United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1900

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1900
Pennsylvania
November 6, 1900

 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai E. Stevenson
Electoral vote 32 0
Popular vote 712,665 424,232
Percentage 60.74% 36.16%

County results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

The 1900 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1900 throughout 45 states. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley, over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won Pennsylvania by a landslide margin of 24.31% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley 712,665 60.74% 32
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 424,232 36.16% 0
Prohibition John Woolley 27,908 2.38% 0
Socialist Eugene Debs 4,831 0.41% 0
Socialist Labor Joseph Maloney 2,936 0.25% 0
People's Wharton Barker 638 0.05% 0

References

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