1896 United States presidential election in Alabama
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose eleven electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Alabama was won by the 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 38.35%.
Despite losing by more than a two-to-one margin, this would prove the last time a Republican won Colbert County until Richard Nixon in 1972.[1]
Bryan would defeat McKinley in Alabama again four years later and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.
Results
[edit]| 1896 United States presidential election in Alabama[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 106,209 | 54.58% | 11 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 24,089 | 12.38% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 130,298 | 66.96% | 11 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 55,673 | 28.61% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 6,375 | 3.28% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 2,234 | 1.15% | 0 | |
| Totals | 194,580 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
[edit]| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
William McKinley Republican |
John M. Palmer[3] National Democratic |
Joshua Levering[3] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 1,281 | 76.25% | 289 | 17.20% | 99 | 5.89% | 11 | 0.65% | 992 | 59.05% | 1,680 |
| Baldwin | 726 | 61.47% | 404 | 34.21% | 34 | 2.88% | 17 | 1.44% | 322 | 27.27% | 1,181 |
| Barbour | 2,657 | 59.87% | 1,437 | 32.38% | 315 | 7.10% | 29 | 0.65% | 1,220 | 27.49% | 4,438 |
| Bibb | 1,516 | 67.83% | 650 | 29.08% | 39 | 1.74% | 30 | 1.34% | 866 | 38.75% | 2,235 |
| Blount | 2,422 | 47.39% | 2,619 | 51.24% | 40 | 0.78% | 30 | 0.59% | −197 | −3.85% | 5,111 |
| Bullock | 1,867 | 67.57% | 749 | 27.11% | 131 | 4.74% | 16 | 0.58% | 1,118 | 40.46% | 2,763 |
| Butler | 1,809 | 65.31% | 846 | 30.54% | 88 | 3.18% | 27 | 0.97% | 963 | 34.77% | 2,770 |
| Calhoun | 2,788 | 64.90% | 1,222 | 28.45% | 171 | 3.98% | 115 | 2.68% | 1,566 | 36.45% | 4,296 |
| Chambers | 2,010 | 63.67% | 1,057 | 33.48% | 63 | 2.00% | 27 | 0.86% | 953 | 30.19% | 3,157 |
| Cherokee | 1,776 | 71.47% | 602 | 24.23% | 89 | 3.58% | 18 | 0.72% | 1,174 | 47.24% | 2,485 |
| Chilton | 1,131 | 74.65% | 310 | 20.46% | 52 | 3.43% | 22 | 1.45% | 821 | 54.19% | 1,515 |
| Choctaw | 1,485 | 78.03% | 357 | 18.76% | 50 | 2.63% | 11 | 0.58% | 1,128 | 59.27% | 1,903 |
| Clarke | 2,243 | 80.34% | 502 | 17.98% | 25 | 0.90% | 22 | 0.79% | 1,741 | 62.36% | 2,792 |
| Clay | 1,410 | 71.90% | 489 | 24.94% | 37 | 1.89% | 25 | 1.27% | 921 | 46.97% | 1,961 |
| Cleburne | 993 | 65.37% | 472 | 31.07% | 21 | 1.38% | 33 | 2.17% | 521 | 34.30% | 1,519 |
| Coffee | 1,494 | 88.72% | 114 | 6.77% | 52 | 3.09% | 24 | 1.43% | 1,380 | 81.95% | 1,684 |
| Colbert | 1,658 | 47.12% | 1,754 | 49.84% | 93 | 2.64% | 14 | 0.40% | −96 | −2.73% | 3,519 |
| Conecuh | 931 | 46.36% | 881 | 43.87% | 155 | 7.72% | 41 | 2.04% | 50 | 2.49% | 2,008 |
| Coosa | 1,293 | 68.78% | 499 | 26.54% | 49 | 2.61% | 39 | 2.07% | 794 | 42.23% | 1,880 |
| Covington | 1,097 | 91.57% | 69 | 5.76% | 16 | 1.34% | 16 | 1.34% | 1,028 | 85.81% | 1,198 |
| Crenshaw | 1,808 | 77.56% | 330 | 14.16% | 164 | 7.04% | 28 | 1.20% | 1,478 | 63.41% | 2,331 |
| Cullman | 1,202 | 66.19% | 447 | 24.61% | 140 | 7.71% | 27 | 1.49% | 755 | 41.57% | 1,816 |
| Dale | 2,155 | 83.27% | 289 | 11.17% | 94 | 3.63% | 50 | 1.93% | 1,866 | 72.10% | 2,588 |
| Dallas | 4,091 | 87.56% | 519 | 11.11% | 52 | 1.11% | 10 | 0.21% | 3,572 | 76.46% | 4,672 |
| DeKalb | 1,586 | 51.06% | 1,446 | 46.56% | 46 | 1.48% | 28 | 0.90% | 140 | 4.51% | 3,106 |
| Elmore | 1,923 | 55.47% | 1,379 | 39.78% | 119 | 3.43% | 46 | 1.33% | 544 | 15.69% | 3,467 |
| Escambia | 914 | 61.01% | 482 | 32.18% | 82 | 5.47% | 20 | 1.34% | 432 | 28.84% | 1,498 |
| Etowah | 1,782 | 63.64% | 873 | 31.18% | 109 | 3.89% | 36 | 1.29% | 909 | 32.46% | 2,800 |
| Fayette | 1,222 | 71.21% | 441 | 25.70% | 39 | 2.27% | 14 | 0.82% | 781 | 45.51% | 1,716 |
| Franklin | 1,108 | 67.52% | 483 | 29.43% | 33 | 2.01% | 17 | 1.04% | 625 | 38.09% | 1,641 |
| Geneva | 1,246 | 92.16% | 46 | 3.40% | 39 | 2.88% | 21 | 1.55% | 1,200 | 88.76% | 1,352 |
| Greene | 1,864 | 77.47% | 503 | 20.91% | 24 | 1.00% | 15 | 0.62% | 1,361 | 56.57% | 2,406 |
| Hale | 2,906 | 73.40% | 933 | 23.57% | 77 | 1.94% | 43 | 1.09% | 1,973 | 49.84% | 3,959 |
| Henry | 3,060 | 75.99% | 675 | 16.76% | 246 | 6.11% | 46 | 1.14% | 2,385 | 59.23% | 4,027 |
| Jackson | 3,556 | 81.21% | 675 | 15.41% | 117 | 2.67% | 31 | 0.71% | 2,881 | 65.79% | 4,379 |
| Jefferson | 8,819 | 67.67% | 3,394 | 26.04% | 450 | 3.45% | 369 | 2.83% | 5,425 | 41.63% | 13,032 |
| Lamar | 1,263 | 67.79% | 509 | 27.32% | 69 | 3.70% | 22 | 1.18% | 754 | 40.47% | 1,863 |
| Lauderdale | 2,300 | 67.97% | 1,024 | 30.26% | 45 | 1.33% | 15 | 0.44% | 1,276 | 37.71% | 3,384 |
| Lawrence | 1,248 | 41.48% | 1,685 | 56.00% | 31 | 1.03% | 45 | 1.50% | −437 | −14.52% | 3,009 |
| Lee | 1,737 | 51.06% | 1,491 | 43.83% | 133 | 3.91% | 41 | 1.21% | 246 | 7.23% | 3,402 |
| Limestone | 1,812 | 53.58% | 1,520 | 44.94% | 27 | 0.80% | 23 | 0.68% | 292 | 8.63% | 3,382 |
| Lowndes | 3,001 | 81.35% | 642 | 17.40% | 40 | 1.08% | 6 | 0.16% | 2,359 | 63.95% | 3,689 |
| Macon | 1,043 | 76.52% | 259 | 19.00% | 56 | 4.11% | 5 | 0.37% | 784 | 57.52% | 1,363 |
| Madison | 4,056 | 60.06% | 2,548 | 37.73% | 103 | 1.53% | 46 | 0.68% | 1,508 | 22.33% | 6,753 |
| Marengo | 3,168 | 79.80% | 764 | 19.24% | 25 | 0.63% | 13 | 0.33% | 2,404 | 60.55% | 3,970 |
| Marion | 1,201 | 69.46% | 502 | 29.03% | 23 | 1.33% | 3 | 0.17% | 699 | 40.43% | 1,729 |
| Marshall | 1,944 | 76.72% | 520 | 20.52% | 37 | 1.46% | 33 | 1.30% | 1,424 | 56.20% | 2,534 |
| Mobile | 3,948 | 53.66% | 2,778 | 37.76% | 482 | 6.55% | 149 | 2.03% | 1,170 | 15.90% | 7,357 |
| Montgomery | 2,653 | 63.17% | 977 | 23.26% | 526 | 12.52% | 44 | 1.05% | 1,676 | 39.90% | 4,200 |
| Morgan | 2,128 | 55.46% | 1,462 | 38.10% | 195 | 5.08% | 52 | 1.36% | 666 | 17.36% | 3,837 |
| Perry | 2,682 | 84.10% | 463 | 14.52% | 34 | 1.07% | 10 | 0.31% | 2,219 | 69.58% | 3,189 |
| Pickens | 2,210 | 88.26% | 211 | 8.43% | 66 | 2.64% | 17 | 0.68% | 1,999 | 79.83% | 2,504 |
| Pike | 2,077 | 63.44% | 862 | 26.33% | 292 | 8.92% | 43 | 1.31% | 1,215 | 37.11% | 3,274 |
| Randolph | 1,442 | 62.13% | 802 | 34.55% | 55 | 2.37% | 22 | 0.95% | 640 | 27.57% | 2,321 |
| Russell | 1,645 | 66.98% | 773 | 31.47% | 35 | 1.43% | 3 | 0.12% | 872 | 35.50% | 2,456 |
| Shelby | 1,582 | 58.23% | 1,051 | 38.68% | 65 | 2.39% | 19 | 0.70% | 531 | 19.54% | 2,717 |
| St. Clair | 1,604 | 70.38% | 603 | 26.46% | 47 | 2.06% | 25 | 1.10% | 1,001 | 43.92% | 2,279 |
| Sumter | 1,834 | 52.44% | 1,459 | 41.72% | 186 | 5.32% | 18 | 0.51% | 375 | 10.72% | 3,497 |
| Talladega | 1,854 | 64.78% | 922 | 32.22% | 49 | 1.71% | 40 | 1.40% | 932 | 32.56% | 2,862 |
| Tallapoosa | 2,691 | 75.53% | 685 | 19.23% | 106 | 2.98% | 81 | 2.27% | 2,006 | 56.30% | 3,563 |
| Tuscaloosa | 2,151 | 66.27% | 965 | 29.73% | 79 | 2.43% | 51 | 1.57% | 1,186 | 36.54% | 3,246 |
| Walker | 1,248 | 52.15% | 1,101 | 46.01% | 22 | 0.92% | 22 | 0.92% | 147 | 6.14% | 2,393 |
| Washington | 642 | 69.63% | 224 | 24.30% | 46 | 4.99% | 10 | 1.08% | 418 | 45.34% | 922 |
| Wilcox | 2,956 | 96.95% | 45 | 1.48% | 45 | 1.48% | 3 | 0.10% | 2,911 | 95.47% | 3,049 |
| Winston | 349 | 36.78% | 589 | 62.07% | 6 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.53% | −240 | −25.29% | 949 |
| Monroe[a] | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Totals | 130,298 | 66.96% | 55,673 | 28.61% | 6,375 | 3.28% | 2,234 | 1.15% | 74,625 | 38.35% | 194,578 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ No returns for Monroe County were given in the Register and no explanations were given as to where the county's voters were recorded.
References
[edit]- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 143–147 ISBN 0786422173.
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Alabama
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
- ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 133–138 ISBN 9780804716963.
