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1900 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1900 United States presidential election in West Virginia

← 1896 November 6, 1900 1904 →
 
Nominee William McKinley William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Ohio Nebraska
Running mate Theodore Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 119,829 98,807
Percentage 54.27% 44.75%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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

West Virginia was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. McKinley won the state by a margin of 9.52% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory.

Bryan had previous lost West Virginia to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose it again in 1908 to William Howard Taft. McKinley was the last Republican until George W. Bush in 2004 to carry West Virginia twice.

Results

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1900 United States presidential election in West Virginia[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 119,829 54.27% 6
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 98,807 44.75% 0
Prohibition John G. Woolley 1,628 0.74% 0
Social Democratic Eugene V. Debs 286 0.13% 0
Populist Wharton Barker 246 0.11% 0
Totals 220,796 100.00% 6
Voter turnout

Results by county

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1900 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[2]
County William McKinley
Republican
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
John Granville Woolley
Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Wharton Barker
People's
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Barbour 1,840 53.47% 1,579 45.89% 22 0.64% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 261 7.59% 3,441
Berkeley 2,506 52.03% 2,287 47.49% 23 0.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 219 4.55% 4,816
Boone 767 44.52% 956 55.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -189 -10.97% 1,723
Braxton 1,894 47.02% 2,103 52.21% 16 0.40% 0 0.00% 15 0.37% -209 -5.19% 4,028
Brooke 1,000 57.34% 717 41.11% 24 1.38% 3 0.17% 0 0.00% 283 16.23% 1,744
Cabell 3,667 52.50% 3,251 46.54% 59 0.84% 0 0.00% 8 0.11% 416 5.96% 6,985
Calhoun 946 42.36% 1,268 56.78% 6 0.27% 0 0.00% 13 0.58% -322 -14.42% 2,233
Clay 902 55.30% 718 44.02% 7 0.43% 0 0.00% 4 0.25% 184 11.28% 1,631
Doddridge 1,893 60.23% 1,222 38.88% 22 0.70% 2 0.06% 4 0.13% 671 21.35% 3,143
Fayette 5,404 61.99% 3,230 37.05% 72 0.83% 7 0.08% 4 0.05% 2,174 24.94% 8,717
Gilmer 1,117 43.96% 1,410 55.49% 14 0.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -293 -11.53% 2,541
Grant 1,355 78.32% 367 21.21% 8 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 988 57.11% 1,730
Greenbrier 1,870 43.01% 2,455 56.46% 18 0.41% 0 0.00% 5 0.11% -585 -13.45% 4,348
Hampshire 659 24.33% 2,023 74.68% 8 0.30% 1 0.04% 18 0.66% -1,364 -50.35% 2,709
Hancock 863 58.39% 564 38.16% 51 3.45% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 299 20.23% 1,478
Hardy 596 31.50% 1,292 68.29% 4 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -696 -36.79% 1,892
Harrison 3,918 58.29% 2,678 39.85% 79 1.18% 3 0.04% 43 0.64% 1,240 18.45% 6,721
Jackson 2,840 56.03% 2,194 43.28% 24 0.47% 5 0.10% 6 0.12% 646 12.74% 5,069
Jefferson 1,207 30.43% 2,727 68.76% 31 0.78% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% -1,520 -38.33% 3,966
Kanawha 7,249 60.17% 4,736 39.31% 0 0.00% 62 0.51% 1 0.01% 2,513 20.86% 12,048
Lewis 1,973 52.71% 1,702 45.47% 68 1.82% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 271 7.24% 3,743
Lincoln 1,712 53.52% 1,487 46.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 225 7.03% 3,199
Logan 423 30.04% 985 69.96% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -562 -39.91% 1,408
Marion 4,351 53.71% 3,612 44.59% 138 1.70% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 739 9.12% 8,101
Marshall 3,790 61.66% 2,132 34.68% 189 3.07% 30 0.49% 6 0.10% 1,658 26.97% 6,147
Mason 3,162 56.03% 2,461 43.61% 10 0.18% 9 0.16% 1 0.02% 701 12.42% 5,643
McDowell 3,761 75.37% 1,218 24.41% 10 0.20% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 2,543 50.96% 4,990
Mercer 2,699 55.75% 2,112 43.63% 20 0.41% 6 0.12% 4 0.08% 587 12.13% 4,841
Mineral 1,661 56.40% 1,241 42.14% 42 1.43% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 420 14.26% 2,945
Mingo 838 38.07% 1,363 61.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -525 -23.85% 2,201
Monongalia 2,978 64.15% 1,577 33.97% 83 1.79% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,401 30.18% 4,642
Monroe 1,556 50.00% 1,532 49.23% 9 0.29% 0 0.00% 15 0.48% 24 0.77% 3,112
Morgan 1,091 64.10% 586 34.43% 25 1.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 505 29.67% 1,702
Nicholas 1,051 44.40% 1,254 52.98% 62 2.62% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -203 -8.58% 2,367
Ohio 7,093 55.80% 5,394 42.44% 105 0.83% 116 0.91% 3 0.02% 1,699 13.37% 12,711
Pendleton 929 44.41% 1,154 55.16% 9 0.43% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -225 -10.76% 2,092
Pleasants 1,203 52.58% 1,085 47.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 118 5.16% 2,288
Pocahontas 793 44.23% 1,000 55.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -207 -11.54% 1,793
Preston 3,800 73.43% 1,323 25.57% 42 0.81% 9 0.17% 1 0.02% 2,477 47.86% 5,175
Putnam 2,118 55.62% 1,676 44.01% 9 0.24% 5 0.13% 0 0.00% 442 11.61% 3,808
Raleigh 1,385 55.07% 1,126 44.77% 4 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 259 10.30% 2,515
Randolph 1,771 45.09% 2,154 54.84% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 0.08% -383 -9.75% 3,928
Ritchie 2,512 59.19% 1,571 37.02% 149 3.51% 5 0.12% 7 0.16% 941 22.17% 4,244
Roane 2,156 50.28% 2,066 48.18% 19 0.44% 0 0.00% 47 1.10% 90 2.10% 4,288
Summers 1,751 49.01% 1,822 50.99% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -71 -1.99% 3,573
Taylor 2,092 59.40% 1,416 40.20% 11 0.31% 0 0.00% 3 0.09% 676 19.19% 3,522
Tucker 1,694 58.47% 1,199 41.39% 0 0.00% 3 0.10% 1 0.03% 495 17.09% 2,897
Tyler 2,514 57.40% 1,831 41.80% 22 0.50% 2 0.05% 11 0.25% 683 15.59% 4,380
Upshur 2,400 73.28% 865 26.41% 4 0.12% 0 0.00% 6 0.18% 1,535 46.87% 3,275
Wayne 2,258 45.97% 2,654 54.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -396 -8.06% 4,912
Webster 797 41.00% 1,147 59.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -350 -18.00% 1,944
Wetzel 2,083 43.43% 2,664 55.55% 29 0.60% 4 0.08% 16 0.33% -581 -12.11% 4,796
Wirt 1,235 51.63% 1,157 48.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 78 3.26% 2,392
Wood 4,808 56.46% 3,700 43.45% 0 0.00% 7 0.08% 1 0.01% 1,108 13.01% 8,516
Wyoming 898 54.00% 764 45.94% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 134 8.06% 1,663
Totals 119,829 54.29% 98,807 44.77% 1,548 0.70% 286 0.13% 246 0.11% 21,022 9.52% 220,716

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – West Virginia
  2. ^ "Popular Vote for President, 1900 (.xlsx file for €15)". Géoelections.