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The1900 United States presidential election in California took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
California voted for theRepublican nominee,PresidentWilliam McKinley, over theDemocratic nominee, formerU.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nomineeWilliam Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 13.16% in this rematch of the1896 presidential election. After a series of close elections in the state, this was the first time since1872 that a candidate won California by double digits. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in theSpanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory. McKinley flipped 15 counties, includingMendocino County, which to that point had never voted for a Republican candidate. This election was also the first time since 1872 that a Republican carriedAmador County,Siskiyou County, andTehama County.
Bryan had previous lost California to McKinleyfour years earlier and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Samuel M. Shortridge | 164,755 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Irving M. Scott | 164,755 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | William J. Barrett | 164,006 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | William R. Davis | 163,791 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | John Walter Ryan | 163,603 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Harold T. Power | 163,590 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Frank McGowan | 163,527 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Christian B. Rode | 163,445 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Warren R. Porter | 163,148 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | James McFadden | 161,917 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. H. Seawell | 124,985 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | J. P. Haynes | 124,858 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | James N. Block | 124,770 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Willard H. Stimson | 124,756 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. R. Jacobs | 124,742 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. R. Prather | 124,723 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | W. T. Baggett | 124,689 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Thomas A. Rice | 124,666 | |
| Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | John A. Cole | 123,634 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | E. M. Dewey | 7,572 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | Lemuel D. Biddle | 7,554 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | William Main | 7,504 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | Frank Reed | 7,487 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | John M. Reynolds | 7,470 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | H. Haunch | 7,452 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | Olaus Gafvert | 7,451 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | A. J. Stevens | 7,442 | |
| Social Democratic Party | Eugene V. Debs | E. M. Anthony | 7,435 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | William Kelly | 5,087 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | J. H. Blanchard | 5,024 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | Volney Taylor | 4,978 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | Leroy S. Atwood | 4,958 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | M. C. Winchester | 4,956 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | J. W. Webb | 4,953 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | L. A. Goble | 4,941 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | N. Morcum | 4,927 | |
| Prohibition Party | John G. Woolley | S. Bristol | 4,926 | |
| Write-in | Scattering | 605 | ||
| Votes cast[a] | 303,004 | |||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene V. Debs Social Democratic | John G. Woolley Prohibition | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alameda | 14,324 | 64.64% | 6,677 | 30.13% | 817 | 3.69% | 341 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,647 | 34.51% | 22,159 |
| Alpine | 69 | 82.14% | 15 | 17.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 64.29% | 84 |
| Amador | 1,384 | 52.64% | 1,209 | 45.99% | 17 | 0.65% | 19 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 175 | 6.66% | 2,629 |
| Butte | 2,322 | 52.55% | 2,011 | 45.51% | 49 | 1.11% | 37 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 311 | 7.04% | 4,419 |
| Calaveras | 1,600 | 54.59% | 1,288 | 43.94% | 29 | 0.99% | 14 | 0.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | 10.64% | 2,931 |
| Colusa | 648 | 35.98% | 1,075 | 59.69% | 65 | 3.61% | 13 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -427 | -23.71% | 1,801 |
| Contra Costa | 2,165 | 57.02% | 1,549 | 40.80% | 44 | 1.16% | 39 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 616 | 16.22% | 3,797 |
| Del Norte | 334 | 51.78% | 291 | 45.12% | 12 | 1.86% | 8 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 43 | 6.67% | 645 |
| El Dorado | 1,193 | 45.14% | 1,406 | 53.20% | 25 | 0.95% | 19 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | -213 | -8.06% | 2,643 |
| Fresno | 3,585 | 47.34% | 3,590 | 47.41% | 231 | 3.05% | 167 | 2.21% | 0 | 0.00% | -5 | -0.07% | 7,573 |
| Glenn | 494 | 39.49% | 737 | 58.91% | 5 | 0.40% | 14 | 1.12% | 1 | 0.08% | -243 | -19.42% | 1,251 |
| Humboldt | 3,902 | 66.32% | 1,698 | 28.86% | 179 | 3.04% | 105 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,204 | 37.46% | 5,884 |
| Inyo | 396 | 42.35% | 505 | 54.01% | 20 | 2.14% | 14 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -109 | -11.66% | 935 |
| Kern | 1,692 | 45.17% | 1,960 | 52.32% | 54 | 1.44% | 29 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.29% | -268 | -7.15% | 3,746 |
| Kings | 1,032 | 51.76% | 872 | 43.73% | 42 | 2.11% | 47 | 2.36% | 1 | 0.05% | 160 | 8.02% | 1,994 |
| Lake | 584 | 41.45% | 746 | 52.95% | 28 | 1.99% | 51 | 3.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -162 | -11.50% | 1,409 |
| Lassen | 549 | 58.10% | 326 | 34.50% | 64 | 6.77% | 6 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 23.60% | 945 |
| Los Angeles | 19,200 | 55.10% | 13,158 | 37.76% | 991 | 2.84% | 1,416 | 4.06% | 83 | 0.24% | 6,042 | 17.34% | 34,848 |
| Madera | 764 | 49.58% | 737 | 47.83% | 19 | 1.23% | 20 | 1.30% | 1 | 0.06% | 27 | 1.75% | 1,541 |
| Marin | 1,681 | 63.58% | 904 | 34.19% | 50 | 1.89% | 9 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 777 | 29.39% | 2,644 |
| Mariposa | 505 | 40.79% | 717 | 57.92% | 8 | 0.65% | 8 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | -212 | -17.12% | 1,238 |
| Mendocino | 2,192 | 53.15% | 1,861 | 45.13% | 38 | 0.92% | 33 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 331 | 8.03% | 4,124 |
| Merced | 811 | 41.59% | 1.081 | 55.44% | 24 | 1.23% | 34 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | -270 | -13.85% | 1,950 |
| Modoc | 446 | 44.78% | 532 | 53.41% | 11 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -86 | -8.63% | 996 |
| Mono | 284 | 52.11% | 258 | 47.34% | 1 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 26 | 4.77% | 545 |
| Monterey | 1,964 | 50.10% | 1,825 | 46.56% | 49 | 1.25% | 82 | 2.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 139 | 3.55% | 3,920 |
| Napa | 2,017 | 56.71% | 1,432 | 40.26% | 52 | 1.46% | 54 | 1.52% | 2 | 0.06% | 585 | 16.45% | 3,557 |
| Nevada | 2,449 | 55.91% | 1,758 | 40.14% | 128 | 2.92% | 44 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 691 | 15.78% | 4,380 |
| Orange | 2,155 | 51.24% | 1,777 | 42.25% | 77 | 1.83% | 196 | 4.66% | 1 | 0.02% | 378 | 8.99% | 4,206 |
| Placer | 2,009 | 54.64% | 1,592 | 43.30% | 40 | 1.09% | 36 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 417 | 11.34% | 3,677 |
| Plumas | 640 | 58.45% | 442 | 40.37% | 8 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 198 | 18.08% | 1,095 |
| Riverside | 2,329 | 61.14% | 1,134 | 29.77% | 155 | 4.07% | 190 | 4.99% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,195 | 31.37% | 3,809 |
| Sacramento | 5,506 | 54.78% | 4,325 | 43.03% | 127 | 1.26% | 92 | 0.92% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,181 | 11.75% | 10,051 |
| San Benito | 724 | 46.71% | 786 | 50.71% | 16 | 1.03% | 21 | 1.35% | 3 | 0.19% | -62 | -4.00% | 1,550 |
| San Bernardino | 3,135 | 52.15% | 2,347 | 39.05% | 233 | 3.88% | 293 | 4.87% | 3 | 0.05% | 788 | 13.11% | 6,011 |
| San Diego | 3,800 | 54.91% | 2,678 | 38.69% | 289 | 4.18% | 152 | 2.20% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,122 | 16.21% | 6,921 |
| San Francisco | 35,208 | 55.71% | 25,212 | 39.89% | 2,030 | 3.21% | 275 | 0.44% | 477 | 0.75% | 9,996 | 15.82% | 63,202 |
| San Joaquin | 3,318 | 52.01% | 2,873 | 45.04% | 94 | 1.47% | 83 | 1.30% | 11 | 0.17% | 445 | 6.98% | 6,379 |
| San Luis Obispo | 1,564 | 45.81% | 1,713 | 50.18% | 60 | 1.76% | 73 | 2.14% | 4 | 0.12% | -149 | -4.36% | 3,414 |
| San Mateo | 1,645 | 63.00% | 914 | 35.01% | 37 | 1.42% | 15 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 731 | 28.00% | 2,611 |
| Santa Barbara | 1,988 | 52.58% | 1,599 | 42.29% | 125 | 3.31% | 69 | 1.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 389 | 10.29% | 3,781 |
| Santa Clara | 7,107 | 58.25% | 4,607 | 37.76% | 218 | 1.79% | 268 | 2.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,500 | 20.49% | 12,200 |
| Santa Cruz | 2,173 | 53.19% | 1,635 | 40.02% | 154 | 3.77% | 122 | 2.99% | 1 | 0.02% | 538 | 13.17% | 4,085 |
| Shasta | 1,681 | 44.70% | 1,948 | 51.79% | 85 | 2.26% | 47 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -267 | -7.10% | 3,761 |
| Sierra | 702 | 60.99% | 436 | 37.88% | 10 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 23.11% | 1,151 |
| Siskiyou | 1,898 | 52.36% | 1,668 | 46.01% | 40 | 1.10% | 19 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 230 | 6.34% | 3,625 |
| Solano | 3,114 | 55.36% | 2,262 | 40.21% | 162 | 2.88% | 87 | 1.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 852 | 15.15% | 5,625 |
| Sonoma | 4,381 | 54.04% | 3,517 | 43.38% | 136 | 1.68% | 73 | 0.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 864 | 10.66% | 8,107 |
| Stanislaus | 1,058 | 43.81% | 1,270 | 52.59% | 37 | 1.53% | 50 | 2.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -212 | -8.78% | 2,415 |
| Sutter | 819 | 54.93% | 642 | 43.06% | 11 | 0.74% | 19 | 1.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 177 | 11.87% | 1,491 |
| Tehama | 1,210 | 50.35% | 1,138 | 47.36% | 27 | 1.12% | 28 | 1.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 72 | 3.00% | 2,403 |
| Trinity | 544 | 52.36% | 485 | 46.68% | 8 | 0.77% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 59 | 5.68% | 1,039 |
| Tulare | 1,755 | 41.41% | 2,246 | 53.00% | 166 | 3.92% | 71 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | -491 | -11.59% | 4,238 |
| Tuolumne | 1,309 | 45.09% | 1,530 | 52.70% | 32 | 1.10% | 32 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -221 | -7.61% | 2,903 |
| Ventura | 1,708 | 53.54% | 1,333 | 41.79% | 77 | 2.41% | 72 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 375 | 11.76% | 3,190 |
| Yolo | 1,510 | 45.81% | 1,687 | 51.18% | 45 | 1.37% | 53 | 1.61% | 1 | 0.03% | -177 | -5.37% | 3,296 |
| Yuba | 1,179 | 54.08% | 971 | 44.54% | 21 | 0.96% | 9 | 0.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 208 | 9.54% | 2,180 |
| Total | 164,755 | 54.37% | 124,985 | 41.25% | 7,572 | 2.50% | 5,087 | 1.68% | 605 | 0.20% | 39,770 | 13.13% | 303,004 |
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