1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1896. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina

November 3, 1896

Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley Party Democratic Republican Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart Electoral vote 9 0 Popular vote 58,801 9,313 Percentage 85.30% 13.51%

County Results Bryan   40-50%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% McKinley   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 71.79%.

Results

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1896[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	Arthur Sewall of Maine	58,801	85.30%	9	100.00%
	Republican	William McKinley of Ohio	Garret Hobart of New Jersey	9,313	13.51%	0	0.00%
	National Democratic	John McAuley Palmer of Illinois	Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky	824	1.20%	0	0.00%
Total				68,938	100.00%	9	100.00%

Results by county

County	William Jennings Bryan Democratic		William McKinley Republican		John McAuley Palmer National Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast[2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Abbeville	2,473	87.98%	337	11.99%	1	0.04%	2,136	75.99%	2,811
Aiken	1,819	92.48%	137	6.96%	11	0.56%	1,682	85.51%	1,967
Anderson	3,109	88.98%	368	10.53%	17	0.49%	2,741	78.45%	3,494
Barnwell	2,385	90.79%	239	9.10%	3	0.11%	2,146	81.69%	2,627
Beaufort	289	39.43%	444	60.57%	0	0.00%	-155	-21.15%	733
Berkeley	513	72.77%	183	25.96%	9	1.28%	330	46.81%	705
Charleston	1,660	47.82%	1,262	36.36%	549	15.82%	398	11.47%	3,471
Chester	1,254	93.58%	76	5.67%	10	0.75%	1,178	87.91%	1,340
Chesterfield	1,465	86.94%	220	13.06%	0	0.00%	1,245	73.89%	1,685
Clarendon	1,450	87.51%	207	12.49%	0	0.00%	1,243	75.02%	1,657
Colleton	1,646	82.51%	343	17.19%	6	0.30%	1,303	65.31%	1,995
Darlington	1,625	87.98%	201	10.88%	21	1.14%	1,424	77.10%	1,847
Edgefield	1,532	87.29%	216	12.31%	7	0.40%	1,316	74.99%	1,755
Fairfield	1,078	95.23%	54	4.77%	0	0.00%	1,024	90.46%	1,132
Florence	1,530	89.95%	136	8.00%	35	2.06%	1,394	81.95%	1,701
Georgetown	459	37.35%	734	59.72%	36	2.93%	-275	-22.38%	1,229
Greenville	2,718	89.38%	288	9.47%	35	1.15%	2,430	79.91%	3,041
Hampton	1,072	97.72%	25	2.28%	0	0.00%	1,047	95.44%	1,097
Horry	1,372	87.50%	196	12.50%	0	0.00%	1,176	75.00%	1,568
Kershaw	1,191	89.41%	139	10.44%	2	0.15%	1,052	78.98%	1,332
Lancaster	1,557	89.79%	177	10.21%	0	0.00%	1,380	79.58%	1,734
Laurens	1,943	94.60%	111	5.40%	0	0.00%	1,832	89.19%	2,054
Lexington	1,672	89.46%	197	10.54%	0	0.00%	1,475	78.92%	1,869
Marion	1,936	85.66%	313	13.85%	11	0.49%	1,623	71.81%	2,260
Marlboro	1,232	83.70%	237	16.10%	3	0.20%	995	67.60%	1,472
Newberry	1,525	95.43%	64	4.01%	9	0.56%	1,461	91.43%	1,598
Oconee	1,392	87.49%	199	12.51%	0	0.00%	1,193	74.98%	1,591
Orangeburg	2,729	90.63%	282	9.37%	0	0.00%	2,447	81.27%	3,011
Pickens	1,261	88.12%	170	11.88%	0	0.00%	1,091	76.24%	1,431
Richland	925	65.05%	468	32.91%	29	2.04%	457	32.14%	1,422
Saluda	1,241	95.39%	60	4.61%	0	0.00%	1,181	90.78%	1,301
Spartanburg	4,234	94.49%	247	5.51%	0	0.00%	3,987	88.98%	4,481
Sumter	1,550	81.58%	326	17.16%	24	1.26%	1,224	64.42%	1,900
Union	1,379	89.60%	158	10.27%	2	0.13%	1,221	79.34%	1,539
Williamsburg	1,570	81.73%	347	18.06%	4	0.21%	1,223	63.66%	1,921
York	2,013	92.81%	152	7.01%	4	0.18%	1,861	85.80%	2,169
Totals	58,799	87.70%	9,313	13.51%	824	1.23%	49,486	71.78%	68,940

Notes

References

1. "1896 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)