1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oregon

1896 United States presidential election in Oregon
McKinley 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%	Bryan 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Grover Cleveland; Democratic	Elected President ; William McKinley; Republican

1896 United States presidential election in Oregon

Election in Oregon

The 1896 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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Oregon was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey, defeating the Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his Populist running mate Thomas E. Watson of Georgia.

McKinley won the state by a narrow margin of 2.09%.

Bryan would later lose Oregon to McKinley again four years later and would lose the state for a third time against William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

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Results by county

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County	William McKinley Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		John McAuley Palmer^[3] National Democratic		Joshua Levering^[3] Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[4]
Baker	951	33.35%	1,860	65.22%	35	1.23%	6	0.21%	-909	-31.87%	2,852
Benton	1,074	50.85%	992	46.97%	23	1.09%	23	1.09%	82	3.88%	2,112
Clackamas	2,664	51.79%	2,386	46.38%	46	0.89%	48	0.93%	278	5.40%	5,144
Clatsop	1,849	60.56%	1,135	37.18%	29	0.95%	40	1.31%	714	23.39%	3,053
Columbia	1,022	54.30%	831	44.16%	15	0.80%	14	0.74%	191	10.15%	1,882
Coos	1,105	40.79%	1,558	57.51%	26	0.96%	20	0.74%	-453	-16.72%	2,709
Crook	607	49.67%	575	47.05%	39	3.19%	1	0.08%	32	2.62%	1,222
Curry	300	48.70%	301	48.86%	7	1.14%	8	1.30%	-1	-0.16%	616
Douglas	1,917	47.66%	2,059	51.19%	21	0.52%	25	0.62%	-142	-3.53%	4,022
Gilliam	551	53.65%	470	45.76%	3	0.29%	3	0.29%	81	7.89%	1,027
Grant	736	44.55%	867	52.48%	37	2.24%	12	0.73%	-131	-7.93%	1,652
Harney	270	33.62%	527	65.63%	5	0.62%	1	0.12%	-257	-32.00%	803
Jackson	1,387	36.62%	2,354	62.14%	24	0.63%	23	0.61%	-967	-25.53%	3,788
Josephine	844	40.27%	1,194	56.97%	41	1.96%	17	0.81%	-350	-16.70%	2,096
Klamath	346	41.94%	463	56.12%	8	0.97%	8	0.97%	-117	-14.18%	825
Lake	351	47.69%	383	52.04%	2	0.27%	0	0.00%	-32	-4.35%	736
Lane	2,215	44.94%	2,594	52.63%	75	1.52%	45	0.91%	-379	-7.69%	4,929
Lincoln	583	50.22%	557	47.98%	13	1.12%	8	0.69%	26	2.24%	1,161
Linn	2,064	42.06%	2,736	55.76%	36	0.73%	71	1.45%	-672	-13.69%	4,907
Malheur	312	31.48%	654	65.99%	15	1.51%	10	1.01%	-342	-34.51%	991
Marion	3,744	50.98%	3,419	46.56%	108	1.47%	73	0.99%	325	4.43%	7,344
Morrow	586	50.96%	544	47.30%	15	1.30%	5	0.43%	42	3.65%	1,150
Multnomah	11,824	63.53%	6,453	34.67%	178	0.96%	156	0.84%	5,371	28.86%	18,611
Polk	1,253	47.34%	1,334	50.40%	22	0.83%	38	1.44%	-81	-3.06%	2,647
Sherman	426	48.14%	414	46.78%	7	0.79%	38	4.29%	12	1.36%	885
Tillamook	691	55.59%	536	43.12%	8	0.64%	8	0.64%	155	12.47%	1,243
Umatilla	1,859	46.46%	2,083	52.06%	36	0.90%	23	0.57%	-224	-5.60%	4,001
Union	1,303	37.37%	2,155	61.80%	19	0.54%	10	0.29%	-852	-24.43%	3,487
Wallowa	380	36.33%	642	61.38%	11	1.05%	13	1.24%	-262	-25.05%	1,046
Wasco	1,701	54.36%	1,367	43.69%	28	0.89%	33	1.05%	334	10.67%	3,129
Washington	2,082	56.15%	1,566	42.23%	18	0.49%	42	1.13%	516	13.92%	3,708
Yamhill	1,782	47.85%	1,736	46.62%	27	0.73%	97	2.60%	46	1.24%	3,724
Totals	48,779	50.07%	46,739	47.98%	977	1.00%	919	0.94%	3,348	3.56%	97,414

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"Lincoln County Leader 29 Oct 1896, page Page 7".

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Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Oregon

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Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)

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Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 305-308 ISBN 9780804716963

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1896 United States presidential election in Oregon^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William McKinley	48,779	50.07%	4
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	46,739	47.98%	0
	National Democratic	John M. Palmer	977	1.00%	0
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering	919	0.94%	0
Totals			97,414	100.00%	4
Voter turnout					—

1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Oregon

1896 United States presidential election in Oregon

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