1900 United States presidential election in Arkansas

The 1900 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1900 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Theodore Roosevelt
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 81,142 44,800
Percentage 63.46% 35.04%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Bryan won the state by a margin of 28.42%.

Bryan had previously won Arkansas against McKinley four years earlier and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.

Results

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1900 United States presidential election in Arkansas[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 81,142 63.46% 8
Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 44,800 35.04% 0
Populist Wharton Barker 972 0.76% 0
Prohibition John G. Woolley 584 0.46% 0
Union Reform Seth H. Ellis 341 0.27% 0
Write-ins Scattered 27 0.02% 0
Totals 127,866 100.00% 8
Voter turnout

Results by county

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1900 United States presidential election in Arkansas[2]
County William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Arkansas 990 61.76% 598 37.31% 15 0.94% 392 24.45% 1,603
Ashley 1,381 71.63% 524 27.18% 23 1.19% 857 44.45% 1,928
Baxter 723 71.23% 287 28.28% 5 0.49% 436 42.96% 1,015
Benton 2,980 72.30% 1,087 26.37% 55 1.33% 1,893 45.92% 4,122
Boone 1,338 67.24% 641 32.21% 11 0.55% 697 35.03% 1,990
Bradley 842 83.61% 153 15.19% 12 1.19% 689 68.42% 1,007
Calhoun 654 72.67% 244 27.11% 2 0.22% 410 45.56% 900
Carroll 1,205 60.67% 735 37.01% 46 2.32% 470 23.67% 1,986
Chicot 269 37.73% 430 60.31% 14 1.96% -161 -22.58% 713
Clark 1,232 58.14% 753 35.54% 134 6.32% 479 22.61% 2,119
Clay 1,195 65.09% 627 34.15% 14 0.76% 568 30.94% 1,836
Cleburne 520 63.49% 205 25.03% 94 11.48% 315 38.46% 819
Cleveland 876 74.81% 286 24.42% 9 0.77% 590 50.38% 1,171
Columbia 1,440 69.84% 606 29.39% 16 0.78% 834 40.45% 2,062
Conway 1,635 66.46% 805 32.72% 20 0.81% 830 33.74% 2,460
Craighead 1,326 70.68% 489 26.07% 61 3.25% 837 44.62% 1,876
Crawford 1,449 57.27% 1,060 41.90% 21 0.83% 389 15.38% 2,530
Crittenden 327 45.67% 381 53.21% 8 1.12% -54 -7.54% 716
Cross 638 66.95% 312 32.74% 3 0.31% 326 34.21% 953
Dallas 746 58.56% 514 40.35% 14 1.10% 232 18.21% 1,274
Desha 328 64.95% 168 33.27% 9 1.78% 160 31.68% 505
Drew 1,099 65.22% 569 33.77% 17 1.01% 530 31.45% 1,685
Faulkner 1,191 62.32% 682 35.69% 38 1.99% 509 26.64% 1,911
Franklin 1,367 72.56% 485 25.74% 32 1.70% 882 46.82% 1,884
Fulton 984 70.74% 397 28.54% 10 0.72% 587 42.20% 1,391
Garland 940 56.59% 708 42.62% 13 0.78% 232 13.97% 1,661
Grant 574 76.64% 175 23.36% 0 0.00% 399 53.27% 749
Greene 1,091 71.45% 419 27.44% 17 1.11% 672 44.01% 1,527
Hempstead 1,352 49.93% 1,330 49.11% 26 0.96% 22 0.81% 2,708
Hot Spring 763 63.69% 423 35.31% 12 1.00% 340 28.38% 1,198
Howard 986 61.09% 585 36.25% 43 2.66% 401 24.85% 1,614
Independence 1,526 63.85% 782 32.72% 82 3.43% 744 31.13% 2,390
Izard 1,119 73.72% 381 25.10% 18 1.19% 738 48.62% 1,518
Jackson 1,050 63.29% 598 36.05% 11 0.66% 452 27.25% 1,659
Jefferson 1,363 47.93% 1,477 51.93% 4 0.14% -114 -4.01% 2,844
Johnson 1,317 69.90% 552 29.30% 15 0.80% 765 40.61% 1,884
Lafayette 422 48.45% 448 51.44% 1 0.11% -26 -2.99% 871
Lawrence 958 66.34% 476 32.96% 10 0.69% 482 33.38% 1,444
Lee 2,850 68.74% 1,296 31.26% 0 0.00% 1,554 37.48% 4,146
Lincoln 794 66.11% 392 32.64% 15 1.25% 402 33.47% 1,201
Little River 751 72.28% 281 27.05% 7 0.67% 470 45.24% 1,039
Logan 1,557 64.05% 848 34.88% 26 1.07% 709 29.16% 2,431
Lonoke 1,337 65.28% 679 33.15% 32 1.56% 658 32.13% 2,048
Madison 1,475 53.23% 1,289 46.52% 7 0.25% 186 6.71% 2,771
Marion 905 70.37% 375 29.16% 6 0.47% 530 41.21% 1,286
Miller 855 51.23% 759 45.48% 55 3.30% 96 5.75% 1,669
Mississippi 591 60.99% 378 39.01% 0 0.00% 213 21.98% 969
Monroe 708 63.73% 403 36.27% 0 0.00% 305 27.45% 1,111
Montgomery 468 60.94% 293 38.15% 7 0.91% 175 22.79% 768
Nevada 732 46.65% 744 47.42% 93 5.93% -12 -0.76% 1,569
Newton 443 39.00% 690 60.74% 3 0.26% -247 -21.74% 1,136
Ouachita 1,120 49.17% 1,143 50.18% 15 0.66% -23 -1.01% 2,278
Perry 459 60.24% 293 38.45% 10 1.31% 166 21.78% 762
Phillips 1,349 77.31% 388 22.23% 8 0.46% 961 55.07% 1,745
Pike 566 57.81% 413 42.19% 0 0.00% 153 15.63% 979
Poinsett 520 74.07% 180 25.64% 2 0.28% 340 48.43% 702
Polk 922 66.47% 411 29.63% 54 3.89% 511 36.84% 1,387
Pope 1,871 68.74% 835 30.68% 16 0.59% 1,036 38.06% 2,722
Prairie 856 62.89% 496 36.44% 9 0.66% 360 26.45% 1,361
Pulaski 2,609 56.68% 1,932 41.97% 62 1.35% 677 14.71% 4,603
Randolph 1,385 75.93% 428 23.46% 11 0.60% 957 52.47% 1,824
St. Francis 634 46.76% 703 51.84% 19 1.40% -69 -5.09% 1,356
Saline 811 68.79% 342 29.01% 26 2.21% 469 39.78% 1,179
Scott 733 68.83% 313 29.39% 19 1.78% 420 39.44% 1,065
Searcy 567 39.48% 869 60.52% 0 0.00% -302 -21.03% 1,436
Sebastian 2,094 67.79% 964 31.21% 31 1.00% 1,130 36.58% 3,089
Sevier 772 67.36% 360 31.41% 14 1.22% 412 35.95% 1,146
Sharp 1,059 72.14% 394 26.84% 15 1.02% 665 45.30% 1,468
Stone 520 68.24% 231 30.31% 11 1.44% 289 37.93% 762
Union 1,238 77.57% 336 21.05% 22 1.38% 902 56.52% 1,596
Van Buren 599 55.06% 445 40.90% 44 4.04% 154 14.15% 1,088
Washington 2,658 64.33% 1,347 32.60% 127 3.07% 1,311 31.73% 4,132
White 1,694 63.21% 811 30.26% 175 6.53% 883 32.95% 2,680
Woodruff 990 64.04% 549 35.51% 7 0.45% 441 28.53% 1,546
Yell 1,554 65.68% 798 33.73% 14 0.59% 756 31.95% 2,366
Totals 81,242 63.50% 44,800 35.02% 1,897 1.48% 36,442 28.48% 127,939

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "1900 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. pp. 139–145. ISBN 9780804716963.