1900 United States presidential election in Missouri

United States presidential election in Missouri, 1900

November 6, 1900

Nominee William J. Bryan William McKinley Party Democratic Republican Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate Adlai E. Stevenson Theodore Roosevelt Electoral vote 17 0 Popular vote 351,922 314,092 Percentage 51.5% 45.9%

Results by County   Bryan—80-90%   Bryan—70-80%   Bryan—60-70%   Bryan—50-60%   Bryan—<50%   McKinley—<50%   McKinley—50-60%   McKinley—60-70%   McKinley—70-80%

President before election William McKinley Republican Elected President William McKinley Republican

Main article: United States presidential election, 1900

The 1900 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 6, 1900. Missouri voters chose 17 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Republican President William McKinley against Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.

Missouri voted for Democrat William Jennings Bryan, giving him 51.48% of the vote versus Republican William McKinley's 45.94%, a victory margin of 5.53%. While losing Missouri, McKinley nevertheless won the national election by a 6.13% margin.

Notably, this was one of only two occasions in the 20th century that Missouri voted for a losing presidential candidate, the state often considered a political bellwether in that period. Between 1904 and 2004, Missouri voted for the eventual winner in every presidential election except for 1956. However that reputation began to fade after voting for losing Republican candidates for two elections in a row in 2008 and 2012.

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)
William Jennings Bryan	Adlai E. Stevenson	Democrat	17	351,922	51.48%
William McKinley	Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	0	314,092	45.94%
Eugene Debs	Job Harriman	Social Democratic Party	0	6,139	0.90%
John Woolley	Henry Metcalf	Prohibition Party	0	5,965	0.87%
Wharton Barker	Ignatius Donnelly	Progressive People's Party	0	4,244	0.62%
Joseph Malloney	Valentine Remmel	Socialist Labor Party	0	1,294	0.19%

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 1900.