William McKinley 1896 presidential campaign
Results

William McKinley 1896 presidential campaign

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote	Electoral vote	Running mate

Count	Percentage	Vice-presidential candidate

William McKinley	Republican	Ohio	7,108,480	51.03%	271	Garret A. Hobart	New Jersey	271

William Jennings Bryan	Democratic – People's	Nebraska	6,509,052(a)	46.70%	176	Arthur Sewall(b)	Maine	149

Thomas E. Watson(c)	Georgia	27

John M. Palmer	National Democratic	Illinois	133,537	0.96%	0	Simon Bolivar Buckner	Kentucky	0

Joshua Levering	Prohibition	Maryland	124,896	0.90%	0	Hale Johnson	Illinois	0

Charles Matchett	Socialist Labor	New York	36,359	0.26%	0	Matthew Maguire	New Jersey	0

Charles Eugene Bentley	National Prohibition	Nebraska	19,367	0.14%	0	James Southgate	North Carolina	0

Other	1,570	0.01%	—	Other	—

Total	13,936,957	100%	447	447

Needed to win	224	224

Sentence(s)

In the 1896 presidential campaign, the electoral vote was not as close with 271 for William McKinley to 176 for Bryan.

final_sentence: In the 1896 presidential campaign, the electoral vote was not as close with 271 for William McKinley to 176 for Bryan.