1896 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1896, won by William McKinley with 271 electoral votes.

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William McKinley's Cabinet

President: William McKinley (1897-1901)

Vice President: Garret Hobart (1897-1899), None (1899-1901)

Secretary of State: John Sherman (1897-1898), William R. Day (1898-1898), John Hay (1898-1901)

Secretary of the Treasury: Lyman J. Gage (1897-1901)

Secretary of War: Russell A. Alger (1897-1899), Elihu Root (1899-1901)

Attorney General: Joseph McKenna (1897-1898), John W. Griggs (1898-1901)

Postmaster General: James Albert Gary (1897-1898), Charles Emory Smith (1898-1901)

Secretary of the Navy: John Davis Long (1897-1901)

Secretary of the Interior: Cornelius Newton Bliss (1897-1899), Ethan A. Hitchcock (1899-1901)

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1896 Candidate Electoral Votes

225 to win
6,370,897 popular votes (45.8%)
Running Mate: Arthur Sewall
7,105,076 popular votes (51.1%)
Running Mate: Garret Hobart

Utah becomes a state during this election cycle.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

11

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

8

California

9

Colorado

4

Connecticut

6

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

4

Georgia

13

Hawaii

Idaho

3

Illinois

24

Indiana

15

Iowa

13

Kansas

10

Kentucky

13

Louisiana

8

Maine

6

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

15

Michigan

14

Minnesota

9

Mississippi

9

Missouri

17

Montana

3

Nebraska

8

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

10

New Mexico

New York

36

North Carolina

11

North Dakota

3

Ohio

23

Oklahoma

Oregon

4

Pennsylvania

32

Rhode Island

4

South Carolina

9

South Dakota

4

Tennessee

12

Texas

15

Utah

3

Vermont

4

Virginia

12

Washington

4

West Virginia

6

Wisconsin

12

Wyoming

3