Who won Mississippi in the 1900 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Mississippi in 1900, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Mississippi have in 1900?

Mississippi cast 9 electoral votes in the 1900 presidential election.

Did Mississippi vote for the national winner in 1900?

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

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1900

Mississippi: Bryan carries 9 EV.

Mississippi cast its 9 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Mississippi voted against the national winner this cycle.

Mississippi in 1900

The 1900 contest saw Mississippi line up behind Bryan, delivering 9 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William McKinley (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Mississippi among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Mississippi backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1876. Mississippi did not move alone — neighboring Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama broke the same way in 1900. Across the 51 presidential elections Mississippi has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 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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