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The1896 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Wyoming was won byrepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan (D–Nebraska), running with shipbuilder, railroad president and director, bank presidentArthur Sewall, with 51.49 percent of the popular vote, against the39th Governor of OhioWilliam McKinley (R–Ohio), running withNew Jersey State Senator,Garret Hobart, with 47.75 percent of the popular vote. Bryan won the state by a narrow margin of 3.74%.
This is also the only election where the Republican candidate won the election without Wyoming.
Bryan's support for many Populist goals resulted in him being nominated by both the Democratic Party and thePeople's Party (Populists), though with different running mates. One electoral vote from Wyoming was cast for the Populist Bryan-Watson ticket withThomas E. Watson as vice president and two votes were cast for the Bryan-Sewall ticket.
Bryan would later lose Wyoming to William McKinleyfour years later and would later lose the state again toWilliam Howard Taft in1908.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | John A. Martin | 10,375 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Patrick J. Quealy | 10,352 | |
| Democratic Party &People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Daniel L. Van Meter | 10,138 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | William F. Brittain | 10,072 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Benjamin F. Howell | 10,032 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Sarah Ruby Malloy | 9,997 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | Patrick J. M. Jordan | 486 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan | John Sims | 427 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | O. C. Smith | 159 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | O. S. Jackson | 136 | |
| Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Nina W. Higby | 133 | |
| Votes cast[c] | 21,092 | |||
| County[1] | William Jennings Bryan | William McKinley Republican | Joshua Levering Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[d] | ||||||||
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| Democratic | Populist | Total | |||||||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 1,028 | 44.41% | 45 | 1.94% | 1,073 | 46.35% | 1,220 | 52.70% | 22 | 0.95% | -147 | -6.35% | 2,315 |
| Big Horn | 518 | 45.20% | 73 | 6.37% | 591 | 51.57% | 538 | 46.95% | 17 | 1.48% | 53 | 4.62% | 1,146 |
| Carbon | 1,039 | 44.82% | 41 | 1.77% | 1,080 | 46.59% | 1,229 | 53.02% | 9 | 0.39% | -149 | -6.43% | 2,318 |
| Converse | 450 | 42.57% | 9 | 0.85% | 459 | 43.42% | 585 | 55.35% | 13 | 1.23% | -126 | -11.92% | 1,057 |
| Crook | 537 | 48.86% | 32 | 2.91% | 569 | 51.77% | 524 | 47.68% | 6 | 0.53% | 45 | 4.09% | 1,099 |
| Fremont | 499 | 46.90% | 24 | 2.26% | 523 | 49.15% | 535 | 50.28% | 6 | 0.57% | -12 | -1.13% | 1,064 |
| Johnson | 441 | 58.57% | 26 | 3.45% | 467 | 62.02% | 284 | 37.72% | 2 | 0.27% | 183 | 24.30% | 753 |
| Laramie | 1,590 | 46.45% | 38 | 1.11% | 1,628 | 47.56% | 1,776 | 51.88% | 19 | 0.56% | -148 | -4.32% | 3,423 |
| Natrona | 317 | 43.91% | 10 | 1.39% | 327 | 45.29% | 392 | 54.29% | 3 | 0.42% | -65 | -9.00% | 722 |
| Sheridan | 1,045 | 52.46% | 59 | 2.96% | 1,104 | 55.42% | 877 | 44.03% | 11 | 0.55% | 227 | 11.40% | 1,992 |
| Sweetwater | 916 | 51.26% | 80 | 4.48% | 996 | 55.74% | 754 | 42.19% | 37 | 2.07% | 242 | 13.54% | 1,787 |
| Uinta | 1,700 | 64.37% | 26 | 0.98% | 1,726 | 65.35% | 907 | 34.34% | 8 | 0.30% | 819 | 31.01% | 2,641 |
| Weston | 295[e][2] | 38.06% | 23 | 2.97% | 318 | 41.03% | 451 | 58.19% | 6 | 0.77% | -133 | -17.16% | 775 |
| Totals | 10,375 | 49.19% | 486 | 2.30% | 10,861 | 51.49% | 10,072 | 47.75% | 159 | 0.75% | 789 | 3.74% | 21,092 |
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