1896 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1896 U.S. Presidential Election?
William McKinley won the 1896 U.S. Presidential Election. William McKinley received 7,104,779 popular votes (51%) and 271 electoral votes. The main challenger was William Jennings Bryan (46.7%).
See the full head-to-head between McKinley and Bryan
McKinley +4.3 pts · won by 601,854 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.3% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.