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1896 United States elections

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The 1896 United States elections elected the 55th United States Congress. Republicans won control of the presidency and maintained control of both houses of Congress. The election marked the end of the Third Party System and the start of the Fourth Party System, as Republicans would generally dominate politics until the 1930 elections. Political scientists such as V.O. Key, Jr. argue that this election was a realigning election, while James Reichley argues against this idea on the basis that the Republican victory in this election merely continued the party's post-Civil War dominance.[3] The election took place in the aftermath of the Panic of 1893, and featured a fierce debate between advocates of bimetallism ("free silver") and supporters of the gold standard.[4]

1896 United States elections
← 1894          1895          1896          1897          1898 →
Presidential election year
Election dayNovember 3
Incumbent presidentGrover Cleveland (Democratic)
Next Congress55th
Presidential election
Partisan controlRepublican gain
Popular vote marginRepublican +4.3%
Electoral vote
William McKinley (R)271
William Jennings Bryan (D)176
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1896 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by McKinley, blue denotes states won by Bryan. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate.
Senate elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contested30 of 90 seats[1]
Net seat changeRepublican +2[2]
House elections
Overall controlRepublican hold
Seats contestedAll 357 voting members
Net seat changeDemocratic +31[2]
Gubernatorial elections
Seats contested32
Net seat changePopulist +3

In the presidential election, Republican former Governor William McKinley of Ohio defeated Democratic former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska.[5] McKinley took the Republican nomination on the first ballot, while Bryan took the Democratic nomination on the fifth ballot (at age 36, he became youngest presidential nominee of a major party), defeating former Missouri Representative Richard P. Bland and several other candidates. Bryan's Cross of Gold speech, in which he advocated for "free silver," helped deliver him the Democratic nomination, and also attracted the support of the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party. Though Bryan carried most of the South and the West, McKinley won a comfortable margin in both the electoral college and the popular vote by carrying the Northeast and the Great Lakes region.

Democrats won major gains in the House, but Republicans continued to command a large majority in the chamber. The Populists also won several seats, holding more seats in the House than any third party since the Civil War.[6]

In the Senate, the Republicans maintained their plurality, keeping control of the same number of seats. The Democrats lost several seats, while the Silver Republicans established themselves for the first time with five seats.[7] Republican William P. Frye won election as President pro tempore.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Not counting special elections.
  2. ^ a b Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account.
  3. ^ Reichley, A. James (2000). The Life of the Parties (Paperback ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 8–12.
  4. ^ "Presidential elections". History.com. History Channel. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. ^ "1896 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. ^ "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives". United States House of Representatives. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present". United States Senate. Retrieved 25 June 2014.

Further reading edit

Main article: 1896 United States presidential election § Further reading
  • Barnes, James A. (1947). "Myths of the Bryan Campaign". Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 34 (3): 367–404. doi:10.2307/1898096. JSTOR 1898096.
  • Beito, David T., and Linda Royster Beito. "Gold Democrats and the decline of classical liberalism, 1896–1900." The Independent Review 4.4 (2000): 555–575.
  • Bensel, Richard Franklin (2008). Passion and Preferences: William Jennings Bryan and the 1896 Democratic National Convention. Cambridge U.P. ISBN 9780521717625.
  • Bernstein, Irving. "Samuel Gompers and Free Silver, 1896." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 29.3 (1942): 394–400. online
  • Budgor, Joel, et al. "The 1896 election and congressional modernization: An appraisal of the evidence." Social Science History 5.1 (1981): 53–90.
  • Bullough, William A. "The steam beer handicap: Chris Buckley and the San Francisco municipal election of 1896." California Historical Quarterly 54.3 (1975): 245–262. online
  • Crow, Jeffrey J. "" Fusion, Confusion, and Negroism": Schisms among Negro Republicans in the North Carolina Election of 1896." North Carolina Historical Review 53.4 (1976): 364-384. online
  • Diamond, William, "Urban and Rural Voting in 1896," American Historical Review, (1941) 46#2 pp. 281–305 in JSTOR
  • Edelman, Susan Scheiber. "A Red Hot Suffrage Campaign: The Woman Suffrage Cause in California, 1896." California Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook 2 (1995): 49+.
  • Eichengreen, Barry, et al. "Populists at the polls: Economic factors in the 1896 presidential election." No. w23932. National Bureau of Economic Research (2017). online
  • Ellis, Elmer. "The Silver Republicans in the Election of 1896." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 18.4 (1932): 519–534. online
  • Ettinger, Brian Gary. "John Fitzpatrick and the limits of working-class politics in New Orleans, 1892-1896." Louisiana History (1985): 341–367. online
  • Fite, Gilbert C. (2001). "The Election of 1896". In Arthur Schlesinger (ed.). History of American Presidential Elections. vol. 2.
  • Fite, Gilbert C. (1960). "Republican Strategy and the Farm Vote in the Presidential Campaign of 1896". American Historical Review. 65 (4): 787–806. doi:10.2307/1849404. JSTOR 1849404.
  • Glad, Paul W. (1964). McKinley, Bryan, and the People. ISBN 0-397-47048-7.
  • Harpine, William D. From the Front Porch to the Front Page: McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 Presidential Campaign (2006) focus on the speeches and rhetoric online
  • Jeansonne, Glen (1988). "Goldbugs, Silverites, and Satirists: Caricature and Humor in the Presidential Election of 1896". Journal of American Culture. 11 (2): 1–8. doi:10.1111/j.1542-734X.1988.1102_1.x.
  • Jeansonne, Glen (1988). "Goldbugs, Silverites, and Satirists: Caricature and Humor in the Presidential Election of 1896". Journal of American Culture. 11 (2): 1–8. doi:10.1111/j.1542-734X.1988.1102_1.x.
  • Jensen, Richard J. (1971). The Winning of the Midwest: Social and Political Conflict 1888–1896. ISBN 0-226-39825-0. online
  • Jones, Stanley L. (1964). The Presidential Election of 1896. ISBN 0-299-03094-6.
  • Kazin, Michael. A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan (2006).
  • Kelly, Patrick J. (2003). "The Election of 1896 and the Restructuring of Civil War Memory". Civil War History. 49 (3): 254. doi:10.1353/cwh.2003.0058.
  • Kelly, Patrick J. (2003). "The Election of 1896 and the Restructuring of Civil War Memory". Civil War History. 49 (3): 254. doi:10.1353/cwh.2003.0058. S2CID 144576062.
  • Kleppner, Paul. The cross of culture : a social analysis of midwestern politics, 1850-1900 (1970) online
  • Kunze, Joel. "Shameful Venality: The Pierce-Wallace Controversy and the election of 1896." The Palimpsest 71.1 (1990): 2–11. fraud in Iowa
  • McCormick, Richard L. "Walter Dean Burnham and “The System of 1896”." Social Science History 10.3 (1986): 245-262.
  • Niswonger, Richard L. "Arkansas and the Election of 1896." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 34.1 (1975): 41–78. online
  • Nussbaum, Raymond O. "'The Ring Is Smashed!': The New Orleans Municipal Election of 1896." Louisiana History 17.3 (1976): 283–297. online
  • Rogin, Michael. "California Populism and the" System of 1896"." Western Political Quarterly 22.1 (1969): 179-196. online
  • Stevens, S. K. "The election of 1896 in Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania History 4.2 (1937): 65–87. online
  • Stonecash, Jeffrey M.; Silina, Everita. "The 1896 Realignment," American Politics Research, (Jan 2005) 33#1 pp. 3–32.
  • Uzee, Philip D. "The Republican Party in the Louisiana Election of 1896." Louisiana History 2.3 (1961): 332–344. online
  • Wanat, John and Karen Burke, "Estimating the Degree of Mobilization and Conversion in the 1890s: An Inquiry into the Nature of Electoral Change," American Political Science Review, (1982) 76#2 pp. 360–70 in JSTOR
  • Williams, R. Hal (1978). Years of Decision: American Politics in the 1890s.
  • Williams, R. Hal. (2010) Realigning America: McKinley, Bryan, and the Remarkable Election of 1896 (UP of Kansas) 250 pp
  • Wish, Harvey. "John Peter Altgeld and the Election of 1896." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1937) 30#3: 353–384. online

Primary sources edit

  • Bryan, William Jennings. The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896 (1897), speeches from 1896 campaign.
  • National Democratic Committee (1896). Campaign Text-book of the National Democratic Party. National Democratic committee. Democratic campaign text Book.
    • This is the handbook of the Gold Democrats and strongly opposed Bryan.
  • Chandler, William E. (August 1896). "Issues and Prospects of the Campaign". North American Review. 163 (2): 171–82.

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The 1896 United States elections elected the 55th United States Congress Republicans won control of the presidency and maintained control of both houses of Congress The election marked the end of the Third Party System and the start of the Fourth Party System as Republicans would generally dominate politics until the 1930 elections Political scientists such as V O Key Jr argue that this election was a realigning election while James Reichley argues against this idea on the basis that the Republican victory in this election merely continued the party s post Civil War dominance 3 The election took place in the aftermath of the Panic of 1893 and featured a fierce debate between advocates of bimetallism free silver and supporters of the gold standard 4 1896 United States elections 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Presidential election yearElection dayNovember 3Incumbent presidentGrover Cleveland Democratic Next Congress55thPresidential electionPartisan controlRepublican gainPopular vote marginRepublican 4 3 Electoral voteWilliam McKinley R 271William Jennings Bryan D 1761896 presidential election results Red denotes states won by McKinley blue denotes states won by Bryan Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate Senate electionsOverall controlRepublican holdSeats contested30 of 90 seats 1 Net seat changeRepublican 2 2 House electionsOverall controlRepublican holdSeats contestedAll 357 voting membersNet seat changeDemocratic 31 2 Gubernatorial electionsSeats contested32Net seat changePopulist 3In the presidential election Republican former Governor William McKinley of Ohio defeated Democratic former Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska 5 McKinley took the Republican nomination on the first ballot while Bryan took the Democratic nomination on the fifth ballot at age 36 he became youngest presidential nominee of a major party defeating former Missouri Representative Richard P Bland and several other candidates Bryan s Cross of Gold speech in which he advocated for free silver helped deliver him the Democratic nomination and also attracted the support of the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party Though Bryan carried most of the South and the West McKinley won a comfortable margin in both the electoral college and the popular vote by carrying the Northeast and the Great Lakes region Democrats won major gains in the House but Republicans continued to command a large majority in the chamber The Populists also won several seats holding more seats in the House than any third party since the Civil War 6 In the Senate the Republicans maintained their plurality keeping control of the same number of seats The Democrats lost several seats while the Silver Republicans established themselves for the first time with five seats 7 Republican William P Frye won election as President pro tempore Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 Further reading 3 1 Primary sourcesSee also edit1896 United States presidential election 1896 United States House of Representatives elections 1896 97 United States Senate elections 1896 United States gubernatorial electionsReferences edit Not counting special elections a b Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly scheduled elections and do not take special elections into account Reichley A James 2000 The Life of the Parties Paperback ed Rowman amp Littlefield pp 8 12 Presidential elections History com History Channel Retrieved 3 September 2015 1896 Presidential Election The American Presidency Project Retrieved 25 June 2014 Party Divisions of the House of Representatives United States House of Representatives Retrieved 25 June 2014 Party Division in the Senate 1789 Present United States Senate Retrieved 25 June 2014 Further reading editMain article 1896 United States presidential election Further reading Barnes James A 1947 Myths of the Bryan Campaign Mississippi Valley Historical Review 34 3 367 404 doi 10 2307 1898096 JSTOR 1898096 Beito David T and Linda Royster Beito Gold Democrats and the decline of classical liberalism 1896 1900 The Independent Review 4 4 2000 555 575 Bensel Richard Franklin 2008 Passion and Preferences William Jennings Bryan and the 1896 Democratic National Convention Cambridge U P ISBN 9780521717625 Bernstein Irving Samuel Gompers and Free Silver 1896 Mississippi Valley Historical Review 29 3 1942 394 400 online Budgor Joel et al The 1896 election and congressional modernization An appraisal of the evidence Social Science History 5 1 1981 53 90 Bullough William A The steam beer handicap Chris Buckley and the San Francisco municipal election of 1896 California Historical Quarterly 54 3 1975 245 262 online Crow Jeffrey J Fusion Confusion and Negroism Schisms among Negro Republicans in the North Carolina Election of 1896 North Carolina Historical Review 53 4 1976 364 384 online Diamond William Urban and Rural Voting in 1896 American Historical Review 1941 46 2 pp 281 305 in JSTOR Edelman Susan Scheiber A Red Hot Suffrage Campaign The Woman Suffrage Cause in California 1896 California Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook 2 1995 49 Eichengreen Barry et al Populists at the polls Economic factors in the 1896 presidential election No w23932 National Bureau of Economic Research 2017 online Ellis Elmer The Silver Republicans in the Election of 1896 Mississippi Valley Historical Review 18 4 1932 519 534 online Ettinger Brian Gary John Fitzpatrick and the limits of working class politics in New Orleans 1892 1896 Louisiana History 1985 341 367 online Fite Gilbert C 2001 The Election of 1896 In Arthur Schlesinger ed History of American Presidential Elections vol 2 Fite Gilbert C 1960 Republican Strategy and the Farm Vote in the Presidential Campaign of 1896 American Historical Review 65 4 787 806 doi 10 2307 1849404 JSTOR 1849404 Glad Paul W 1964 McKinley Bryan and the People ISBN 0 397 47048 7 Harpine William D From the Front Porch to the Front Page McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 Presidential Campaign 2006 focus on the speeches and rhetoric online Jeansonne Glen 1988 Goldbugs Silverites and Satirists Caricature and Humor in the Presidential Election of 1896 Journal of American Culture 11 2 1 8 doi 10 1111 j 1542 734X 1988 1102 1 x Jeansonne Glen 1988 Goldbugs Silverites and Satirists Caricature and Humor in the Presidential Election of 1896 Journal of American Culture 11 2 1 8 doi 10 1111 j 1542 734X 1988 1102 1 x Jensen Richard J 1971 The Winning of the Midwest Social and Political Conflict 1888 1896 ISBN 0 226 39825 0 online Jones Stanley L 1964 The Presidential Election of 1896 ISBN 0 299 03094 6 Kazin Michael A Godly Hero The Life of William Jennings Bryan 2006 Kelly Patrick J 2003 The Election of 1896 and the Restructuring of Civil War Memory Civil War History 49 3 254 doi 10 1353 cwh 2003 0058 Kelly Patrick J 2003 The Election of 1896 and the Restructuring of Civil War Memory Civil War History 49 3 254 doi 10 1353 cwh 2003 0058 S2CID 144576062 Kleppner Paul The cross of culture a social analysis of midwestern politics 1850 1900 1970 online Kunze Joel Shameful Venality The Pierce Wallace Controversy and the election of 1896 The Palimpsest 71 1 1990 2 11 fraud in Iowa online McCormick Richard L Walter Dean Burnham and The System of 1896 Social Science History 10 3 1986 245 262 Niswonger Richard L Arkansas and the Election of 1896 Arkansas Historical Quarterly 34 1 1975 41 78 online Nussbaum Raymond O The Ring Is Smashed The New Orleans Municipal Election of 1896 Louisiana History 17 3 1976 283 297 online Rogin Michael California Populism and the System of 1896 Western Political Quarterly 22 1 1969 179 196 online Stevens S K The election of 1896 in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania History 4 2 1937 65 87 online Stonecash Jeffrey M Silina Everita The 1896 Realignment American Politics Research Jan 2005 33 1 pp 3 32 Uzee Philip D The Republican Party in the Louisiana Election of 1896 Louisiana History 2 3 1961 332 344 online Wanat John and Karen Burke Estimating the Degree of Mobilization and Conversion in the 1890s An Inquiry into the Nature of Electoral Change American Political Science Review 1982 76 2 pp 360 70 in JSTOR Williams R Hal 1978 Years of Decision American Politics in the 1890s Williams R Hal 2010 Realigning America McKinley Bryan and the Remarkable Election of 1896 UP of Kansas 250 pp Wish Harvey John Peter Altgeld and the Election of 1896 Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 1937 30 3 353 384 onlinePrimary sources edit Bryan William Jennings The First Battle A Story of the Campaign of 1896 1897 speeches from 1896 campaign National Democratic Committee 1896 Campaign Text book of the National Democratic Party National Democratic committee Democratic campaign text Book This is the handbook of the Gold Democrats and strongly opposed Bryan Chandler William E August 1896 Issues and Prospects of the Campaign North American Review 163 2 171 82 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1896 United 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