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

William McKinley
Republican · 51.60% of votes
292
electoral votes
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic · 45.50% of votes
155
electoral votes
John G. Woolley
Prohibition · 1.51% of votes
—
electoral votes
Eugene V. Debs
Social Democratic · 0.63% of votes
—
electoral votes
Wharton Barker
Populist · 0.36% of votes
—
electoral votes
Joseph F. Malloney
Socialist Labor · 0.29% of votes
—
electoral votes

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

Results by state

Alabama
William Jennings Bryan · 60.8% · runner-up William McKinley 34.8%
11
electoral votes
Arkansas
William Jennings Bryan · 63.5% · runner-up William McKinley 35.0%
8
electoral votes
California
William McKinley · 54.5% · runner-up William Jennings Bryan 41.3%
9
electoral votes
Colorado
William Jennings Bryan · 55.6% · runner-up William McKinley 42.0%
4
electoral votes
Connecticut
William McKinley · 56.9% · runner-up William Jennings Bryan 41.1%
6
electoral votes
Delaware
William McKinley · 53.7% · runner-up William Jennings Bryan 44.9%
3
electoral votes
Florida
William Jennings Bryan · 71.3% · runner-up William McKinley 18.6%
4
electoral votes
Georgia
William Jennings Bryan · 66.9% · runner-up William McKinley 28.2%
13
electoral votes
Idaho
William Jennings Bryan · 50.9% · runner-up William McKinley 46.9%
3
electoral votes
Illinois
William McKinley · 52.8% · runner-up William Jennings Bryan 44.4%
24
electoral votes
Indiana
William McKinley · 50.6% · runner-up William Jennings Bryan 46.6%
15
electoral votes
Iowa
William McKinley · 58.0% · runner-up William Jennings Bryan 39.5%
13
electoral votes

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 +3

Republican control · Democratic–Republican +3 independents

House

153–198 +5

Republican control · Democratic–Republican +5 independents