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1900 United States presidential election in New York

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1900 United States presidential election in New York

← 1896 November 6, 1900 1904 →
Turnout84.6%[1] Increase 0.3 pp
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 36 0
Popular vote 822,013 678,462
Percentage 53.10% 43.83%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1900 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose 36 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Governor of New York Theodore Roosevelt. McKinley and Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominees, former Congressman and 1896 presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. Also in the running was the Socialist candidate, Eugene V. Debs, who ran with Job Harriman.

McKinley carried New York State with 53.10 percent of the vote to Bryan's 43.83 percent, a victory margin of 9.27 points.

New York weighed in for this election as about three percent more Republican than the national average.

The 1900 election was a direct re-match between McKinley and Bryan who had run against each other four years earlier in 1896. While New York would continue its Republican dominance of the Fourth Party System and that McKinley had slightly improved on his national margin, New York swung heavily in Bryan's favor in 1900. Four years earlier, McKinley had defeated Bryan in the state by 18.85 points, sweeping every county in the state except Palatine German Schoharie County, including rare Republican victories in New York City. McKinley's 1900 margin of victory in New York State was less than half of his 1896 margin, primarily due to dramatic Democratic gains in New York City. While in 1896 Bryan had lost New York City by about 60,000 votes, in 1900 Bryan won a majority of over 30,000 votes in New York City, winning Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. Bryan would win New York City again against William Howard Taft in 1908 though he would lose the state again. New York City would not vote Republican again until the Republican landslides of 1920 and 1924, and would subsequently become a reliably Democratic bastion in every election that followed.

Results

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1900 United States presidential election in New York[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 822,013 53.10% 36
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 678,462 43.83% 0
Prohibition John G. Woolley 22,077 1.43% 0
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 12,869 0.83% 0
Socialist Labor Joseph F. Maloney 12,621 0.82% 0
Totals 1,548,042 100.0% 36

New York City results

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1900 Presidential Election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 181,786 106,232 14,747 6,759 309,524 50.94%
52.47% 48.32% 52.58% 51.20%
Republican William McKinley 153,001 108,977 12,323 6,042 280,343 46.14%
44.16% 49.57% 43.94% 45.77%
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 6,193 2,331 644 109 9,277 1.53%
1.79% 1.06% 2.30% 0.83%
Socialist Labor Joseph F. Maloney 4,867 1,711 250 144 6,972 1.15%
1.40% 0.78% 0.89% 1.09%
Prohibition John G. Woolley 640 597 82 147 1,446 0.24%
0.18% 0.27% 0.29% 1.11%
TOTAL 346,487 219,848 28,046 13,201 607,582 100.00%

Results by county

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County William McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
John Granville Woolley[3]
Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs[3]
Social Democratic
Joseph Francis Maloney[3]
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Albany 23,495 54.96% 18,752 43.86% 234 0.55% 64 0.15% 207 0.48% 4,743 11.10% 42,752
Allegany 7,200 62.05% 3,621 31.21% 759 6.54% 12 0.10% 11 0.09% 3,579 30.84% 11,603
Broome 10,397 58.00% 6,652 37.11% 848 4.73% 15 0.08% 14 0.08% 3,745 20.89% 17,926
Cattaraugus 9,948 59.52% 6,224 37.24% 502 3.00% 22 0.13% 17 0.10% 3,724 22.28% 16,713
Cayuga 10,328 59.99% 6,330 36.77% 339 1.97% 49 0.28% 171 0.99% 3,998 23.22% 17,217
Chautauqua 15,318 67.62% 6,660 29.40% 589 2.60% 42 0.19% 43 0.19% 8,658 38.22% 22,652
Chemung 6,921 49.45% 6,531 46.66% 384 2.74% 42 0.30% 119 0.85% 390 2.79% 13,997
Chenango 6,362 58.89% 4,043 37.42% 362 3.35% 18 0.17% 18 0.17% 2,319 21.47% 10,803
Clinton 6,326 58.81% 4,287 39.86% 118 1.10% 12 0.11% 13 0.12% 2,039 18.95% 10,756
Columbia 6,478 55.61% 4,953 42.52% 174 1.49% 20 0.17% 23 0.20% 1,525 13.09% 11,648
Cortland 4,895 60.99% 2,773 34.55% 347 4.32% 0 0.00% 11 0.14% 2,122 26.44% 8,026
Delaware 7,626 60.16% 4,639 36.60% 394 3.11% 7 0.06% 10 0.08% 2,987 23.56% 12,676
Dutchess 11,936 59.39% 7,691 38.27% 380 1.89% 21 0.10% 70 0.35% 4,245 21.12% 20,098
Erie 44,767 51.66% 39,833 45.97% 741 0.86% 391 0.45% 925 1.07% 4,934 5.69% 86,657
Essex 5,064 70.31% 1,994 27.69% 86 1.19% 44 0.61% 14 0.19% 3,070 42.62% 7,202
Franklin 6,313 68.49% 2,666 28.92% 213 2.31% 12 0.13% 13 0.14% 3,647 39.57% 9,217
Fulton 7,230 61.91% 3,678 31.49% 494 4.23% 98 0.84% 179 1.53% 3,552 30.42% 11,679
Genesee 5,385 59.82% 3,267 36.29% 264 2.93% 26 0.29% 60 0.67% 2,118 23.53% 9,002
Greene 4,395 49.32% 4,269 47.90% 137 1.54% 28 0.31% 83 0.93% 126 1.42% 8,912
Hamilton 651 54.98% 509 42.99% 22 1.86% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 142 11.99% 1,184
Herkimer 8,100 57.77% 5,401 38.52% 298 2.13% 168 1.20% 55 0.39% 2,699 19.25% 14,022
Jefferson 11,870 61.03% 6,776 34.84% 576 2.96% 174 0.89% 55 0.28% 5,094 26.19% 19,451
Kings 108,977 49.57% 106,232 48.32% 597 0.27% 2,331 1.06% 1,711 0.78% 2,745 1.25% 219,848
Lewis 4,308 59.32% 2,857 39.34% 80 1.10% 8 0.11% 9 0.12% 1,451 19.98% 7,262
Livingston 5,608 56.72% 3,877 39.21% 383 3.87% 7 0.07% 12 0.12% 1,731 17.51% 9,887
Madison 7,174 63.37% 3,673 32.44% 362 3.20% 68 0.60% 44 0.39% 3,501 30.93% 11,321
Monroe 26,691 54.62% 19,611 40.13% 1,105 2.26% 1,019 2.09% 444 0.91% 7,080 14.49% 48,870
Montgomery 7,302 57.35% 5,138 40.36% 221 1.74% 24 0.19% 47 0.37% 2,164 16.99% 12,732
Nassau 6,994 61.03% 4,325 37.74% 101 0.88% 23 0.20% 17 0.15% 2,669 23.29% 11,460
New York 153,001 44.16% 181,786 52.47% 640 0.18% 6,193 1.79% 4,867 1.40% -28,785 -8.31% 346,487
Niagara 9,352 53.13% 7,726 43.90% 430 2.44% 26 0.15% 67 0.38% 1,626 9.23% 17,601
Oneida 19,204 57.93% 12,820 38.67% 636 1.92% 113 0.34% 379 1.14% 6,384 19.26% 33,152
Onondaga 24,317 59.37% 14,698 35.89% 507 1.24% 336 0.82% 1,099 2.68% 9,619 23.48% 40,957
Ontario 7,707 56.46% 5,641 41.33% 279 2.04% 7 0.05% 16 0.12% 2,066 15.13% 13,650
Orange 14,137 57.12% 10,180 41.13% 343 1.39% 25 0.10% 64 0.26% 3,957 15.99% 24,749
Orleans 4,667 59.14% 2,851 36.13% 308 3.90% 20 0.25% 45 0.57% 1,816 23.01% 7,891
Oswego 11,160 60.44% 6,605 35.77% 587 3.18% 23 0.12% 89 0.48% 4,555 24.67% 18,464
Otsego 7,893 54.84% 6,142 42.67% 328 2.28% 11 0.08% 20 0.14% 1,751 12.17% 14,394
Putnam 2,219 61.11% 1,345 37.04% 37 1.02% 23 0.63% 7 0.19% 874 24.07% 3,631
Queens 12,323 43.94% 14,747 52.58% 82 0.29% 644 2.30% 250 0.89% -2,424 -8.64% 28,046
Rensselaer 17,228 55.03% 13,464 43.01% 352 1.12% 83 0.27% 179 0.57% 3,764 12.02% 31,306
Richmond 6,042 45.77% 6,759 51.20% 147 1.11% 109 0.83% 144 1.09% -717 -5.43% 13,201
Rockland 4,187 50.16% 4,021 48.17% 106 1.27% 26 0.31% 7 0.08% 166 1.99% 8,347
St. Lawrence 15,296 71.02% 5,699 26.46% 486 2.26% 27 0.13% 31 0.14% 9,597 44.56% 21,539
Saratoga 9,602 59.79% 5,916 36.84% 505 3.14% 14 0.09% 22 0.14% 3,686 22.95% 16,059
Schenectady 6,769 56.48% 4,783 39.91% 160 1.34% 32 0.27% 240 2.00% 1,986 16.57% 11,984
Schoharie 3,860 46.19% 4,317 51.66% 170 2.03% 3 0.04% 7 0.08% -457 -5.47% 8,357
Schuyler 2,598 55.45% 1,889 40.32% 190 4.06% 2 0.04% 6 0.13% 709 15.13% 4,685
Seneca 3,787 51.18% 3,461 46.78% 122 1.65% 4 0.05% 25 0.34% 326 4.40% 7,399
Steuben 12,411 55.51% 8,872 39.68% 975 4.36% 48 0.21% 53 0.24% 3,539 15.83% 22,359
Suffolk 9,584 60.24% 5,711 35.90% 550 3.46% 34 0.21% 31 0.19% 3,873 24.34% 15,910
Sullivan 4,393 53.92% 3,625 44.49% 116 1.42% 4 0.05% 10 0.12% 768 9.43% 8,148
Tioga 4,747 59.09% 3,037 37.80% 243 3.02% 1 0.01% 6 0.07% 1,710 21.29% 8,034
Tompkins 5,409 55.79% 3,852 39.73% 372 3.84% 22 0.23% 41 0.42% 1,557 16.06% 9,696
Ulster 11,348 53.68% 9,349 44.22% 412 1.95% 5 0.02% 27 0.13% 1,999 9.46% 21,141
Warren 4,829 63.46% 2,540 33.38% 202 2.65% 11 0.14% 28 0.37% 2,289 30.08% 7,610
Washington 8,209 68.34% 3,357 27.95% 404 3.36% 24 0.20% 18 0.15% 4,852 40.39% 12,012
Wayne 7,955 62.29% 4,473 35.02% 320 2.51% 14 0.11% 9 0.07% 3,482 27.27% 12,771
Westchester 21,256 54.82% 16,439 42.39% 385 0.99% 228 0.59% 419 1.08% 4,817 12.43% 38,777
Wyoming 5,032 60.31% 2,896 34.71% 398 4.77% 6 0.07% 11 0.13% 2,136 25.60% 8,343
Yates 3,432 58.97% 2,199 37.78% 175 3.01% 5 0.09% 9 0.15% 1,233 21.19% 5,820
Totals 822,013 53.10% 678,462 43.83% 22,077 1.43% 12,869 0.83% 12,622 0.82% 143,551 9.27% 1,548,093

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ "1900 Presidential Election Results — New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Popular Vote for President, 1900". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 275–280. ISBN 9780804716963.