1896 United States presidential election in Maryland

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

1896 United States presidential election in Maryland

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 136,959 104,150
Percentage 54.73% 41.62%

County Results

President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Maryland was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. They defeated the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate Arthur Sewall. McKinley won the state by a margin of 13.11%.

This was the first time that a Republican presidential candidate won Maryland since Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and the Democrats would not win the state's popular vote until Woodrow Wilson in 1912.

In this election, Maryland voted 8.8% more Republican than the nation at-large.[1]

Bryan would lose Maryland to McKinley again four years later. In 1908, he would lose the popular vote to William Howard Taft but would win the electoral vote.

Results

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1896 United States presidential election in Maryland[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley 136,959 54.73% 8
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 101,763 40.67% 0
Populist William Jennings Bryan 2,387 0.95% 0
Total William Jennings Bryan 104,150 41.62% 0
Prohibition Joshua Levering 5,918 2.36% 0
National Democratic John M. Palmer 2,499 1.00% 0
Socialist Labor Charles H. Matchett 587 0.23% 0
National Prohibition Charles E. Bentley 136 0.05% 0
Totals 250,249 100.00% 8
Voter turnout

Results by county

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County William McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
John McAuley Palmer
National Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[3]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 5,464 56.45% 3,907 40.36% 236 2.44% 57 0.59% 16 0.17% 1,557 16.08% 9,680
Anne Arundel 4,030 54.88% 3,145 42.83% 115 1.57% 48 0.65% 5 0.07% 885 12.05% 7,343
Baltimore 9,211 53.59% 7,110 41.37% 512 2.98% 280 1.63% 75 0.44% 2,101 12.22% 17,188
Baltimore City 61,965 58.13% 40,859 38.33% 1,903 1.79% 1,350 1.27% 524 0.49% 21,106 19.80% 106,601
Calvert 1,294 57.95% 881 39.45% 49 2.19% 6 0.27% 3 0.13% 413 18.50% 2,233
Caroline 1,686 48.45% 1,651 47.44% 110 3.16% 25 0.72% 8 0.23% 35 1.01% 3,480
Carroll 4,047 49.72% 3,841 47.19% 209 2.57% 35 0.43% 8 0.10% 206 2.53% 8,140
Cecil 3,128 50.21% 2,908 46.68% 99 1.59% 88 1.41% 7 0.11% 220 3.53% 6,230
Charles 2,117 59.99% 1,372 38.88% 22 0.62% 14 0.40% 4 0.11% 745 21.11% 3,529
Dorchester 3,048 52.24% 2,638 45.21% 127 2.18% 16 0.27% 6 0.10% 410 7.03% 5,835
Frederick 6,352 53.20% 5,214 43.67% 279 2.34% 88 0.74% 7 0.06% 1,138 9.53% 11,940
Garrett 2,058 60.67% 1,277 37.65% 41 1.21% 14 0.41% 2 0.06% 781 23.02% 3,392
Harford 3,374 47.49% 3,360 47.29% 292 4.11% 73 1.03% 6 0.08% 14 0.20% 7,105
Howard 1,981 51.19% 1,786 46.15% 59 1.52% 36 0.93% 8 0.21% 195 5.04% 3,870
Kent 2,399 53.73% 1,980 44.34% 78 1.75% 8 0.18% 0 0.00% 419 9.38% 4,465
Montgomery 3,219 47.02% 3,456 50.48% 108 1.58% 57 0.83% 6 0.09% -237 -3.46% 6,846
Prince George's 3,250 55.94% 2,505 43.12% 25 0.43% 28 0.48% 2 0.03% 745 12.82% 5,810
Queen Anne's 1,917 41.53% 2,516 54.51% 143 3.10% 32 0.69% 8 0.17% -599 -12.98% 4,616
Somerset 2,646 50.80% 2,084 40.01% 451 8.66% 15 0.29% 13 0.25% 562 10.79% 5,209
St. Mary's 2,044 57.56% 1,471 41.42% 19 0.54% 15 0.42% 2 0.06% 573 16.14% 3,551
Talbot 2,542 51.50% 2,189 44.35% 151 3.06% 50 1.01% 4 0.08% 353 7.15% 4,936
Washington 5,428 53.57% 4,382 43.24% 197 1.94% 114 1.13% 12 0.12% 1,046 10.32% 10,133
Wicomico 2,022 43.75% 2,253 48.75% 314 6.79% 30 0.65% 3 0.06% -231 -5.00% 4,622
Worcester 1,756 42.59% 1,961 47.56% 379 9.19% 20 0.49% 7 0.17% -205 -4.97% 4,123
Totals 136,978 54.60% 104,746 41.75% 5,918 2.36% 2,499 1.00% 736 0.29% 32,232 12.85% 250,877

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Maryland
  3. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)