The 1896 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 3, 1896, as 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 ...

. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, former

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William McKinley, over the

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nominee, former

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from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan. McKinley won the state by a margin of 30.7%. This was the first time a Republican carried Connecticut in a presidential election since James A. Garfield did so 16 years earlier. William Bryan, running on a platform of

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, appealed strongly to Western miners and farmers in the 1896 election, but held little appeal in the

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like Connecticut. Bryan would lose Connecticut to McKinley again four years later and would later lose the state again in

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to William Howard Taft.

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1896 Connecticut elections

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