Tuesday, November 6, 1900
1900 presidential election results
William McKinley (Republican) and running mate Theodore Roosevelt won with 292 electoral votes and 51.7% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: Illinois, R+8.4 (nation R+6.2). It delivered electoral vote number 224 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William McKinley Won | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 292 | 7,219,193 | 51.70% | 28 |
| William Jennings Bryan | Adlai E. Stevenson | Democratic | 155 | 6,357,698 | 45.50% | 17 |
| Total popular votes counted | 13,972,525 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | William McKinley | William Jennings Bryan | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 34.7% | 60.1% 11 | 25.4 | 11 | 160,477 |
| Arkansas | 35.0% | 63.5% 8 | 28.5 | 8 | 127,966 |
| California | 54.5% 9 | 41.3% | 13.2 | 9 | 302,399 |
| Colorado | 42.0% | 55.5% 4 | 13.6 | 4 | 220,895 |
| Connecticut | 56.9% 6 | 41.1% | 15.9 | 6 | 180,195 |
| Delaware | 53.7% 3 | 44.9% | 8.8 | 3 | 41,989 |
| Florida | 18.8% | 71.1% 4 | 52.3 | 4 | 39,777 |
| Georgia | 28.2% | 66.9% 13 | 38.7 | 13 | 121,410 |
| Idaho | 47.9% | 49.8% 3 | 1.9 | 3 | 56,760 |
| Illinois | 52.8% 24 | 44.4% | 8.4 | 24 | 1,131,898 |
| Indiana | 50.6% 15 | 46.6% | 4.0 | 15 | 664,094 |
| Iowa | 58.0% 13 | 39.5% | 18.6 | 13 | 530,345 |
| Kansas | 52.6% 10 | 46.0% | 6.6 | 10 | 353,766 |
| Kentucky | 48.5% | 50.2% 13 | 1.7 | 13 | 467,580 |
| Louisiana | 21.0% | 79.0% 8 | 58.1 | 8 | 67,906 |
| Maine | 61.7% 6 | 35.1% | 26.6 | 6 | 107,698 |
| Maryland | 51.5% 8 | 46.2% | 5.3 | 8 | 264,386 |
| Massachusetts | 57.6% 15 | 37.8% | 19.7 | 15 | 414,804 |
| Michigan | 58.1% 14 | 38.9% | 19.2 | 14 | 543,789 |
| Minnesota | 60.2% 9 | 35.7% | 24.5 | 9 | 316,311 |
| Mississippi | 9.7% | 87.6% 9 | 77.9 | 9 | 59,055 |
| Missouri | 45.9% | 51.5% 17 | 5.5 | 17 | 683,658 |
| Montana | 39.8% | 58.4% 3 | 18.6 | 3 | 63,856 |
| Nebraska | 50.5% 8 | 47.2% | 3.2 | 8 | 241,430 |
| Nevada | 37.8% | 62.2% 3 | 24.5 | 3 | 10,196 |
| New Hampshire | 59.3% 4 | 38.4% | 20.9 | 4 | 92,364 |
| New Jersey | 55.3% 10 | 41.1% | 14.2 | 10 | 401,050 |
| New York | 53.1% 36 | 43.8% | 9.3 | 36 | 1,548,043 |
| North Carolina | 45.5% | 53.9% 11 | 8.5 | 11 | 292,518 |
| North Dakota | 62.1% 3 | 35.5% | 26.6 | 3 | 57,783 |
| Ohio | 52.3% 23 | 45.7% | 6.6 | 23 | 1,040,073 |
| Oregon | 55.2% 4 | 39.6% | 15.6 | 4 | 84,216 |
| Pennsylvania | 60.7% 32 | 36.2% | 24.6 | 32 | 1,173,210 |
| Rhode Island | 59.7% 4 | 35.0% | 24.7 | 4 | 56,548 |
| South Carolina | 7.0% | 93.0% 9 | 86.1 | 9 | 50,698 |
| South Dakota | 56.7% 4 | 41.1% | 15.6 | 4 | 96,169 |
| Tennessee | 45.0% | 53.0% 12 | 8.1 | 12 | 273,860 |
| Texas | 30.9% | 63.1% 15 | 32.2 | 15 | 424,334 |
| Utah | 50.6% 3 | 48.3% | 2.3 | 3 | 93,071 |
| Vermont | 75.7% 4 | 22.9% | 52.9 | 4 | 56,212 |
| Virginia | 43.8% | 55.3% 12 | 11.5 | 12 | 264,208 |
| Washington | 53.4% 4 | 41.7% | 11.7 | 4 | 107,523 |
| West Virginia | 54.3% 6 | 44.8% | 9.5 | 6 | 220,796 |
| Wisconsin | 60.1% 12 | 36.0% | 24.1 | 12 | 442,501 |
| Wyoming | 58.6% 3 | 41.1% | 17.5 | 3 | 24,708 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1900
- Kentucky William Jennings Bryan by 8,088 votes (1.73 pts)
- Idaho William Jennings Bryan by 1,062 votes (1.87 pts)
- Utah William McKinley by 2,140 votes (2.30 pts)
- Nebraska William McKinley by 7,822 votes (3.24 pts)
- Indiana William McKinley by 26,479 votes (3.99 pts)
- Maryland William McKinley by 13,914 votes (5.26 pts)
- Missouri William Jennings Bryan by 37,830 votes (5.53 pts)
- Kansas William McKinley by 23,354 votes (6.60 pts)
Flipped since 1896
- Kansas: Democratic → Republican (10 EV)
- Kentucky: Republican → Democratic (13 EV)
- Nebraska: Democratic → Republican (8 EV)
- South Dakota: Democratic → Republican (4 EV)
- Utah: Democratic → Republican (3 EV)
- Washington: Democratic → Republican (4 EV)
- Wyoming: Democratic → Republican (3 EV)
Source: 1900
Questions and answers
Who won the 1900 presidential election?
William McKinley (Republican) won the 1900 election with 292 electoral votes, with Theodore Roosevelt as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1900?
William McKinley 292; William Jennings Bryan 155 (out of 447).
Who won the popular vote in 1900?
William McKinley received the most popular votes: 7,219,193 (51.7%) of 13,972,525 counted.
What was the closest state in 1900?
Kentucky, which William Jennings Bryan won by 8,088 votes (1.73 points).
Which states flipped in 1900?
Compared with 1896, 7 states changed party: Kansas (to Republican), Kentucky (to Democratic), Nebraska (to Republican), South Dakota (to Republican), Utah (to Republican), Washington (to Republican) and Wyoming (to Republican).
What was the tipping-point state in 1900?
Illinois. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 224; it voted Republican by 8.4 points, against Republican by 6.2 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data