Who won Missouri in the 1900 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Missouri in 1900, winning its 17 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1900?

Missouri cast 17 electoral votes in the 1900 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1900?

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

Progressive EraMO · 17 EV

1900

Missouri: Bryan carries 17 EV.

Missouri cast its 17 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William McKinley (Republican) — Missouri voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1900 result in Missouri

Missouri backed Bryan (Democratic) in the 1900 presidential election, casting 17 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William McKinley (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Missouri among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1872. The region divided — Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kansas, and Nebraska joined Missouri for the Democratic ticket, while Iowa and Illinois did not. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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