1896 United States presidential election in Indiana
The 1896 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose fifteen electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Indiana was won by the Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey.
Results
| 1896 United States presidential election in Indiana[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 323,754 | 50.82% | 15 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 305,573 | 47.96% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 3,056 | 0.48% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles Bentley | 2,267 | 0.36% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 2,145 | 0.34% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles Matchett | 324 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Totals | 637,119 | 100.00% | 15 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
| County | William McKinley Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,613 | 32.09% | 3,340 | 66.45% | 73 | 1.45% | -1,727 | -34.36% | 5,026 |
| Allen | 8,467 | 45.44% | 9,909 | 53.18% | 256 | 1.37% | -1,442 | -7.74% | 18,632 |
| Bartholomew | 3,264 | 50.03% | 3,198 | 49.02% | 62 | 0.95% | 66 | 1.01% | 6,524 |
| Benton | 1,998 | 55.29% | 1,572 | 43.50% | 44 | 1.22% | 426 | 11.79% | 3,614 |
| Blackford | 2,154 | 47.86% | 2,272 | 50.48% | 75 | 1.67% | -118 | -2.62% | 4,501 |
| Boone | 3,449 | 47.23% | 3,800 | 52.03% | 54 | 0.74% | -351 | -4.81% | 7,303 |
| Brown | 726 | 32.63% | 1,480 | 66.52% | 19 | 0.85% | -754 | -33.89% | 2,225 |
| Carroll | 2,546 | 47.43% | 2,764 | 51.49% | 58 | 1.08% | -218 | -4.06% | 5,368 |
| Cass | 4,392 | 46.88% | 4,851 | 51.78% | 126 | 1.34% | -459 | -4.90% | 9,369 |
| Clark | 3,897 | 50.23% | 3,785 | 48.79% | 76 | 0.98% | 112 | 1.44% | 7,758 |
| Clay | 3,823 | 45.55% | 4,482 | 53.40% | 88 | 1.05% | -659 | -7.85% | 8,393 |
| Clinton | 3,607 | 48.38% | 3,747 | 50.26% | 101 | 1.35% | -140 | -1.88% | 7,455 |
| Crawford | 1,490 | 47.27% | 1,655 | 52.51% | 7 | 0.22% | -165 | -5.23% | 3,152 |
| Daviess | 3,120 | 45.00% | 3,785 | 54.59% | 29 | 0.42% | -665 | -9.59% | 6,934 |
| De Kalb | 3,137 | 45.56% | 3,678 | 53.41% | 71 | 1.03% | -541 | -7.86% | 6,886 |
| Dearborn | 2,714 | 44.75% | 3,313 | 54.62% | 38 | 0.63% | -599 | -9.88% | 6,065 |
| Decatur | 2,848 | 52.56% | 2,520 | 46.50% | 51 | 0.94% | 328 | 6.05% | 5,419 |
| Delaware | 7,340 | 62.29% | 4,253 | 36.09% | 191 | 1.62% | 3,087 | 26.20% | 11,784 |
| Dubois | 1,215 | 28.64% | 3,005 | 70.82% | 23 | 0.54% | -1,790 | -42.19% | 4,243 |
| Elkhart | 6,150 | 54.08% | 4,986 | 43.85% | 235 | 2.07% | 1,164 | 10.24% | 11,371 |
| Fayette | 2,145 | 56.70% | 1,609 | 42.53% | 29 | 0.77% | 536 | 14.17% | 3,783 |
| Floyd | 3,874 | 51.74% | 3,544 | 47.34% | 69 | 0.92% | 330 | 4.41% | 7,487 |
| Fountain | 2,809 | 47.99% | 2,997 | 51.20% | 47 | 0.80% | -188 | -3.21% | 5,853 |
| Franklin | 1,760 | 38.07% | 2,844 | 61.52% | 19 | 0.41% | -1,084 | -23.45% | 4,623 |
| Fulton | 2,349 | 49.00% | 2,409 | 50.25% | 36 | 0.75% | -60 | -1.25% | 4,794 |
| Gibson | 3,471 | 48.38% | 3,622 | 50.48% | 82 | 1.14% | -151 | -2.10% | 7,175 |
| Grant | 7,723 | 58.95% | 5,072 | 38.72% | 305 | 2.33% | 2,651 | 20.24% | 13,100 |
| Greene | 3,434 | 50.28% | 3,344 | 48.96% | 52 | 0.76% | 90 | 1.32% | 6,830 |
| Hamilton | 4,643 | 59.82% | 2,947 | 37.97% | 171 | 2.20% | 1,696 | 21.85% | 7,761 |
| Hancock | 2,236 | 43.22% | 2,886 | 55.79% | 51 | 0.99% | -650 | -12.57% | 5,173 |
| Harrison | 2,486 | 46.48% | 2,813 | 52.59% | 50 | 0.93% | -327 | -6.11% | 5,349 |
| Hendricks | 3,409 | 58.06% | 2,365 | 40.28% | 98 | 1.67% | 1,044 | 17.78% | 5,872 |
| Henry | 4,001 | 56.43% | 2,980 | 42.03% | 109 | 1.54% | 1,021 | 14.40% | 7,090 |
| Howard | 4,195 | 55.59% | 3,191 | 42.29% | 160 | 2.12% | 1,004 | 13.31% | 7,546 |
| Huntington | 4,117 | 51.31% | 3,750 | 46.73% | 157 | 1.96% | 367 | 4.57% | 8,024 |
| Jackson | 2,670 | 42.43% | 3,574 | 56.79% | 49 | 0.78% | -904 | -14.37% | 6,293 |
| Jasper | 2,032 | 55.05% | 1,608 | 43.57% | 51 | 1.38% | 424 | 11.49% | 3,691 |
| Jay | 3,473 | 47.66% | 3,680 | 50.50% | 134 | 1.84% | -207 | -2.84% | 7,287 |
| Jefferson | 3,636 | 57.30% | 2,645 | 41.69% | 64 | 1.01% | 991 | 15.62% | 6,345 |
| Jennings | 2,040 | 52.00% | 1,850 | 47.16% | 33 | 0.84% | 190 | 4.84% | 3,923 |
| Johnson | 2,288 | 41.92% | 3,083 | 56.49% | 87 | 1.59% | -795 | -14.57% | 5,458 |
| Knox | 3,480 | 43.87% | 4,349 | 54.83% | 103 | 1.30% | -869 | -10.96% | 7,932 |
| Kosciusko | 4,342 | 55.61% | 3,372 | 43.19% | 94 | 1.20% | 970 | 12.42% | 7,808 |
| La Porte | 4,691 | 50.28% | 4,511 | 48.35% | 127 | 1.36% | 180 | 1.93% | 9,329 |
| Lagrange | 2,442 | 58.97% | 1,665 | 40.21% | 34 | 0.82% | 777 | 18.76% | 4,141 |
| Lake | 4,883 | 58.11% | 3,418 | 40.68% | 102 | 1.21% | 1,465 | 17.43% | 8,403 |
| Lawrence | 3,103 | 55.70% | 2,421 | 43.46% | 47 | 0.84% | 682 | 12.24% | 5,571 |
| Madison | 8,388 | 51.96% | 7,590 | 47.02% | 164 | 1.02% | 798 | 4.94% | 16,142 |
| Marion | 27,353 | 55.98% | 20,654 | 42.27% | 853 | 1.75% | 6,699 | 13.71% | 48,860 |
| Marshall | 2,938 | 44.45% | 3,588 | 54.29% | 83 | 1.26% | -650 | -9.84% | 6,609 |
| Martin | 1,384 | 44.37% | 1,719 | 55.11% | 16 | 0.51% | -335 | -10.74% | 3,119 |
| Miami | 3,396 | 47.54% | 3,602 | 50.43% | 145 | 2.03% | -206 | -2.88% | 7,143 |
| Monroe | 2,510 | 50.20% | 2,422 | 48.44% | 68 | 1.36% | 88 | 1.76% | 5,000 |
| Montgomery | 4,353 | 50.60% | 4,183 | 48.62% | 67 | 0.78% | 170 | 1.98% | 8,603 |
| Morgan | 2,688 | 52.23% | 2,414 | 46.91% | 44 | 0.86% | 274 | 5.32% | 5,146 |
| Newton | 1,545 | 55.64% | 1,204 | 43.36% | 28 | 1.01% | 341 | 12.28% | 2,777 |
| Noble | 3,372 | 51.78% | 3,071 | 47.16% | 69 | 1.06% | 301 | 4.62% | 6,512 |
| Ohio | 705 | 52.61% | 634 | 47.31% | 1 | 0.07% | 71 | 5.30% | 1,340 |
| Orange | 2,044 | 52.80% | 1,797 | 46.42% | 30 | 0.77% | 247 | 6.38% | 3,871 |
| Owen | 1,751 | 45.45% | 2,070 | 53.72% | 32 | 0.83% | -319 | -8.28% | 3,853 |
| Parke | 2,847 | 49.74% | 2,777 | 48.52% | 100 | 1.75% | 70 | 1.22% | 5,724 |
| Perry | 2,139 | 49.94% | 2,109 | 49.24% | 35 | 0.82% | 30 | 0.70% | 4,283 |
| Pike | 2,332 | 47.42% | 2,557 | 51.99% | 29 | 0.59% | -225 | -4.58% | 4,918 |
| Porter | 2,853 | 58.06% | 2,026 | 41.23% | 35 | 0.71% | 827 | 16.83% | 4,914 |
| Posey | 2,526 | 44.50% | 3,103 | 54.66% | 48 | 0.85% | -577 | -10.16% | 5,677 |
| Pulaski | 1,345 | 39.97% | 1,964 | 58.37% | 56 | 1.66% | -619 | -18.40% | 3,365 |
| Putnam | 2,622 | 44.37% | 3,218 | 54.46% | 69 | 1.17% | -596 | -10.09% | 5,909 |
| Randolph | 4,674 | 62.77% | 2,677 | 35.95% | 95 | 1.28% | 1,997 | 26.82% | 7,446 |
| Ripley | 2,690 | 49.60% | 2,714 | 50.05% | 19 | 0.35% | -24 | -0.44% | 5,423 |
| Rush | 2,891 | 51.88% | 2,602 | 46.69% | 80 | 1.44% | 289 | 5.19% | 5,573 |
| Scott | 837 | 40.07% | 1,237 | 59.21% | 15 | 0.72% | -400 | -19.15% | 2,089 |
| Shelby | 3,219 | 44.62% | 3,828 | 53.06% | 167 | 2.31% | -609 | -8.44% | 7,214 |
| Spencer | 3,047 | 52.34% | 2,745 | 47.15% | 30 | 0.52% | 302 | 5.19% | 5,822 |
| St. Joseph | 7,138 | 52.79% | 6,247 | 46.20% | 136 | 1.01% | 891 | 6.59% | 13,521 |
| Starke | 1,289 | 51.01% | 1,214 | 48.04% | 24 | 0.95% | 75 | 2.97% | 2,527 |
| Steuben | 2,655 | 60.16% | 1,674 | 37.93% | 84 | 1.90% | 981 | 22.23% | 4,413 |
| Sullivan | 2,317 | 36.15% | 4,010 | 62.57% | 82 | 1.28% | -1,693 | -26.42% | 6,409 |
| Switzerland | 1,637 | 48.27% | 1,742 | 51.37% | 12 | 0.35% | -105 | -3.10% | 3,391 |
| Tippecanoe | 6,239 | 56.77% | 4,639 | 42.21% | 111 | 1.01% | 1,600 | 14.56% | 10,989 |
| Tipton | 2,263 | 44.07% | 2,816 | 54.84% | 56 | 1.09% | -553 | -10.77% | 5,135 |
| Union | 1,118 | 54.06% | 915 | 44.25% | 35 | 1.69% | 203 | 9.82% | 2,068 |
| Vanderburgh | 8,068 | 52.74% | 7,132 | 46.62% | 97 | 0.63% | 936 | 6.12% | 15,297 |
| Vermillion | 2,141 | 53.61% | 1,814 | 45.42% | 39 | 0.98% | 327 | 8.19% | 3,994 |
| Vigo | 8,020 | 51.17% | 7,558 | 48.23% | 94 | 0.60% | 462 | 2.95% | 15,672 |
| Wabash | 4,319 | 59.04% | 2,891 | 39.52% | 105 | 1.44% | 1,428 | 19.52% | 7,315 |
| Warren | 2,045 | 64.27% | 1,100 | 34.57% | 37 | 1.16% | 945 | 29.70% | 3,182 |
| Warrick | 2,482 | 45.78% | 2,902 | 53.52% | 38 | 0.70% | -420 | -7.75% | 5,422 |
| Washington | 2,214 | 45.52% | 2,613 | 53.72% | 37 | 0.76% | -399 | -8.20% | 4,864 |
| Wayne | 6,841 | 61.67% | 4,098 | 36.94% | 154 | 1.39% | 2,743 | 24.73% | 11,093 |
| Wells | 2,212 | 36.63% | 3,728 | 61.74% | 98 | 1.62% | -1,516 | -25.11% | 6,038 |
| White | 2,383 | 47.57% | 2,537 | 50.65% | 89 | 1.78% | -154 | -3.07% | 5,009 |
| Whitley | 2,242 | 46.85% | 2,494 | 52.12% | 49 | 1.02% | -252 | -5.27% | 4,785 |
| Totals | 323,754 | 50.82% | 305,573 | 47.96% | 7,792 | 1.22% | 18,181 | 2.85% | 637,119 |
Notes
References
- "1896 Presidential General Election Results — Indiana". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
- "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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