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The 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election . Missouri voters chose seventeen electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
Missouri was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine . Four electors cast their Vice Presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson . Unlike in the more easterly border states , Bryan’s “free silver ” platform had very substantial appeal in the Unionist but highly populist Ozark “Bible Belt ”.[ 1] This was seen in that Missouri had in Richard P. Bland that earliest advocate of that monetary policy in Congress,[ 2] and that only one vote had been cast in 1893 in Missouri against free silver, and that in St. Louis.[ 3] Although all but one of Missouri’s pro-silver members had reversed course by the time of the presidential election, the state was still hit much more that the Old Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley by farmers’ debts from falling prices and crop failures since 1887.[ 4] Despite opposition by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat to Bryan’s free silver policies,[ 4] Bryan gained strongly via capture of James B. Weaver ’s support base from the 1892 and 1880 elections in the strongly Baptist southwest, which was enough to counter Catholic defections from Grover Cleveland in St. Louis and surrounds.[ 5]
This is the only election since the Civil War where Douglas County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 6] Bryan was also the first Democrat since James Buchanan in 1856 to carry Dade , Dallas , Jasper , Lawrence , Polk and Wright Counties .[ 5]
Results
Results by county
County
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
William McKinley Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast[ 8]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
2,311
48.71%
2,402
50.63%
31
0.65%
-91
-1.92%
4,744
Andrew
2,191
48.90%
2,252
50.26%
38
0.85%
-61
-1.36%
4,481
Atchison
2,272
58.18%
1,587
40.64%
46
1.18%
685
17.54%
3,905
Audrain
3,984
70.79%
1,609
28.59%
35
0.62%
2,375
42.20%
5,628
Barry
3,151
57.37%
2,320
42.24%
21
0.38%
831
15.13%
5,492
Barton
2,824
64.02%
1,496
33.92%
91
2.06%
1,328
30.11%
4,411
Bates
5,073
65.64%
2,522
32.63%
133
1.72%
2,551
33.01%
7,728
Benton
1,762
46.59%
1,957
51.75%
63
1.67%
-195
-5.16%
3,782
Bollinger
1,485
53.77%
1,272
46.05%
5
0.18%
213
7.71%
2,762
Boone
5,075
74.39%
1,705
24.99%
42
0.62%
3,370
49.40%
6,822
Buchanan
7,336
51.17%
6,854
47.81%
147
1.03%
482
3.36%
14,337
Butler
1,743
51.37%
1,635
48.19%
15
0.44%
108
3.18%
3,393
Caldwell
2,053
48.71%
2,115
50.18%
47
1.12%
-62
-1.47%
4,215
Callaway
4,358
69.42%
1,849
29.45%
71
1.13%
2,509
39.96%
6,278
Camden
1,287
48.92%
1,326
50.40%
18
0.68%
-39
-1.48%
2,631
Cape Girardeau
2,473
49.42%
2,482
49.60%
49
0.98%
-9
-0.18%
5,004
Carroll
3,555
50.91%
3,363
48.16%
65
0.93%
192
2.75%
6,983
Carter
611
55.19%
483
43.63%
13
1.17%
128
11.56%
1,107
Cass
3,975
63.31%
2,229
35.50%
75
1.19%
1,746
27.81%
6,279
Cedar
2,400
55.87%
1,881
43.78%
15
0.35%
519
12.08%
4,296
Chariton
4,321
64.49%
2,359
35.21%
20
0.30%
1,962
29.28%
6,700
Christian
1,729
46.49%
1,983
53.32%
7
0.19%
-254
-6.83%
3,719
Clark
2,107
51.67%
1,953
47.89%
18
0.44%
154
3.78%
4,078
Clay
4,071
80.42%
924
18.25%
67
1.32%
3,147
62.17%
5,062
Clinton
2,610
58.74%
1,792
40.33%
41
0.92%
818
18.41%
4,443
Cole
2,198
51.39%
2,033
47.53%
46
1.08%
165
3.86%
4,277
Cooper
3,028
52.56%
2,711
47.06%
22
0.38%
317
5.50%
5,761
Crawford
1,383
48.66%
1,447
50.91%
12
0.42%
-64
-2.25%
2,842
Dade
2,363
56.54%
1,797
43.00%
19
0.45%
566
13.54%
4,179
Dallas
1,525
50.71%
1,466
48.75%
16
0.53%
59
1.96%
3,007
Daviess
3,125
56.77%
2,330
42.33%
50
0.91%
795
14.44%
5,505
DeKalb
2,167
57.24%
1,590
42.00%
29
0.77%
577
15.24%
3,786
Dent
1,493
57.69%
1,087
42.00%
8
0.31%
406
15.69%
2,588
Douglas
1,700
51.41%
1,598
48.32%
9
0.27%
102
3.08%
3,307
Dunklin
2,975
75.47%
961
24.38%
6
0.15%
2,014
51.09%
3,942
Franklin
2,904
43.18%
3,797
56.46%
24
0.36%
-893
-13.28%
6,725
Gasconade
515
18.88%
2,185
80.10%
28
1.03%
-1,670
-61.22%
2,728
Gentry
2,906
58.67%
2,000
40.38%
47
0.95%
906
18.29%
4,953
Greene
6,327
51.83%
5,808
47.58%
72
0.59%
519
4.25%
12,207
Grundy
1,675
37.41%
2,778
62.05%
24
0.54%
-1,103
-24.64%
4,477
Harrison
2,582
46.30%
2,956
53.00%
39
0.70%
-374
-6.71%
5,577
Henry
4,442
57.41%
3,234
41.79%
62
0.80%
1,208
15.61%
7,738
Hickory
1,045
46.51%
1,194
53.14%
8
0.36%
-149
-6.63%
2,247
Holt
2,036
45.40%
2,397
53.44%
52
1.16%
-361
-8.05%
4,485
Howard
3,317
70.60%
1,353
28.80%
28
0.60%
1,964
41.81%
4,698
Howell
2,373
55.21%
1,892
44.02%
33
0.77%
481
11.19%
4,298
Iron
1,016
62.33%
607
37.24%
7
0.43%
409
25.09%
1,630
Jackson
20,705
51.94%
18,711
46.94%
446
1.12%
1,994
5.00%
39,862
Jasper
7,026
58.69%
4,835
40.39%
111
0.93%
2,191
18.30%
11,972
Jefferson
2,785
48.87%
2,876
50.46%
38
0.67%
-91
-1.60%
5,699
Johnson
4,240
56.48%
3,219
42.88%
48
0.64%
1,021
13.60%
7,507
Knox
2,185
63.04%
1,246
35.95%
35
1.01%
939
27.09%
3,466
Laclede
2,120
56.52%
1,598
42.60%
33
0.88%
522
13.92%
3,751
Lafayette
4,463
56.49%
3,375
42.72%
63
0.80%
1,088
13.77%
7,901
Lawrence
3,369
52.85%
2,962
46.46%
44
0.69%
407
6.38%
6,375
Lewis
2,624
61.87%
1,581
37.28%
36
0.85%
1,043
24.59%
4,241
Lincoln
3,003
65.51%
1,564
34.12%
17
0.37%
1,439
31.39%
4,584
Linn
3,327
52.07%
3,015
47.18%
48
0.75%
312
4.88%
6,390
Livingston
3,351
57.81%
2,377
41.00%
69
1.19%
974
16.80%
5,797
Macon
4,473
55.88%
3,475
43.41%
57
0.71%
998
12.47%
8,005
Madison
1,256
61.33%
780
38.09%
12
0.59%
476
23.24%
2,048
Maries
1,385
71.54%
546
28.20%
5
0.26%
839
43.34%
1,936
Marion
4,008
59.30%
2,699
39.93%
52
0.77%
1,309
19.37%
6,759
McDonald
1,676
62.37%
998
37.14%
13
0.48%
678
25.23%
2,687
Mercer
1,405
41.42%
1,958
57.72%
29
0.85%
-553
-16.30%
3,392
Miller
1,694
49.62%
1,707
50.00%
13
0.38%
-13
-0.38%
3,414
Mississippi
1,673
60.77%
1,074
39.01%
6
0.22%
599
21.76%
2,753
Moniteau
2,096
56.54%
1,580
42.62%
31
0.84%
516
13.92%
3,707
Monroe
4,379
82.72%
892
16.85%
23
0.43%
3,487
65.87%
5,294
Montgomery
2,272
53.41%
1,920
45.13%
62
1.46%
352
8.27%
4,254
Morgan
1,628
54.18%
1,366
45.46%
11
0.37%
262
8.72%
3,005
New Madrid
1,639
77.27%
480
22.63%
2
0.09%
1,159
54.64%
2,121
Newton
3,029
57.50%
2,174
41.27%
65
1.23%
855
16.23%
5,268
Nodaway
4,577
56.68%
3,437
42.56%
61
0.76%
1,140
14.12%
8,075
Oregon
1,783
75.39%
576
24.36%
6
0.25%
1,207
51.04%
2,365
Osage
1,456
45.61%
1,700
53.26%
36
1.13%
-244
-7.64%
3,192
Ozark
1,025
46.17%
1,187
53.47%
8
0.36%
-162
-7.30%
2,220
Pemiscot
1,260
77.87%
355
21.94%
3
0.19%
905
55.93%
1,618
Perry
1,450
48.17%
1,522
50.56%
38
1.26%
-72
-2.39%
3,010
Pettis
4,267
50.40%
4,119
48.65%
81
0.96%
148
1.75%
8,467
Phelps
1,816
63.32%
1,038
36.19%
14
0.49%
778
27.13%
2,868
Pike
3,839
56.78%
2,884
42.66%
38
0.56%
955
14.13%
6,761
Platte
3,191
74.80%
1,044
24.47%
31
0.73%
2,147
50.33%
4,266
Polk
2,711
51.09%
2,564
48.32%
31
0.58%
147
2.77%
5,306
Pulaski
1,410
63.63%
802
36.19%
4
0.18%
608
27.44%
2,216
Putnam
1,376
36.64%
2,363
62.93%
16
0.43%
-987
-26.28%
3,755
Ralls
2,297
73.60%
814
26.08%
10
0.32%
1,483
47.52%
3,121
Randolph
4,097
65.01%
2,162
34.31%
43
0.68%
1,935
30.70%
6,302
Ray
3,945
65.60%
2,003
33.31%
66
1.10%
1,942
32.29%
6,014
Reynolds
1,015
72.34%
385
27.44%
3
0.21%
630
44.90%
1,403
Ripley
1,442
65.69%
749
34.12%
4
0.18%
693
31.57%
2,195
Saint Charles
2,448
43.32%
3,173
56.15%
30
0.53%
-725
-12.83%
5,651
Saint Clair
2,686
59.19%
1,829
40.30%
23
0.51%
857
18.88%
4,538
Saint Francois
2,245
57.17%
1,664
42.37%
18
0.46%
581
14.80%
3,927
Saint Louis County
3,403
35.12%
6,210
64.09%
76
0.78%
-2,807
-28.97%
9,689
Saint Louis City
50,091
42.81%
65,708
56.16%
1,197
1.02%
-15,617
-13.35%
116,996
Sainte Genevieve
1,245
57.83%
903
41.94%
5
0.23%
342
15.88%
2,153
Saline
5,615
64.16%
3,050
34.85%
87
0.99%
2,565
29.31%
8,752
Schuyler
1,592
57.87%
1,131
41.11%
28
1.02%
461
16.76%
2,751
Scotland
2,077
62.96%
1,203
36.47%
19
0.58%
874
26.49%
3,299
Scott
1,906
71.60%
751
28.21%
5
0.19%
1,155
43.39%
2,662
Shannon
1,186
63.09%
689
36.65%
5
0.27%
497
26.44%
1,880
Shelby
2,850
68.56%
1,275
30.67%
32
0.77%
1,575
37.89%
4,157
Stoddard
2,968
64.90%
1,584
34.64%
21
0.46%
1,384
30.26%
4,573
Stone
827
42.89%
1,094
56.74%
7
0.36%
-267
-13.85%
1,928
Sullivan
2,451
50.26%
2,393
49.07%
33
0.68%
58
1.19%
4,877
Taney
925
47.29%
1,024
52.35%
7
0.36%
-99
-5.06%
1,956
Texas
2,672
59.67%
1,785
39.86%
21
0.47%
887
19.81%
4,478
Vernon
5,133
69.12%
2,230
30.03%
63
0.85%
2,903
39.09%
7,426
Warren
691
29.06%
1,680
70.65%
7
0.29%
-989
-41.59%
2,378
Washington
1,458
48.45%
1,547
51.41%
4
0.13%
-89
-2.96%
3,009
Wayne
1,568
52.13%
1,418
47.14%
22
0.73%
150
4.99%
3,008
Webster
1,985
54.12%
1,666
45.42%
17
0.46%
319
8.70%
3,668
Worth
1,248
58.21%
885
41.28%
11
0.51%
363
16.93%
2,144
Wright
1,777
50.20%
1,755
49.58%
8
0.23%
22
0.62%
3,540
Totals
363,667
53.96%
304,930
45.24%
5,422
0.80%
58,737
8.71%
674,019
Notes
References
^ Hoffmann, Charles; ‘The Depression of the Nineties’; Journal of Economic History (1956); vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 137-164
^ Clevenger, Homer; ‘Missouri Becomes a Doubtful State’; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review , vol. 29, no. 4 (March 1943), pp. 541-556
^ Haynes, Frederick Emory; ‘The New Sectionalism’; The Quarterly Journal of Economics , vol. 10, no. 3 (April 1896), pp. 269-295
^ a b Fite, Gilbert C.; ‘Republican Strategy and the Farm Vote in the Presidential Campaign of 1896’; The American Historical Review , vol. 65, no. 4 (July 1960), pp. 787-806
^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , p. 31 ISBN 0786422173
^ Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States , pp. 239-246
^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Missouri
^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932 , pp. 247-256 ISBN 9780804716963