Who won Massachusetts in the 1896 presidential election?

McKinley (Republican) carried Massachusetts in 1896, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1896?

Massachusetts cast 15 electoral votes in the 1896 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1896?

Yes. Massachusetts backed William McKinley, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraMA · 15 EV

1896

Massachusetts: McKinley carries 15 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 15 electoral votes for McKinley (Republican). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1896 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed McKinley (Republican) in the 1896 presidential election, casting 15 electoral votes for the ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — William McKinley captured the White House that year.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 1896. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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