Who won the 1900 presidential election?

William McKinley (Republican) won the 1900 presidential election with 292 electoral votes and 51.3% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1900?

The 1900 Electoral College result was 155 Democratic to 292 Republican (447 total electoral votes, 224 needed to win).

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1900

Presidential Election · 1900

Elected President

William McKinley

Republicandefeating William Jennings Bryan

155

Bryan

Electoral

Votes

224 to win

292

McKinley

155 EV224 needed to win292 EV

Popular Vote

McKinley(REP)51.3%

Bryan(DEM)44.8%

candidates(OTH)3.9%

National margin:R+6.6%

14,146,175 total votes cast

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Bryan: 17 states · 155 EV|McKinley: 28 states · 292 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Bryan %	Votes	McKinley %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Vermont	4	4	22.9%	12,849	75.7%	42,569	—	R+52.9	↑ D+11.3
▶	Maine	6	10	34.8%	36,822	61.9%	65,412	—	R+27.1	↑ D+13.7
▶	North Dakota	3	13	35.5%	20,524	62.1%	35,898	—	R+26.6	↓ R+14.7
▶	Rhode Island	4	17	35.0%	19,812	59.7%	33,784	5.2%	R+24.7	↑ D+17.2
▶	Pennsylvania	32	49	36.2%	424,232	60.7%	712,665	—	R+24.6	↑ D+0.9
▶	Minnesota	9	58	35.7%	112,901	60.2%	190,461	—	R+24.5	↓ R+9.2
▶	Wisconsin	12	70	36.0%	159,163	60.1%	265,760	—	R+24.1	↓ R+1.2
▶	Kansas	10	80	31.3%	110,678	52.6%	185,952	16.2%	R+21.3	↓ R+18.1
▶	New Hampshire	4	84	38.4%	35,489	59.3%	54,799	—	R+20.9	↑ D+22.3
▶	Massachusetts	15	99	37.9%	156,997	57.6%	238,866	—	R+19.7	↑ D+27.3
▶	Michigan	14	113	38.9%	211,432	58.1%	316,014	—	R+19.2	↑ D+33.3
▶	Iowa	13	126	39.5%	209,261	58.0%	307,799	—	R+18.6	↓ R+6.0
▶	Wyoming	3	129	41.1%	10,164	58.6%	14,482	—	R+17.5	↓ R+18.9
▶	Oregon	4	133	39.4%	32,810	55.5%	46,172	5.1%	R+16.1	↓ R+14.0
▶	Connecticut	6	139	41.1%	74,014	56.9%	102,572	—	R+15.8	↑ D+14.8
▶	South Dakota	4	143	41.1%	39,538	56.8%	54,574	—	R+15.6	↓ R+15.8
▶	New Jersey	10	153	41.1%	164,808	55.3%	221,707	—	R+14.2	↑ D+9.4
▶	California	9	162	41.3%	124,985	54.5%	164,755	—	R+13.2	↓ R+7.4
▶	West Virginia	6	168	44.8%	98,807	54.3%	119,829	—	R+9.5	↓ R+4.1
▶	New York	36	204	43.8%	678,462	53.1%	822,013	—	R+9.3	↑ D+9.5
▶	Delaware	3	207	44.9%	18,852	53.7%	22,535	—	R+8.8	↑ D+1.3
▶	Illinois	24	231	44.4%	503,061	52.8%	597,985	—	R+8.4	↑ D+4.7
▶	Ohio	23	254	45.7%	474,882	52.3%	543,918	—	R+6.6	↓ R+1.6
▶	Maryland	8	262	46.2%	174,216	51.7%	195,031	—	R+5.5	↑ D+9.6
▶	Indiana	15	277	46.6%	309,584	50.6%	336,063	—	R+4.0	↓ R+1.1
▶	Nebraska	8	285	47.2%	114,013	50.5%	121,835	—	R+3.2	↓ R+8.6
▶	Utah	3	288	48.8%	44,949	51.2%	47,089	—	R+2.3	↓ R+67.8
▶	Washington	4	292	21.9%	44,833	28.1%	57,456	50.0%	R+6.2	↓ R+21.3
▶	South Carolina	9	9	93.0%	47,173	7.0%	3,525	—	D+86.1	↑ D+14.3
▶	Mississippi	9	18	87.5%	51,706	9.7%	5,740	—	D+77.8	↓ R+6.3
▶	Louisiana	8	26	79.0%	53,668	21.0%	14,234	—	D+58.1	↓ R+0.2
▶	Florida	4	30	71.3%	28,273	18.6%	7,355	10.1%	D+52.8	↑ D+11.0
▶	Georgia	13	43	66.9%	81,180	28.2%	34,260	—	D+38.6	↑ D+17.6
▶	Texas	15	58	63.5%	267,949	31.1%	131,174	5.5%	D+32.4	↑ D+8.8
▶	Arkansas	8	66	63.5%	81,242	35.0%	44,800	—	D+28.5	↓ R+20.1
▶	Alabama	11	77	60.8%	97,129	34.8%	55,612	—	D+26.0	↑ D+0.5
▶	Nevada	3	80	62.3%	6,347	37.8%	3,849	—	D+24.5	↓ R+37.8
▶	Montana	3	83	58.4%	37,311	39.8%	25,409	—	D+18.6	↓ R+42.0
▶	Colorado	4	87	55.7%	122,705	41.8%	92,101	—	D+13.9	↓ R+55.9
▶	North Carolina	11	98	53.9%	157,733	45.5%	132,997	—	D+8.5	↑ D+2.6
▶	Tennessee	12	110	53.1%	144,957	44.9%	122,510	—	D+8.2	↑ D+3.8
▶	Virginia	12	122	53.5%	119,863	45.8%	102,628	—	D+7.7	↑ D+3.0
▶	Missouri	17	139	50.7%	351,922	45.3%	314,092	—	D+5.5	↓ R+3.1
▶	Idaho	3	142	50.9%	29,484	46.9%	27,198	—	D+3.9	↓ R+53.1
▶	Kentucky	13	155	50.2%	235,126	48.5%	227,132	—	D+1.7	↑ D+1.8

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1896 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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