Who won Georgia in the 1900 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1900, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1900?

Georgia cast 13 electoral votes in the 1900 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1900?

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

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1900

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.

What happened in Georgia, 1900

In 1900, Georgia awarded its 13 electoral votes to Bryan of the Democratic party. 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 9th 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 1900. 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 292 of the 447 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 155. William McKinley led the national popular vote with 51.64% of the ballots cast.

The 1900 national map

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