1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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The 1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 3, 1896 as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan Party Republican Democratic Alliance Populist Home state Ohio Nebraska Running mate Garret Hobart Arthur Sewall Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 57,444 21,650 Percentage 68.66% 25.88%

County Results McKinley   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

New Hampshire overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 42.78%.

With 68.66% of the popular vote, New Hampshire would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after neighboring Vermont and Massachusetts.^[1] The state was also the best performance for National Democratic Party candidate John M. Palmer, who won 4.21% of the vote.

Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little-to-no appeal in the Northeastern states like New Hampshire. This was the first time since 1860 that a Republican won every county in the state.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in New Hampshire^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	William McKinley of Ohio	Garret Hobart of New Jersey	57,444	68.66%	4	100.00%
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	Arthur Sewall of Maine	21,650	25.88%	0	0.00%
	National Democratic	John McAuley Palmer of Illinois	Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky	3,520	4.21%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Joshua Levering of Maryland	Hale Johnson of Illinois	779	0.93%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Charles Horatio Matchett of New York	Matthew Maguire of New Jersey	228	0.27%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Charles Eugene Bentley of Nebraska	James Haywood Southgate of North Carolina	49	0.06%	0	0.00%
Total				83,670	100.00%	4	100.00%

Results by county

County	William McKinley^[3] Republican		William Jennings Bryan^[3] Democratic		John McAuley Palmer^[3] National Democratic		Joshua Levering^[3] Prohibition		Various candidates^[3] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Belknap	3,465	72.67%	978	20.51%	263	5.52%	58	1.22%	4	0.08%	2,487	52.16%	4,768
Carroll	2,800	65.88%	1,214	28.56%	175	4.12%	57	1.34%	4	0.09%	1,586	37.32%	4,250
Cheshire	4,818	75.60%	1,272	19.96%	231	3.62%	45	0.71%	7	0.11%	3,546	55.64%	6,373
Coös	3,253	66.01%	1,489	30.22%	149	3.02%	35	0.71%	2	0.04%	1,764	35.80%	4,928
Grafton	6,199	68.15%	2,306	25.35%	459	5.05%	109	1.20%	23	0.25%	3,893	42.80%	9,096
Hillsborough	13,080	67.80%	4,965	25.73%	917	4.75%	144	0.75%	187	0.97%	8,115	42.06%	19,293
Merrimack	7,715	65.67%	3,310	28.17%	562	4.78%	155	1.32%	7	0.06%	4,405	37.49%	11,749
Rockingham	7,881	69.32%	2,992	26.32%	390	3.43%	87	0.77%	19	0.17%	4,889	43.00%	11,369
Strafford	5,483	68.58%	2,259	28.26%	173	2.16%	62	0.78%	18	0.23%	3,224	40.33%	7,995
Sullivan	2,750	71.45%	865	22.47%	201	5.22%	27	0.70%	6	0.16%	1,885	48.97%	3,849
Totals	57,444	68.66%	21,650	25.88%	3,520	4.21%	779	0.93%	277	0.33%	35,794	42.78%	83,670

See also

• United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

References

1. "1896 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. "1896 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)