1896 United States presidential election in Maryland
1896 United States presidential election in Maryland
County Results
McKinley
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Bryan
40-50%
50-60%
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 .
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
Results by county
County
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Joshua Levering
John McAuley Palmer
Various candidates
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
See also
References
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