1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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The 1896 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wisconsin during the Third Party System was a Republican-leaning but competitive state whereby historically anti-Civil War German Catholic counties stood opposed to highly pro-war and firmly Republican Yankee areas.[1] The German Catholics’ Democratic loyalties were related to their opposition to Republican pietism and to the fact that during the Civil War, they had been extremely hostile to Abraham Lincoln’s wartime draft policies which often singled them out.[1]
Four years prior had seen, aided by favorable demographic shifts,[2] opposition to the notorious “Bennett Law” requiring attendance at public schools,[3] and a shift of some GOP voters to Prohibition Party nominee John Bidwell, Democratic nominee Grover Cleveland carry the state for the first time since before the Republican Party was formed. However, expectations that demographic shifts would favor the Democrats were rudely crushed in 1894, when the Republicans took every Congressional seat in the state. President Cleveland became extremely unpopular and the Democratic Party turned towards the Populist movement active in the West in order to revive its fortunes. While the Populist movement would gain almost universal acceptance in the silver mining West, its inflationary monetary policies were opposed by almost all urban classes and viewed as dangerously radical by rural German Catholics,[4] with free silver being condemned by the Church hierarchy.[5]
Early polls always had Wisconsin strong for Republican nominee William McKinley, with his supporters saying it would be one of the most Republican states despite voting Democratic in 1892.[6] During his fall tour of the Midwest, Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan made fifteen speeches, but was disturbed by a member of McKinley's club,[7] who attempted to mob Bryan in Janesville.[8]
As it turned out, McKinley would carry Wisconsin handsomely by over one hundred thousand votes and by a margin of 22.97%. Wisconsin would be McKinley's strongest state outside the Northeast.[9] McKinley's 59.95% popular vote share was the highest received by any candidate in Wisconsin to that point, though McKinley would break his own record four years later.
Bryan would lose Wisconsin to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
McKinley's landslide victory made him the first Republican to ever carry Kewaunee County, Langlade County, Oneida County, Outagamie County, and Washington County. Additionally, McKinley was the first Republican since John C. Frémont in 1856 to win Dodge County and Marathon County and the first Republican since Abraham Lincoln in 1860 to win Jefferson County and Manitowoc County. Waukesha County's well-known Republican tilt began with this election; in prior elections it had been a swing county in Wisconsin but starting with this election, became solidly Republican and has only voted for a Democrat five times since 1892.
Results
[edit]Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Republican Party | William McKinley | John D. Nelsenius | 268,051 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | William J. Mallmann | 268,042 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Ossian M. Pettit | 268,033 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Paul Lachmund | 268,030 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Mark Curtis | 268,027 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Ellicott R. Stillman | 267,994 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | George D. Breed | 267,993 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Frederick A. Hollmann | 267,969 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Iver Pederson | 267,963 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Oakman A. Ellis | 267,960 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Samuel J. Bradford | 267,948 | |
Republican Party | William McKinley | Lewis C. Boyle | 267,767 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | George W. Cate | 165,349[b] | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | John Winans | 165,340 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Michael J. Warner | 165,299 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Ernst Merton | 165,292 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Henry Steinman | 165,292 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Owen King | 165,277 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Albinos A. Worsley | 165,271 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | John L. Beau | 165,258 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Charles L. Brekken | 165,251 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Herman Naber | 165,243 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Lester Woodward | 165,229 | |
Democratic Party | William Jennings Bryan | Christian Roemer | 164,824 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Charles Alexander | 7,463[c] | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | John C. Martin | 7,461 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Henry A. Miner | 7,457 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Charles F. Cronk | 7,456 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Charles Edward Reed | 7,453 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Newcomb E. Tully | 7,452 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Henry Happell | 7,451 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Solomon Vandewalker | 7,448 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | John Faville | 7,446 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Almon Francis Collins | 7,445 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | John R. Ogden | 7,445 | |
Prohibition Party | Joshua Levering | Elisha G. Partidge | 7,438 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | John B. Kupfer | 4,553 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Charles Franz | 4,552 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | George Krouskop | 4,552 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | John C. Ludwig | 4,552 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Casper H. M. Petersen | 4,550 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | William Dichmann | 4,549 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | C. Hugo Jacobi | 4,549 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Bedford B. Hopkins | 4,547 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | August Ledyard Smith | 4,545 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Samuel N. Dickinson | 4,544 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | Lyman Nash | 4,544 | |
National Democratic Party | John M. Palmer | William F. Shea | 4,543 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Ruchus Babnik | 1,311 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Fred Farchmin | 1,311 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Fred Bugelman | 1,310 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Carl Groeschel | 1,310 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Gustav Lauenstein | 1,310 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Charles Weiss | 1,310 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Albert Pippenburg | 1,309 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | John Kettemann | 1,308 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Charles Lachmund | 1,308 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Emil Reesch | 1,308 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Paul Reuther | 1,308 | |
Socialist Labor Party | Charles H. Matchett | Otto Schultz | 1,306 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Annette J. Shaw | 366[d] | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Martha W. Law | 326 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Orvie E. Thompson | 326 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Oliver H. Crowl | 324 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Newell Demeritt | 324 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Lily Runals | 324 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | John E. Bartlett | 322 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Henry E. Ward | 322 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | George W. Sherwood | 321 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Luther W. Wood | 321 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Gideon Young | 321 | |
National Party | Charles E. Bentley | Washington I. Carpenter | 320 | |
Votes cast[e] | 447,093 |
Results by county
[edit]County[10] | William McKinley Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Joshua Levering Prohibition | John M. Palmer National Democratic | Charles Matchett Socialist Labor | Charles Bentley National | Margin | Total votes cast[f] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,431 | 76.73% | 391 | 20.97% | 27 | 1.45% | 16 | 0.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,040 | 55.76% | 1,865 |
Ashland | 2,738 | 59.72% | 1,743 | 38.02% | 59 | 1.29% | 26 | 0.57% | 16 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.07% | 995 | 21.70% | 4,585 |
Barron | 2,772 | 64.77% | 1,323 | 30.91% | 155 | 3.62% | 26 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,449 | 33.86% | 4,280 |
Bayfield | 2,230 | 71.82% | 797 | 25.67% | 59 | 1.90% | 13 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,433 | 46.15% | 3,105 |
Brown | 5,436 | 57.53% | 3,841 | 40.65% | 87 | 0.92% | 67 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.05% | 13 | 0.14% | 1,595 | 16.88% | 9,449 |
Buffalo | 2,298 | 61.89% | 1,300 | 35.01% | 61 | 1.64% | 51 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.05% | 998 | 26.88% | 3,713 |
Burnett | 799 | 67.48% | 349 | 29.48% | 28 | 2.36% | 4 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.08% | 450 | 38.01% | 1,184 |
Calumet | 1,546 | 44.51% | 1,869 | 53.82% | 28 | 0.81% | 27 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | -323 | -9.30% | 3,473 |
Chippewa | 3,599 | 54.10% | 2,927 | 44.00% | 83 | 1.25% | 35 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 672 | 10.10% | 6,652 |
Clark | 3,327 | 69.44% | 1,316 | 27.47% | 96 | 2.00% | 39 | 0.81% | 12 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,011 | 41.97% | 4,791 |
Columbia | 4,845 | 63.59% | 2,379 | 31.22% | 278 | 3.65% | 108 | 1.42% | 7 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,466 | 32.37% | 7,619 |
Crawford | 2,322 | 59.61% | 1,508 | 38.72% | 38 | 0.98% | 24 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 814 | 20.90% | 3,895 |
Dane | 9,074 | 56.10% | 6,521 | 40.32% | 405 | 2.50% | 158 | 0.98% | 4 | 0.02% | 12 | 0.07% | 2,553 | 15.78% | 16,174 |
Dodge | 5,610 | 51.61% | 4,893 | 45.01% | 119 | 1.09% | 235 | 2.16% | 6 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.07% | 717 | 6.60% | 10,871 |
Door | 2,399 | 71.29% | 894 | 26.57% | 49 | 1.46% | 21 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,505 | 44.73% | 3,365 |
Douglas | 4,272 | 61.87% | 2,487 | 36.02% | 90 | 1.30% | 46 | 0.67% | 8 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,785 | 25.85% | 6,905 |
Dunn | 3,368 | 37.97% | 1,415 | 28.56% | 131 | 2.64% | 33 | 0.67% | 5 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,953 | 39.41% | 4,955 |
Eau Claire | 4,520 | 63.41% | 2,364 | 33.16% | 186 | 2.61% | 52 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.08% | 2,156 | 30.25% | 7,128 |
Florence | 488 | 78.33% | 128 | 20.55% | 5 | 0.80% | 2 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 360 | 57.78% | 623 |
Fond du Lac | 6,174 | 54.17% | 4,929 | 43.25% | 157 | 1.38% | 128 | 1.12% | 5 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,245 | 10.92% | 11,397 |
Forest | 406 | 68.01% | 172 | 28.81% | 15 | 2.51% | 2 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.34% | 234 | 39.20% | 597 |
Grant | 5,315 | 57.42% | 3,681 | 39.76% | 187 | 2.02% | 67 | 0.72% | 3 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,634 | 17.65% | 9,257 |
Green | 3,093 | 54.76% | 2,337 | 41.38% | 157 | 2.78% | 53 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 756 | 13.39% | 5,648 |
Green Lake | 2,102 | 55.70% | 1,567 | 41.52% | 61 | 1.62% | 32 | 0.85% | 7 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.13% | 535 | 14.18% | 3,774 |
Iowa | 3,115 | 57.46% | 2,059 | 37.98% | 173 | 3.19% | 61 | 1.13% | 3 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.18% | 1,056 | 19.48% | 5,421 |
Iron | 1,288 | 72.04% | 472 | 26.40% | 26 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 816 | 45.64% | 1,788 |
Jackson | 2,708 | 74.68% | 776 | 21.40% | 97 | 2.68% | 36 | 0.99% | 2 | 0.06% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,932 | 53.28% | 3,626 |
Jefferson | 4,341 | 52.60% | 3,504 | 42.46% | 137 | 1.66% | 263 | 3.19% | 4 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.05% | 837 | 10.14% | 8,253 |
Juneau | 2,832 | 61.49% | 1,671 | 36.28% | 59 | 1.28% | 35 | 0.76% | 4 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,161 | 25.21% | 4,606 |
Kenosha | 2,827 | 60.54% | 1,732 | 37.09% | 40 | 0.86% | 62 | 1.33% | 8 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,095 | 23.45% | 4,670 |
Kewaunee | 1,834 | 51.13% | 1,647 | 45.92% | 14 | 0.39% | 91 | 2.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 187 | 5.21% | 3,587 |
La Crosse | 6,297 | 64.59% | 3,057 | 31.36% | 161 | 1.65% | 224 | 2.30% | 8 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,240 | 33.23% | 9,749 |
Lafayette | 2,918 | 54.74% | 2,236 | 41.94% | 114 | 2.14% | 59 | 1.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | 682 | 12.79% | 5,331 |
Langlade | 1,457 | 58.80% | 956 | 38.58% | 23 | 0.93% | 38 | 1.53% | 4 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 501 | 20.22% | 2,478 |
Lincoln | 1,706 | 47.69% | 1,802 | 50.38% | 44 | 1.23% | 21 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.06% | -96 | -2.68% | 3,577 |
Manitowoc | 4,430 | 51.60% | 3,917 | 45.63% | 60 | 0.70% | 162 | 1.89% | 11 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.06% | 513 | 5.98% | 8,585 |
Marathon | 3,956 | 49.61% | 3,829 | 48.01% | 70 | 0.88% | 87 | 1.09% | 29 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.05% | 127 | 1.59% | 7,975 |
Marinette | 4,277 | 68.27% | 1,866 | 29.78% | 81 | 1.29% | 29 | 0.46% | 9 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,411 | 38.48% | 6,265 |
Marquette | 1,476 | 62.84% | 827 | 35.21% | 25 | 1.06% | 20 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 649 | 27.63% | 2,349 |
Milwaukee | 35,939 | 55.89% | 26,505 | 41.22% | 638 | 0.99% | 510 | 0.79% | 679 | 1.06% | 30 | 0.05% | 9,434 | 14.67% | 64,301 |
Monroe | 3,683 | 59.48% | 2,360 | 38.11% | 102 | 1.65% | 35 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,323 | 21.37% | 6,192 |
Oconto | 2,836 | 67.09% | 1,289 | 30.49% | 59 | 1.40% | 35 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,547 | 36.60% | 4,227 |
Oneida | 1,452 | 70.66% | 562 | 27.35% | 27 | 1.31% | 14 | 0.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 890 | 43.31% | 2,055 |
Outagamie | 5,431 | 55.44% | 4,092 | 41.77% | 138 | 1.41% | 105 | 1.07% | 5 | 0.05% | 25 | 0.26% | 1,339 | 13.67% | 9,796 |
Ozaukee | 1,534 | 42.80% | 1,946 | 54.30% | 30 | 0.84% | 62 | 1.73% | 11 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.03% | -412 | -11.50% | 3,584 |
Pepin | 1,301 | 72.52% | 435 | 24.25% | 37 | 2.06% | 19 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 866 | 48.27% | 1,794 |
Pierce | 3,724 | 69.79% | 1,412 | 26.46% | 156 | 2.92% | 38 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,312 | 43.33% | 5,336 |
Polk | 2,860 | 74.56% | 891 | 23.23% | 61 | 1.59% | 23 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,969 | 51.33% | 3,836 |
Portage | 3,529 | 53.78% | 2,890 | 44.04% | 80 | 1.22% | 54 | 0.82% | 3 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.09% | 639 | 9.74% | 6,562 |
Price | 1,448 | 70.22% | 550 | 26.67% | 37 | 1.79% | 19 | 0.92% | 7 | 0.34% | 1 | 0.05% | 898 | 43.55% | 2,062 |
Racine | 5,848 | 57.65% | 3,970 | 39.14% | 211 | 2.08% | 103 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.04% | 1,878 | 18.51% | 10,144 |
Richland | 2,636 | 54.05% | 2,098 | 43.02% | 127 | 2.60% | 16 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | 11.03% | 4,877 |
Rock | 8,281 | 67.58% | 3,634 | 29.66% | 235 | 1.92% | 86 | 0.70% | 12 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.04% | 4,647 | 37.93% | 12,253 |
Sauk | 4,623 | 60.98% | 2,608 | 34.40% | 242 | 3.19% | 96 | 1.27% | 9 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,015 | 26.58% | 7,581 |
Sawyer | 514 | 56.30% | 369 | 40.42% | 28 | 3.07% | 2 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 145 | 15.88% | 913 |
Shawano | 3,033 | 64.22% | 1,589 | 33.64% | 54 | 1.14% | 32 | 0.68% | 12 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,444 | 30.57% | 4,723 |
Sheboygan | 6,642 | 62.51% | 3,327 | 31.31% | 90 | 0.85% | 245 | 2.31% | 307 | 2.89% | 15 | 0.14% | 3,315 | 31.20% | 10,626 |
St. Croix | 3,462 | 56.39% | 2,475 | 40.32% | 158 | 2.57% | 38 | 0.62% | 4 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.03% | 987 | 16.08% | 6,139 |
Taylor | 1,387 | 64.60% | 709 | 33.02% | 20 | 0.93% | 26 | 1.21% | 2 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.14% | 678 | 31.58% | 2,147 |
Trempealeau | 3,305 | 67.70% | 1,393 | 28.53% | 151 | 3.09% | 23 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,912 | 39.16% | 4,882 |
Vernon | 4,392 | 71.36% | 1,626 | 26.42% | 102 | 1.66% | 28 | 0.45% | 3 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,766 | 44.94% | 6,155 |
Vilas | 753 | 61.98% | 443 | 36.46% | 8 | 0.66% | 9 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 310 | 25.51% | 1,215 |
Walworth | 5,345 | 70.42% | 1,892 | 24.93% | 282 | 3.72% | 57 | 0.75% | 2 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.16% | 3,453 | 45.49% | 7,590 |
Washburn | 771 | 73.29% | 250 | 23.76% | 21 | 2.00% | 8 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 521 | 49.52% | 1,052 |
Washington | 2,874 | 53.16% | 2,404 | 44.47% | 31 | 0.57% | 86 | 1.59% | 6 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.09% | 470 | 8.69% | 5,406 |
Waukesha | 5,411 | 60.96% | 3,190 | 35.94% | 161 | 1.81% | 108 | 1.22% | 5 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,221 | 25.02% | 8,877 |
Waupaca | 5,466 | 75.19% | 1,577 | 21.69% | 128 | 1.76% | 65 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.04% | 31 | 0.43% | 3,889 | 53.49% | 7,270 |
Waushara | 3,210 | 84.36% | 456 | 11.98% | 102 | 2.68% | 27 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 0.26% | 2,754 | 72.38% | 3,805 |
Winnebago | 7,898 | 59.25% | 5,088 | 38.17% | 210 | 1.58% | 100 | 0.75% | 18 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.11% | 2,810 | 21.08% | 13,329 |
Wood | 2,837 | 58.98% | 1,877 | 39.02% | 53 | 1.10% | 31 | 0.64% | 6 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.12% | 960 | 19.96% | 4,810 |
Total | 268,051 | 59.95% | 165,349[g] | 36.98% | 7,463[h] | 1.67% | 4,553 | 1.02% | 1,311 | 0.29% | 366[i] | 0.08% | 102,702 | 22.97% | 447,093 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Ashland
- Brown
- Chippewa
- Dane
- Dodge
- Fond du Lac
- Forest
- Green Lake
- Iowa
- Jefferson
- Juneau
- Kenosha
- Kewaunee
- La Crosse
- Langlade
- Manitowoc
- Marathon
- Marinette
- Marquette
- Milwaukee
- Oconto
- Oneida
- Outagamie
- Portage
- Shawano
- Sheboygan
- Taylor
- Washington
- Waukesha
- Winnebago
- Wood
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ The 1897 Blue Book gives the totals as McKinley 268,135; Bryan 165,523; Levering 7,507; Palmer 4,584; Matchett 1,314; and Bentley 346. Based on the Board of Canvassers report, these totals are simply incorrect; no elector on any ticket received those numbers of votes. Indeed, the Blue Book is an unreliable source for Wisconsin election data from about 1890 to 1920 and its figures frequently differ from the figures listed in the Board of Canvassers reports.
- ^ This stated total seems likely to be a mistake; the county figures add up to 165,389. There are a number of counties where Cate's figure differ from those of Winans, but it would require a combination of multiple mistakes in the county figures to bring Cate's county total down to 165,349, so a mistake in the addition is more likely to be the error. The Wisconsin Board of Canvassers reports for presidential electors often have mistakes (oddly, however, the reports for congressmen and state officers rarely have mistakes), though the 1896 election is unusual in that the report has mistakes for the highest electors on some tickets.
- ^ The county figures for Alexander add up to 7,464.
- ^ This stated total seems likely to be a mistake; the county totals add up to 336 and there's no obvious county where Shaw is short by 30 votes.
- ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
- ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
- ^ The county figures add up to 165,389
- ^ The county figures add up to 7,464
- ^ The county figures add up to 336
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 381-382, 414 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ^ Kleppner, Paul; The Third Electoral System, 1853-1892: Parties, Votes and Political Cultures, pp. 198-207 ISBN 0807813281
- ^ Hill, Perry C.; ‘Wisconsin Votes for President’, The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Autumn, 1952), pp. 11-16
- ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 384
- ^ Harpine, William D.; From the Front Porch to the Front Page: McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 Presidential Campaign, pp. 166-167 ISBN 9781585444502
- ^ ‘ Good News for McKinley Leaders: Strong in the Great West – Wisconsin Solid for the Ohio Man’; San Francisco Chronicle, August 13, 1896, p. 5
- ^ ‘Bryan in Wisconsin: Fifteen Short Speeches to the Badger State Voters’; The Washington Post, October 31, 1896, p. 3
- ^ ‘Men Almost Mobbed: Bryan in Wisconsin, Palmer and Buckner in Missouri’; Boston Daily Globe, October 31, 1896, p. 3
- ^ "1896 Presidential General Election Data – National by State". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the votes given for President and Vice President of the United States at the general election held in the several towns, wards, villages, and election districts in the several counties of the State of Wisconsin on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being the Third day of November A.D. 1896