Who won Texas in the 1900 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Texas in 1900, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1900?

Texas cast 15 electoral votes in the 1900 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1900?

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

Progressive EraTX · 15 EV

1900

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.

Reading the 1900 result in Texas

Texas backed Bryan (Democratic) in the 1900 presidential election, casting 15 electoral votes for the ticket. 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 8th 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 1900. 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 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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