Election in California
Main article: 1896 United States presidential election
1896 United States presidential election in California
Nominee
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Ohio
Nebraska
Running mate
Garret Hobart
Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote
8
1
Popular vote
146,688
144,766
Percentage
49.16%
48.51%
County Results
McKinley
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Bryan
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Tie
President before election
Grover Cleveland
Democratic
Elected President
William McKinley
Republican
The 1896 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election . State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
California narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Ohio Governor William McKinley , over the Democratic nominee, former Nebraska representative William Jennings Bryan .
Eight of the state's electoral votes were awarded to McKinley, while one was awarded to Bryan. This was the third occasion in which California's electoral vote was split, rather than being awarded to a single candidate. The previous two occasions
were in 1880 and 1892 . Such a split would only subsequently occur in California one more time (in 1912 ).[1]
Results [ ]
1896 United States presidential election in California[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
William McKinley
146,688
49.16%
8
Democratic
William Jennings Bryan
144,766
48.51%
1
Prohibition
Joshua Levering
2,573
0.86%
0
National Democrat
John Palmer
1,730
0.58%
0
Socialist Labor
Charles Matchett
1,611
0.54%
0
National Party
1,047
0.35%
0
No party
Write-ins
4
0.00%
0
Invalid or blank votes
—
Totals
298,419
100.00%
9
Voter turnout
—
Results by county [ ]
County
William McKinley Republican
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Marin
61.41%
1,448
37.07%
874
1.53%
36
24.34%
574
San Mateo
61.10%
1,607
37.53%
987
1.37%
36
23.57%
620
Alameda
60.43%
13,429
37.77%
8,394
1.80%
400
22.66%
5,035
Napa
57.03%
2,032
41.31%
1,472
1.66%
59
15.72%
560
Sierra
56.61%
707
42.19%
527
1.20%
15
14.41%
180
Contra Costa
56.10%
1,834
42.25%
1,381
1.65%
54
13.86%
453
Humboldt
55.37%
3,142
43.44%
2,465
1.20%
68
11.93%
677
Riverside
53.06%
2,063
43.31%
1,684
3.63%
141
9.75%
379
Santa Clara
53.51%
6,315
43.99%
5,191
2.50%
295
9.52%
1,124
Yuba
53.82%
1,204
44.30%
991
1.88%
42
9.52%
213
Solano
53.19%
2,702
44.96%
2,284
1.85%
94
8.23%
418
Plumas
53.47%
678
45.35%
575
1.18%
15
8.12%
103
Sonoma
51.86%
4,053
46.00%
3,595
2.15%
168
5.86%
458
Orange
51.06%
1,932
45.24%
1,712
3.70%
140
5.81%
220
Sutter
51.89%
796
46.48%
713
1.63%
25
5.41%
83
Placer
51.41%
1,890
46.82%
1,721
1.77%
65
4.60%
169
Ventura
50.41%
1,553
47.55%
1,465
2.04%
63
2.86%
88
Los Angeles
49.62%
16,891
47.13%
16,043
3.25%
1,108
2.49%
848
Santa Barbara
49.48%
2,004
47.31%
1,916
3.21%
130
2.17%
88
Del Norte
49.50%
345
47.92%
334
2.58%
18
1.58%
11
San Bernardino
48.54%
2,818
47.20%
2,740
4.25%
247
1.34%
78
Alpine
49.38%
40
48.15%
39
2.47%
2
1.23%
1
Calaveras
49.92%
1,541
49.17%
1,518
0.91%
28
0.75%
23
San Francisco
49.20%
31,041
48.58%
30,649
2.21%
1,396
0.62%
392
Santa Cruz
48.24%
1,969
48.02%
1,960
3.75%
153
0.22%
9
San Joaquin
48.83%
3,500
48.83%
3,500
2.33%
167
0.00%
0
Mendocino
48.92%
2,093
49.56%
2,120
1.52%
65
-0.63%
-27
Butte
48.31%
2,075
49.36%
2,120
2.33%
100
-1.05%
-45
Sacramento
47.68%
4,600
50.07%
4,831
2.25%
217
-2.39%
-231
San Diego
46.86%
3,631
50.44%
3,908
2.70%
209
-3.58%
-277
Trinity
46.44%
502
50.42%
545
3.15%
34
-3.98%
-43
Monterey
45.82%
1,878
52.43%
2,149
1.76%
72
-6.61%
-271
Siskiyou
44.98%
1,473
52.64%
1,724
2.38%
78
-7.66%
-251
Tehama
45.39%
969
53.16%
1,135
1.45%
31
-7.78%
-166
Yolo
44.84%
1,485
52.93%
1,753
2.23%
74
-8.09%
-268
Nevada
44.76%
1,985
53.21%
2,360
2.03%
90
-8.46%
-375
Mono
44.27%
259
53.85%
315
1.88%
11
-9.57%
-56
Amador
44.39%
1,144
54.25%
1,398
1.36%
35
-9.86%
-254
San Luis Obispo
43.74%
1,671
53.82%
2,056
2.43%
93
-10.08%
-385
Kern
43.80%
1,430
54.00%
1,763
2.21%
72
-10.20%
-333
Lassen
43.66%
420
54.89%
528
1.46%
14
-11.23%
-108
Kings
43.06%
673
55.15%
862
1.79%
28
-12.09%
-189
San Benito
42.48%
729
55.71%
956
1.81%
31
-13.23%
-227
Stanislaus
40.92%
1,007
56.81%
1,398
2.28%
56
-15.89%
-391
Fresno
40.22%
2,686
56.75%
3,790
3.04%
203
-16.53%
-1,104
Mariposa
39.68%
563
58.42%
829
1.90%
27
-18.75%
-266
El Dorado
39.54%
1,130
58.57%
1,674
1.89%
54
-19.03%
-544
Lake
38.00%
546
59.43%
854
2.57%
37
-21.43%
-308
Tuolumne
38.06%
834
59.70%
1,308
2.24%
49
-21.63%
-474
Shasta
37.55%
1,210
60.09%
1,936
2.36%
76
-22.53%
-726
Madera
37.32%
452
61.02%
739
1.65%
20
-23.70%
-287
Merced
36.24%
653
61.99%
1,117
1.78%
32
-25.75%
-464
Glenn
36.54%
479
62.93%
825
0.53%
7
-26.39%
-346
Inyo
34.01%
286
63.26%
532
2.73%
23
-29.25%
-246
Tulare
33.80%
1,410
64.07%
2,673
2.13%
89
-30.27%
-1,263
Modoc
33.00%
300
64.69%
588
2.31%
21
-31.68%
-288
Colusa
30.86%
581
66.38%
1,250
2.76%
52
-35.53%
-669
References [ ]
State and district results of the 1896 United States presidential election
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