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1896 United States presidential election in Florida 
Summary
The 1896 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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 County Results
Bryan 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
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Florida was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. They defeated the Republican nominees, former Governor of Ohio William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 46.16%.
Bryan would later win Florida against McKinley again four years later and would later win it again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.
Results edit
| 1896 United States presidential election in Florida[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 30,779 | 66.21% | 4 | |
| Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 1,977 | 4.25% | 0 | |
| Total | William Jennings Bryan | 32,756 | 70.46% | 4 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 11,298 | 24.30% | 0 | |
| National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 1,778 | 3.82% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 656 | 1.41% | 0 | |
| Totals | 46,488 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county edit
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic/Populist |
William McKinley Republican |
John McAuley Palmer National Democratic |
Joshua Levering Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alachua | 1,545 | 68.82% | 645 | 28.73% | 44 | 1.96% | 11 | 0.49% | 900 | 40.09% | 2,245 |
| Baker | 247 | 83.45% | 33 | 11.15% | 2 | 0.68% | 14 | 4.73% | 214 | 72.30% | 296 |
| Bradford | 836 | 77.34% | 176 | 16.28% | 53 | 4.90% | 16 | 1.48% | 660 | 61.05% | 1,081 |
| Brevard | 505 | 55.99% | 337 | 37.36% | 43 | 4.77% | 17 | 1.88% | 168 | 18.63% | 902 |
| Calhoun | 205 | 71.68% | 52 | 18.18% | 26 | 9.09% | 3 | 1.05% | 153 | 53.50% | 286 |
| Citrus | 347 | 84.63% | 35 | 8.54% | 12 | 2.93% | 16 | 3.90% | 312 | 76.10% | 410 |
| Clay | 355 | 58.10% | 230 | 37.64% | 20 | 3.27% | 6 | 0.98% | 125 | 20.46% | 611 |
| Columbia | 768 | 73.70% | 228 | 21.88% | 30 | 2.88% | 16 | 1.54% | 540 | 51.82% | 1,042 |
| Dade | 372 | 46.97% | 368 | 46.46% | 38 | 4.80% | 14 | 1.77% | 4 | 0.51% | 792 |
| De Soto | 700 | 74.39% | 198 | 21.04% | 24 | 2.55% | 19 | 2.02% | 502 | 53.35% | 941 |
| Duval | 1,903 | 51.52% | 1,462 | 39.58% | 313 | 8.47% | 16 | 0.43% | 441 | 11.94% | 3,694 |
| Escambia | 1,285 | 77.04% | 233 | 13.97% | 138 | 8.27% | 12 | 0.72% | 1,052 | 63.07% | 1,668 |
| Franklin | 294 | 64.47% | 146 | 32.02% | 13 | 2.85% | 3 | 0.66% | 148 | 32.46% | 456 |
| Gadsden | 597 | 85.78% | 66 | 9.48% | 24 | 3.45% | 9 | 1.29% | 531 | 76.29% | 696 |
| Hamilton | 533 | 81.25% | 74 | 11.28% | 18 | 2.74% | 31 | 4.73% | 459 | 69.97% | 656 |
| Hernando | 231 | 83.09% | 37 | 13.31% | 6 | 2.16% | 4 | 1.44% | 194 | 69.78% | 278 |
| Hillsborough | 2,180 | 75.20% | 584 | 20.14% | 87 | 3.00% | 48 | 1.66% | 1,596 | 55.05% | 2,899 |
| Holmes | 396 | 83.54% | 51 | 10.76% | 19 | 4.01% | 8 | 1.69% | 345 | 72.78% | 474 |
| Jackson | 1,285 | 79.62% | 285 | 17.66% | 33 | 2.04% | 11 | 0.68% | 1,000 | 61.96% | 1,614 |
| Jefferson | 1,909 | 87.29% | 242 | 11.07% | 18 | 0.82% | 18 | 0.82% | 1,667 | 76.22% | 2,187 |
| Lafayette | 357 | 92.49% | 13 | 3.37% | 4 | 1.04% | 12 | 3.11% | 344 | 89.12% | 386 |
| Lake | 870 | 70.16% | 302 | 24.35% | 54 | 4.35% | 14 | 1.13% | 568 | 45.81% | 1,240 |
| Lee | 222 | 71.15% | 74 | 23.72% | 15 | 4.81% | 1 | 0.32% | 148 | 47.44% | 312 |
| Leon | 1,298 | 81.53% | 247 | 15.52% | 26 | 1.63% | 21 | 1.32% | 1,051 | 66.02% | 1,592 |
| Levy | 483 | 77.16% | 113 | 18.05% | 20 | 3.19% | 10 | 1.60% | 370 | 59.11% | 626 |
| Liberty | 115 | 61.50% | 42 | 22.46% | 27 | 14.44% | 3 | 1.60% | 73 | 39.04% | 187 |
| Madison | 885 | 83.02% | 144 | 13.51% | 25 | 2.35% | 12 | 1.13% | 741 | 69.51% | 1,066 |
| Manatee | 480 | 75.59% | 135 | 21.26% | 11 | 1.73% | 9 | 1.42% | 345 | 54.33% | 635 |
| Marion | 1,230 | 65.74% | 480 | 25.65% | 129 | 6.89% | 32 | 1.71% | 750 | 40.09% | 1,871 |
| Monroe | 452 | 49.89% | 369 | 40.73% | 59 | 6.51% | 26 | 2.87% | 83 | 9.16% | 906 |
| Nassau | 572 | 59.83% | 310 | 32.43% | 60 | 6.28% | 14 | 1.46% | 262 | 27.41% | 956 |
| Orange | 1,086 | 62.41% | 565 | 32.47% | 74 | 4.25% | 15 | 0.86% | 521 | 29.94% | 1,740 |
| Osceola | 274 | 66.83% | 118 | 28.78% | 4 | 0.98% | 14 | 3.41% | 156 | 38.05% | 410 |
| Pasco | 482 | 85.77% | 70 | 12.46% | 6 | 1.07% | 4 | 0.71% | 412 | 73.31% | 562 |
| Polk | 1,155 | 76.24% | 279 | 18.42% | 64 | 4.22% | 17 | 1.12% | 876 | 57.82% | 1,515 |
| Putnam | 990 | 52.27% | 816 | 43.08% | 52 | 2.75% | 36 | 1.90% | 174 | 9.19% | 1,894 |
| St. John's | 561 | 86.44% | 50 | 7.70% | 13 | 2.00% | 25 | 3.85% | 511 | 78.74% | 649 |
| Santa Rosa | 694 | 59.06% | 431 | 36.68% | 25 | 2.13% | 25 | 2.13% | 263 | 22.38% | 1,175 |
| Sumter | 524 | 80.74% | 89 | 13.71% | 28 | 4.31% | 8 | 1.23% | 435 | 67.03% | 649 |
| Suwannee | 905 | 79.39% | 196 | 17.19% | 29 | 2.54% | 10 | 0.88% | 709 | 62.19% | 1,140 |
| Taylor | 255 | 86.73% | 31 | 10.54% | 6 | 2.04% | 2 | 0.68% | 224 | 76.19% | 294 |
| Volusia | 753 | 51.36% | 635 | 43.32% | 42 | 2.86% | 36 | 2.46% | 118 | 8.05% | 1,466 |
| Wakulla | 670 | 94.77% | 35 | 4.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.28% | 635 | 89.82% | 707 |
| Walton | 594 | 80.16% | 129 | 17.41% | 11 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.94% | 465 | 62.75% | 741 |
| Washington | 356 | 65.80% | 143 | 26.43% | 33 | 6.10% | 9 | 1.66% | 213 | 39.37% | 541 |
| Totals | 32,756 | 70.46% | 11,298 | 24.30% | 1,778 | 3.82% | 656 | 1.41% | 21,458 | 46.16% | 46,488 |