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The1896 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose six electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
West Virginia was won by theRepublican nominees,former Ohio GovernorWilliam McKinley and his running mateGarret Hobart ofNew Jersey. They defeated theDemocratic nominee, formerU.S. Representative from NebraskaWilliam Jennings Bryan and his running mateArthur Sewall. McKinley won the state by a margin of 5.4%,
This was the first time the Republicans had carried West Virginia sinceUlysses S. Grant in1872. McKinley's win resulted substantially from the fact that workers in West Virginia's growingcoal industry opposed Bryan'sfree silver policy[1] because it would cause inflation.[2]
Bryan would lose West Virginia to McKinley againfour years later and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in West Virginia[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 105,379 | 52.23% | 6 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 94,480 | 46.83% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 1,220 | 0.60% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 678 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Totals | 201,757 | 100.00% | 6 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | John McAuley Palmer National Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 1,573 | 48.90% | 1,643 | 51.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | -70 | -2.18% | 3,217 |
| Berkeley | 2,497 | 53.64% | 2,084 | 44.77% | 20 | 0.43% | 54 | 1.16% | 413 | 8.87% | 4,655 |
| Boone | 678 | 45.32% | 813 | 54.34% | 3 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.13% | -135 | -9.02% | 1,496 |
| Braxton | 1,453 | 39.52% | 2,188 | 59.51% | 28 | 0.76% | 8 | 0.22% | -735 | -19.99% | 3,677 |
| Brooke | 935 | 54.74% | 748 | 43.79% | 20 | 1.17% | 5 | 0.29% | 187 | 10.95% | 1,708 |
| Cabell | 3,127 | 49.98% | 3,076 | 49.16% | 32 | 0.51% | 22 | 0.35% | 51 | 0.82% | 6,257 |
| Calhoun | 804 | 40.40% | 1,186 | 59.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -382 | -19.20% | 1,990 |
| Clay | 661 | 52.05% | 606 | 47.72% | 2 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.08% | 55 | 4.33% | 1,270 |
| Doddridge | 1,747 | 58.25% | 1,231 | 41.05% | 17 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.13% | 516 | 17.21% | 2,999 |
| Fayette | 4,543 | 61.47% | 2,783 | 37.66% | 53 | 0.72% | 11 | 0.15% | 1,760 | 23.82% | 7,390 |
| Gilmer | 1,000 | 42.25% | 1,356 | 57.29% | 8 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.13% | -356 | -15.04% | 2,367 |
| Grant | 1,306 | 77.32% | 372 | 22.02% | 8 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.18% | 934 | 55.30% | 1,689 |
| Greenbrier | 1,661 | 40.37% | 2,414 | 58.68% | 18 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.51% | -753 | -18.30% | 4,114 |
| Hampshire | 676 | 25.98% | 1,909 | 73.37% | 2 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.58% | -1,233 | -47.39% | 2,602 |
| Hancock | 843 | 57.54% | 584 | 39.86% | 34 | 2.32% | 4 | 0.27% | 259 | 17.68% | 1,465 |
| Hardy | 547 | 31.47% | 1,146 | 65.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 45 | 2.59% | -599 | -34.46% | 1,738 |
| Harrison | 3,027 | 54.53% | 2,485 | 44.77% | 26 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.23% | 542 | 9.76% | 5,551 |
| Jackson | 2,527 | 52.16% | 2,286 | 47.18% | 26 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.12% | 241 | 4.97% | 4,845 |
| Jefferson | 1,283 | 33.54% | 2,453 | 64.13% | 27 | 0.71% | 62 | 1.62% | -1,170 | -30.59% | 3,825 |
| Kanawha | 6,948 | 58.65% | 4,824 | 40.72% | 47 | 0.40% | 28 | 0.24% | 2,124 | 17.93% | 11,847 |
| Lewis | 1,813 | 50.32% | 1,718 | 47.68% | 68 | 1.89% | 4 | 0.11% | 95 | 2.64% | 3,603 |
| Lincoln | 1,334 | 49.30% | 1,364 | 50.41% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.22% | -30 | -1.11% | 2,706 |
| Logan | 382 | 27.36% | 992 | 71.06% | 1 | 0.07% | 21 | 1.50% | -610 | -43.70% | 1,396 |
| Marion | 3,420 | 49.89% | 3,304 | 48.20% | 105 | 1.53% | 26 | 0.38% | 116 | 1.69% | 6,855 |
| Marshall | 3,561 | 61.42% | 2,108 | 36.36% | 112 | 1.93% | 17 | 0.29% | 1,453 | 25.06% | 5,798 |
| Mason | 3,066 | 54.96% | 2,492 | 44.67% | 10 | 0.18% | 11 | 0.20% | 574 | 10.29% | 5,579 |
| McDowell | 2,635 | 72.65% | 986 | 27.19% | 2 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,649 | 45.46% | 3,627 |
| Mercer | 2,388 | 52.74% | 2,123 | 46.89% | 12 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.11% | 265 | 5.85% | 4,528 |
| Mineral | 1,547 | 53.27% | 1,307 | 45.01% | 40 | 1.38% | 10 | 0.34% | 240 | 8.26% | 2,904 |
| Mingo | 632 | 34.33% | 1,204 | 65.40% | 2 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.16% | -572 | -31.07% | 1,841 |
| Monongalia | 2,684 | 63.66% | 1,482 | 35.15% | 32 | 0.76% | 18 | 0.43% | 1,202 | 28.51% | 4,216 |
| Monroe | 1,323 | 45.40% | 1,579 | 54.19% | 9 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.10% | -256 | -8.79% | 2,914 |
| Morgan | 1,107 | 69.40% | 433 | 27.15% | 31 | 1.94% | 24 | 1.50% | 674 | 42.26% | 1,595 |
| Nicholas | 908 | 41.25% | 1,226 | 55.70% | 62 | 2.82% | 5 | 0.23% | -318 | -14.45% | 2,201 |
| Ohio | 6,721 | 56.56% | 5,016 | 42.22% | 68 | 0.57% | 77 | 0.65% | 1,705 | 14.35% | 11,882 |
| Pendleton | 784 | 40.73% | 1,117 | 58.03% | 18 | 0.94% | 6 | 0.31% | -333 | -17.30% | 1,925 |
| Pleasants | 887 | 48.87% | 921 | 50.74% | 3 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.22% | -34 | -1.87% | 1,815 |
| Pocahontas | 632 | 38.89% | 983 | 60.49% | 3 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.43% | -351 | -21.60% | 1,625 |
| Preston | 3,528 | 72.04% | 1,331 | 27.18% | 31 | 0.63% | 7 | 0.14% | 2,197 | 44.86% | 4,897 |
| Putnam | 1,876 | 52.33% | 1,702 | 47.48% | 3 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.11% | 174 | 4.85% | 3,585 |
| Raleigh | 1,150 | 50.91% | 1,103 | 48.83% | 2 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.18% | 47 | 2.08% | 2,259 |
| Randolph | 1,427 | 41.73% | 1,969 | 57.57% | 14 | 0.41% | 10 | 0.29% | -542 | -15.85% | 3,420 |
| Ritchie | 2,211 | 57.13% | 1,601 | 41.37% | 56 | 1.45% | 2 | 0.05% | 610 | 15.76% | 3,870 |
| Roane | 1,849 | 46.34% | 2,125 | 53.26% | 11 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.13% | -276 | -6.92% | 3,990 |
| Summers | 1,599 | 47.52% | 1,746 | 51.89% | 17 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.09% | -147 | -4.37% | 3,365 |
| Taylor | 1,838 | 57.93% | 1,307 | 41.19% | 21 | 0.66% | 7 | 0.22% | 531 | 16.73% | 3,173 |
| Tucker | 1,259 | 53.12% | 1,111 | 46.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 148 | 6.24% | 2,370 |
| Tyler | 2,430 | 57.07% | 1,799 | 42.25% | 22 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.16% | 631 | 14.82% | 4,258 |
| Upshur | 2,281 | 69.46% | 949 | 28.90% | 36 | 1.10% | 18 | 0.55% | 1,332 | 40.56% | 3,284 |
| Wayne | 2,031 | 45.25% | 2,443 | 54.43% | 3 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.25% | -412 | -9.18% | 4,488 |
| Webster | 709 | 42.18% | 972 | 57.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -263 | -15.65% | 1,681 |
| Wetzel | 1,685 | 39.83% | 2,524 | 59.65% | 13 | 0.31% | 9 | 0.21% | -839 | -19.83% | 4,231 |
| Wirt | 1,068 | 47.66% | 1,159 | 51.72% | 9 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.22% | -91 | -4.06% | 2,241 |
| Wood | 4,043 | 53.30% | 3,484 | 45.93% | 31 | 0.41% | 27 | 0.36% | 559 | 7.37% | 7,585 |
| Wyoming | 735 | 54.53% | 613 | 45.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 122 | 9.05% | 1,348 |
| Totals | 105,379 | 52.23% | 94,480 | 46.83% | 1,220 | 0.60% | 678 | 0.34% | 10,899 | 5.40% | 201,757 |
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