1900 United States presidential election information
29th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
1900 United States presidential election
← 1896
November 6, 1900
1904 →
447 members of the Electoral College 224 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout
73.7%[1] 5.9 pp
Nominee
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Party
Republican
Democratic
Alliance
Parties
"Fusion" Populist
Lincoln Republican
Anti-Imperialist League
Home state
Ohio
Nebraska
Running mate
Theodore Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson I
Electoral vote
292
155
States carried
28
17
Popular vote
7,228,864
6,370,932
Percentage
51.6%
45.5%
Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by McKinley/Roosevelt, blue denotes states won by Bryan/Stevenson. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election
William McKinley
Republican
Elected President
William McKinley
Republican
The 1900 United States presidential election was the 29th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1900. In a re-match of the 1896 race, incumbent Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan. McKinley's victory made him the first president to win a consecutive re-election since Ulysses S. Grant accomplished the same feat in 1872. Until 1956, this would be the last time in which an incumbent Republican president would win re-election after serving a full term in office. This election saw the fifth rematch in presidential history, something that would also not occur again until 1956. This was also the first rematch to produce the same winner both times.
McKinley and Bryan each faced little opposition within their own parties. Although some Gold Democrats explored the possibility of a campaign by Admiral George Dewey, Bryan was easily re-nominated at the 1900 Democratic National Convention after Dewey withdrew from the race. McKinley was unanimously re-nominated at the 1900 Republican National Convention. As Vice President Garret Hobart had died in 1899, the Republican convention chose New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt as McKinley's running mate.
The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory, while Bryan's anti-imperialist stance and continued support for bimetallism attracted only limited support. McKinley carried most states outside of the Solid South and won 51.6% of the popular vote. The election results were similar to those of 1896, though McKinley picked up several Western states and Bryan picked up Kentucky.
Six months into his second term, McKinley was assassinated and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.
^"National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
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