Who won Kansas in the 1900 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Kansas in 1900, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 1900?

Kansas cast 10 electoral votes in the 1900 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 1900?

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

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1900

Kansas: Bryan carries 10 EV.

Kansas cast its 10 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Kansas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kansas, 1900

In 1900, Kansas awarded its 10 electoral votes to Bryan of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — William McKinley (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Kansas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1896. Kansas did not move alone — neighboring Nebraska, Missouri, and Colorado broke the same way in 1900. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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