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The1896 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
California narrowly voted for theRepublican nominee,Ohio GovernorWilliam McKinley, over theDemocratic nominee, formerNebraskarepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 0.65%.
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 in1880 and1892. Such a split would only subsequently occur in California one more time (in1912).[1]
Bryan would lose California to McKinley againfour years later and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Duncan E. McKinley | 146,688 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Irving M. Scott | 146,133 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Claus Spreckels | 145,886 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Howell A. Powell | 145,812 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Julius M. Walling | 145,631 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | George M. Francis | 145,590 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Joseph S. Spear Jr. | 145,587 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Elwood Cooper | 145,474 | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. W. Martin | 144,766[a] | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Thomas Flint | 144,618 | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. V. Webster | 144,185[b] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | William Craig | 144,113[c] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Jo Hamilton | 143,959[d] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | D. T. Fowler | 143,913[e] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | S. I. Allard | 143,874[f] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | M. R. Merritt | 143,725[g] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | C. W. Thresher | 143,664[h] | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Daniel McKay | 143,024[i] | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | W. R. Goodwin | 2,573 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | B. F. Taylor | 2,562 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Stephen Bowers | 2,500 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Elam Biggs | 2,491 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Dr. P. McCargar | 2,481 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Robert Thompson | 2,480 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | M. J. Hall | 2,446 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | R. H. Young | 2,445 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | H. H. Luse | 2,444 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | James K. O'Brien | 2,006 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Clay W. Taylor | 1,730 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Emil Liess | 1,611 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Lemuel D. Biddle | 1,564 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | John Rosenfeld | 1,563 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Thomas B. Bond | 1,532 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Jeremiah Lynch | 1,529 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Charles Anderson | 1,510 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | John Roth | 1,476 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Robert Y. Hayne | 1,472 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | L. B. Hakes | 1,411 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | John Bidwell | 1,047 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | William Kelly | 947 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Henry French | 931 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | R. F. Burns | 922 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | F. W. Hooper | 896 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | J. M. Glass | 890 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | W. H. Bone | 860 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | F. Hilton | 855 | |
| National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Jesse Yarnell | 834 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 4 | ||
| Votes cast[j] | 298,419 | |||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic & People's | Joshua Levering Prohibition | John M. Palmer National Democratic | Charles H. Matchett Socialist Labor | Charles E. Bentley National | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[k] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 13,429 | 60.43% | 8,394 | 37.77% | 132 | 0.59% | 111 | 0.50% | 101 | 0.45% | 56 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,035 | 22.66% | 22,223 |
| Alpine | 40 | 49.38% | 39 | 48.15% | 1 | 1.23% | 1 | 1.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 1.23% | 81 |
| Amador | 1,144 | 44.39% | 1,398 | 54.25% | 20 | 0.78% | 4 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -254 | -9.86% | 2,577 |
| Butte | 2,075 | 48.31% | 2,120 | 49.36% | 20 | 0.47% | 42 | 0.98% | 6 | 0.14% | 32 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -45 | -1.05% | 4,295 |
| Calaveras | 1,541 | 49.92% | 1,518 | 49.17% | 5 | 0.16% | 11 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 0.75% | 3,087 |
| Colusa | 581 | 30.86% | 1,250 | 66.38% | 10 | 0.53% | 31 | 1.65% | 9 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -689 | -35.53% | 1,883 |
| Contra Costa | 1,834 | 56.10% | 1,381 | 42.25% | 14 | 0.43% | 15 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 453 | 13.86% | 3,269 |
| Del Norte | 345 | 49.50% | 334 | 47.92% | 7 | 1.00% | 9 | 1.29% | 2 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 1.58% | 697 |
| El Dorado | 1,130 | 39.54% | 1,674 | 58.57% | 16 | 0.56% | 14 | 0.49% | 7 | 0.24% | 17 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -544 | -19.03% | 2,858 |
| Fresno | 2,686 | 40.22% | 3,790 | 56.75% | 85 | 1.27% | 47 | 0.70% | 39 | 0.58% | 12 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,104 | -16.53% | 6,679 |
| Glenn | 479 | 36.54% | 825 | 62.93% | 1 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -346 | -26.39% | 1,311 |
| Humboldt | 3,142 | 55.37% | 2,465 | 43.44% | 32 | 0.56% | 19 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 677 | 11.93% | 5,675 |
| Inyo | 286 | 34.01% | 532 | 63.26% | 10 | 1.19% | 6 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | -246 | -29.25% | 841 |
| Kern | 1,430 | 43.80% | 1,763 | 54.00% | 28 | 0.86% | 26 | 0.80% | 12 | 0.37% | 6 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -333 | -10.20% | 3,265 |
| Kings | 673 | 43.06% | 862 | 55.15% | 13 | 0.83% | 6 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.06% | -189 | -12.09% | 1,563 |
| Lake | 546 | 38.00% | 854 | 59.43% | 20 | 1.39% | 10 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -308 | -21.43% | 1,437 |
| Lassen | 420 | 43.66% | 528 | 54.89% | 3 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.52% | 3 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -108 | -11.23% | 962 |
| Los Angeles | 16,891 | 49.62% | 16,043 | 47.13% | 787 | 2.31% | 131 | 0.38% | 108 | 0.32% | 82 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 848 | 2.49% | 34,042 |
| Madera | 452 | 37.32% | 739 | 61.02% | 13 | 1.07% | 4 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -287 | -23.70% | 1,211 |
| Marin | 1,448 | 61.41% | 874 | 37.07% | 3 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.30% | 21 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 574 | 24.34% | 2,358 |
| Mariposa | 563 | 39.68% | 829 | 58.42% | 7 | 0.49% | 18 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | -266 | -18.75% | 1,419 |
| Mendocino | 2,093 | 48.92% | 2,120 | 49.56% | 24 | 0.56% | 28 | 0.65% | 3 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -27 | -0.63% | 4,278 |
| Merced | 653 | 36.24% | 1,117 | 61.99% | 15 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | -464 | -25.75% | 1,802 |
| Modoc | 300 | 33.00% | 588 | 64.69% | 9 | 0.99% | 7 | 0.77% | 4 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -288 | -31.68% | 909 |
| Mono | 259 | 44.27% | 315 | 53.85% | 1 | 0.17% | 8 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -56 | -9.57% | 585 |
| Monterey | 1,878 | 45.82% | 2,149 | 52.43% | 21 | 0.51% | 20 | 0.49% | 11 | 0.27% | 20 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -271 | -6.61% | 4,099 |
| Napa | 2,032 | 57.03% | 1,472 | 41.31% | 23 | 0.65% | 18 | 0.51% | 8 | 0.22% | 9 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.03% | 560 | 15.72% | 3,563 |
| Nevada | 1,985 | 44.76% | 2,360 | 53.21% | 32 | 0.72% | 26 | 0.59% | 10 | 0.23% | 22 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -375 | -8.46% | 4,435 |
| Orange | 1,932 | 51.06% | 1,712 | 45.24% | 99 | 2.62% | 24 | 0.63% | 2 | 0.05% | 15 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 | 5.81% | 3,784 |
| Placer | 1,890 | 51.41% | 1,721 | 46.82% | 8 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.24% | 34 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 169 | 4.60% | 3,676 |
| Plumas | 678 | 53.47% | 575 | 45.35% | 7 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 103 | 8.12% | 1,268 |
| Riverside | 2,063 | 53.06% | 1,684 | 43.31% | 112 | 2.88% | 18 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 379 | 9.75% | 3,888 |
| Sacramento | 4,600 | 47.68% | 4,831 | 50.07% | 49 | 0.51% | 71 | 0.74% | 58 | 0.60% | 39 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -231 | -2.39% | 9,648 |
| San Benito | 729 | 42.48% | 956 | 55.71% | 7 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | -227 | -13.23% | 1,716 |
| San Bernardino | 2,818 | 48.54% | 2,740 | 47.20% | 188 | 3.24% | 26 | 0.45% | 12 | 0.21% | 21 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 1.34% | 5,805 |
| San Diego | 3,631 | 46.86% | 3,908 | 50.44% | 96 | 1.24% | 23 | 0.30% | 71 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -277 | -3.58% | 7,748 |
| San Francisco | 31,041 | 49.20% | 30,649 | 48.58% | 109 | 0.17% | 320 | 0.51% | 784 | 1.24% | 183 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 392 | 0.62% | 63,086 |
| San Joaquin | 3,500 | 48.83% | 3,500 | 48.83% | 54 | 0.75% | 46 | 0.64% | 31 | 0.43% | 36 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,167 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,671 | 43.74% | 2,056 | 53.82% | 39 | 1.02% | 22 | 0.58% | 8 | 0.21% | 24 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | -385 | 10.08% | 3,820 |
| San Mateo | 1,607 | 61.10% | 987 | 37.53% | 14 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 620 | 23.57% | 2,630 |
| Santa Barbara | 2,004 | 49.48% | 1,916 | 47.31% | 60 | 1.48% | 41 | 1.01% | 20 | 0.49% | 9 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 2.17% | 4,050 |
| Santa Clara | 6,315 | 53.51% | 5,191 | 43.99% | 68 | 0.58% | 41 | 0.35% | 82 | 0.69% | 104 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,124 | 9.52% | 11,801 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,969 | 48.24% | 1,960 | 48.02% | 46 | 1.13% | 56 | 1.37% | 23 | 0.56% | 28 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.22% | 4,082 |
| Shasta | 1,210 | 37.55% | 1,936 | 60.09% | 20 | 0.62% | 38 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.28% | 9 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -726 | -22.53% | 3,222 |
| Sierra | 707 | 56.61% | 527 | 42.19% | 6 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 180 | 14.41% | 1,249 |
| Siskiyou | 1,473 | 44.98% | 1,724 | 52.64% | 7 | 0.21% | 37 | 1.13% | 6 | 0.18% | 26 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.06% | -251 | -7.66% | 3,275 |
| Solano | 2,702 | 53.19% | 2,284 | 44.96% | 27 | 0.53% | 44 | 0.87% | 10 | 0.20% | 13 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 418 | 8.23% | 5,080 |
| Sonoma | 4,053 | 51.86% | 3,595 | 46.00% | 28 | 0.36% | 84 | 1.07% | 31 | 0.40% | 25 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 5.86% | 7,816 |
| Stanislaus | 1,007 | 40.92% | 1,398 | 56.81% | 14 | 0.57% | 22 | 0.89% | 1 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -391 | -15.89% | 2,461 |
| Sutter | 796 | 51.89% | 713 | 46.48% | 12 | 0.78% | 11 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 83 | 5.41% | 1,534 |
| Tehama | 969 | 45.39% | 1,135 | 53.16% | 11 | 0.52% | 8 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -166 | -7.78% | 2,135 |
| Trinity | 502 | 46.44% | 545 | 50.42% | 4 | 0.37% | 26 | 2.41% | 2 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -43 | -3.98% | 1,081 |
| Tulare | 1,410 | 33.80% | 2,673 | 64.07% | 35 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.24% | 31 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,263 | -30.27% | 4,172 |
| Tuolumne | 834 | 38.06% | 1,308 | 59.70% | 24 | 1.10% | 16 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -474 | -21.63% | 2,191 |
| Ventura | 1,533 | 50.41% | 1,465 | 47.55% | 35 | 1.14% | 14 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 88 | 2.86% | 3,081 |
| Yolo | 1,485 | 44.84% | 1,753 | 52.93% | 32 | 0.97% | 33 | 1.00% | 4 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -268 | -8.09% | 3,312 |
| Yuba | 1,204 | 53.82% | 991 | 44.30% | 10 | 0.45% | 22 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 213 | 9.52% | 2,237 |
| Total | 146,688 | 49.16% | 144,766 | 48.51% | 2,573 | 0.86% | 1,730 | 0.58% | 1,611 | 0.54% | 1,047 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.00% | 1,922 | 0.64% | 298,419 |
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