Election in Pennsylvania
Main article: 1900 United States presidential election
1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Nominee
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
Ohio
Nebraska
Running mate
Theodore Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote
32
0
Popular vote
712,665
424,232
Percentage
60.74%
36.16%
County Results
McKinley
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Bryan
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
President before election
William McKinley
Republican
Elected President
William McKinley
Republican
The 1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1900 as part of the 1900 United States presidential election . Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley , over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan . McKinley won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.31% in this rematch of the 1896 United States presidential election . The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.
With 60.74% of the popular vote, Pennsylvania would be McKinley's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont , North Dakota and Maine .[1]
Results [ ]
1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
William McKinley (incumbent)
712,665
60.74%
32
Democratic
William Jennings Bryan
424,232
36.16%
0
Prohibition
John Woolley
27,908
2.38%
0
Socialist
Eugene Debs
4,831
0.41%
0
Socialist Labor
Joseph Maloney
2,936
0.25%
0
People's
Wharton Barker
638
0.05%
0
Totals
1,173,210
100.00%
35
Results by county [ ]
County
William McKinley Republican
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast[3]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
3,718
47.47%
3,967
50.65%
147
1.88%
-249
-3.18%
7,832
Allegheny
71,780
69.94%
27,311
26.61%
3,533
3.44%
44,469
43.33%
102,624
Armstrong
6,443
63.58%
3,438
33.93%
252
2.49%
3,005
29.66%
10,133
Beaver
6,759
60.11%
4,076
36.25%
409
3.64%
2,683
23.86%
11,244
Bedford
4,790
57.24%
3,445
41.17%
133
1.59%
1,345
16.07%
8,368
Berks
13,952
41.53%
19,013
56.60%
628
1.87%
-5,061
-15.07%
33,593
Blair
9,749
65.81%
4,528
30.57%
537
3.62%
5,221
35.24%
14,814
Bradford
8,625
64.05%
4,211
31.27%
631
4.69%
4,414
32.78%
13,467
Bucks
9,263
55.13%
7,287
43.37%
253
1.51%
1,976
11.76%
16,803
Butler
6,303
55.85%
4,465
39.57%
517
4.58%
1,838
16.29%
11,285
Cambria
10,476
57.99%
7,168
39.68%
420
2.33%
3,308
18.31%
18,064
Cameron
971
63.59%
514
33.66%
42
2.75%
457
29.93%
1,527
Carbon
4,222
48.81%
4,149
47.97%
278
3.21%
73
0.84%
8,649
Centre
4,684
50.64%
4,339
46.91%
226
2.44%
345
3.73%
9,249
Chester
13,809
66.20%
6,214
29.79%
835
4.00%
7,595
36.41%
20,858
Clarion
3,002
44.69%
3,472
51.68%
244
3.63%
-470
-7.00%
6,718
Clearfield
7,955
53.55%
6,066
40.84%
833
5.61%
1,889
12.72%
14,854
Clinton
3,157
50.58%
2,879
46.13%
205
3.28%
278
4.45%
6,241
Columbia
2,954
35.21%
4,982
59.38%
454
5.41%
-2,028
-24.17%
8,390
Crawford
7,705
49.97%
7,000
45.40%
713
4.62%
705
4.57%
15,418
Cumberland
5,587
49.06%
5,428
47.66%
374
3.28%
159
1.40%
11,389
Dauphin
14,673
64.23%
7,390
32.35%
783
3.43%
7,283
31.88%
22,846
Delaware
13,794
74.96%
4,249
23.09%
358
1.95%
9,545
51.87%
18,401
Elk
3,254
50.06%
3,105
47.77%
141
2.17%
149
2.29%
6,500
Erie
11,816
58.47%
7,281
36.03%
1,110
5.49%
4,535
22.44%
20,207
Fayette
9,637
53.54%
7,650
42.50%
712
3.96%
1,987
11.04%
17,999
Forest
1,309
61.25%
714
33.41%
114
5.33%
595
27.84%
2,137
Franklin
6,483
57.98%
4,500
40.24%
199
1.78%
1,983
17.73%
11,182
Fulton
1,039
45.27%
1,224
53.33%
32
1.39%
-185
-8.06%
2,295
Greene
2,427
39.02%
3,674
59.07%
119
1.91%
-1,247
-20.05%
6,220
Huntingdon
4,645
67.91%
1,989
29.08%
206
3.01%
2,656
38.83%
6,840
Indiana
5,687
72.25%
1,767
22.45%
417
5.30%
3,920
49.80%
7,871
Jefferson
5,950
62.38%
3,063
32.11%
525
5.50%
2,887
30.27%
9,538
Juniata
1,805
51.50%
1,621
46.25%
79
2.25%
184
5.25%
3,505
Lackawanna
16,763
51.56%
14,728
45.30%
1,019
3.13%
2,035
6.26%
32,510
Lancaster
23,230
71.77%
8,437
26.07%
701
2.17%
14,793
45.70%
32,368
Lawrence
6,343
61.39%
2,754
26.66%
1,235
11.95%
3,589
34.74%
10,332
Lebanon
7,089
66.76%
3,050
28.72%
479
4.51%
4,039
38.04%
10,618
Lehigh
9,775
47.64%
10,438
50.87%
304
1.48%
-663
-3.23%
20,517
Luzerne
21,793
54.87%
16,470
41.47%
1,454
3.66%
5,323
13.40%
39,717
Lycoming
7,750
47.53%
7,427
45.55%
1,127
6.91%
323
1.98%
16,304
McKean
6,319
61.39%
3,427
33.29%
547
5.31%
2,892
28.10%
10,293
Mercer
6,950
55.94%
4,916
39.57%
559
4.50%
2,034
16.37%
12,425
Mifflin
2,594
56.48%
1,842
40.10%
157
3.42%
752
16.37%
4,593
Monroe
1,264
27.99%
3,054
67.63%
198
4.38%
-1,790
-39.64%
4,516
Montgomery
17,051
59.10%
11,208
38.85%
590
2.05%
5,843
20.25%
28,849
Montour
1,292
39.89%
1,875
57.89%
72
2.22%
-583
-18.00%
3,239
Northampton
9,849
45.14%
11,412
52.31%
556
2.55%
-1,563
-7.16%
21,817
Northumberland
8,366
49.35%
7,989
47.13%
596
3.52%
377
2.22%
16,951
Perry
3,400
57.41%
2,440
41.20%
82
1.38%
960
16.21%
5,922
Philadelphia
173,657
73.93%
58,179
24.77%
3,053
1.30%
115,478
49.16%
234,889
Pike
694
35.30%
1,236
62.87%
36
1.83%
-542
-27.57%
1,966
Potter
3,224
56.29%
2,147
37.49%
356
6.22%
1,077
18.81%
5,727
Schuylkill
15,327
50.73%
14,496
47.98%
392
1.30%
831
2.75%
30,215
Snyder
2,517
64.85%
1,319
33.99%
45
1.16%
1,198
30.87%
3,881
Somerset
6,677
73.30%
2,151
23.61%
281
3.08%
4,526
49.69%
9,109
Sullivan
1,266
45.46%
1,376
49.41%
143
5.13%
-110
-3.95%
2,785
Susquehanna
5,019
55.24%
3,527
38.82%
539
5.93%
1,492
16.42%
9,085
Tioga
7,458
71.02%
2,638
25.12%
406
3.87%
4,820
45.90%
10,502
Union
2,810
65.82%
1,359
31.83%
100
2.34%
1,451
33.99%
4,269
Venango
5,931
52.75%
4,014
35.70%
1,299
11.55%
1,917
17.05%
11,244
Warren
5,609
64.88%
2,500
28.92%
536
6.20%
3,109
35.96%
8,645
Washington
10,408
59.40%
6,380
36.41%
733
4.18%
4,028
22.99%
17,521
Wayne
3,229
50.91%
2,647
41.74%
466
7.35%
582
9.18%
6,342
Westmoreland
16,014
57.00%
11,010
39.19%
1,072
3.82%
5,004
17.81%
28,096
Wyoming
2,247
52.61%
1,875
43.90%
149
3.49%
372
8.71%
4,271
York
12,327
46.29%
13,732
51.56%
572
2.15%
-1,405
-5.28%
26,631
Totals
712,665
60.74%
424,232
36.16%
36,313
3.10%
288,433
24.58%
1,173,210
See also [ ]
List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
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