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The1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Minnesota was won by theRepublican nominees,former Ohio GovernorWilliam McKinley and his running mateGarret Hobart ofNew Jersey. They defeated theDemocratic andPopulist nominees, formerRepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan and his running mate former RepresentativeThomas E. Watson. McKinley won the state by a margin of 12.88%.
Bryan would lose Minnesota to McKinley againfour years later and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 193,503 | 53.77% | 9 | |
| Democratic/People's | William Jennings Bryan | 139,735 | 40.89% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 4,348 | 1.27% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 3,222 | 0.94% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 954 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Totals | 341,762 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| Counties carried byMcKinley/Hobart |
| Counties carried byBryan/Sewall |
| County | William McKinley[2] Republican | William Jennings Bryan[2] Democratic/Peoples | Joshua Levering[2] Prohibition | John McAuley Palmer[2] National Democratic | Charles Horatio Matchett[2] Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | ||
| Aitkin | 855 | 69.46% | 344 | 27.94% | 17 | 1.38% | 9 | 0.73% | 6 | 0.49% | 511 | 41.51% | 1,231 | AI |
| Anoka | 1,553 | 64.90% | 791 | 33.05% | 24 | 1.00% | 24 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 762 | 31.84% | 2,393 | AN |
| Becker | 1,479 | 58.81% | 985 | 39.17% | 34 | 1.35% | 15 | 0.60% | 2 | 0.08% | 494 | 19.64% | 2,515 | BK |
| Beltrami | 202 | 47.98% | 213 | 50.59% | 3 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -2.61% | 421 | BL |
| Benton | 778 | 46.61% | 867 | 51.95% | 8 | 0.48% | 14 | 0.84% | 2 | 0.12% | -89 | -5.33% | 1,669 | BN |
| Big Stone | 1,048 | 55.72% | 742 | 39.45% | 54 | 2.87% | 31 | 1.65% | 6 | 0.32% | 306 | 16.27% | 1,881 | BS |
| Blue Earth | 4,055 | 57.50% | 2,744 | 38.91% | 150 | 2.13% | 93 | 1.32% | 10 | 0.14% | 1,311 | 18.59% | 7,052 | BE |
| Brown | 1,807 | 53.41% | 1,469 | 43.42% | 42 | 1.24% | 50 | 1.48% | 15 | 0.44% | 338 | 9.99% | 3,383 | BR |
| Carlton | 1,169 | 67.15% | 543 | 31.19% | 10 | 0.57% | 13 | 0.75% | 6 | 0.34% | 626 | 35.96% | 1,741 | CT |
| Carver | 1,856 | 58.25% | 1,268 | 39.80% | 13 | 0.41% | 44 | 1.38% | 5 | 0.16% | 588 | 18.46% | 3,186 | CA |
| Cass | 351 | 55.63% | 271 | 42.95% | 5 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.32% | 80 | 12.68% | 631 | CS |
| Chippewa | 1,310 | 54.61% | 1,037 | 43.23% | 33 | 1.38% | 11 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.33% | 273 | 11.38% | 2,399 | CP |
| Chisago | 2,558 | 84.37% | 437 | 14.41% | 18 | 0.59% | 17 | 0.56% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,121 | 69.95% | 3,032 | CH |
| Clay | 1,598 | 44.44% | 1,908 | 53.06% | 43 | 1.20% | 38 | 1.06% | 9 | 0.25% | -310 | -8.62% | 3,596 | CY |
| Cook | 81 | 42.19% | 107 | 55.73% | 3 | 1.56% | 1 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | -26 | -13.54% | 192 | CK |
| Cottonwood | 1,242 | 58.72% | 810 | 38.30% | 47 | 2.22% | 16 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 432 | 20.43% | 2,115 | CD |
| Crow Wing | 1,701 | 59.35% | 1,066 | 37.19% | 59 | 2.06% | 29 | 1.01% | 11 | 0.38% | 635 | 22.16% | 2,866 | CW |
| Dakota | 2,147 | 46.41% | 2,310 | 49.94% | 90 | 1.95% | 57 | 1.23% | 22 | 0.48% | -163 | -3.52% | 4,626 | DK |
| Dodge | 1,900 | 65.09% | 911 | 31.21% | 86 | 2.95% | 18 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.14% | 989 | 33.88% | 2,919 | DO |
| Douglas | 1,966 | 57.84% | 1,350 | 39.72% | 58 | 1.71% | 18 | 0.53% | 7 | 0.21% | 616 | 18.12% | 3,399 | DG |
| Faribault | 3,116 | 71.37% | 1,107 | 25.36% | 82 | 1.88% | 59 | 1.35% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,009 | 46.01% | 4,366 | FA |
| Fillmore | 4,195 | 66.05% | 1,939 | 30.53% | 167 | 2.63% | 40 | 0.63% | 10 | 0.16% | 2,256 | 35.52% | 6,351 | FI |
| Freeborn | 3,400 | 72.25% | 1,179 | 25.05% | 99 | 2.10% | 26 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,221 | 47.20% | 4,706 | FB |
| Goodhue | 5,748 | 77.87% | 1,426 | 19.32% | 118 | 1.60% | 78 | 1.06% | 12 | 0.16% | 4,322 | 58.55% | 7,382 | GH |
| Grant | 1,002 | 56.29% | 739 | 41.52% | 25 | 1.40% | 9 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.28% | 263 | 14.78% | 1,780 | GR |
| Hennepin | 26,786 | 55.47% | 20,515 | 42.48% | 450 | 0.93% | 291 | 0.60% | 246 | 0.51% | 6,271 | 12.99% | 48,288 | HN |
| Houston | 2,087 | 65.92% | 991 | 31.30% | 47 | 1.48% | 37 | 1.17% | 4 | 0.13% | 1,096 | 34.62% | 3,166 | HS |
| Hubbard | 364 | 49.73% | 344 | 46.99% | 4 | 0.55% | 19 | 2.60% | 1 | 0.14% | 20 | 2.73% | 732 | HU |
| Isanti | 1,490 | 66.52% | 750 | 33.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 740 | 33.04% | 2,240 | IS |
| Itasca | 826 | 52.91% | 724 | 46.38% | 5 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.19% | 102 | 6.53% | 1,561 | IT |
| Jackson | 1,558 | 56.51% | 1,150 | 41.71% | 29 | 1.05% | 17 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.11% | 408 | 14.80% | 2,757 | JK |
| Kanabec | 484 | 64.11% | 256 | 33.91% | 10 | 1.32% | 5 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 228 | 30.20% | 755 | KA |
| Kandiyohi | 2,181 | 56.25% | 1,638 | 42.25% | 38 | 0.98% | 17 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.08% | 543 | 14.01% | 3,877 | KD |
| Kittson | 753 | 48.36% | 762 | 48.94% | 23 | 1.48% | 13 | 0.83% | 6 | 0.39% | -9 | -0.58% | 1,557 | KI |
| Lac qui Parle | 1,620 | 61.34% | 932 | 35.29% | 57 | 2.16% | 21 | 0.80% | 11 | 0.42% | 688 | 26.05% | 2,641 | LQ |
| Lake | 595 | 64.05% | 320 | 34.45% | 6 | 0.65% | 5 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.32% | 275 | 29.60% | 929 | LK |
| Le Sueur | 2,235 | 51.16% | 2,003 | 45.85% | 65 | 1.49% | 54 | 1.24% | 12 | 0.27% | 232 | 5.31% | 4,369 | LS |
| Lincoln | 674 | 46.90% | 703 | 48.92% | 31 | 2.16% | 28 | 1.95% | 1 | 0.07% | -29 | -2.02% | 1,437 | LN |
| Lyon | 1,623 | 52.83% | 1,351 | 43.98% | 67 | 2.18% | 22 | 0.72% | 9 | 0.29% | 272 | 8.85% | 3,072 | LY |
| Marshall | 1,200 | 48.94% | 1,222 | 49.84% | 15 | 0.61% | 11 | 0.45% | 4 | 0.16% | -22 | -0.90% | 2,452 | MH |
| Martin | 1,739 | 54.31% | 1,327 | 41.44% | 97 | 3.03% | 30 | 0.94% | 9 | 0.28% | 412 | 12.87% | 3,202 | MT |
| McLeod | 1,595 | 47.73% | 1,653 | 49.46% | 43 | 1.29% | 47 | 1.41% | 4 | 0.12% | -58 | -1.74% | 3,342 | MD |
| Meeker | 2,094 | 56.32% | 1,538 | 41.37% | 51 | 1.37% | 23 | 0.62% | 12 | 0.32% | 556 | 14.95% | 3,718 | MK |
| Mille Lacs | 977 | 66.78% | 456 | 31.17% | 13 | 0.89% | 13 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.27% | 521 | 35.61% | 1,463 | ML |
| Morrison | 1,960 | 51.77% | 1,734 | 45.80% | 51 | 1.35% | 33 | 0.87% | 8 | 0.21% | 226 | 5.97% | 3,786 | MR |
| Mower | 3,379 | 68.83% | 1,407 | 28.66% | 85 | 1.73% | 36 | 0.73% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,972 | 40.17% | 4,909 | MO |
| Murray | 1,204 | 52.26% | 1,054 | 45.75% | 21 | 0.91% | 22 | 0.95% | 3 | 0.13% | 150 | 6.51% | 2,304 | MU |
| Nicollet | 1,803 | 66.41% | 837 | 30.83% | 32 | 1.18% | 42 | 1.55% | 1 | 0.04% | 966 | 35.58% | 2,715 | NI |
| Nobles | 1,568 | 54.84% | 1,204 | 42.11% | 48 | 1.68% | 32 | 1.12% | 7 | 0.24% | 364 | 12.73% | 2,859 | NO |
| Norman | 1,382 | 49.61% | 1,304 | 46.81% | 83 | 2.98% | 12 | 0.43% | 5 | 0.18% | 78 | 2.80% | 2,786 | NR |
| Olmsted | 3,201 | 62.83% | 1,741 | 34.17% | 83 | 1.63% | 66 | 1.30% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,460 | 28.66% | 5,095 | OL |
| Otter Tail | 3,544 | 42.73% | 4,482 | 54.04% | 162 | 1.95% | 76 | 0.92% | 30 | 0.36% | -938 | -11.31% | 8,294 | OT |
| Pine | 1,152 | 55.46% | 875 | 42.13% | 13 | 0.63% | 30 | 1.44% | 7 | 0.34% | 277 | 13.34% | 2,077 | PN |
| Pipestone | 862 | 47.49% | 919 | 50.63% | 17 | 0.94% | 17 | 0.94% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -3.14% | 1,815 | PS |
| Polk | 2,855 | 35.39% | 5,054 | 62.65% | 69 | 0.86% | 54 | 0.67% | 35 | 0.43% | -2,199 | -27.26% | 8,067 | PL |
| Pope | 1,773 | 70.53% | 688 | 27.37% | 43 | 1.71% | 8 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.08% | 1,085 | 43.16% | 2,514 | PO |
| Ramsey | 17,522 | 57.66% | 12,048 | 39.65% | 177 | 0.58% | 433 | 1.42% | 207 | 0.68% | 5,474 | 18.01% | 30,387 | RM |
| Redwood | 1,818 | 60.60% | 1,123 | 37.43% | 31 | 1.03% | 24 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.13% | 695 | 23.17% | 3,000 | RW |
| Renville | 2,553 | 55.16% | 1,978 | 42.74% | 51 | 1.10% | 38 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.17% | 575 | 12.42% | 4,628 | RV |
| Rice | 3,483 | 60.99% | 2,002 | 35.06% | 103 | 1.80% | 110 | 1.93% | 13 | 0.23% | 1,481 | 25.93% | 5,711 | RC |
| Rock | 1,209 | 59.85% | 765 | 37.87% | 28 | 1.39% | 15 | 0.74% | 3 | 0.15% | 444 | 21.98% | 2,020 | RK |
| Roseau | 287 | 34.66% | 527 | 63.65% | 6 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.36% | -240 | -28.99% | 828 | RS |
| Scott | 1,126 | 38.31% | 1,706 | 58.05% | 29 | 0.99% | 67 | 2.28% | 11 | 0.37% | -580 | -19.73% | 2,939 | SL |
| Sherburne | 1,008 | 63.92% | 536 | 33.99% | 18 | 1.14% | 13 | 0.82% | 2 | 0.13% | 472 | 29.93% | 1,577 | SC |
| Sibley | 1,826 | 57.97% | 1,251 | 39.71% | 19 | 0.60% | 47 | 1.49% | 7 | 0.22% | 575 | 18.25% | 3,150 | SB |
| St. Louis | 9,810 | 56.36% | 7,412 | 42.58% | 92 | 0.53% | 76 | 0.44% | 16 | 0.09% | 2,398 | 13.78% | 17,406 | SY |
| Stearns | 2,873 | 36.06% | 4,911 | 61.64% | 42 | 0.53% | 123 | 1.54% | 18 | 0.23% | -2,038 | -25.58% | 7,967 | ST |
| Steele | 2,046 | 59.41% | 1,248 | 36.24% | 80 | 2.32% | 65 | 1.89% | 5 | 0.15% | 798 | 23.17% | 3,444 | SE |
| Stevens | 981 | 57.40% | 685 | 40.08% | 28 | 1.64% | 13 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.12% | 296 | 17.32% | 1,709 | SV |
| Swift | 1,273 | 49.78% | 1,222 | 47.79% | 40 | 1.56% | 15 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.27% | 51 | 1.99% | 2,557 | SW |
| Todd | 2,043 | 52.28% | 1,739 | 44.50% | 96 | 2.46% | 29 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.03% | 304 | 7.78% | 3,908 | TD |
| Traverse | 589 | 36.65% | 963 | 59.93% | 22 | 1.37% | 28 | 1.74% | 5 | 0.31% | -374 | -23.27% | 1,607 | TR |
| Wabasha | 2,530 | 58.86% | 1,630 | 37.92% | 76 | 1.77% | 55 | 1.28% | 7 | 0.16% | 900 | 20.94% | 4,298 | WB |
| Wadena | 874 | 60.65% | 534 | 37.06% | 25 | 1.73% | 7 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.07% | 340 | 23.59% | 1,441 | WD |
| Waseca | 1,902 | 58.79% | 1,244 | 38.45% | 57 | 1.76% | 29 | 0.90% | 3 | 0.09% | 658 | 20.34% | 3,235 | WC |
| Washington | 3,995 | 70.51% | 1,558 | 27.50% | 47 | 0.83% | 58 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.14% | 2,437 | 43.01% | 5,666 | WA |
| Watonwan | 1,622 | 71.99% | 586 | 26.01% | 33 | 1.46% | 10 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,036 | 45.98% | 2,253 | WW |
| Wilkin | 631 | 41.30% | 855 | 55.96% | 21 | 1.37% | 16 | 1.05% | 5 | 0.33% | -224 | -14.66% | 1,528 | WK |
| Winona | 3,935 | 51.51% | 3,528 | 46.18% | 69 | 0.90% | 89 | 1.17% | 18 | 0.24% | 407 | 5.33% | 7,639 | WN |
| Wright | 3,312 | 59.37% | 2,172 | 38.93% | 49 | 0.88% | 37 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,140 | 20.43% | 5,579 | WR |
| Yellow Medicine | 1,578 | 58.92% | 1,015 | 37.90% | 63 | 2.35% | 21 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.04% | 563 | 21.02% | 2,678 | YM |
| Totals | 193,507 | 56.62% | 139,735 | 40.89% | 4,348 | 1.27% | 3,222 | 0.94% | 954 | 0.28% | 53,772 | 15.73% | 341,766 | MN |
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