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The1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for theRepublican nominee, formerGovernor of OhioWilliam McKinley, over theDemocratic nominee, formerU.S. Representative from NebraskaWilliam Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.71%.
Bryan would lose Pennsylvania to McKinley againfour years later and would later lose the state again in1908 toWilliam Howard Taft.
| 1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 728,300 | 60.98% | 32 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 422,054 | 35.34% | 0 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 6,103 | 0.51% | 0 | |
| Silver | William Jennings Bryan | 5,071 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 433,228 | 36.27% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 19,274 | 1.61% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 11,000 | 0.92% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 1,683 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles E. Bentley | 870 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,172,355 | 100.00% | 32 | ||
| County | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Joshua Levering[2] Prohibition | John McAuley Palmer[2] National Democratic | Various candidates[2] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 4,170 | 50.95% | 3,794 | 46.35% | 101 | 1.23% | 98 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.02% | 376 | 4.59% | 8,185 |
| Allegheny | 76,691 | 70.90% | 28,782 | 26.61% | 930 | 0.86% | 452 | 0.42% | 292 | 0.27% | 47,909 | 44.29% | 108,174 |
| Armstrong | 6,325 | 61.12% | 3,796 | 36.68% | 168 | 1.62% | 22 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.09% | 2,529 | 24.44% | 10,349 |
| Beaver | 6,842 | 59.95% | 4,040 | 35.40% | 202 | 1.77% | 37 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.08% | 2,802 | 24.55% | 11,412 |
| Bedford | 4,983 | 57.17% | 3,582 | 41.10% | 73 | 0.84% | 47 | 0.54% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,401 | 16.07% | 8,716 |
| Berks | 14,318 | 43.28% | 18,099 | 54.71% | 233 | 0.70% | 416 | 1.26% | 16 | 0.05% | -3,781 | -11.43% | 33,082 |
| Blair | 10,382 | 65.50% | 4,775 | 30.12% | 385 | 2.43% | 167 | 1.05% | 77 | 0.49% | 5,607 | 35.37% | 15,851 |
| Bradford | 9,422 | 66.04% | 4,388 | 30.76% | 381 | 2.67% | 58 | 0.41% | 18 | 0.13% | 5,034 | 35.28% | 14,267 |
| Bucks | 9,798 | 57.61% | 6,685 | 39.31% | 197 | 1.16% | 312 | 1.83% | 15 | 0.09% | 3,113 | 18.30% | 17,007 |
| Butler | 6,821 | 55.42% | 5,048 | 41.01% | 285 | 2.32% | 26 | 0.21% | 49 | 0.40% | 1,773 | 14.41% | 12,308 |
| Cambria | 8,865 | 55.33% | 6,665 | 41.60% | 211 | 1.32% | 81 | 0.51% | 22 | 0.14% | 2,200 | 13.73% | 16,022 |
| Cameron | 925 | 59.60% | 566 | 36.47% | 41 | 2.64% | 9 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.13% | 359 | 23.13% | 1,552 |
| Carbon | 4,534 | 53.93% | 3,584 | 42.63% | 127 | 1.51% | 130 | 1.55% | 7 | 0.08% | 950 | 11.30% | 8,407 |
| Centre | 4,880 | 49.93% | 4,531 | 46.36% | 251 | 2.57% | 93 | 0.95% | 4 | 0.04% | 349 | 3.57% | 9,774 |
| Chester | 14,232 | 67.80% | 6,041 | 28.78% | 368 | 1.75% | 246 | 1.17% | 86 | 0.41% | 8,191 | 39.02% | 20,990 |
| Clarion | 3,338 | 43.57% | 4,061 | 53.00% | 204 | 2.66% | 20 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.04% | -723 | -9.44% | 7,662 |
| Clearfield | 7,395 | 50.97% | 6,370 | 43.91% | 555 | 3.83% | 91 | 0.63% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,025 | 7.07% | 14,508 |
| Clinton | 3,486 | 51.23% | 3,051 | 44.84% | 158 | 2.32% | 104 | 1.53% | 3 | 0.04% | 435 | 6.39% | 6,804 |
| Columbia | 3,280 | 37.77% | 4,888 | 56.29% | 418 | 4.81% | 77 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,608 | -18.52% | 8,684 |
| Crawford | 7,851 | 47.26% | 8,383 | 50.47% | 285 | 1.72% | 50 | 0.30% | 42 | 0.25% | -532 | -3.20% | 16,611 |
| Cumberland | 6,178 | 52.30% | 5,187 | 43.91% | 324 | 2.74% | 102 | 0.86% | 6 | 0.05% | 991 | 8.39% | 11,812 |
| Dauphin | 14,752 | 66.84% | 6,510 | 29.50% | 466 | 2.11% | 263 | 1.19% | 4 | 0.02% | 8,242 | 37.35% | 22,069 |
| Delaware | 13,979 | 75.27% | 4,161 | 22.40% | 184 | 0.99% | 184 | 0.99% | 56 | 0.30% | 9,818 | 52.86% | 18,572 |
| Elk | 2,807 | 49.57% | 2,707 | 47.80% | 87 | 1.54% | 44 | 0.78% | 8 | 0.14% | 100 | 1.77% | 5,663 |
| Erie | 11,819 | 54.74% | 8,695 | 40.27% | 336 | 1.56% | 193 | 0.89% | 34 | 0.16% | 3,124 | 14.47% | 21,592 |
| Fayette | 9,268 | 51.33% | 8,301 | 45.98% | 355 | 1.97% | 60 | 0.33% | 23 | 0.13% | 967 | 5.36% | 18,055 |
| Forest | 1,224 | 57.74% | 805 | 37.97% | 85 | 4.01% | 6 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 419 | 19.76% | 2,120 |
| Franklin | 6,747 | 58.81% | 4,414 | 38.48% | 158 | 1.38% | 139 | 1.21% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,333 | 20.34% | 11,472 |
| Fulton | 1,083 | 45.83% | 1,240 | 52.48% | 24 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.08% | -157 | -6.64% | 2,363 |
| Greene | 2,453 | 36.41% | 4,144 | 61.51% | 61 | 0.91% | 20 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.07% | -1,691 | -25.10% | 6,737 |
| Huntingdon | 4,969 | 66.06% | 2,203 | 29.29% | 150 | 1.99% | 97 | 1.29% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,766 | 36.77% | 7,522 |
| Indiana | 5,818 | 66.11% | 2,201 | 25.01% | 186 | 2.11% | 27 | 0.31% | 18 | 0.20% | 3,617 | 41.10% | 8,801 |
| Jefferson | 5,500 | 57.18% | 3,545 | 36.85% | 407 | 4.23% | 35 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,955 | 20.32% | 9,619 |
| Juniata | 2,059 | 52.03% | 1,810 | 45.74% | 44 | 1.11% | 35 | 0.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 249 | 6.29% | 3,957 |
| Lackawanna | 18,737 | 59.28% | 11,826 | 37.42% | 808 | 2.56% | 112 | 0.35% | 75 | 0.24% | 6,911 | 21.87% | 31,605 |
| Lancaster | 24,337 | 72.67% | 8,145 | 24.32% | 479 | 1.43% | 498 | 1.49% | 31 | 0.09% | 16,192 | 48.35% | 33,490 |
| Lawrence | 6,228 | 65.13% | 2,836 | 29.66% | 285 | 2.98% | 13 | 0.14% | 23 | 0.24% | 3,392 | 35.47% | 9,562 |
| Lebanon | 7,288 | 70.60% | 2,796 | 27.09% | 213 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.07% | 4,492 | 43.51% | 10,323 |
| Lehigh | 9,507 | 48.90% | 9,359 | 48.14% | 206 | 1.06% | 325 | 1.67% | 36 | 0.19% | 148 | 0.76% | 19,443 |
| Luzerne | 22,718 | 55.08% | 17,163 | 41.61% | 810 | 1.96% | 304 | 0.74% | 111 | 0.27% | 5,555 | 13.47% | 41,248 |
| Lycoming | 8,097 | 48.58% | 7,256 | 43.53% | 1,031 | 6.19% | 167 | 1.00% | 33 | 0.20% | 841 | 5.05% | 16,668 |
| McKean | 5,077 | 59.59% | 2,921 | 34.28% | 308 | 3.62% | 55 | 0.65% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,156 | 25.31% | 8,520 |
| Mercer | 7,262 | 55.53% | 5,500 | 42.06% | 270 | 2.06% | 31 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.11% | 1,762 | 13.47% | 13,077 |
| Mifflin | 2,662 | 54.22% | 2,048 | 41.71% | 118 | 2.40% | 76 | 1.55% | 2 | 0.04% | 614 | 12.51% | 4,910 |
| Monroe | 1,447 | 31.80% | 2,881 | 63.30% | 133 | 2.92% | 79 | 1.74% | 5 | 0.11% | -1,434 | -31.51% | 4,551 |
| Montgomery | 17,329 | 61.25% | 9,985 | 35.29% | 333 | 1.18% | 606 | 2.14% | 41 | 0.14% | 7,344 | 25.96% | 28,294 |
| Montour | 1,384 | 42.65% | 1,733 | 53.41% | 58 | 1.79% | 56 | 1.73% | 0 | 0.00% | -349 | -10.76% | 3,245 |
| Northampton | 9,762 | 47.59% | 10,032 | 48.91% | 326 | 1.59% | 360 | 1.76% | 31 | 0.15% | -270 | -1.32% | 20,511 |
| Northumberland | 8,659 | 51.68% | 7,332 | 43.76% | 574 | 3.43% | 120 | 0.72% | 36 | 0.21% | 1,327 | 7.92% | 16,756 |
| Perry | 3,537 | 57.23% | 2,464 | 39.87% | 106 | 1.72% | 54 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.10% | 1,073 | 17.36% | 6,180 |
| Philadelphia | 176,462 | 72.06% | 63,323 | 25.86% | 993 | 0.41% | 3,115 | 1.27% | 994 | 0.41% | 113,139 | 46.20% | 244,887 |
| Pike | 778 | 40.10% | 1,120 | 57.73% | 11 | 0.57% | 25 | 1.29% | 3 | 0.15% | -342 | -17.63% | 1,940 |
| Potter | 3,281 | 55.83% | 2,079 | 35.38% | 118 | 2.01% | 28 | 0.48% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,202 | 20.45% | 5,877 |
| Schuylkill | 17,045 | 52.60% | 14,671 | 45.27% | 244 | 0.75% | 359 | 1.11% | 14 | 0.04% | 2,374 | 7.33% | 32,407 |
| Snyder | 2,572 | 64.66% | 1,330 | 33.43% | 32 | 0.80% | 23 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,242 | 31.22% | 3,978 |
| Somerset | 5,861 | 70.45% | 2,277 | 27.37% | 147 | 1.77% | 14 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,584 | 43.08% | 8,319 |
| Sullivan | 1,215 | 46.02% | 1,282 | 48.56% | 92 | 3.48% | 29 | 1.10% | 4 | 0.15% | -67 | -2.54% | 2,640 |
| Susquehanna | 5,310 | 56.73% | 3,421 | 36.55% | 386 | 4.12% | 36 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.11% | 1,889 | 20.18% | 9,360 |
| Tioga | 7,922 | 71.42% | 2,360 | 21.28% | 258 | 2.33% | 72 | 0.65% | 12 | 0.11% | 5,562 | 50.14% | 11,092 |
| Union | 2,585 | 65.63% | 1,134 | 28.79% | 114 | 2.89% | 54 | 1.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,451 | 36.84% | 3,939 |
| Venango | 5,133 | 49.82% | 4,380 | 42.51% | 531 | 5.15% | 32 | 0.31% | 9 | 0.09% | 753 | 7.31% | 10,304 |
| Warren | 4,846 | 58.70% | 3,048 | 36.92% | 312 | 3.78% | 32 | 0.39% | 17 | 0.21% | 1,798 | 21.78% | 8,255 |
| Washington | 10,798 | 57.93% | 7,245 | 38.87% | 348 | 1.87% | 83 | 0.45% | 27 | 0.14% | 3,553 | 19.06% | 18,640 |
| Wayne | 3,708 | 56.59% | 2,459 | 37.53% | 345 | 5.27% | 21 | 0.32% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,249 | 19.06% | 6,552 |
| Westmoreland | 14,928 | 56.23% | 10,723 | 40.39% | 357 | 1.34% | 90 | 0.34% | 142 | 0.53% | 4,205 | 15.84% | 26,546 |
| Wyoming | 2,373 | 53.24% | 1,916 | 42.99% | 113 | 2.54% | 17 | 0.38% | 3 | 0.07% | 457 | 10.25% | 4,457 |
| York | 12,258 | 47.04% | 13,028 | 49.99% | 375 | 1.44% | 365 | 1.40% | 8 | 0.03% | -770 | -2.95% | 26,060 |
| Totals | 728,300 | 60.98% | 427,125 | 35.76% | 19,274 | 1.61% | 11,000 | 0.92% | 2,553 | 0.21% | 301,175 | 25.22% | 1,194,355 |
State and district results of the1896 United States presidential election | ||
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