William McKinley 1896 presidential campaign
Results

Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Popular vote
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Running mate
Running mate
Running mate
Presidential candidate
Party
Home state
Count
Percentage
Electoral vote
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
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic – People's
Nebraska
6,509,052(a)
46.70%
176
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
Other
Other
1,570
0.01%
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Other
Other
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Total
Total
Total
13,936,957
100%
447
-
-
447
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
Needed to win
224
-
-
224

Question: What were the electoral votes for William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election?
Answer: In the 1896 presidential election, the electoral vote was 271 for William McKinley to 176 for William Jennings Bryan.