1896 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1896 United States presidential election in Connecticut

November 3, 1896

Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 110,285 56,740 Percentage 63.24% 32.54%

County Results Municipality Results McKinley   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Bryan   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

The 1896 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 30.7%. This was the first time a Republican carried Connecticut in a presidential election since James A. Garfield did so 16 years earlier.

William Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little appeal in the Northeastern states like Connecticut.

Bryan would lose Connecticut to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	William McKinley of Ohio	Garret Hobart of New Jersey	110,285	63.24%	6	100.00%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	Arthur Sewall of Maine	56,740	32.54%	0	0.00%
	National Democratic	John McAuley Palmer of Illinois	Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky	4,336	2.49%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering of Maryland	Hale Johnson of Illinois	1,806	1.04%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Charles Horatio Matchett of New York	Matthew Maguire of New Jersey	1,223	0.70%	0	0.00%
Total				174,390	100.00%	6	100.00%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Connecticut

References

1. "1896 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.