 0.41% 92 0.37% -571 -2.31% 24,678
Dundy 288 49.83% 272 47.06% 14 2.42% 2 0.35% 2 0.35% 16 2.77% 578
Fillmore 1,733 49.60% 1,668 47.74% 63 1.80% 10 0.29% 20 0.57% 65 1.86% 3,494
Franklin 1,094 55.87% 821 41.93% 12 0.61% 15 0.77% 16 0.82% 273 13.94% 1,958
Frontier 1,026 56.44% 773 42.52% 9 0.50% 7 0.39% 3 0.17% 253 13.92% 1,818
Furnas 1,487 55.67% 1,148 42.98% 14 0.52% 15 0.56% 7 0.26% 339 12.69% 2,671
Gage 2,710 41.65% 3,633 55.83% 111 1.71% 35 0.54% 18 0.28% -923 -14.18% 6,507
Garfield 223 60.11% 148 39.89% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 75 20.22% 371
Gosper 681 60.11% 419 36.98% 23 2.03% 2 0.18% 8 0.71% 262 23.12% 1,133
Grant 95 50.26% 86 45.50% 7 3.70% 1 0.53% 0 0.00% 9 4.76% 189
Greeley 777 66.07% 396 33.67% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 381 32.40% 1,176
Hall 1,845 47.88% 1,917 49.75% 70 1.82% 15 0.39% 6 0.16% -72 -1.87% 3,853
Hamilton 1,562 51.96% 1,380 45.91% 37 1.23% 16 0.53% 11 0.37% 182 6.05% 3,006
Harlan 1,151 56.15% 836 40.78% 18 0.88% 15 0.73% 30 1.46% 315 15.37% 2,050
Hayes 284 46.79% 302 49.75% 20 3.29% 0 0.00% 1 0.16% -18 -2.97% 607
Hitchcock 487 53.05% 421 45.86% 8 0.87% 0 0.00% 2 0.22% 66 7.19% 918
Holt 1,428 60.20% 876 36.93% 19 0.80% 30 1.26% 19 0.80% 552 23.27% 2,372
Hooker 40 76.92% 10 19.23% 2 3.85% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 30 57.69% 52
Howard 1,285 63.80% 693 34.41% 10 0.50% 12 0.60% 14 0.70% 592 29.39% 2,014
Jefferson 1,517 46.82% 1,661 51.27% 43 1.33% 16 0.49% 3 0.09% -144 -4.44% 3,240
Johnson 1,246 45.67% 1,408 51.61% 33 1.21% 11 0.40% 30 1.10% -162 -5.94% 2,728
Kearney 1,160 53.60% 955 44.13% 11 0.51% 28 1.29% 10 0.46% 205 9.47% 2,164
Keith 269 59.91% 178 39.64% 1 0.22% 0 0.00% 1 0.22% 91 20.27% 449
Keya Paha 278 56.85% 189 38.65% 10 2.04% 7 1.43% 5 1.02% 89 18.20% 489
Kimball 62 37.58% 97 58.79% 3 1.82% 3 1.82% 0 0.00% -35 -21.21% 165
Knox 1,592 58.42% 1,043 38.28% 54 1.98% 28 1.03% 8 0.29% 549 20.15% 2,725
Lancaster 5,687 45.55% 6,513 52.17% 127 1.02% 88 0.70% 69 0.55% -826 -6.62% 12,484
Lincoln 1,358 54.25% 1,078 43.07% 44 1.76% 19 0.76% 4 0.16% 280 11.19% 2,503
Logan 128 62.75% 74 36.27% 1 0.49% 1 0.49% 0 0.00% 54 26.47% 204
Loup 133 51.95% 116 45.31% 7 2.73% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 17 6.64% 256
Madison 1,715 46.95% 1,867 51.11% 51 1.40% 15 0.41% 5 0.14% -152 -4.16% 3,653
McPherson 43 53.75% 37 46.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 7.50% 80
Merrick 1,020 49.56% 979 47.57% 21 1.02% 29 1.41% 9 0.44% 41 1.99% 2,058
Nance 951 55.55% 743 43.40% 9 0.53% 5 0.29% 4 0.23% 208 12.15% 1,712
Nemaha 1,930 56.38% 1,449 42.33% 13 0.38% 25 0.73% 6 0.18% 481 14.05% 3,423
Nuckolls 1,355 52.99% 1,137 44.47% 40 1.56% 16 0.63% 9 0.35% 218 8.53% 2,557
Otoe 2,384 47.79% 2,438 48.88% 100 2.00% 32 0.64% 34 0.68% -54 -1.08% 4,988
Pawnee 1,163 42.69% 1,486 54.55% 24 0.88% 38 1.40% 13 0.48% -323 -11.86% 2,724
Perkins 233 57.11% 166 40.69% 5 1.23% 3 0.74% 1 0.25% 67 16.42% 408
Phelps 1,147 52.66% 973 44.67% 16 0.73% 22 1.01% 20 0.92% 174 7.99% 2,178
Pierce 960 59.44% 634 39.26% 12 0.74% 7 0.43% 2 0.12% 326 20.19% 1,615
Platte 2,099 58.99% 1,377 38.70% 58 1.63% 8 0.22% 16 0.45% 722 20.29% 3,558
Polk 1,432 61.67% 841 36.22% 7 0.30% 14 0.60% 28 1.21% 591 25.45% 2,322
Red Willow 1,001 49.98% 969 48.38% 16 0.80% 9 0.45% 8 0.40% 32 1.60% 2,003
Richardson 2,540 51.35% 2,291 46.32% 67 1.35% 23 0.47% 25 0.51% 249 5.03% 4,946
Rock 224 37.71% 347 58.42% 18 3.03% 2 0.34% 3 0.51% -123 -20.71% 594
Saline 2,004 47.97% 2,068 49.50% 60 1.44% 13 0.31% 33 0.79% -64 -1.53% 4,178
Sarpy 1,183 61.74% 674 35.18% 34 1.77% 18 0.94% 7 0.37% 509 26.57% 1,916
Saunders 2,728 55.11% 2,121 42.85% 58 1.17% 25 0.51% 18 0.36% 607 12.26% 4,950
Scotts Bluff 244 50.94% 230 48.02% 0 0.00% 2 0.42% 3 0.63% 14 2.92% 479
Seward 1,876 51.57% 1,688 46.40% 53 1.46% 12 0.33% 9 0.25% 188 5.17% 3,638
Sheridan 857 59.56% 536 37.25% 24 1.67% 15 1.04% 7 0.49% 321 22.31% 1,439
Sherman 859 65.08% 432 32.73% 7 0.53% 8 0.61% 14 1.06% 427 32.35% 1,320
Sioux 306 65.52% 155 33.19% 4 0.86% 1 0.21% 1 0.21% 151 32.33% 467
Stanton 833 54.27% 658 42.87% 32 2.08% 10 0.65% 2 0.13% 175 11.40% 1,535
Thayer 1,315 44.68% 1,556 52.87% 48 1.63% 11 0.37% 13 0.44% -241 -8.19% 2,943
Thomas 76 68.47% 33 29.73% 2 1.80% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 43 38.74% 111
Thurston 717 58.25% 508 41.27% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% 5 0.41% 209 16.98% 1,231
Valley 886 55.10% 692 43.03% 23 1.43% 6 0.37% 1 0.06% 194 12.06% 1,608
Washington 1,391 45.40% 1,597 52.12% 58 1.89% 11 0.36% 7 0.23% -206 -6.72% 3,064
Wayne 1,110 52.48% 995 47.04% 3 0.14% 4 0.19% 3 0.14% 115 5.44% 2,115
Webster 1,328 52.57% 1,137 45.01% 36 1.43% 17 0.67% 8 0.32% 191 7.56% 2,526
Wheeler 161 60.53% 97 36.47% 4 1.50% 2 0.75% 2 0.75% 64 24.06% 266
York 1,811 47.73% 1,919 50.58% 25 0.66% 24 0.63% 15 0.40% -108 -2.85% 3,794
Totals 115,007 51.53% 103,064 46.18% 2,885 1.29% 1,242 0.56% 983 0.44% 11,943 5.35% 223,181

See also

Notes

References

  1. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska
  2. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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