Newspaper endorsements in the 1900 United States presidential election

Newspapers made endorsements of candidates in the 1900 United States presidential election. Incumbent President William McKinley was the Republican candidate, and William Jennings Bryan the Democratic candidate, a rematch of the 1896 election.

Newspaper 1900 Endorsement Largest Reported Circ. Endorsement
date		 State 1896 Endorsement Notes
New York Herald[1] William McKinley 75,000+[2] 1900 New York (blanks = to be filled in)
New York World[1] William McKinley 75,000+[2] 1900 New York
New York Evening Post[1] William McKinley 23,244[2] 1900 New York
Brooklyn Eagle[1] William McKinley 20,000+[2] 1900 New York
The New York Times[3][4] William McKinley 20,000+[2] November 4, 1900 New York William McKinley
Chicago Tribune[5] William McKinley 75,000+[2] 1900 Illinois William McKinley
Country Topics[6] William McKinley 89,000+[2] 1900 Parts Unknown William McKinley
Baltimore Sun[7] William Jennings Bryan 20,000+[2] 1900 Maryland William McKinley
The Arizona Republican[8] William McKinley 4,129[2] 1900 Arizona Territory William McKinley
Canton Repository[9] William McKinley 6,563[2] 1900 Ohio William McKinley[9]
New Yorker Staats-Zeitung[10] William McKinley 20,000+[2] 1900 New York Prominent German-language paper.
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette[11] William Jennings Bryan 1,000+[2] 1900 Indiana
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Sheppard, Si. The Partisan Press: A History of Media Bias in the United States, p. 213 (2008) ("the Times, Herald, World, Evening Post, and Brooklyn Eagle, all backers of McKinley four years prior....")
  2. Rowell's 1900 directory, pp. 1191-1319 (papers over 1,000 daily circulation)
  3. (4 November 1900). The Choice, The New York Times
  4. New York Times Endorsements Through the Ages: A collection of The Times's endorsements for the presidency, from Abraham Lincoln in 1860 through the editorial board’s choice of Hillary Clinton in 2016., New York Times (September 23, 2016).
  5. Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama, The Moderate Voice (2008)
  6. , The Moderate Voice (2008)
  7. 1900: William Jennings Bryan, Baltimore Sun
  8. (7 Sept 2016). Arizona Republic presidential endorsements: 120 years, no Democrats, Arizona Republic
  9. (11 Oct. 2016). A Paper Picks: Past Repository presidential endorsements followed an historical pattern, Canton Repository
  10. “Declined with Thanks” , Harpers
  11. Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions: A History of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, p. 72 (2007)
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