1896 United States presidential election in Texas

1896 United States presidential election in Texas
Bryan 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%	McKinley 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 90-100%
President before election; Grover Cleveland; Democratic	Elected President ; William McKinley; Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 3, 1896. State voters chose 15 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Texas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine.

From 1896-2020 Starr County, Texas, voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in every election.^[1]^[2] This ended when Republican Donald Trump won the county in the 2024 Presidential Election with 57.7% of the vote,^[3] breaking the longest unbroken Democratic voting streak in history.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Texas^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	370,434	68.00%	15
	Republican	William McKinley	167,520	30.75%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	5,046	0.93%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	1,786	0.33%	0
Totals			544,786	100.00%	15
Voter turnout					—

Notes

References

^ Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 309–319 ISBN 0786422173
^ "2024 Texas Election Results". AP NEWS. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Texas

[how-1] Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[2] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 309–319 ISBN 0786422173

[3] "2024 Texas Election Results". AP NEWS. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

[4] Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Texas

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