1900 Presidential Election

November 6, 1900 · Progressive Era to Normalcy · 447 electoral votes, 224 to win

The McKinley-Bryan rematch, now fought on empire and prosperity, produced a wider Republican win and made Theodore Roosevelt vice president. An assassin's bullet promoted him within a year.

Elected

William McKinley

Republican

Electoral vote

292 of 447

Popular vote

51.6%

7,228,864 votes

Turnout

73.7%

The result

EV share
William McKinleyRepublicanTheodore Roosevelt292
7,228,86451.60%28
William Jennings BryanDemocraticAdlai Stevenson I155
6,370,93245.50%17
John G. WoolleyProhibitionHenry B. Metcalf—210,8641.51%—
Eugene V. DebsSocial DemocraticJob Harriman—87,9450.63%—
Wharton BarkerPopulistIgnatius L. Donnelly—50,9890.36%—
Joseph F. MalloneySocialist LaborValentine Remmel—40,9430.29%—

13,990,537 votes recorded for the candidates listed.

Results by state

AlabamaWilliam Jennings Bryan60.8%11William McKinley · 34.8%
ArkansasWilliam Jennings Bryan63.5%8William McKinley · 35.0%
CaliforniaWilliam McKinley54.5%9William Jennings Bryan · 41.3%
ColoradoWilliam Jennings Bryan55.6%4William McKinley · 42.0%
ConnecticutWilliam McKinley56.9%6William Jennings Bryan · 41.1%
DelawareWilliam McKinley53.7%3William Jennings Bryan · 44.9%
FloridaWilliam Jennings Bryan71.3%4William McKinley · 18.6%
GeorgiaWilliam Jennings Bryan66.9%13William McKinley · 28.2%
IdahoWilliam Jennings Bryan50.9%3William McKinley · 46.9%
IllinoisWilliam McKinley52.8%24William Jennings Bryan · 44.4%
IndianaWilliam McKinley50.6%15William Jennings Bryan · 46.6%
IowaWilliam McKinley58.0%13William Jennings Bryan · 39.5%
KansasWilliam McKinley52.6%10William Jennings Bryan · 46.0%
KentuckyWilliam Jennings Bryan50.2%13William McKinley · 48.5%
LouisianaWilliam Jennings Bryan79.0%8William McKinley · 21.0%
MaineWilliam McKinley61.9%6William Jennings Bryan · 34.8%
MarylandWilliam McKinley51.5%8William Jennings Bryan · 46.2%
MassachusettsWilliam McKinley57.6%15William Jennings Bryan · 37.9%
MichiganWilliam McKinley58.1%14William Jennings Bryan · 38.9%
MinnesotaWilliam McKinley60.2%9William Jennings Bryan · 35.7%
MississippiWilliam Jennings Bryan87.6%9William McKinley · 9.7%
MissouriWilliam Jennings Bryan51.5%17William McKinley · 45.9%
MontanaWilliam Jennings Bryan58.4%3William McKinley · 39.8%
NebraskaWilliam McKinley50.5%6William Jennings Bryan · 47.2%
NevadaWilliam Jennings Bryan62.3%3William McKinley · 37.8%
New HampshireWilliam McKinley59.3%4William Jennings Bryan · 38.4%
New JerseyWilliam McKinley55.3%10William Jennings Bryan · 41.1%
New YorkWilliam McKinley53.1%36William Jennings Bryan · 43.8%
North CarolinaWilliam Jennings Bryan53.9%11William McKinley · 45.5%
North DakotaWilliam McKinley62.1%3William Jennings Bryan · 35.5%
OhioWilliam McKinley52.3%23William Jennings Bryan · 45.7%
OregonWilliam McKinley55.5%4William Jennings Bryan · 39.4%
PennsylvaniaWilliam McKinley60.7%32William Jennings Bryan · 36.2%
Rhode IslandWilliam McKinley59.7%4William Jennings Bryan · 35.0%
South CarolinaWilliam Jennings Bryan93.1%9William McKinley · 7.0%
South DakotaWilliam McKinley56.8%3William Jennings Bryan · 41.1%
TennesseeWilliam Jennings Bryan53.0%12William McKinley · 45.0%
TexasWilliam Jennings Bryan63.1%15William McKinley · 30.9%
UtahWilliam McKinley50.6%3William Jennings Bryan · 48.3%
VermontWilliam McKinley75.7%4William Jennings Bryan · 22.9%
VirginiaWilliam Jennings Bryan55.3%12William McKinley · 43.8%
WashingtonWilliam McKinley53.4%4William Jennings Bryan · 41.7%
West VirginiaWilliam McKinley54.3%6William Jennings Bryan · 44.8%
WisconsinWilliam McKinley60.1%12William Jennings Bryan · 36.0%
WyomingWilliam McKinley58.6%3William Jennings Bryan · 41.1%

The state table accounts for 289 of William McKinley's 292 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.

The Congress it seated

57th Congress

1901–1903

Unified government

Senate

29–56

Democratic vs Republican · 3 others

House

153–198

Democratic vs Republican · 5 others