Who won Georgia in the 1896 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1896, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1896?

Georgia cast 13 electoral votes in the 1896 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1896?

No. Georgia backed Bryan, while William McKinley won the presidency nationally.

Progressive EraGA · 13 EV

1896

Georgia: Bryan carries 13 EV.

Georgia cast its 13 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 1896

The 1896 contest saw Georgia line up behind Bryan, delivering 13 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William McKinley (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1896. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, William McKinley took 271 of the 447 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 176. William McKinley led the national popular vote with 51.02% of the ballots cast.

The 1896 national map

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