William Jennings Bryan carried Kansas D+3.7.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Kansas, 1896. The state ran 9.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)

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Kansas result

334,785 votes counted

Bryan (D)

171,774

51.3%

McKinley (R)

159,484

47.6%

All others

3,527

1.1%

Margin

D+3.7

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1896 presidential election

Kansas, 1896

BryanD+3.7

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	51.3%	171,774
William McKinleyRepublican	47.6%	159,484
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	3,527

D+60

R+60

105 counties, each filled by 1896 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1896

105 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−5.0%	1,656	1,833	3,552
Anderson County	D	+2.9%	1,890	1,780	3,742
Atchison County	R	−5.7%	2,963	3,326	6,317
Barber County	D	+9.8%	729	597	1,343
Barton County	D	+14.0%	1,616	1,215	2,855
Bourbon County	D	+2.8%	3,067	2,900	6,017
Brown County	R	−4.7%	2,618	2,879	5,574
Butler County	D	+9.5%	2,926	2,414	5,375
Chase County	D	+9.3%	981	812	1,815
Chautauqua County	R	−2.5%	1,293	1,359	2,669
Cherokee County	D	+18.4%	5,108	3,505	8,719
Cheyenne County	R	−0.8%	322	327	660
Clark County	D	+2.4%	191	182	374
Clay County	D	+7.5%	1,929	1,655	3,633
Cloud County	D	+10.6%	2,129	1,718	3,893
Coffey County	D	+4.5%	2,194	2,000	4,270
Comanche County	D	+9.5%	172	142	316
Cowley County	D	+8.5%	3,410	2,871	6,360
Crawford County	D	+10.2%	4,757	3,868	8,712
Decatur County	D	+26.8%	1,032	594	1,633
Dickinson County	D	+2.3%	2,399	2,291	4,742
Doniphan County	R	−31.2%	1,332	2,549	3,899
Douglas County	R	−16.2%	2,573	3,582	6,240
Edwards County	D	+19.4%	479	322	808
Elk County	D	+4.4%	1,464	1,339	2,815
Ellis County	D	+38.6%	1,051	460	1,533
Ellsworth County	R	−2.7%	992	1,048	2,058
Finney County	R	−15.9%	366	505	873
Ford County	D	+7.3%	643	555	1,213
Franklin County	D	+9.3%	3,152	2,609	5,810
Geary County	D	+5.3%	1,171	1,051	2,248
Gove County	R	−14.9%	204	279	504
Graham County	D	+30.5%	648	343	999
Grant County	D	+8.1%	60	51	111
Gray County	R	−7.0%	133	153	286
Greeley County	R	−22.6%	76	121	199
Greenwood County	D	+5.8%	2,064	1,835	3,922
Hamilton County	D	+7.6%	216	185	406
Harper County	D	+23.9%	1,332	812	2,173
Harvey County	R	−10.6%	1,678	2,082	3,815
Haskell County	R	−19.6%	54	81	138
Hodgeman County	R	−7.8%	224	262	488
Jackson County	R	−4.9%	1,955	2,158	4,146
Jefferson County	R	−1.0%	2,276	2,322	4,645
Jewell County	D	+10.3%	2,342	1,902	4,283
Johnson County	D	+3.1%	2,462	2,313	4,837
Kearny County	D	+0.9%	175	172	348
Kingman County	D	+16.8%	1,393	988	2,416
Kiowa County	R	−1.0%	245	250	502
Labette County	D	+6.7%	3,669	3,206	6,939
Lane County	R	−11.4%	191	241	439
Leavenworth County	D	+7.6%	4,665	4,004	8,737
Lincoln County	D	+27.3%	1,385	787	2,193
Linn County	D	+5.9%	2,424	2,153	4,616
Logan County	R	−21.8%	175	274	454
Lyon County	D	+6.7%	3,276	2,860	6,229
Marion County	R	−14.5%	1,699	2,285	4,037
Marshall County	R	−4.7%	2,776	3,052	5,898
McPherson County	D	+1.2%	2,324	2,269	4,637
Meade County	R	−2.0%	195	203	402
Miami County	D	+5.0%	2,812	2,541	5,395
Mitchell County	D	+13.8%	1,889	1,428	3,347
Montgomery County	D	+7.1%	3,132	2,714	5,894
Morris County	R	−0.9%	1,456	1,484	2,973
Morton County	R	−18.0%	36	52	89
Nemaha County	R	−1.8%	2,478	2,568	5,086
Neosho County	D	+8.8%	2,601	2,177	4,816
Ness County	D	+19.0%	526	354	907
Norton County	D	+14.3%	1,260	941	2,237
Osage County	D	+9.0%	3,481	2,903	6,455
Osborne County	D	+2.8%	1,403	1,325	2,769
Ottawa County	D	+8.3%	1,486	1,256	2,773
Pawnee County	D	+11.8%	635	499	1,153
Phillips County	D	+4.6%	1,507	1,374	2,909
Pottawatomie County	R	−0.7%	2,276	2,308	4,621
Pratt County	D	+13.7%	820	621	1,454
Rawlins County	D	+16.2%	609	439	1,051
Reno County	R	−5.0%	3,051	3,373	6,491
Republic County	R	−3.1%	1,910	2,033	3,992
Rice County	D	+0.1%	1,731	1,729	3,547
Riley County	R	−13.2%	1,443	1,890	3,383
Rooks County	D	+8.5%	971	817	1,812
Rush County	D	+11.0%	643	515	1,168
Russell County	R	−4.5%	823	902	1,748
Saline County	D	+15.5%	2,334	1,706	4,061
Scott County	D	+27.7%	161	91	253
Sedgwick County	D	+13.6%	5,434	4,122	9,658
Seward County	R	−12.3%	78	100	179
Shawnee County	R	−11.3%	5,536	6,958	12,614
Sheridan County	D	+14.6%	384	282	697
Sherman County	D	+20.0%	437	291	731
Smith County	D	+18.4%	2,019	1,385	3,443
Stafford County	D	+28.2%	1,276	710	2,009
Stanton County	D	+1.8%	57	55	112
Stevens County	D	+35.6%	101	48	149
Sumner County	D	+9.5%	3,048	2,515	5,619
Thomas County	D	+23.3%	490	304	800
Trego County	D	+14.0%	340	256	599
Wabaunsee County	R	−4.7%	1,442	1,586	3,062
Wallace County	R	−18.7%	124	181	305
Washington County	R	−2.5%	2,391	2,514	4,962
Wichita County	R	−5.4%	192	214	409
Wilson County	D	+2.8%	1,959	1,852	3,828
Woodson County	R	−4.0%	1,189	1,288	2,498
Wyandotte County	D	+0.2%	6,882	6,852	13,860