William Jennings Bryan carried Tennessee D+6.0.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in Tennessee, 1896. The state ran 12.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+6.1 nationally).

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

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Tennessee result

322,001 votes counted

Bryan (D)

168,176

52.2%

McKinley (R)

148,773

46.2%

All others

5,052

1.6%

Margin

D+6.0

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1896 presidential election

Tennessee, 1896

BryanD+6.0

How it voted

Share of the 1896 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	52.2%	168,176
William McKinleyRepublican	46.2%	148,773
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	5,052

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1896 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 1896

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−49.4%	745	2,224	2,996
Bedford County	D	+9.1%	2,596	2,151	4,867
Benton County	D	+31.0%	1,465	769	2,247
Bledsoe County	R	−24.1%	478	785	1,275
Blount County	R	−45.8%	970	2,652	3,673
Bradley County	R	−23.6%	1,057	1,725	2,832
Campbell County	R	−60.9%	571	2,389	2,984
Cannon County	D	+24.1%	1,276	778	2,064
Carroll County	R	−5.8%	2,293	2,577	4,937
Carter County	R	−70.3%	445	2,700	3,209
Cheatham County	D	+41.8%	1,237	496	1,772
Chester County	D	+27.7%	1,078	607	1,701
Claiborne County	R	−31.7%	1,152	2,230	3,398
Clay County	D	+20.5%	836	548	1,407
Cocke County	R	−44.9%	980	2,582	3,567
Coffee County	D	+48.0%	1,891	639	2,611
Crockett County	D	+17.4%	1,665	1,166	2,865
Cumberland County	R	−31.2%	418	800	1,225
Davidson County	D	+13.1%	7,511	5,720	13,659
Decatur County	R	−0.2%	1,626	1,633	3,292
DeKalb County	D	+5.7%	997	890	1,889
Dickson County	D	+39.6%	1,976	841	2,867
Dyer County	D	+48.9%	2,589	868	3,516
Fayette County	D	+28.4%	2,373	1,316	3,720
Fentress County	R	−44.9%	301	798	1,108
Franklin County	D	+50.0%	2,584	834	3,502
Gibson County	D	+35.2%	4,203	1,955	6,381
Giles County	D	+25.3%	3,992	2,372	6,406
Grainger County	R	−30.0%	1,002	1,863	2,870
Greene County	R	−13.4%	2,726	3,577	6,364
Grundy County	D	+54.2%	997	286	1,312
Hamblen County	R	−18.4%	1,033	1,506	2,571
Hamilton County	R	−11.3%	4,056	5,115	9,394
Hancock County	R	−52.9%	456	1,490	1,953
Hardeman County	D	+21.8%	2,234	1,427	3,708
Hardin County	R	−23.8%	1,332	2,165	3,506
Hawkins County	R	−24.1%	1,723	2,824	4,576
Haywood County	D	+58.2%	2,392	624	3,036
Henderson County	R	−20.6%	1,316	2,009	3,365
Henry County	D	+35.0%	3,077	1,473	4,581
Hickman County	D	+22.0%	1,553	988	2,566
Houston County	D	+43.3%	896	343	1,277
Humphreys County	D	+54.6%	1,604	465	2,085
Jackson County	D	+39.8%	1,752	754	2,507
Jefferson County	R	−48.7%	902	2,638	3,562
Johnson County	R	−76.3%	224	1,683	1,912
Knox County	R	−21.3%	4,020	6,243	10,435
Lake County	D	+71.8%	811	126	954
Lauderdale County	D	+51.3%	2,244	709	2,993
Lawrence County	D	+6.7%	1,376	1,203	2,586
Lewis County	D	+23.5%	329	204	533
Lincoln County	D	+51.5%	3,269	992	4,421
Loudon County	R	−41.5%	594	1,447	2,055
Macon County	R	−20.7%	869	1,324	2,193
Madison County	D	+56.3%	3,701	1,024	4,757
Marion County	R	−15.3%	1,320	1,801	3,154
Marshall County	D	+52.9%	2,835	849	3,755
Maury County	D	+22.3%	4,021	2,537	6,650
McMinn County	R	−23.1%	1,388	2,235	3,669
McNairy County	D	+1.8%	1,516	1,463	2,979
Meigs County	D	+5.8%	721	641	1,368
Monroe County	R	−1.7%	1,578	1,634	3,268
Montgomery County	R	−2.1%	2,804	2,934	6,091
Moore County	D	+82.3%	942	78	1,050
Morgan County	R	−42.3%	452	1,140	1,626
Obion County	D	+51.9%	3,775	1,147	5,061
Overton County	D	+32.5%	1,495	761	2,257
Perry County	D	+27.2%	1,000	572	1,573
Pickett County	R	−16.0%	394	544	938
Polk County	R	−11.6%	749	947	1,702
Putnam County	D	+22.8%	1,750	1,097	2,865
Rhea County	R	−8.0%	1,124	1,324	2,512
Roane County	R	−55.1%	821	3,026	4,003
Robertson County	D	+34.4%	2,943	1,386	4,526
Rutherford County	D	+20.4%	3,352	2,203	5,637
Scott County	R	−77.7%	209	1,691	1,907
Sequatchie County	D	+23.0%	386	241	630
Sevier County	R	−77.2%	428	3,376	3,821
Shelby County	D	+6.3%	5,830	5,122	11,209
Smith County	D	+38.5%	2,414	1,064	3,504
Stewart County	D	+43.2%	1,642	648	2,299
Sullivan County	D	+13.3%	2,512	1,914	4,482
Sumner County	D	+44.0%	3,171	1,215	4,445
Tipton County	D	+5.4%	2,119	1,894	4,149
Trousdale County	D	+42.0%	769	313	1,086
Unicoi County	R	−79.2%	89	804	903
Union County	R	−51.2%	599	1,862	2,465
Van Buren County	D	+48.7%	419	140	573
Warren County	D	+41.9%	2,101	842	3,003
Washington County	R	−25.3%	1,661	2,807	4,529
Wayne County	R	−33.4%	748	1,505	2,264
Weakley County	D	+32.0%	3,934	2,003	6,039
White County	D	+49.3%	1,839	617	2,481
Williamson County	D	+40.8%	3,097	1,281	4,446
Wilson County	D	+37.1%	3,436	1,568	5,040