Pennsylvania — 1896 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1896 presidential electionPennsylvania · PresidentMcKinleyR+24.7
How it voted
Share of the 1896 vote
| William McKinley ✓Republican | 61.0% | 728,300 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 36.3% | 433,228 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.7% | 32,827 |
1896presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1896 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Pennsylvania cast 32 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, PA | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Allegheny County, PA | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Armstrong County, PA | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Beaver County, PA | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Bedford County, PA | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Berks County, PA | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Blair County, PA | Republican | R+35.0 |
| Bradford County, PA | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Bucks County, PA | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Butler County, PA | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Cambria County, PA | Republican | R+12.6 |
| Cameron County, PA | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Carbon County, PA | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Centre County, PA | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Chester County, PA | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Clarion County, PA | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Clearfield County, PA | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Clinton County, PA | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Columbia County, PA | Democratic | D+18.7 |
| Crawford County, PA | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Cumberland County, PA | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Dauphin County, PA | Republican | R+37.0 |
| Delaware County, PA | Republican | R+52.8 |
| Elk County, PA | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Erie County, PA | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Fayette County, PA | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Forest County, PA | Republican | R+19.8 |
| Franklin County, PA | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Fulton County, PA | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Greene County, PA | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Huntingdon County, PA | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Indiana County, PA | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Jefferson County, PA | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Juniata County, PA | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Lackawanna County, PA | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Lancaster County, PA | Republican | R+48.3 |
| Lawrence County, PA | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Lebanon County, PA | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Lehigh County, PA | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Luzerne County, PA | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Lycoming County, PA | Republican | R+4.5 |
| McKean County, PA | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Mercer County, PA | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Mifflin County, PA | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Monroe County, PA | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| Montgomery County, PA | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Montour County, PA | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Northampton County, PA | Democratic | D+1.3 |
| Northumberland County, PA | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Perry County, PA | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | Republican | R+46.2 |
| Pike County, PA | Democratic | D+17.8 |
| Potter County, PA | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Schuylkill County, PA | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Snyder County, PA | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Somerset County, PA | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Sullivan County, PA | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Susquehanna County, PA | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Tioga County, PA | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Union County, PA | Republican | R+35.5 |
| Venango County, PA | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Warren County, PA | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Washington County, PA | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Wayne County, PA | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Westmoreland County, PA | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Wyoming County, PA | Republican | R+9.5 |
| York County, PA | Democratic | D+3.1 |
Pennsylvania results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | William McKinley+356 | 4,17050.9% | 3,81446.6% | 2012.5% | 8,185 |
| Allegheny County | William McKinley+46,882 | 76,69170.9% | 29,80927.6% | 1,6741.5% | 108,174 |
| Armstrong County | William McKinley+2,500 | 6,32561.1% | 3,82537.0% | 1991.9% | 10,349 |
| Beaver County | William McKinley+2,520 | 6,84260.0% | 4,32237.9% | 2482.2% | 11,412 |
| Bedford County | William McKinley+1,378 | 4,98357.2% | 3,60541.4% | 1281.5% | 8,716 |
| Berks County | William J. Bryan+3,781 | 14,31843.3% | 18,09954.7% | 6652.0% | 33,082 |
| Blair County | William McKinley+5,542 | 10,38265.5% | 4,84030.5% | 6294.0% | 15,851 |
| Bradford County | William McKinley+5,034 | 9,42266.0% | 4,38830.8% | 4573.2% | 14,267 |
| Bucks County | William McKinley+3,113 | 9,79857.6% | 6,68539.3% | 5243.1% | 17,007 |
| Butler County | William McKinley+1,694 | 6,82155.4% | 5,12741.7% | 3602.9% | 12,308 |
| Cambria County | William McKinley+2,022 | 8,86555.3% | 6,84342.7% | 3142.0% | 16,022 |
| Cameron County | William McKinley+350 | 92559.6% | 57537.0% | 523.4% | 1,552 |
| Carbon County | William McKinley+925 | 4,53453.9% | 3,60942.9% | 2643.1% | 8,407 |
| Centre County | William McKinley+334 | 4,88049.9% | 4,54646.5% | 3483.6% | 9,774 |
| Chester County | William McKinley+8,174 | 14,23267.8% | 6,05828.9% | 7003.3% | 20,990 |
| Clarion County | William J. Bryan+759 | 3,33843.6% | 4,09753.5% | 2273.0% | 7,662 |
| Clearfield County | William McKinley+935 | 7,39551.0% | 6,46044.5% | 6534.5% | 14,508 |
| Clinton County | William McKinley+433 | 3,48651.2% | 3,05344.9% | 2653.9% | 6,804 |
| Columbia County | William J. Bryan+1,624 | 3,28037.8% | 4,90456.5% | 5005.8% | 8,684 |
| Crawford County | William J. Bryan+532 | 7,85147.3% | 8,38350.5% | 3772.3% | 16,611 |
| Cumberland County | William McKinley+976 | 6,17852.3% | 5,20244.0% | 4323.7% | 11,812 |
| Dauphin County | William McKinley+8,168 | 14,75266.8% | 6,58429.8% | 7333.3% | 22,069 |
| Delaware County | William McKinley+9,810 | 13,97975.3% | 4,16922.4% | 4242.3% | 18,572 |
| Elk County | William McKinley+90 | 2,80749.6% | 2,71748.0% | 1392.5% | 5,663 |
| Erie County | William McKinley+2,609 | 11,81954.7% | 9,21042.7% | 5632.6% | 21,592 |
| Fayette County | William McKinley+919 | 9,26851.3% | 8,34946.2% | 4382.4% | 18,055 |
| Forest County | William McKinley+419 | 1,22457.7% | 80538.0% | 914.3% | 2,120 |
| Franklin County | William McKinley+2,322 | 6,74758.8% | 4,42538.6% | 3002.6% | 11,472 |
| Fulton County | William J. Bryan+163 | 1,08345.8% | 1,24652.7% | 341.4% | 2,363 |
| Greene County | William J. Bryan+1,745 | 2,45336.4% | 4,19862.3% | 861.3% | 6,737 |
| Huntingdon County | William McKinley+2,664 | 4,96966.1% | 2,30530.6% | 2483.3% | 7,522 |
| Indiana County | William McKinley+3,066 | 5,81866.1% | 2,75231.3% | 2312.6% | 8,801 |
| Jefferson County | William McKinley+1,829 | 5,50057.2% | 3,67138.2% | 4484.7% | 9,619 |
| Juniata County | William McKinley+240 | 2,05952.0% | 1,81946.0% | 792.0% | 3,957 |
| Lackawanna County | William McKinley+6,868 | 18,73759.3% | 11,86937.6% | 9993.2% | 31,605 |
| Lancaster County | William McKinley+16,192 | 24,33772.7% | 8,14524.3% | 1,0083.0% | 33,490 |
| Lawrence County | William McKinley+3,215 | 6,22865.1% | 3,01331.5% | 3213.4% | 9,562 |
| Lebanon County | William McKinley+4,469 | 7,28870.6% | 2,81927.3% | 2162.1% | 10,323 |
| Lehigh County | William McKinley+138 | 9,50748.9% | 9,36948.2% | 5672.9% | 19,443 |
| Luzerne County | William McKinley+5,413 | 22,71855.1% | 17,30542.0% | 1,2253.0% | 41,248 |
| Lycoming County | William McKinley+757 | 8,09748.6% | 7,34044.0% | 1,2317.4% | 16,668 |
| McKean County | William McKinley+2,003 | 5,07759.6% | 3,07436.1% | 3694.3% | 8,520 |
| Mercer County | William McKinley+1,762 | 7,26255.5% | 5,50042.1% | 3152.4% | 13,077 |
| Mifflin County | William McKinley+610 | 2,66254.2% | 2,05241.8% | 1964.0% | 4,910 |
| Monroe County | William J. Bryan+1,440 | 1,44731.8% | 2,88763.4% | 2174.8% | 4,551 |
| Montgomery County | William McKinley+7,344 | 17,32961.2% | 9,98535.3% | 9803.5% | 28,294 |
| Montour County | William J. Bryan+363 | 1,38442.7% | 1,74753.8% | 1143.5% | 3,245 |
| Northampton County | William J. Bryan+270 | 9,76247.6% | 10,03248.9% | 7173.5% | 20,511 |
| Northumberland County | William McKinley+1,292 | 8,65951.7% | 7,36744.0% | 7304.4% | 16,756 |
| Perry County | William McKinley+1,060 | 3,53757.2% | 2,47740.1% | 1662.7% | 6,180 |
| Philadelphia County | William McKinley+113,139 | 176,46272.1% | 63,32325.9% | 5,1022.1% | 244,887 |
| Pike County | William J. Bryan+345 | 77840.1% | 1,12357.9% | 392.0% | 1,940 |
| Potter County | William McKinley+835 | 3,28155.8% | 2,44641.6% | 1502.6% | 5,877 |
| Schuylkill County | William McKinley+2,300 | 17,04552.6% | 14,74545.5% | 6171.9% | 32,407 |
| Snyder County | William McKinley+1,221 | 2,57264.7% | 1,35134.0% | 551.4% | 3,978 |
| Somerset County | William McKinley+3,566 | 5,86170.5% | 2,29527.6% | 1632.0% | 8,319 |
| Sullivan County | William J. Bryan+85 | 1,21546.0% | 1,30049.2% | 1254.7% | 2,640 |
| Susquehanna County | William McKinley+1,692 | 5,31056.7% | 3,61838.7% | 4324.6% | 9,360 |
| Tioga County | William McKinley+5,094 | 7,92271.4% | 2,82825.5% | 3423.1% | 11,092 |
| Union County | William McKinley+1,399 | 2,58565.6% | 1,18630.1% | 1684.3% | 3,939 |
| Venango County | William McKinley+534 | 5,13349.8% | 4,59944.6% | 5725.6% | 10,304 |
| Warren County | William McKinley+1,798 | 4,84658.7% | 3,04836.9% | 3614.4% | 8,255 |
| Washington County | William McKinley+3,414 | 10,79857.9% | 7,38439.6% | 4582.5% | 18,640 |
| Wayne County | William McKinley+1,235 | 3,70856.6% | 2,47337.7% | 3715.7% | 6,552 |
| Westmoreland County | William McKinley+3,899 | 14,92856.2% | 11,02941.5% | 5892.2% | 26,546 |
| Wyoming County | William McKinley+422 | 2,37353.2% | 1,95143.8% | 1333.0% | 4,457 |
| York County | William J. Bryan+796 | 12,25847.0% | 13,05450.1% | 7482.9% | 26,060 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)
Pennsylvania's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | −24.7% |
| 1900 | −24.6% |
| 1904 | −40.7% |
| 1908 | −23.4% |
| 1912 | +10.0% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −38.6% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −31.4% |
| 1932 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | +16.0% |
| 1940 | +6.9% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −13.2% |
| 1960 | +2.3% |
| 1964 | +30.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | −7.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −2.3% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | +10.3% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | −1.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1896 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.