1896 United States presidential election in Iowa
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Iowa was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey.
Results[]
1896 United States presidential election in Iowa[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | William McKinley | 289,293 | 55.47% | 13 | |
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 223,741 | 42.90% | 0 | |
National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 4,516 | 0.87% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 3,192 | 0.61% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Charles Matchett | 453 | 0.09% | 0 | |
National Prohibition | Charles Bentley | 352 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Totals | 521,547 | 100.00% | 13 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
Results by county[]
County[2] | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
John McAuley Palmer National Democratic |
Joshua Levering Prohibition |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 2,127 | 51.74% | 1,946 | 47.34% | 28 | 0.68% | 9 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 181 | 4.40% | 4,111 |
Adams | 1,736 | 49.77% | 1,701 | 48.77% | 22 | 0.63% | 25 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.11% | 35 | 1.00% | 3,488 |
Allamakee | 2,471 | 55.16% | 1,897 | 42.34% | 95 | 2.12% | 13 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.09% | 574 | 12.81% | 4,480 |
Appanoose | 3,046 | 50.54% | 2,940 | 48.78% | 19 | 0.32% | 12 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.17% | 106 | 1.76% | 6,027 |
Audubon | 1,705 | 54.14% | 1,417 | 45.00% | 16 | 0.51% | 11 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 288 | 9.15% | 3,149 |
Benton | 3,604 | 57.50% | 2,560 | 40.84% | 63 | 1.01% | 38 | 0.61% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,044 | 16.66% | 6,268 |
Black Hawk | 4,643 | 66.05% | 2,167 | 30.83% | 158 | 2.25% | 56 | 0.80% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,476 | 35.22% | 7,030 |
Boone | 3,741 | 56.43% | 2,801 | 42.25% | 26 | 0.39% | 56 | 0.84% | 6 | 0.09% | 940 | 14.18% | 6,630 |
Bremer | 2,116 | 54.02% | 1,704 | 43.50% | 73 | 1.86% | 20 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.10% | 412 | 10.52% | 3,917 |
Buchanan | 2,865 | 55.30% | 2,233 | 43.10% | 50 | 0.97% | 31 | 0.60% | 2 | 0.04% | 632 | 12.20% | 5,181 |
Buena Vista | 2,368 | 65.83% | 1,178 | 32.75% | 22 | 0.61% | 26 | 0.72% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,190 | 33.08% | 3,597 |
Butler | 2,670 | 64.95% | 1,372 | 33.37% | 31 | 0.75% | 36 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,298 | 31.57% | 4,111 |
Calhoun | 2,698 | 67.25% | 1,280 | 31.90% | 24 | 0.60% | 10 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,418 | 35.34% | 4,012 |
Carroll | 2,066 | 45.67% | 2,417 | 53.43% | 25 | 0.55% | 13 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.07% | -351 | -7.76% | 4,524 |
Cass | 2,959 | 56.11% | 2,240 | 42.47% | 58 | 1.10% | 13 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.08% | 719 | 13.63% | 5,274 |
Cedar | 2,717 | 54.50% | 2,128 | 42.69% | 78 | 1.56% | 50 | 1.00% | 12 | 0.24% | 589 | 11.82% | 4,985 |
Cerro Gordo | 3,048 | 66.73% | 1,408 | 30.82% | 38 | 0.83% | 59 | 1.29% | 15 | 0.33% | 1,640 | 35.90% | 4,568 |
Cherokee | 2,343 | 60.08% | 1,464 | 37.54% | 25 | 0.64% | 64 | 1.64% | 4 | 0.10% | 879 | 22.54% | 3,900 |
Chickasaw | 1,967 | 48.20% | 2,084 | 51.07% | 17 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.07% | -117 | -2.87% | 4,081 |
Clarke | 1,646 | 51.53% | 1,517 | 47.50% | 11 | 0.34% | 19 | 0.59% | 1 | 0.03% | 129 | 4.04% | 3,194 |
Clay | 1,880 | 65.99% | 933 | 32.75% | 14 | 0.49% | 19 | 0.67% | 3 | 0.11% | 947 | 33.24% | 2,849 |
Clayton | 3,302 | 52.16% | 2,910 | 45.96% | 81 | 1.28% | 32 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.09% | 392 | 6.19% | 6,331 |
Clinton | 5,584 | 54.02% | 4,590 | 44.40% | 83 | 0.80% | 10 | 0.10% | 70 | 0.68% | 994 | 9.62% | 10,337 |
Crawford | 2,189 | 46.98% | 2,396 | 51.43% | 28 | 0.60% | 38 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.17% | -207 | -4.44% | 4,659 |
Dallas | 3,326 | 57.87% | 2,316 | 40.30% | 36 | 0.63% | 55 | 0.96% | 14 | 0.24% | 1,010 | 17.57% | 5,747 |
Davis | 1,652 | 40.87% | 2,367 | 58.56% | 8 | 0.20% | 15 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -715 | -17.69% | 4,042 |
Decatur | 2,268 | 48.46% | 2,362 | 50.47% | 35 | 0.75% | 9 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.13% | -94 | -2.01% | 4,680 |
Delaware | 2,799 | 60.52% | 1,778 | 38.44% | 23 | 0.50% | 24 | 0.52% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,021 | 22.08% | 4,625 |
Des Moines | 4,549 | 53.06% | 3,741 | 43.63% | 241 | 2.81% | 31 | 0.36% | 12 | 0.14% | 808 | 9.42% | 8,574 |
Dickinson | 1,131 | 67.36% | 517 | 30.79% | 17 | 1.01% | 14 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 614 | 36.57% | 1,679 |
Dubuque | 5,203 | 43.51% | 6,570 | 54.94% | 153 | 1.28% | 18 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.12% | -1,367 | -11.43% | 11,958 |
Emmet | 1,429 | 70.05% | 559 | 27.40% | 3 | 0.15% | 47 | 2.30% | 2 | 0.10% | 870 | 42.65% | 2,040 |
Fayette | 3,522 | 54.69% | 2,822 | 43.82% | 38 | 0.59% | 54 | 0.84% | 4 | 0.06% | 700 | 10.87% | 6,440 |
Floyd | 2,749 | 64.15% | 1,461 | 34.10% | 35 | 0.82% | 30 | 0.70% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,288 | 30.06% | 4,285 |
Franklin | 2,439 | 72.57% | 894 | 26.60% | 17 | 0.51% | 9 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,545 | 45.97% | 3,361 |
Fremont | 1,948 | 40.21% | 2,857 | 58.97% | 19 | 0.39% | 11 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.21% | -909 | -18.76% | 4,845 |
Greene | 2,606 | 60.80% | 1,629 | 38.01% | 26 | 0.61% | 18 | 0.42% | 7 | 0.16% | 977 | 22.80% | 4,286 |
Grundy | 1,894 | 60.36% | 1,206 | 38.43% | 21 | 0.67% | 13 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.13% | 688 | 21.92% | 3,138 |
Guthrie | 2,541 | 52.66% | 2,220 | 46.01% | 19 | 0.39% | 41 | 0.85% | 4 | 0.08% | 321 | 6.65% | 4,825 |
Hamilton | 3,074 | 69.25% | 1,300 | 29.29% | 46 | 1.04% | 15 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,774 | 39.96% | 4,439 |
Hancock | 1,975 | 65.64% | 1,007 | 33.47% | 12 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.13% | 968 | 32.17% | 3,009 |
Hardin | 3,575 | 68.46% | 1,568 | 30.03% | 38 | 0.73% | 37 | 0.71% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,007 | 38.43% | 5,222 |
Harrison | 2,839 | 46.48% | 3,214 | 52.62% | 24 | 0.39% | 27 | 0.44% | 4 | 0.07% | -375 | -6.14% | 6,108 |
Henry | 2,774 | 55.83% | 2,092 | 42.10% | 45 | 0.91% | 52 | 1.05% | 6 | 0.12% | 682 | 13.73% | 4,969 |
Howard | 1,929 | 55.24% | 1,507 | 43.16% | 21 | 0.60% | 29 | 0.83% | 6 | 0.17% | 422 | 12.08% | 3,492 |
Humboldt | 2,010 | 71.18% | 783 | 27.73% | 10 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,227 | 43.45% | 2,824 |
Ida | 1,475 | 50.36% | 1,421 | 48.51% | 15 | 0.51% | 15 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.10% | 54 | 1.84% | 2,929 |
Iowa | 2,391 | 53.78% | 1,956 | 43.99% | 79 | 1.78% | 15 | 0.34% | 5 | 0.11% | 435 | 9.78% | 4,446 |
Jackson | 2,768 | 47.21% | 3,019 | 51.49% | 60 | 1.02% | 16 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -251 | -4.28% | 5,863 |
Jasper | 3,713 | 52.49% | 3,279 | 46.35% | 40 | 0.57% | 39 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.04% | 434 | 6.14% | 7,074 |
Jefferson | 2,478 | 57.24% | 1,772 | 40.93% | 36 | 0.83% | 35 | 0.81% | 8 | 0.18% | 706 | 16.31% | 4,329 |
Johnson | 2,910 | 47.06% | 3,170 | 51.26% | 90 | 1.46% | 8 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.10% | -260 | -4.20% | 6,184 |
Jones | 3,057 | 57.84% | 2,143 | 40.55% | 54 | 1.02% | 20 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.21% | 914 | 17.29% | 5,285 |
Keokuk | 3,166 | 50.72% | 2,891 | 46.32% | 118 | 1.89% | 61 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.10% | 275 | 4.41% | 6,242 |
Kossuth | 2,930 | 60.30% | 1,861 | 38.30% | 50 | 1.03% | 16 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,069 | 22.00% | 4,859 |
Lee | 4,847 | 47.70% | 5,153 | 50.71% | 120 | 1.18% | 35 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.07% | -306 | -3.01% | 10,162 |
Linn | 7,335 | 57.14% | 5,283 | 41.16% | 95 | 0.74% | 99 | 0.77% | 24 | 0.19% | 2,052 | 15.99% | 12,836 |
Louisa | 2,035 | 59.12% | 1,334 | 38.76% | 37 | 1.07% | 33 | 0.96% | 3 | 0.09% | 701 | 20.37% | 3,442 |
Lucas | 1,859 | 52.43% | 1,621 | 45.71% | 28 | 0.79% | 33 | 0.93% | 5 | 0.14% | 238 | 6.71% | 3,546 |
Lyon | 1,568 | 51.33% | 1,464 | 47.92% | 5 | 0.16% | 16 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.07% | 104 | 3.40% | 3,055 |
Madison | 2,313 | 50.28% | 2,224 | 48.35% | 28 | 0.61% | 28 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.15% | 89 | 1.93% | 4,600 |
Mahaska | 4,256 | 50.69% | 3,974 | 47.33% | 56 | 0.67% | 90 | 1.07% | 20 | 0.24% | 282 | 3.36% | 8,396 |
Marion | 2,741 | 46.05% | 3,119 | 52.40% | 33 | 0.55% | 54 | 0.91% | 5 | 0.08% | -378 | -6.35% | 5,952 |
Marshall | 4,541 | 61.85% | 2,626 | 35.77% | 66 | 0.90% | 102 | 1.39% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,915 | 26.08% | 7,342 |
Mills | 2,153 | 51.93% | 1,958 | 47.23% | 18 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.05% | 195 | 4.70% | 4,146 |
Mitchell | 2,498 | 69.80% | 1,031 | 28.81% | 31 | 0.87% | 17 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,467 | 40.99% | 3,579 |
Monona | 1,526 | 36.86% | 2,558 | 61.79% | 13 | 0.31% | 40 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.07% | -1,032 | -24.93% | 4,140 |
Monroe | 1,836 | 45.69% | 2,086 | 51.92% | 35 | 0.87% | 53 | 1.32% | 8 | 0.20% | -250 | -6.22% | 4,018 |
Montgomery | 2,927 | 63.67% | 1,634 | 35.54% | 12 | 0.26% | 19 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,293 | 28.13% | 4,597 |
Muscatine | 3,627 | 55.02% | 2,863 | 43.43% | 72 | 1.09% | 21 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.14% | 764 | 11.59% | 6,592 |
O'Brien | 2,421 | 60.10% | 1,562 | 38.78% | 19 | 0.47% | 25 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.02% | 859 | 21.33% | 4,028 |
Osceola | 1,094 | 57.91% | 767 | 40.60% | 12 | 0.64% | 15 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.05% | 327 | 17.31% | 1,889 |
Page | 3,213 | 56.32% | 2,390 | 41.89% | 22 | 0.39% | 53 | 0.93% | 27 | 0.47% | 823 | 14.43% | 5,705 |
Palo Alto | 1,595 | 50.00% | 1,547 | 48.50% | 12 | 0.38% | 35 | 1.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 48 | 1.50% | 3,190 |
Plymouth | 2,623 | 51.40% | 2,392 | 46.87% | 47 | 0.92% | 38 | 0.74% | 3 | 0.06% | 231 | 4.53% | 5,103 |
Pocahontas | 1,866 | 56.82% | 1,377 | 41.93% | 16 | 0.49% | 24 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.03% | 489 | 14.89% | 3,284 |
Polk | 11,127 | 60.24% | 7,087 | 38.37% | 111 | 0.60% | 121 | 0.66% | 25 | 0.14% | 4,040 | 21.87% | 18,471 |
Pottawattamie | 5,810 | 51.00% | 5,468 | 48.00% | 86 | 0.75% | 14 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.12% | 342 | 3.00% | 11,392 |
Poweshiek | 2,969 | 58.49% | 2,013 | 39.66% | 42 | 0.83% | 49 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.06% | 956 | 18.83% | 5,076 |
Ringgold | 2,209 | 56.47% | 1,651 | 42.20% | 18 | 0.46% | 25 | 0.64% | 9 | 0.23% | 558 | 14.26% | 3,912 |
Sac | 2,513 | 64.14% | 1,346 | 34.35% | 17 | 0.43% | 36 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,167 | 29.79% | 3,918 |
Scott | 6,449 | 58.84% | 4,032 | 36.79% | 278 | 2.54% | 29 | 0.26% | 172 | 1.57% | 2,417 | 22.05% | 10,960 |
Shelby | 2,019 | 47.85% | 2,175 | 51.55% | 11 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.17% | -156 | -3.70% | 4,219 |
Sioux | 2,841 | 59.00% | 1,898 | 39.42% | 50 | 1.04% | 24 | 0.50% | 2 | 0.04% | 943 | 19.58% | 4,815 |
Story | 3,630 | 68.72% | 1,589 | 30.08% | 22 | 0.42% | 41 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,041 | 38.64% | 5,282 |
Tama | 3,054 | 53.28% | 2,596 | 45.29% | 37 | 0.65% | 41 | 0.72% | 4 | 0.07% | 458 | 7.99% | 5,732 |
Taylor | 2,468 | 51.56% | 2,293 | 47.90% | 7 | 0.15% | 16 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.06% | 175 | 3.66% | 4,787 |
Union | 2,196 | 46.85% | 2,425 | 51.74% | 32 | 0.68% | 31 | 0.66% | 3 | 0.06% | -229 | -4.89% | 4,687 |
Van Buren | 2,478 | 53.54% | 2,076 | 44.86% | 45 | 0.97% | 28 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.02% | 402 | 8.69% | 4,628 |
Wapello | 4,319 | 50.76% | 4,041 | 47.49% | 112 | 1.32% | 24 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.15% | 278 | 3.27% | 8,509 |
Warren | 2,826 | 55.28% | 2,214 | 43.31% | 20 | 0.39% | 50 | 0.98% | 2 | 0.04% | 612 | 11.97% | 5,112 |
Washington | 2,882 | 54.42% | 2,292 | 43.28% | 51 | 0.96% | 54 | 1.02% | 17 | 0.32% | 590 | 11.14% | 5,296 |
Wayne | 2,101 | 48.93% | 2,115 | 49.25% | 29 | 0.68% | 45 | 1.05% | 4 | 0.09% | -14 | -0.33% | 4,294 |
Webster | 3,691 | 58.09% | 2,557 | 40.24% | 45 | 0.71% | 60 | 0.94% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,134 | 17.85% | 6,354 |
Winnebago | 1,912 | 72.12% | 714 | 26.93% | 10 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,198 | 45.19% | 2,651 |
Winneshiek | 3,422 | 61.75% | 2,033 | 36.68% | 50 | 0.90% | 25 | 0.45% | 12 | 0.22% | 1,389 | 25.06% | 5,542 |
Woodbury | 6,204 | 54.86% | 4,876 | 43.12% | 117 | 1.03% | 97 | 0.86% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,328 | 11.74% | 11,309 |
Worth | 1,696 | 73.74% | 584 | 25.39% | 15 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,112 | 48.35% | 2,300 |
Wright | 2,992 | 71.39% | 1,138 | 27.15% | 20 | 0.48% | 38 | 0.91% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,854 | 44.24% | 4,191 |
Totals | 289,293 | 55.47% | 223,741 | 42.90% | 4,516 | 0.87% | 3,192 | 0.61% | 799 | 0.15% | 65,552 | 12.57% | 521,541 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Iowa
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Iowa
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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