Bryan, running on a platform of free silver, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but had little appeal in Northeastern states like Rhode Island.
With 68.33% of the popular vote, Rhode Island would be McKinley's fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont, neighboring Massachusetts and New Hampshire.[1]
Results
1896 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[2]
1896, united, states, presidential, election, rhode, island, main, article, 1896, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1896, part, 1896, united, states, presidential, election, voters, chose, four, representatives, electors, electoral. Main article 1896 United States presidential election The 1896 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 1892 November 3 1896 1900 Nominee William McKinley William Jennings BryanParty Republican DemocraticHome state Ohio NebraskaRunning mate Garret Hobart Arthur SewallElectoral vote 4 0Popular vote 37 437 14 459Percentage 68 33 26 39 County Results McKinley 60 70 70 80 President before electionGrover ClevelandDemocratic Elected President William McKinleyRepublicanRhode Island 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 wide margin of 41 94 Bryan running on a platform of free silver appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election but had little appeal in Northeastern states like Rhode Island With 68 33 of the popular vote Rhode Island would be McKinley s fourth strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont neighboring Massachusetts and New Hampshire 1 Results Edit1896 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 2 Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral voteCount Count Republican William McKinley of Ohio Garret Hobart of New Jersey 37 437 68 33 4 100 00 Democratic William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska Arthur Sewall of Maine 14 459 26 39 0 0 00 National Democratic John McAuley Palmer of Illinois Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky 1 166 2 13 0 0 00 Prohibition Joshua Levering of Maryland Hale Johnson of Illinois 1 160 2 12 0 0 00 Socialist Labor Charles Horatio Matchett of New York Matthew Maguire of New Jersey 558 1 02 0 0 00 N A Others Others 5 0 01 0 0 00 Total 54 785 100 00 4 100 00 See also EditUnited States presidential elections in Rhode IslandReferences Edit 1896 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved 2018 03 05 1896 Presidential General Election Results Rhode Island U S Election Atlas Retrieved 23 December 2013 This Rhode Island elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1896 United States presidential election in Rhode Island amp oldid 1059968917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
