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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
County
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
William McKinley Republican
John McAuley Palmer National Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast[ 2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Abbeville
2,473
87.98%
337
11.99%
1
0.04%
2,136
75.99%
2,811
Aiken
1,819
92.48%
137
6.96%
11
0.56%
1,682
85.51%
1,967
Anderson
3,109
88.98%
368
10.53%
17
0.49%
2,741
78.45%
3,494
Barnwell
2,385
90.79%
239
9.10%
3
0.11%
2,146
81.69%
2,627
Beaufort
289
39.43%
444
60.57%
0
0.00%
-155
-21.15%
733
Berkeley
513
72.77%
183
25.96%
9
1.28%
330
46.81%
705
Charleston
1,660
47.82%
1,262
36.36%
549
15.82%
398
11.47%
3,471
Chester
1,254
93.58%
76
5.67%
10
0.75%
1,178
87.91%
1,340
Chesterfield
1,465
86.94%
220
13.06%
0
0.00%
1,245
73.89%
1,685
Clarendon
1,450
87.51%
207
12.49%
0
0.00%
1,243
75.02%
1,657
Colleton
1,646
82.51%
343
17.19%
6
0.30%
1,303
65.31%
1,995
Darlington
1,625
87.98%
201
10.88%
21
1.14%
1,424
77.10%
1,847
Edgefield
1,532
87.29%
216
12.31%
7
0.40%
1,316
74.99%
1,755
Fairfield
1,078
95.23%
54
4.77%
0
0.00%
1,024
90.46%
1,132
Florence
1,530
89.95%
136
8.00%
35
2.06%
1,394
81.95%
1,701
Georgetown
459
37.35%
734
59.72%
36
2.93%
-275
-22.38%
1,229
Greenville
2,718
89.38%
288
9.47%
35
1.15%
2,430
79.91%
3,041
Hampton
1,072
97.72%
25
2.28%
0
0.00%
1,047
95.44%
1,097
Horry
1,372
87.50%
196
12.50%
0
0.00%
1,176
75.00%
1,568
Kershaw
1,191
89.41%
139
10.44%
2
0.15%
1,052
78.98%
1,332
Lancaster
1,557
89.79%
177
10.21%
0
0.00%
1,380
79.58%
1,734
Laurens
1,943
94.60%
111
5.40%
0
0.00%
1,832
89.19%
2,054
Lexington
1,672
89.46%
197
10.54%
0
0.00%
1,475
78.92%
1,869
Marion
1,936
85.66%
313
13.85%
11
0.49%
1,623
71.81%
2,260
Marlboro
1,232
83.70%
237
16.10%
3
0.20%
995
67.60%
1,472
Newberry
1,525
95.43%
64
4.01%
9
0.56%
1,461
91.43%
1,598
Oconee
1,392
87.49%
199
12.51%
0
0.00%
1,193
74.98%
1,591
Orangeburg
2,729
90.63%
282
9.37%
0
0.00%
2,447
81.27%
3,011
Pickens
1,261
88.12%
170
11.88%
0
0.00%
1,091
76.24%
1,431
Richland
925
65.05%
468
32.91%
29
2.04%
457
32.14%
1,422
Saluda
1,241
95.39%
60
4.61%
0
0.00%
1,181
90.78%
1,301
Spartanburg
4,234
94.49%
247
5.51%
0
0.00%
3,987
88.98%
4,481
Sumter
1,550
81.58%
326
17.16%
24
1.26%
1,224
64.42%
1,900
Union
1,379
89.60%
158
10.27%
2
0.13%
1,221
79.34%
1,539
Williamsburg
1,570
81.73%
347
18.06%
4
0.21%
1,223
63.66%
1,921
York
2,013
92.81%
152
7.01%
4
0.18%
1,861
85.80%
2,169
Totals
58,799
87.70%
9,313
13.51%
824
1.23%
49,486
71.78%
68,940
Notes
References