The 1896 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the
1896 United States presidential election
The 1896 United States presidential election was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. Former Governor William McKinley, the Republican candidate, defeated former Representative William Jennings Bryan, the ...
. Alabama voters chose eleven electors to the
Electoral College, which selected the
president and
vice president.
Alabama was won by the
Democratic
Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to:
Politics
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nominees,
former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of
Nebraska and his running mate
Arthur Sewall of
Maine. They defeated the
Republican nominees, former
Governor of Ohio
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
William McKinley and his running mate
Garret Hobart of
New Jersey. Bryan won the state by a margin of 38.35%.
Despite losing by more than a two-to-one margin, this would prove the last time a Republican won
Colbert County
Colbert County () is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the county's population was 57,227. The county seat is Tuscumbia. The largest city is Muscle Shoals.
The county is named in ...
until
Richard Nixon in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.
[Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 143–147 .]
Bryan would defeat McKinley in Alabama again
four years later and would later win the state again in
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
against
William Howard Taft.
Results
Results by county
See also
*
United States presidential elections in Alabama
Notes
References
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Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
1896 Alabama elections