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The 1896 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters in Missouri chose 17 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Missouri was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine. Four electors cast their vice presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson. Unlike in the more easterly border states, Bryan's "free silver" platform had very substantial appeal in the Unionist but highly populist Ozark "Bible Belt". This was seen in that Missouri had in Richard P. Bland that earliest advocate of that monetary policy in Congress, and that only one vote had been cast in 1893 in Missouri against free silver, and that in St. Louis. Although all but one of Missouri's pro-silver members had reversed course by the time of the presidential election, the state was still hit much more than the Old Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley by farmers' debts from falling prices and crop failures since 1887. Despite opposition by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat to Bryan's free silver policies, Bryan gained strongly via capture of James B. Weaver's support base from the 1892 and 1880 elections in the strongly Baptist southwest, which was enough to counter Catholic defections from Grover Cleveland in St. Louis and surrounds. Bryan won Missouri by a margin of 8.71%.
This is the only election since the Civil War where Douglas County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Bryan was also the first Democrat since James Buchanan in 1856 to carry Dade, Dallas, Jasper, Lawrence, Polk and Wright Counties.
Bryan would win Missouri again against McKinley four years later but would later lose the state in 1908 to William Howard Taft.

## Results

1896 United States presidential election in Missouri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes |
| | Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 363,667 | 53.96% | 13 |
| | Populist | William Jennings Bryan | 0 | 0.00% | 4 |
| | Total | William Jennings Bryan | 363,667 | 53.96% | 17 |
| | Republican | William McKinley | 304,940 | 45.25% | 0 |
| | National Democratic | John M. Palmer | 2,365 | 0.35% | 0 |
| | Prohibition | Joshua Levering | 2,043 | 0.30% | 0 |
| | Socialist Labor | Charles H. Matchett | 599 | 0.09% | 0 |
| | National Prohibition | Charles E. Bentley | 292 | 0.04% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 673,906 | 100.00% | 17 |
| Voter turnout | Voter turnout | Voter turnout | | | — |

### Results by county

1896 United States presidential election in Missouri by county :
| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | William McKinley Republican | William McKinley Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Adair | 2,311 | 48.71% | 2,402 | 50.63% | 31 | 0.65% | -91 | -1.92% | 4,744 |
| Andrew | 2,191 | 48.90% | 2,252 | 50.26% | 38 | 0.85% | -61 | -1.36% | 4,481 |
| Atchison | 2,272 | 58.18% | 1,587 | 40.64% | 46 | 1.18% | 685 | 17.54% | 3,905 |
| Audrain | 3,984 | 70.79% | 1,609 | 28.59% | 35 | 0.62% | 2,375 | 42.20% | 5,628 |
| Barry | 3,151 | 57.37% | 2,320 | 42.24% | 21 | 0.38% | 831 | 15.13% | 5,492 |
| Barton | 2,824 | 64.02% | 1,496 | 33.92% | 91 | 2.06% | 1,328 | 30.11% | 4,411 |
| Bates | 5,073 | 65.64% | 2,522 | 32.63% | 133 | 1.72% | 2,551 | 33.01% | 7,728 |
| Benton | 1,762 | 46.59% | 1,957 | 51.75% | 63 | 1.67% | -195 | -5.16% | 3,782 |
| Bollinger | 1,485 | 53.77% | 1,272 | 46.05% | 5 | 0.18% | 213 | 7.71% | 2,762 |
| Boone | 5,075 | 74.39% | 1,705 | 24.99% | 42 | 0.62% | 3,370 | 49.40% | 6,822 |
| Buchanan | 7,336 | 51.17% | 6,854 | 47.81% | 147 | 1.03% | 482 | 3.36% | 14,337 |
| Butler | 1,743 | 51.37% | 1,635 | 48.19% | 15 | 0.44% | 108 | 3.18% | 3,393 |
| Caldwell | 2,053 | 48.71% | 2,115 | 50.18% | 47 | 1.12% | -62 | -1.47% | 4,215 |
| Callaway | 4,358 | 69.42% | 1,849 | 29.45% | 71 | 1.13% | 2,509 | 39.96% | 6,278 |
| Camden | 1,287 | 48.92% | 1,326 | 50.40% | 18 | 0.68% | -39 | -1.48% | 2,631 |
| Cape Girardeau | 2,473 | 49.42% | 2,482 | 49.60% | 49 | 0.98% | -9 | -0.18% | 5,004 |
| Carroll | 3,555 | 50.91% | 3,363 | 48.16% | 65 | 0.93% | 192 | 2.75% | 6,983 |
| Carter | 611 | 55.19% | 483 | 43.63% | 13 | 1.17% | 128 | 11.56% | 1,107 |
| Cass | 3,975 | 63.31% | 2,229 | 35.50% | 75 | 1.19% | 1,746 | 27.81% | 6,279 |
| Cedar | 2,400 | 55.87% | 1,881 | 43.78% | 15 | 0.35% | 519 | 12.08% | 4,296 |
| Chariton | 4,321 | 64.49% | 2,359 | 35.21% | 20 | 0.30% | 1,962 | 29.28% | 6,700 |
| Christian | 1,729 | 46.49% | 1,983 | 53.32% | 7 | 0.19% | -254 | -6.83% | 3,719 |
| Clark | 2,107 | 51.67% | 1,953 | 47.89% | 18 | 0.44% | 154 | 3.78% | 4,078 |
| Clay | 4,071 | 80.42% | 924 | 18.25% | 67 | 1.32% | 3,147 | 62.17% | 5,062 |
| Clinton | 2,610 | 58.74% | 1,792 | 40.33% | 41 | 0.92% | 818 | 18.41% | 4,443 |
| Cole | 2,198 | 51.39% | 2,033 | 47.53% | 46 | 1.08% | 165 | 3.86% | 4,277 |
| Cooper | 3,028 | 52.56% | 2,711 | 47.06% | 22 | 0.38% | 317 | 5.50% | 5,761 |
| Crawford | 1,383 | 48.66% | 1,447 | 50.91% | 12 | 0.42% | -64 | -2.25% | 2,842 |
| Dade | 2,363 | 56.54% | 1,797 | 43.00% | 19 | 0.45% | 566 | 13.54% | 4,179 |
| Dallas | 1,525 | 50.71% | 1,466 | 48.75% | 16 | 0.53% | 59 | 1.96% | 3,007 |
| Daviess | 3,125 | 56.77% | 2,330 | 42.33% | 50 | 0.91% | 795 | 14.44% | 5,505 |
| DeKalb | 2,167 | 57.24% | 1,590 | 42.00% | 29 | 0.77% | 577 | 15.24% | 3,786 |
| Dent | 1,493 | 57.69% | 1,087 | 42.00% | 8 | 0.31% | 406 | 15.69% | 2,588 |
| Douglas | 1,700 | 51.41% | 1,598 | 48.32% | 9 | 0.27% | 102 | 3.08% | 3,307 |
| Dunklin | 2,975 | 75.47% | 961 | 24.38% | 6 | 0.15% | 2,014 | 51.09% | 3,942 |
| Franklin | 2,904 | 43.18% | 3,797 | 56.46% | 24 | 0.36% | -893 | -13.28% | 6,725 |
| Gasconade | 515 | 18.88% | 2,185 | 80.10% | 28 | 1.03% | -1,670 | -61.22% | 2,728 |
| Gentry | 2,906 | 58.67% | 2,000 | 40.38% | 47 | 0.95% | 906 | 18.29% | 4,953 |
| Greene | 6,327 | 51.83% | 5,808 | 47.58% | 72 | 0.59% | 519 | 4.25% | 12,207 |
| Grundy | 1,675 | 37.41% | 2,778 | 62.05% | 24 | 0.54% | -1,103 | -24.64% | 4,477 |
| Harrison | 2,582 | 46.30% | 2,956 | 53.00% | 39 | 0.70% | -374 | -6.71% | 5,577 |
| Henry | 4,442 | 57.41% | 3,234 | 41.79% | 62 | 0.80% | 1,208 | 15.61% | 7,738 |
| Hickory | 1,045 | 46.51% | 1,194 | 53.14% | 8 | 0.36% | -149 | -6.63% | 2,247 |
| Holt | 2,036 | 45.40% | 2,397 | 53.44% | 52 | 1.16% | -361 | -8.05% | 4,485 |
| Howard | 3,317 | 70.60% | 1,353 | 28.80% | 28 | 0.60% | 1,964 | 41.81% | 4,698 |
| Howell | 2,373 | 55.21% | 1,892 | 44.02% | 33 | 0.77% | 481 | 11.19% | 4,298 |
| Iron | 1,016 | 62.33% | 607 | 37.24% | 7 | 0.43% | 409 | 25.09% | 1,630 |
| Jackson | 20,705 | 51.94% | 18,711 | 46.94% | 446 | 1.12% | 1,994 | 5.00% | 39,862 |
| Jasper | 7,026 | 58.69% | 4,835 | 40.39% | 111 | 0.93% | 2,191 | 18.30% | 11,972 |
| Jefferson | 2,785 | 48.87% | 2,876 | 50.46% | 38 | 0.67% | -91 | -1.60% | 5,699 |
| Johnson | 4,240 | 56.48% | 3,219 | 42.88% | 48 | 0.64% | 1,021 | 13.60% | 7,507 |
| Knox | 2,185 | 63.04% | 1,246 | 35.95% | 35 | 1.01% | 939 | 27.09% | 3,466 |
| Laclede | 2,120 | 56.52% | 1,598 | 42.60% | 33 | 0.88% | 522 | 13.92% | 3,751 |
| Lafayette | 4,463 | 56.49% | 3,375 | 42.72% | 63 | 0.80% | 1,088 | 13.77% | 7,901 |
| Lawrence | 3,369 | 52.85% | 2,962 | 46.46% | 44 | 0.69% | 407 | 6.38% | 6,375 |
| Lewis | 2,624 | 61.87% | 1,581 | 37.28% | 36 | 0.85% | 1,043 | 24.59% | 4,241 |
| Lincoln | 3,003 | 65.51% | 1,564 | 34.12% | 17 | 0.37% | 1,439 | 31.39% | 4,584 |
| Linn | 3,327 | 52.07% | 3,015 | 47.18% | 48 | 0.75% | 312 | 4.88% | 6,390 |
| Livingston | 3,351 | 57.81% | 2,377 | 41.00% | 69 | 1.19% | 974 | 16.80% | 5,797 |
| Macon | 4,473 | 55.88% | 3,475 | 43.41% | 57 | 0.71% | 998 | 12.47% | 8,005 |
| Madison | 1,256 | 61.33% | 780 | 38.09% | 12 | 0.59% | 476 | 23.24% | 2,048 |
| Maries | 1,385 | 71.54% | 546 | 28.20% | 5 | 0.26% | 839 | 43.34% | 1,936 |
| Marion | 4,008 | 59.30% | 2,699 | 39.93% | 52 | 0.77% | 1,309 | 19.37% | 6,759 |
| McDonald | 1,676 | 62.37% | 998 | 37.14% | 13 | 0.48% | 678 | 25.23% | 2,687 |
| Mercer | 1,405 | 41.42% | 1,958 | 57.72% | 29 | 0.85% | -553 | -16.30% | 3,392 |
| Miller | 1,694 | 49.62% | 1,707 | 50.00% | 13 | 0.38% | -13 | -0.38% | 3,414 |
| Mississippi | 1,673 | 60.77% | 1,074 | 39.01% | 6 | 0.22% | 599 | 21.76% | 2,753 |
| Moniteau | 2,096 | 56.54% | 1,580 | 42.62% | 31 | 0.84% | 516 | 13.92% | 3,707 |
| Monroe | 4,379 | 82.72% | 892 | 16.85% | 23 | 0.43% | 3,487 | 65.87% | 5,294 |
| Montgomery | 2,272 | 53.41% | 1,920 | 45.13% | 62 | 1.46% | 352 | 8.27% | 4,254 |
| Morgan | 1,628 | 54.18% | 1,366 | 45.46% | 11 | 0.37% | 262 | 8.72% | 3,005 |
| New Madrid | 1,639 | 77.27% | 480 | 22.63% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,159 | 54.64% | 2,121 |
| Newton | 3,029 | 57.50% | 2,174 | 41.27% | 65 | 1.23% | 855 | 16.23% | 5,268 |
| Nodaway | 4,577 | 56.68% | 3,437 | 42.56% | 61 | 0.76% | 1,140 | 14.12% | 8,075 |
| Oregon | 1,783 | 75.39% | 576 | 24.36% | 6 | 0.25% | 1,207 | 51.04% | 2,365 |
| Osage | 1,456 | 45.61% | 1,700 | 53.26% | 36 | 1.13% | -244 | -7.64% | 3,192 |
| Ozark | 1,025 | 46.17% | 1,187 | 53.47% | 8 | 0.36% | -162 | -7.30% | 2,220 |
| Pemiscot | 1,260 | 77.87% | 355 | 21.94% | 3 | 0.19% | 905 | 55.93% | 1,618 |
| Perry | 1,450 | 48.17% | 1,522 | 50.56% | 38 | 1.26% | -72 | -2.39% | 3,010 |
| Pettis | 4,267 | 50.40% | 4,119 | 48.65% | 81 | 0.96% | 148 | 1.75% | 8,467 |
| Phelps | 1,816 | 63.32% | 1,038 | 36.19% | 14 | 0.49% | 778 | 27.13% | 2,868 |
| Pike | 3,839 | 56.78% | 2,884 | 42.66% | 38 | 0.56% | 955 | 14.13% | 6,761 |
| Platte | 3,191 | 74.80% | 1,044 | 24.47% | 31 | 0.73% | 2,147 | 50.33% | 4,266 |
| Polk | 2,711 | 51.09% | 2,564 | 48.32% | 31 | 0.58% | 147 | 2.77% | 5,306 |
| Pulaski | 1,410 | 63.63% | 802 | 36.19% | 4 | 0.18% | 608 | 27.44% | 2,216 |
| Putnam | 1,376 | 36.64% | 2,363 | 62.93% | 16 | 0.43% | -987 | -26.28% | 3,755 |
| Ralls | 2,297 | 73.60% | 814 | 26.08% | 10 | 0.32% | 1,483 | 47.52% | 3,121 |
| Randolph | 4,097 | 65.01% | 2,162 | 34.31% | 43 | 0.68% | 1,935 | 30.70% | 6,302 |
| Ray | 3,945 | 65.60% | 2,003 | 33.31% | 66 | 1.10% | 1,942 | 32.29% | 6,014 |
| Reynolds | 1,015 | 72.34% | 385 | 27.44% | 3 | 0.21% | 630 | 44.90% | 1,403 |
| Ripley | 1,442 | 65.69% | 749 | 34.12% | 4 | 0.18% | 693 | 31.57% | 2,195 |
| Saint Charles | 2,448 | 43.32% | 3,173 | 56.15% | 30 | 0.53% | -725 | -12.83% | 5,651 |
| Saint Clair | 2,686 | 59.19% | 1,829 | 40.30% | 23 | 0.51% | 857 | 18.88% | 4,538 |
| Saint Francois | 2,245 | 57.17% | 1,664 | 42.37% | 18 | 0.46% | 581 | 14.80% | 3,927 |
| Saint Louis County | 3,403 | 35.12% | 6,210 | 64.09% | 76 | 0.78% | -2,807 | -28.97% | 9,689 |
| Saint Louis City | 50,091 | 42.81% | 65,708 | 56.16% | 1,197 | 1.02% | -15,617 | -13.35% | 116,996 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 1,245 | 57.83% | 903 | 41.94% | 5 | 0.23% | 342 | 15.88% | 2,153 |
| Saline | 5,615 | 64.16% | 3,050 | 34.85% | 87 | 0.99% | 2,565 | 29.31% | 8,752 |
| Schuyler | 1,592 | 57.87% | 1,131 | 41.11% | 28 | 1.02% | 461 | 16.76% | 2,751 |
| Scotland | 2,077 | 62.96% | 1,203 | 36.47% | 19 | 0.58% | 874 | 26.49% | 3,299 |
| Scott | 1,906 | 71.60% | 751 | 28.21% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,155 | 43.39% | 2,662 |
| Shannon | 1,186 | 63.09% | 689 | 36.65% | 5 | 0.27% | 497 | 26.44% | 1,880 |
| Shelby | 2,850 | 68.56% | 1,275 | 30.67% | 32 | 0.77% | 1,575 | 37.89% | 4,157 |
| Stoddard | 2,968 | 64.90% | 1,584 | 34.64% | 21 | 0.46% | 1,384 | 30.26% | 4,573 |
| Stone | 827 | 42.89% | 1,094 | 56.74% | 7 | 0.36% | -267 | -13.85% | 1,928 |
| Sullivan | 2,451 | 50.26% | 2,393 | 49.07% | 33 | 0.68% | 58 | 1.19% | 4,877 |
| Taney | 925 | 47.29% | 1,024 | 52.35% | 7 | 0.36% | -99 | -5.06% | 1,956 |
| Texas | 2,672 | 59.67% | 1,785 | 39.86% | 21 | 0.47% | 887 | 19.81% | 4,478 |
| Vernon | 5,133 | 69.12% | 2,230 | 30.03% | 63 | 0.85% | 2,903 | 39.09% | 7,426 |
| Warren | 691 | 29.06% | 1,680 | 70.65% | 7 | 0.29% | -989 | -41.59% | 2,378 |
| Washington | 1,458 | 48.45% | 1,547 | 51.41% | 4 | 0.13% | -89 | -2.96% | 3,009 |
| Wayne | 1,568 | 52.13% | 1,418 | 47.14% | 22 | 0.73% | 150 | 4.99% | 3,008 |
| Webster | 1,985 | 54.12% | 1,666 | 45.42% | 17 | 0.46% | 319 | 8.70% | 3,668 |
| Worth | 1,248 | 58.21% | 885 | 41.28% | 11 | 0.51% | 363 | 16.93% | 2,144 |
| Wright | 1,777 | 50.20% | 1,755 | 49.58% | 8 | 0.23% | 22 | 0.62% | 3,540 |
| Totals | 363,667 | 53.96% | 304,930 | 45.24% | 5,422 | 0.80% | 58,737 | 8.71% | 674,019 |