Who won Texas in the 1896 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Texas in 1896, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1896?

Texas cast 15 electoral votes in the 1896 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1896?

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

Progressive EraTX · 15 EV

1896

Texas: Bryan carries 15 EV.

Texas cast its 15 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Texas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Texas, 1896

In 1896, Texas awarded its 15 electoral votes to Bryan of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — William McKinley (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Texas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Texas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. Texas did not move alone — neighboring Arkansas and Louisiana broke the same way in 1896. Across the 44 presidential elections Texas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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