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The 1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1896. Voters chose 9 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan , over the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley . Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 71.79%.
Results
Results by county
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
William McKinley Republican
John McAuley Palmer[a] National Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast[2]
County
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
Abbeville
2,473
92.10%
212
7.90%
2,261
84.21%
2,685
Aiken
1,819
94.25%
111
5.75%
1,708
88.50%
1,930
Anderson
3,109
91.01%
307
8.99%
2,802
82.03%
3,416
Barnwell
2,385
93.86%
156
6.14%
2,229
87.72%
2,541
Beaufort
289
43.79%
371
56.21%
-82
-12.42%
660
Berkeley
513
76.68%
156
23.32%
357
53.36%
669
Charleston
1,660
62.83%
982
37.17%
678
25.66%
2,642
Chester
1,254
94.29%
76
5.71%
1,178
88.57%
1,330
Chesterfield
1,465
92.72%
115
7.28%
1,350
85.44%
1,580
Clarendon
1,450
90.23%
157
9.77%
1,293
80.46%
1,607
Colleton
1,646
84.80%
295
15.20%
1,351
69.60%
1,941
Darlington
1,625
91.70%
147
8.30%
1,478
83.41%
1,772
Edgefield
1,532
88.97%
190
11.03%
1,342
77.93%
1,722
Fairfield
1,078
96.16%
43
3.84%
1,035
92.33%
1,121
Florence
1,530
94.80%
84
5.20%
1,446
89.59%
1,614
Georgetown
459
39.50%
703
60.50%
-244
-21.00%
1,162
Greenville
2,718
92.70%
214
7.30%
2,504
85.40%
2,932
Hampton
1,072
97.72%
25
2.28%
1,047
95.44%
1,097
Horry
1,372
87.50%
196
12.50%
1,176
75.00%
1,568
Kershaw
1,191
90.16%
130
9.84%
1,061
80.32%
1,321
Lancaster
1,557
89.79%
177
10.21%
1,380
79.58%
1,734
Laurens
1,943
94.78%
107
5.22%
1,836
89.56%
2,050
Lexington
1,672
89.46%
197
10.54%
1,475
78.92%
1,869
Marion
1,936
86.08%
313
13.92%
1,623
72.17%
2,249
Marlboro
1,232
88.25%
164
11.75%
1,068
76.50%
1,396
Newberry
1,525
97.76%
35
2.24%
1,490
95.51%
1,560
Oconee
1,392
93.05%
104
6.95%
1,288
86.10%
1,496
Orangeburg
2,729
93.08%
203
6.92%
2,526
86.15%
2,932
Pickens
1,261
90.14%
138
9.86%
1,123
80.27%
1,399
Richland
925
71.26%
373
28.74%
552
42.53%
1,298
Saluda
1,241
96.50%
45
3.50%
1,196
93.00%
1,286
Spartanburg
4,234
96.93%
134
3.07%
4,100
93.86%
4,368
Sumter
1,550
88.47%
202
11.53%
1,348
76.94%
1,752
Union
1,379
92.43%
113
7.57%
1,266
84.85%
1,492
Williamsburg
1,570
84.09%
297
15.91%
1,273
68.18%
1,867
York
2,013
92.98%
152
7.02%
1,861
85.96%
2,165
Totals
58,799
87.70%
7,424
11.07%
824
1.23%
51,375
76.63%
67,047
Notes
^ The National (Gold ) Democratic ticket vote was listed as a state-wide total and not by counties.
References