1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
This election marks the establishment of one-party hegemony in every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy where Republicans would control local government permanently.[1] The new secret ballot and an onerous poll tax had already severely reduced black and poor white voting at the time of this election,[2] in the process largely eliminating opposition party challenges.
Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Three electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. They defeated Republican nominees, former Ohio Governor William McKinley and his running mate Garret Hobart of New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 48.6%.
Bryan would later defeat McKinley again in Arkansas four years later and would later win the state against William Howard Taft in 1908.
Results
[edit]| 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 110,103 | 73.72% | 8 | |
| Republican | William McKinley | 37,512 | 25.12% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Charles Eugene Bentley | 893 | 0.60% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 839 | 0.56% | 0 | |
| Totals | 149,347 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
[edit]| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
William McKinley Republican |
Charles Eugene Bentley National Prohibition |
Joshua Levering Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 1,175 | 67.45% | 550 | 31.57% | 6 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.63% | 625 | 35.88% | 1,742 |
| Ashley | 1,760 | 78.05% | 405 | 17.96% | 18 | 0.80% | 72 | 3.19% | 1,355 | 60.09% | 2,255 |
| Baxter | 980 | 78.78% | 262 | 21.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 718 | 57.72% | 1,244 |
| Benton | 3,548 | 83.15% | 685 | 16.05% | 13 | 0.30% | 21 | 0.49% | 2,863 | 67.10% | 4,267 |
| Boone | 1,730 | 74.50% | 573 | 24.68% | 6 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.56% | 1,157 | 49.83% | 2,322 |
| Bradley | 976 | 83.70% | 185 | 15.87% | 3 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.17% | 791 | 67.84% | 1,166 |
| Calhoun | 910 | 80.53% | 216 | 19.12% | 2 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.18% | 694 | 61.42% | 1,130 |
| Carroll | 1,790 | 66.08% | 875 | 32.30% | 23 | 0.85% | 21 | 0.78% | 915 | 33.78% | 2,709 |
| Chicot | 418 | 55.00% | 258 | 33.95% | 17 | 2.24% | 67 | 8.82% | 160 | 21.05% | 760 |
| Clark | 1,910 | 67.61% | 833 | 29.49% | 57 | 2.02% | 25 | 0.88% | 1,077 | 38.12% | 2,825 |
| Clay | 1,537 | 75.57% | 475 | 23.35% | 10 | 0.49% | 12 | 0.59% | 1,062 | 52.21% | 2,034 |
| Cleburne | 1,047 | 89.79% | 108 | 9.26% | 7 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.34% | 939 | 80.53% | 1,166 |
| Cleveland | 1,269 | 83.71% | 231 | 15.24% | 8 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.53% | 1,038 | 68.47% | 1,516 |
| Columbia | 2,159 | 79.76% | 537 | 19.84% | 4 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.26% | 1,622 | 59.92% | 2,707 |
| Conway | 2,255 | 76.99% | 656 | 22.40% | 7 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.38% | 1,599 | 54.59% | 2,929 |
| Craighead | 1,890 | 84.98% | 329 | 14.79% | 2 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.13% | 1,561 | 70.19% | 2,224 |
| Crawford | 1,870 | 58.46% | 1,311 | 40.98% | 8 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.31% | 559 | 17.47% | 3,199 |
| Crittenden | 625 | 69.99% | 258 | 28.89% | 5 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.56% | 367 | 41.10% | 893 |
| Cross | 908 | 80.14% | 224 | 19.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.09% | 684 | 60.37% | 1,133 |
| Dallas | 1,032 | 67.98% | 479 | 31.55% | 5 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.13% | 553 | 36.43% | 1,518 |
| Desha | 396 | 55.31% | 290 | 40.50% | 21 | 2.93% | 9 | 1.26% | 106 | 14.80% | 716 |
| Drew | 1,754 | 74.07% | 603 | 25.46% | 5 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,151 | 48.61% | 2,368 |
| Faulkner | 2,044 | 75.31% | 556 | 20.49% | 6 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.31% | 1,488 | 54.83% | 2,714 |
| Franklin | 1,746 | 78.19% | 424 | 18.99% | 25 | 1.12% | 38 | 1.70% | 1,322 | 59.20% | 2,233 |
| Fulton | 1,259 | 78.93% | 333 | 20.88% | 2 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.06% | 926 | 58.06% | 1,595 |
| Garland | 1,465 | 65.29% | 703 | 31.33% | 40 | 1.78% | 36 | 1.60% | 762 | 33.96% | 2,244 |
| Grant | 801 | 86.04% | 125 | 13.43% | 2 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.32% | 676 | 72.61% | 931 |
| Greene | 1,627 | 85.63% | 262 | 13.79% | 7 | 0.37% | 4 | 0.21% | 1,365 | 71.84% | 1,900 |
| Hempstead | 1,832 | 59.79% | 1,203 | 39.26% | 10 | 0.33% | 19 | 0.62% | 629 | 20.53% | 3,064 |
| Hot Spring | 1,331 | 80.96% | 292 | 17.76% | 9 | 0.55% | 12 | 0.73% | 1,039 | 63.20% | 1,644 |
| Howard | 1,392 | 82.42% | 294 | 17.41% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 1,098 | 65.01% | 1,689 |
| Independence | 2,089 | 78.06% | 567 | 21.19% | 9 | 0.34% | 11 | 0.41% | 1,522 | 56.88% | 2,676 |
| Izard | 1,507 | 82.98% | 285 | 15.69% | 11 | 0.61% | 13 | 0.72% | 1,222 | 67.29% | 1,816 |
| Jackson | 1,585 | 72.64% | 588 | 26.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 9 | 0.41% | 997 | 45.69% | 2,182 |
| Jefferson | 1,653 | 60.11% | 1,050 | 38.18% | 27 | 0.98% | 20 | 0.73% | 603 | 21.93% | 2,750 |
| Johnson | 1,831 | 78.55% | 491 | 21.06% | 3 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.26% | 1,340 | 57.49% | 2,331 |
| Lafayette | 608 | 58.69% | 423 | 40.83% | 2 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.29% | 185 | 17.86% | 1,036 |
| Lawrence | 1,679 | 81.78% | 337 | 16.42% | 23 | 1.12% | 14 | 0.68% | 1,342 | 65.37% | 2,053 |
| Lee | 1,946 | 88.41% | 213 | 9.68% | 23 | 1.04% | 19 | 0.86% | 1,733 | 78.74% | 2,201 |
| Lincoln | 1,026 | 81.11% | 236 | 18.66% | 2 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.08% | 790 | 62.45% | 1,265 |
| Little River | 852 | 74.80% | 273 | 23.97% | 7 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.61% | 579 | 50.83% | 1,139 |
| Logan | 1,786 | 65.16% | 946 | 34.51% | 6 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.11% | 840 | 30.65% | 2,741 |
| Lonoke | 2,300 | 83.27% | 437 | 15.82% | 12 | 0.43% | 13 | 0.47% | 1,863 | 67.45% | 2,762 |
| Madison | 1,689 | 56.64% | 1,260 | 42.25% | 16 | 0.54% | 17 | 0.57% | 429 | 14.39% | 2,982 |
| Marion | 1,212 | 76.90% | 336 | 21.32% | 25 | 1.59% | 3 | 0.19% | 876 | 55.58% | 1,576 |
| Miller | 1,073 | 65.07% | 565 | 34.26% | 6 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.30% | 508 | 30.81% | 1,649 |
| Mississippi | 815 | 82.74% | 168 | 17.06% | 2 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 647 | 65.69% | 985 |
| Monroe | 1,019 | 64.01% | 436 | 27.39% | 77 | 4.84% | 60 | 3.77% | 583 | 36.62% | 1,592 |
| Montgomery | 1,008 | 82.08% | 220 | 17.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 788 | 64.17% | 1,228 |
| Nevada | 1,669 | 77.66% | 469 | 21.82% | 4 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.33% | 1,200 | 55.84% | 2,149 |
| Newton | 659 | 46.94% | 733 | 52.21% | 4 | 0.28% | 8 | 0.57% | -74 | -5.27% | 1,404 |
| Ouachita | 1,366 | 56.77% | 1,029 | 42.77% | 2 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.37% | 337 | 14.01% | 2,406 |
| Perry | 678 | 75.25% | 217 | 24.08% | 4 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.22% | 461 | 51.17% | 901 |
| Phillips | 1,085 | 54.85% | 815 | 41.20% | 43 | 2.17% | 35 | 1.77% | 270 | 13.65% | 1,978 |
| Pike | 864 | 78.69% | 231 | 21.04% | 2 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.09% | 633 | 57.65% | 1,098 |
| Poinsett | 572 | 80.34% | 130 | 18.26% | 3 | 0.42% | 7 | 0.98% | 442 | 62.08% | 712 |
| Polk | 1,004 | 94.10% | 51 | 4.78% | 4 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.75% | 953 | 89.32% | 1,067 |
| Pope | 2,315 | 74.75% | 762 | 24.60% | 13 | 0.42% | 7 | 0.23% | 1,553 | 50.15% | 3,097 |
| Prairie | 1,145 | 64.22% | 633 | 35.50% | 3 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.11% | 512 | 28.72% | 1,783 |
| Pulaski | 3,021 | 61.73% | 1,754 | 35.84% | 74 | 1.51% | 45 | 0.92% | 1,267 | 25.89% | 4,894 |
| Randolph | 1,915 | 86.03% | 307 | 13.79% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,608 | 72.24% | 2,226 |
| St. Francis | 1,087 | 70.13% | 455 | 29.35% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 632 | 40.77% | 1,550 |
| Saline | 1,417 | 84.00% | 268 | 15.89% | 31 | 1.99% | 6 | 0.38% | 1,149 | 68.11% | 1,687 |
| Scott | 1,260 | 80.72% | 264 | 16.91% | 2 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 996 | 63.81% | 1,561 |
| Searcy | 615 | 45.35% | 737 | 54.35% | 12 | 0.33% | 17 | 0.46% | -122 | -9.00% | 1,356 |
| Sebastian | 2,622 | 71.64% | 1,009 | 27.57% | 4 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.22% | 1,613 | 44.07% | 3,660 |
| Sevier | 1,166 | 86.82% | 170 | 12.66% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 996 | 74.16% | 1,343 |
| Sharp | 1,383 | 85.58% | 230 | 14.23% | 3 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.32% | 1,153 | 71.35% | 1,616 |
| Stone | 728 | 80.26% | 172 | 18.96% | 5 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.22% | 556 | 61.30% | 907 |
| Union | 1,749 | 89.37% | 148 | 7.56% | 29 | 1.48% | 31 | 1.58% | 1,601 | 81.81% | 1,957 |
| Van Buren | 846 | 67.90% | 374 | 30.02% | 20 | 1.61% | 6 | 0.48% | 472 | 37.88% | 1,246 |
| Washington | 3,208 | 72.17% | 1,197 | 26.93% | 17 | 0.38% | 23 | 0.52% | 2,011 | 45.24% | 4,445 |
| White | 2,876 | 83.12% | 559 | 16.16% | 17 | 0.49% | 8 | 0.23% | 2,317 | 66.97% | 3,460 |
| Woodruff | 1,478 | 70.15% | 620 | 29.43% | 5 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.19% | 858 | 40.72% | 2,107 |
| Yell | 2,261 | 73.29% | 812 | 26.32% | 4 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.26% | 1,449 | 46.97% | 3,085 |
| Totals[a] | 110,103 | 73.65% | 37,512 | 25.09% | 892 | 0.60% | 889 | 0.60% | 72,591 | 48.56% | 149,496 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Totals from Géoelections differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas and The Presidential Vote.
References
[edit]- ^ See Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger (January 1991). Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. University of Arkansas Press. p. 32. ISBN 1557282005.
- ^ Perman, Michael (April 3, 2003). Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 65. ISBN 0807860255.
- ^ "Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 139–145. ISBN 9780804716963.
- ^ "Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1896". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
