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The1896 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the1896 United States presidential election. Voters in Missouri chose 17 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Missouri was won by theDemocratic nominees,former U.S. RepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan ofNebraska and his running mateArthur Sewall ofMaine. Four electors cast their vice presidential ballots forThomas E. Watson. Unlike in the more easterlyborder states, Bryan's "free silver" platform had very substantial appeal in theUnionist but highly populistOzark "Bible Belt".[1] This was seen in that Missouri had in Richard P. Bland that earliest advocate of that monetary policy in Congress,[2] and that only one vote had been cast in 1893 in Missouri against free silver, and that in St. Louis.[3] Although all but one of Missouri's pro-silver members had reversed course by the time of the presidential election, the state was still hit much more than theOld Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley by farmers' debts from falling prices and crop failures since 1887.[4] Despite opposition by theSt. Louis Globe-Democrat to Bryan's free silver policies,[4] Bryan gained strongly via capture ofJames B. Weaver's support base from the 1892 and 1880 elections in the stronglyBaptist southwest, which was enough to counter Catholic defections fromGrover Cleveland in St. Louis and surrounds.[5] Bryan won Missouri by a margin of 8.71%.
This is the only election since the Civil War whereDouglas County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[6] Bryan was also the first Democrat sinceJames Buchanan in1856 to carryDade,Dallas,Jasper,Lawrence,Polk andWright counties.[5]
Bryan would win Missouri again against McKinleyfour years later but would later lose the state in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri[7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 363,667 | 53.96% | 13 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 363,667 | 53.96% | 17 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 304,940 | 45.25% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 2,365 | 0.35% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 2,043 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 599 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles E. Bentley | 292 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 673,906 | 100.00% | 17 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[8] | |||||||||
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| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | William McKinley Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,311 | 48.71% | 2,402 | 50.63% | 31 | 0.65% | -91 | -1.92% | 4,744 |
| Andrew | 2,191 | 48.90% | 2,252 | 50.26% | 38 | 0.85% | -61 | -1.36% | 4,481 |
| Atchison | 2,272 | 58.18% | 1,587 | 40.64% | 46 | 1.18% | 685 | 17.54% | 3,905 |
| Audrain | 3,984 | 70.79% | 1,609 | 28.59% | 35 | 0.62% | 2,375 | 42.20% | 5,628 |
| Barry | 3,151 | 57.37% | 2,320 | 42.24% | 21 | 0.38% | 831 | 15.13% | 5,492 |
| Barton | 2,824 | 64.02% | 1,496 | 33.92% | 91 | 2.06% | 1,328 | 30.11% | 4,411 |
| Bates | 5,073 | 65.64% | 2,522 | 32.63% | 133 | 1.72% | 2,551 | 33.01% | 7,728 |
| Benton | 1,762 | 46.59% | 1,957 | 51.75% | 63 | 1.67% | -195 | -5.16% | 3,782 |
| Bollinger | 1,485 | 53.77% | 1,272 | 46.05% | 5 | 0.18% | 213 | 7.71% | 2,762 |
| Boone | 5,075 | 74.39% | 1,705 | 24.99% | 42 | 0.62% | 3,370 | 49.40% | 6,822 |
| Buchanan | 7,336 | 51.17% | 6,854 | 47.81% | 147 | 1.03% | 482 | 3.36% | 14,337 |
| Butler | 1,743 | 51.37% | 1,635 | 48.19% | 15 | 0.44% | 108 | 3.18% | 3,393 |
| Caldwell | 2,053 | 48.71% | 2,115 | 50.18% | 47 | 1.12% | -62 | -1.47% | 4,215 |
| Callaway | 4,358 | 69.42% | 1,849 | 29.45% | 71 | 1.13% | 2,509 | 39.96% | 6,278 |
| Camden | 1,287 | 48.92% | 1,326 | 50.40% | 18 | 0.68% | -39 | -1.48% | 2,631 |
| Cape Girardeau | 2,473 | 49.42% | 2,482 | 49.60% | 49 | 0.98% | -9 | -0.18% | 5,004 |
| Carroll | 3,555 | 50.91% | 3,363 | 48.16% | 65 | 0.93% | 192 | 2.75% | 6,983 |
| Carter | 611 | 55.19% | 483 | 43.63% | 13 | 1.17% | 128 | 11.56% | 1,107 |
| Cass | 3,975 | 63.31% | 2,229 | 35.50% | 75 | 1.19% | 1,746 | 27.81% | 6,279 |
| Cedar | 2,400 | 55.87% | 1,881 | 43.78% | 15 | 0.35% | 519 | 12.08% | 4,296 |
| Chariton | 4,321 | 64.49% | 2,359 | 35.21% | 20 | 0.30% | 1,962 | 29.28% | 6,700 |
| Christian | 1,729 | 46.49% | 1,983 | 53.32% | 7 | 0.19% | -254 | -6.83% | 3,719 |
| Clark | 2,107 | 51.67% | 1,953 | 47.89% | 18 | 0.44% | 154 | 3.78% | 4,078 |
| Clay | 4,071 | 80.42% | 924 | 18.25% | 67 | 1.32% | 3,147 | 62.17% | 5,062 |
| Clinton | 2,610 | 58.74% | 1,792 | 40.33% | 41 | 0.92% | 818 | 18.41% | 4,443 |
| Cole | 2,198 | 51.39% | 2,033 | 47.53% | 46 | 1.08% | 165 | 3.86% | 4,277 |
| Cooper | 3,028 | 52.56% | 2,711 | 47.06% | 22 | 0.38% | 317 | 5.50% | 5,761 |
| Crawford | 1,383 | 48.66% | 1,447 | 50.91% | 12 | 0.42% | -64 | -2.25% | 2,842 |
| Dade | 2,363 | 56.54% | 1,797 | 43.00% | 19 | 0.45% | 566 | 13.54% | 4,179 |
| Dallas | 1,525 | 50.71% | 1,466 | 48.75% | 16 | 0.53% | 59 | 1.96% | 3,007 |
| Daviess | 3,125 | 56.77% | 2,330 | 42.33% | 50 | 0.91% | 795 | 14.44% | 5,505 |
| DeKalb | 2,167 | 57.24% | 1,590 | 42.00% | 29 | 0.77% | 577 | 15.24% | 3,786 |
| Dent | 1,493 | 57.69% | 1,087 | 42.00% | 8 | 0.31% | 406 | 15.69% | 2,588 |
| Douglas | 1,700 | 51.41% | 1,598 | 48.32% | 9 | 0.27% | 102 | 3.08% | 3,307 |
| Dunklin | 2,975 | 75.47% | 961 | 24.38% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,014 | 51.09% | 3,942 |
| Franklin | 2,904 | 43.18% | 3,797 | 56.46% | 24 | 0.36% | -893 | -13.28% | 6,725 |
| Gasconade | 515 | 18.88% | 2,185 | 80.10% | 28 | 1.03% | -1,670 | -61.22% | 2,728 |
| Gentry | 2,906 | 58.67% | 2,000 | 40.38% | 47 | 0.95% | 906 | 18.29% | 4,953 |
| Greene | 6,327 | 51.83% | 5,808 | 47.58% | 72 | 0.59% | 519 | 4.25% | 12,207 |
| Grundy | 1,675 | 37.41% | 2,778 | 62.05% | 24 | 0.54% | -1,103 | -24.64% | 4,477 |
| Harrison | 2,582 | 46.30% | 2,956 | 53.00% | 39 | 0.70% | -374 | -6.71% | 5,577 |
| Henry | 4,442 | 57.41% | 3,234 | 41.79% | 62 | 0.80% | 1,208 | 15.61% | 7,738 |
| Hickory | 1,045 | 46.51% | 1,194 | 53.14% | 8 | 0.36% | -149 | -6.63% | 2,247 |
| Holt | 2,036 | 45.40% | 2,397 | 53.44% | 52 | 1.16% | -361 | -8.05% | 4,485 |
| Howard | 3,317 | 70.60% | 1,353 | 28.80% | 28 | 0.60% | 1,964 | 41.81% | 4,698 |
| Howell | 2,373 | 55.21% | 1,892 | 44.02% | 33 | 0.77% | 481 | 11.19% | 4,298 |
| Iron | 1,016 | 62.33% | 607 | 37.24% | 7 | 0.43% | 409 | 25.09% | 1,630 |
| Jackson | 20,705 | 51.94% | 18,711 | 46.94% | 446 | 1.12% | 1,994 | 5.00% | 39,862 |
| Jasper | 7,026 | 58.69% | 4,835 | 40.39% | 111 | 0.93% | 2,191 | 18.30% | 11,972 |
| Jefferson | 2,785 | 48.87% | 2,876 | 50.46% | 38 | 0.67% | -91 | -1.60% | 5,699 |
| Johnson | 4,240 | 56.48% | 3,219 | 42.88% | 48 | 0.64% | 1,021 | 13.60% | 7,507 |
| Knox | 2,185 | 63.04% | 1,246 | 35.95% | 35 | 1.01% | 939 | 27.09% | 3,466 |
| Laclede | 2,120 | 56.52% | 1,598 | 42.60% | 33 | 0.88% | 522 | 13.92% | 3,751 |
| Lafayette | 4,463 | 56.49% | 3,375 | 42.72% | 63 | 0.80% | 1,088 | 13.77% | 7,901 |
| Lawrence | 3,369 | 52.85% | 2,962 | 46.46% | 44 | 0.69% | 407 | 6.38% | 6,375 |
| Lewis | 2,624 | 61.87% | 1,581 | 37.28% | 36 | 0.85% | 1,043 | 24.59% | 4,241 |
| Lincoln | 3,003 | 65.51% | 1,564 | 34.12% | 17 | 0.37% | 1,439 | 31.39% | 4,584 |
| Linn | 3,327 | 52.07% | 3,015 | 47.18% | 48 | 0.75% | 312 | 4.88% | 6,390 |
| Livingston | 3,351 | 57.81% | 2,377 | 41.00% | 69 | 1.19% | 974 | 16.80% | 5,797 |
| Macon | 4,473 | 55.88% | 3,475 | 43.41% | 57 | 0.71% | 998 | 12.47% | 8,005 |
| Madison | 1,256 | 61.33% | 780 | 38.09% | 12 | 0.59% | 476 | 23.24% | 2,048 |
| Maries | 1,385 | 71.54% | 546 | 28.20% | 5 | 0.26% | 839 | 43.34% | 1,936 |
| Marion | 4,008 | 59.30% | 2,699 | 39.93% | 52 | 0.77% | 1,309 | 19.37% | 6,759 |
| McDonald | 1,676 | 62.37% | 998 | 37.14% | 13 | 0.48% | 678 | 25.23% | 2,687 |
| Mercer | 1,405 | 41.42% | 1,958 | 57.72% | 29 | 0.85% | -553 | -16.30% | 3,392 |
| Miller | 1,694 | 49.62% | 1,707 | 50.00% | 13 | 0.38% | -13 | -0.38% | 3,414 |
| Mississippi | 1,673 | 60.77% | 1,074 | 39.01% | 6 | 0.22% | 599 | 21.76% | 2,753 |
| Moniteau | 2,096 | 56.54% | 1,580 | 42.62% | 31 | 0.84% | 516 | 13.92% | 3,707 |
| Monroe | 4,379 | 82.72% | 892 | 16.85% | 23 | 0.43% | 3,487 | 65.87% | 5,294 |
| Montgomery | 2,272 | 53.41% | 1,920 | 45.13% | 62 | 1.46% | 352 | 8.27% | 4,254 |
| Morgan | 1,628 | 54.18% | 1,366 | 45.46% | 11 | 0.37% | 262 | 8.72% | 3,005 |
| New Madrid | 1,639 | 77.27% | 480 | 22.63% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,159 | 54.64% | 2,121 |
| Newton | 3,029 | 57.50% | 2,174 | 41.27% | 65 | 1.23% | 855 | 16.23% | 5,268 |
| Nodaway | 4,577 | 56.68% | 3,437 | 42.56% | 61 | 0.76% | 1,140 | 14.12% | 8,075 |
| Oregon | 1,783 | 75.39% | 576 | 24.36% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,207 | 51.04% | 2,365 |
| Osage | 1,456 | 45.61% | 1,700 | 53.26% | 36 | 1.13% | -244 | -7.64% | 3,192 |
| Ozark | 1,025 | 46.17% | 1,187 | 53.47% | 8 | 0.36% | -162 | -7.30% | 2,220 |
| Pemiscot | 1,260 | 77.87% | 355 | 21.94% | 3 | 0.19% | 905 | 55.93% | 1,618 |
| Perry | 1,450 | 48.17% | 1,522 | 50.56% | 38 | 1.26% | -72 | -2.39% | 3,010 |
| Pettis | 4,267 | 50.40% | 4,119 | 48.65% | 81 | 0.96% | 148 | 1.75% | 8,467 |
| Phelps | 1,816 | 63.32% | 1,038 | 36.19% | 14 | 0.49% | 778 | 27.13% | 2,868 |
| Pike | 3,839 | 56.78% | 2,884 | 42.66% | 38 | 0.56% | 955 | 14.13% | 6,761 |
| Platte | 3,191 | 74.80% | 1,044 | 24.47% | 31 | 0.73% | 2,147 | 50.33% | 4,266 |
| Polk | 2,711 | 51.09% | 2,564 | 48.32% | 31 | 0.58% | 147 | 2.77% | 5,306 |
| Pulaski | 1,410 | 63.63% | 802 | 36.19% | 4 | 0.18% | 608 | 27.44% | 2,216 |
| Putnam | 1,376 | 36.64% | 2,363 | 62.93% | 16 | 0.43% | -987 | -26.28% | 3,755 |
| Ralls | 2,297 | 73.60% | 814 | 26.08% | 10 | 0.32% | 1,483 | 47.52% | 3,121 |
| Randolph | 4,097 | 65.01% | 2,162 | 34.31% | 43 | 0.68% | 1,935 | 30.70% | 6,302 |
| Ray | 3,945 | 65.60% | 2,003 | 33.31% | 66 | 1.10% | 1,942 | 32.29% | 6,014 |
| Reynolds | 1,015 | 72.34% | 385 | 27.44% | 3 | 0.21% | 630 | 44.90% | 1,403 |
| Ripley | 1,442 | 65.69% | 749 | 34.12% | 4 | 0.18% | 693 | 31.57% | 2,195 |
| Saint Charles | 2,448 | 43.32% | 3,173 | 56.15% | 30 | 0.53% | -725 | -12.83% | 5,651 |
| Saint Clair | 2,686 | 59.19% | 1,829 | 40.30% | 23 | 0.51% | 857 | 18.88% | 4,538 |
| Saint Francois | 2,245 | 57.17% | 1,664 | 42.37% | 18 | 0.46% | 581 | 14.80% | 3,927 |
| Saint Louis County | 3,403 | 35.12% | 6,210 | 64.09% | 76 | 0.78% | -2,807 | -28.97% | 9,689 |
| Saint Louis City | 50,091 | 42.81% | 65,708 | 56.16% | 1,197 | 1.02% | -15,617 | -13.35% | 116,996 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 1,245 | 57.83% | 903 | 41.94% | 5 | 0.23% | 342 | 15.88% | 2,153 |
| Saline | 5,615 | 64.16% | 3,050 | 34.85% | 87 | 0.99% | 2,565 | 29.31% | 8,752 |
| Schuyler | 1,592 | 57.87% | 1,131 | 41.11% | 28 | 1.02% | 461 | 16.76% | 2,751 |
| Scotland | 2,077 | 62.96% | 1,203 | 36.47% | 19 | 0.58% | 874 | 26.49% | 3,299 |
| Scott | 1,906 | 71.60% | 751 | 28.21% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,155 | 43.39% | 2,662 |
| Shannon | 1,186 | 63.09% | 689 | 36.65% | 5 | 0.27% | 497 | 26.44% | 1,880 |
| Shelby | 2,850 | 68.56% | 1,275 | 30.67% | 32 | 0.77% | 1,575 | 37.89% | 4,157 |
| Stoddard | 2,968 | 64.90% | 1,584 | 34.64% | 21 | 0.46% | 1,384 | 30.26% | 4,573 |
| Stone | 827 | 42.89% | 1,094 | 56.74% | 7 | 0.36% | -267 | -13.85% | 1,928 |
| Sullivan | 2,451 | 50.26% | 2,393 | 49.07% | 33 | 0.68% | 58 | 1.19% | 4,877 |
| Taney | 925 | 47.29% | 1,024 | 52.35% | 7 | 0.36% | -99 | -5.06% | 1,956 |
| Texas | 2,672 | 59.67% | 1,785 | 39.86% | 21 | 0.47% | 887 | 19.81% | 4,478 |
| Vernon | 5,133 | 69.12% | 2,230 | 30.03% | 63 | 0.85% | 2,903 | 39.09% | 7,426 |
| Warren | 691 | 29.06% | 1,680 | 70.65% | 7 | 0.29% | -989 | -41.59% | 2,378 |
| Washington | 1,458 | 48.45% | 1,547 | 51.41% | 4 | 0.13% | -89 | -2.96% | 3,009 |
| Wayne | 1,568 | 52.13% | 1,418 | 47.14% | 22 | 0.73% | 150 | 4.99% | 3,008 |
| Webster | 1,985 | 54.12% | 1,666 | 45.42% | 17 | 0.46% | 319 | 8.70% | 3,668 |
| Worth | 1,248 | 58.21% | 885 | 41.28% | 11 | 0.51% | 363 | 16.93% | 2,144 |
| Wright | 1,777 | 50.20% | 1,755 | 49.58% | 8 | 0.23% | 22 | 0.62% | 3,540 |
| Totals | 363,667 | 53.96% | 304,930 | 45.24% | 5,422 | 0.80% | 58,737 | 8.71% | 674,019 |
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