1896  1900 Presidential Election Returns  1904

President William McKinley decided to seek a second term in 1900, and the race turned into a rematch of the previous Presidential election. Republicans renominated McKinley, and replaced his Vice-President, who had died. The choice was Theodore Roosevelt. Democrats again nominated William Jennings Bryan to run against McKinley. McKinley rode the strengths of the victories in the Spanish-American war and the upturn in the economy. The Klondike Gold Rush played a big part in this prosperity. Bryan ran against what he saw as American imperialism, which he believed McKinley had done by keeping the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. He also campaigned for Free Silver, which advocated for inflation of the monetary supply through silver rather than deflating it through gold. This position had the effect of angering some Democrats, and this proved detrimental to his campaign. In the end, McKinley won the election, convincing voters that the prosperity in the economy and the successes overseas warranted another term for McKinley. He rode to victory on the slogan "Four Years more of the Full Dinner Pail!" UNITED STATES VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 7,218,283 52 292 Bryan/Stevenson 6,358,149 46 155 Woolley/Metcalf 210,864 2 0 Debs/Harriman 87,945 1 0 Barker/Donnelley 50,989 0 0 Maloney/Remmel 40,943 0 0 All Other Candidates 6,889 0 0 ALABAMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 55,612 35 0 Bryan/Stevenson 97,129 61 11 ARKANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 44,800 35 0 Bryan/Stevenson 81,142 63 8 CALIFORNIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  164,755 55 9 Bryan/Stevenson 124,985 41 0 COLORADO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 93,072 42 0 Bryan/Stevenson 122,733 55 4 CONNECTICUT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  102,572 57 6 Bryan/Stevenson 74,014 41 0 DELAWARE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  22,535 54 3 Bryan/Stevenson 18,852 45 0 FLORIDA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 7,355 19 0 Bryan/Stevenson 28,273 71 4 Woolley/Metcalf 2,244 6 0 GEORGIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 34,260 28 0 Bryan/Stevenson 81,180 67 13 IDAHO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 27,198 47 0 Bryan/Stevenson 29,414 51 3 ILLINOIS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  597,985 53 24 Bryan/Stevenson 503,061 44 0 INDIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  336,063 51 15 Bryan/Stevenson 309,584 47 0 IOWA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  307,808 58 13 Bryan/Stevenson 209,265 31 0 KANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  185,955 53 10 Bryan/Stevenson 162,601 46 0 KENTUCKY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 227,132 49 0 Bryan/Stevenson 235,126 50 13 LOUISIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 14,234 21 0 Bryan/Stevenson 53,668 79 8 MAINE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  65,412 62 6 Bryan/Stevenson 36,822 35 0 MARYLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  136,185 52 8 Bryan/Stevenson 122,238 46 0 MASSACHUSETTS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  238,866 58 15 Bryan/Stevenson 156,997 38 0 MICHIGAN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  316,269 58 14 Bryan/Stevenson 211,685 39 0 MINNESOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  190,461 60 9 Bryan/Stevenson 112,901 36 0 MISSISSIPPI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 5,707 10 0 Bryan/Stevenson 51,706 88 9 MISSOURI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 314,092 46 0 Bryan/Stevenson 351,922 51 17 MONTANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 25,409 40 0 Bryan/Stevenson 37,311 58 3 NEBRASKA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  121,835 50 8 Bryan/Stevenson 114,013 47 0 NEVADA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 3,849 38 0 Bryan/Stevenson 6,347 62 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  54,799 59 4 Bryan/Stevenson 35,489 38 0 NEW JERSEY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  221,707 55 10 Bryan/Stevenson 164,808 41 0 NEW YORK VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  822,013 53 36 Bryan/Stevenson 678,462 44 0 NORTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 132,997 45 0 Bryan/Stevenson 157,733 54 11 NORTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  35,898 62 3 Bryan/Stevenson 20,531 36 0 OHIO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  543,918 52 23 Bryan/Stevenson 474,882 46 0 OREGON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  46,172 55 4 Bryan/Stevenson 32,810 39 0 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  712,665 61 32 Bryan/Stevenson 424,232 36 0 RHODE ISLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  33,784 60 4 Bryan/Stevenson 19,812 35 0 SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 3,579 7 0 Bryan/Stevenson 47,233 93 9 SOUTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  54,530 57 4 Bryan/Stevenson 39,544 41 0 TENNESSEE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 123,108 45 0 Bryan/Stevenson 145,240 53 12 TEXAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 130,641 31 0 Bryan/Stevenson 267,432 63 15 Barker/Donnelley 20,981 5 0 UTAH VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  47,139 51 3 Bryan/Stevenson 45,006 48 0 VERMONT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  42,569 76 4 Bryan/Stevenson 12,849 23 0 VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt* 115,769 44 0 Bryan/Stevenson 146,079 55 12 WASHINGTON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  57,456 53 4 Bryan/Stevenson 44,833 42 0 WEST VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  119,829 54 6 Bryan/Stevenson 98,807 45 0 WISCONSIN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  265,760 60 12 Bryan/Stevenson 159,163 36 0 WYOMING VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE McKinley/Roosevelt*  14,482 59 3 Bryan/Stevenson 10,164 41 0 SYMBOLS KEY Republican Democratic Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor Communist Populist Other Winner * Incumbent + Incumbent Party