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The1896 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Nevada was won by theSilver andDemocratic nominees,former U.S. RepresentativeWilliam Jennings Bryan ofNebraska and his running mateArthur Sewall ofMaine. They defeated theRepublican nominees, formerGovernor of OhioWilliam McKinley and his running mateGarret Hobart ofNew Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 62.42%, which to date remains the strongest of any presidential nominee in the history of Nevada.
With 81.21% of the popular vote, Nevada would prove to be Bryan's fifth strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only afterMississippi,South Carolina,Colorado and neighboringUtah.[1]
Bryan would later defeat McKinley in the statefour years later and would also later defeatWilliam Howard Taft in the state in1908. This election was the first time ever that the presidential candidate that won Nevada carried all counties in Nevada. This was also the first time thatOrmsby County backed a Democratic candidate.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party &Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan[a] | Benjamin F. Leete | 7,802 | |
| Democratic Party &Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan[a] | George Russell | 7,758 | |
| Democratic Party &Silver Party | William Jennings Bryan[a] | Joseph R. Ryan | 7,722 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Allen C. Bragg | 1,938 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | J. A. Lewis | 1,917 | |
| Republican Party | William McKinley | Z. Pierce | 1,906 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[b] | Charles H. Steele | 574 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[b] | George E. Peckham | 549 | |
| People's Party | William Jennings Bryan[b] | H. C. Dangberg | 546 | |
| Votes cast[c] | 10,314 | |||
| William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist[d] | William McKinley Republican | Margin | Total votes cast[e] | ||||||||
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| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Churchill | 153 | 75.36% | 3 | 1.47% | 156 | 76.85% | 47 | 23.15% | 109 | 53.69% | 203 |
| Douglas | 180 | 40.90% | 85 | 19.31% | 265 | 60.23% | 175 | 39.77% | 90 | 20.45% | 440 |
| Elko | 942 | 82.77% | 69 | 6.06% | 1,011 | 88.84% | 127 | 11.16% | 884 | 77.68% | 1,138 |
| Esmeralda | 384 | 82.40% | 13 | 2.79% | 397 | 85.19% | 69 | 14.81% | 328 | 70.39% | 466 |
| Eureka | 533 | 92.69% | 20 | 3.48% | 553 | 96.17% | 22 | 3.83% | 531 | 92.35% | 575 |
| Humboldt | 715 | 84.41% | 34 | 4.01% | 749 | 88.43% | 98 | 11.57% | 651 | 76.86% | 847 |
| Lander | 479 | 90.38% | 15 | 2.83% | 494 | 93.21% | 36 | 6.79% | 458 | 86.42% | 530 |
| Lincoln | 813 | 92.70% | 34 | 3.88% | 847 | 96.58% | 30 | 3.42% | 817 | 93.16% | 877 |
| Lyon | 450 | 75.63% | 32 | 5.38% | 482 | 81.01% | 113 | 18.99% | 369 | 62.02% | 595 |
| Nye | 215 | 89.58% | 13 | 5.42% | 228 | 95.00% | 12 | 5.00% | 216 | 90.00% | 240 |
| Ormsby | 550 | 64.71% | 16 | 1.88% | 566 | 66.59% | 284 | 33.41% | 282 | 33.18% | 850 |
| Storey | 1,075 | 70.67% | 74 | 4.87% | 1,149 | 75.54% | 372 | 24.46% | 777 | 51.08% | 1,521 |
| Washoe | 1,010 | 60.08% | 158 | 9.40% | 1,168 | 69.48% | 513 | 30.52% | 655 | 38.96% | 1,681 |
| White Pine | 303 | 86.32% | 8 | 2.28% | 311 | 88.60% | 40 | 11.40% | 271 | 77.21% | 351 |
| Totals | 7,802 | 75.64% | 574 | 5.57% | 8,376 | 81.21% | 1,938 | 18.79% | 6,438 | 62.42% | 10,314 |
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