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| Elections in Oregon | ||
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The1896 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1896. All 45 contemporary states participated in the1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors for theElectoral College, which was responsible for selecting thepresident andvice president.
Oregon was won by theRepublican nominees,former Ohio GovernorWilliam McKinley and his running mateGarret Hobart ofNew Jersey, defeating theDemocratic nomineeWilliam Jennings Bryan ofNebraska and hisPopulist running mateThomas E. Watson ofGeorgia.
McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 2.09%.
Bryan would later lose Oregon to McKinley againfour years later and would lose the state for a third time againstWilliam Howard Taft in1908.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | William McKinley | T. T. Geer | 48,779 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | E. L. Smith | 48,711 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | John F. Caples | 48,700 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | S. M. Yoran | 48,568 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | N. L. Butler | 46,739 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | E. Hofer | 46,662 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. H. Spaugh | 46,554 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Harry Watkins | 46,518 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Lewis B. Cox | 977 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | D. Bowerman | 919 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | C. J. Bright | 876 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Leslie Butler | 864 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | C. E. Hoskins | 839 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Alex M. Holmes | 829 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Curtis J. Trenchard | 802 | |
| National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Frank A. Seufert | 798 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 97,414 | |||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | John McAuley Palmer National Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Baker | 951 | 33.35% | 1,860 | 65.22% | 35 | 1.23% | 6 | 0.21% | -909 | -31.87% | 2,852 |
| Benton | 1,074 | 50.85% | 992 | 46.97% | 23 | 1.09% | 23 | 1.09% | 82 | 3.88% | 2,112 |
| Clackamas | 2,664 | 51.79% | 2,386 | 46.38% | 46 | 0.89% | 48 | 0.93% | 278 | 5.40% | 5,144 |
| Clatsop | 1,849 | 60.56% | 1,135 | 37.18% | 29 | 0.95% | 40 | 1.31% | 714 | 23.39% | 3,053 |
| Columbia | 1,022 | 54.30% | 831 | 44.16% | 15 | 0.80% | 14 | 0.74% | 191 | 10.15% | 1,882 |
| Coos | 1,105 | 40.79% | 1,558 | 57.51% | 26 | 0.96% | 20 | 0.74% | -453 | -16.72% | 2,709 |
| Crook | 607 | 49.67% | 575 | 47.05% | 39 | 3.19% | 1 | 0.08% | 32 | 2.62% | 1,222 |
| Curry | 300 | 48.70% | 301 | 48.86% | 7 | 1.14% | 8 | 1.30% | -1 | -0.16% | 616 |
| Douglas | 1,917 | 47.66% | 2,059 | 51.19% | 21 | 0.52% | 25 | 0.62% | -142 | -3.53% | 4,022 |
| Gilliam | 551 | 53.65% | 470 | 45.76% | 3 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.29% | 81 | 7.89% | 1,027 |
| Grant | 736 | 44.55% | 867 | 52.48% | 37 | 2.24% | 12 | 0.73% | -131 | -7.93% | 1,652 |
| Harney | 270 | 33.62% | 527 | 65.63% | 5 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.12% | -257 | -32.00% | 803 |
| Jackson | 1,387 | 36.62% | 2,354 | 62.14% | 24 | 0.63% | 23 | 0.61% | -967 | -25.53% | 3,788 |
| Josephine | 844 | 40.27% | 1,194 | 56.97% | 41 | 1.96% | 17 | 0.81% | -350 | -16.70% | 2,096 |
| Klamath | 346 | 41.94% | 463 | 56.12% | 8 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.97% | -117 | -14.18% | 825 |
| Lake | 351 | 47.69% | 383 | 52.04% | 2 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -32 | -4.35% | 736 |
| Lane | 2,215 | 44.94% | 2,594 | 52.63% | 75 | 1.52% | 45 | 0.91% | -379 | -7.69% | 4,929 |
| Lincoln | 583 | 50.22% | 557 | 47.98% | 13 | 1.12% | 8 | 0.69% | 26 | 2.24% | 1,161 |
| Linn | 2,064 | 42.06% | 2,736 | 55.76% | 36 | 0.73% | 71 | 1.45% | -672 | -13.69% | 4,907 |
| Malheur | 312 | 31.48% | 654 | 65.99% | 15 | 1.51% | 10 | 1.01% | -342 | -34.51% | 991 |
| Marion | 3,744 | 50.98% | 3,419 | 46.56% | 108 | 1.47% | 73 | 0.99% | 325 | 4.43% | 7,344 |
| Morrow | 586 | 50.96% | 544 | 47.30% | 15 | 1.30% | 5 | 0.43% | 42 | 3.65% | 1,150 |
| Multnomah | 11,824 | 63.53% | 6,453 | 34.67% | 178 | 0.96% | 156 | 0.84% | 5,371 | 28.86% | 18,611 |
| Polk | 1,253 | 47.34% | 1,334 | 50.40% | 22 | 0.83% | 38 | 1.44% | -81 | -3.06% | 2,647 |
| Sherman | 426 | 48.14% | 414 | 46.78% | 7 | 0.79% | 38 | 4.29% | 12 | 1.36% | 885 |
| Tillamook | 691 | 55.59% | 536 | 43.12% | 8 | 0.64% | 8 | 0.64% | 155 | 12.47% | 1,243 |
| Umatilla | 1,859 | 46.46% | 2,083 | 52.06% | 36 | 0.90% | 23 | 0.57% | -224 | -5.60% | 4,001 |
| Union | 1,303 | 37.37% | 2,155 | 61.80% | 19 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.29% | -852 | -24.43% | 3,487 |
| Wallowa | 380 | 36.33% | 642 | 61.38% | 11 | 1.05% | 13 | 1.24% | -262 | -25.05% | 1,046 |
| Wasco | 1,701 | 54.36% | 1,367 | 43.69% | 28 | 0.89% | 33 | 1.05% | 334 | 10.67% | 3,129 |
| Washington | 2,082 | 56.15% | 1,566 | 42.23% | 18 | 0.49% | 42 | 1.13% | 516 | 13.92% | 3,708 |
| Yamhill | 1,782 | 47.85% | 1,736 | 46.62% | 27 | 0.73% | 97 | 2.60% | 46 | 1.24% | 3,724 |
| Totals | 48,779 | 50.07% | 46,739 | 47.98% | 977 | 1.00% | 919 | 0.94% | 3,348 | 3.56% | 97,414 |
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