County Results
Bryan
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
McKinley
50–60%
The 1896 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 3, 1896. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1896 United States presidential election . Arkansas voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
This election marks the establishment of one-party hegemony in every county in Arkansas except Unionist Ozark Newton and Searcy where Republicans would control local government permanently.[1] The new secret ballot and an onerous poll tax had already severely reduced black and poor white voting at the time of this election,[2] in the process largely eliminating opposition party challenges.
Arkansas was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Arthur Sewall of Maine . Three electors cast their Vice Presidential ballots for Thomas E. Watson .
Results
Results by county
County
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
William McKinley Republican
Charles Eugene Bentley[4] National Prohibition
Joshua Levering[4] Prohibition
Margin
Total votes cast[5]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Arkansas
1,175
67.45%
550
31.57%
6
0.34%
11
0.63%
625
35.88%
1,742
Ashley
1,760
78.05%
405
17.96%
18
0.80%
72
3.19%
1,355
60.09%
2,255
Baxter
980
78.78%
262
21.06%
0
0.00%
2
0.16%
718
57.72%
1,244
Benton
3,548
83.15%
685
16.05%
13
0.30%
21
0.49%
2,863
67.10%
4,267
Boone
1,730
74.50%
573
24.68%
6
0.26%
13
0.56%
1,157
49.83%
2,322
Bradley
976
83.70%
185
15.87%
3
0.26%
2
0.17%
791
67.84%
1,166
Calhoun
910
80.53%
216
19.12%
2
0.18%
2
0.18%
694
61.42%
1,130
Carroll
1,790
66.08%
875
32.30%
23
0.85%
21
0.78%
915
33.78%
2,709
Chicot
418
55.00%
258
33.95%
17
2.24%
67
8.82%
160
21.05%
760
Clark
1,910
67.61%
833
29.49%
57
2.02%
25
0.88%
1,077
38.12%
2,825
Clay
1,537
75.57%
475
23.35%
10
0.49%
12
0.59%
1,062
52.21%
2,034
Cleburne
1,047
89.79%
108
9.26%
7
0.60%
4
0.34%
939
80.53%
1,166
Cleveland
1,269
83.71%
231
15.24%
8
0.53%
8
0.53%
1,038
68.47%
1,516
Columbia
2,159
79.76%
537
19.84%
4
0.15%
7
0.26%
1,622
59.92%
2,707
Conway
2,255
76.99%
656
22.40%
7
0.24%
11
0.38%
1,599
54.59%
2,929
Craighead
1,890
84.98%
329
14.79%
2
0.09%
3
0.13%
1,561
70.19%
2,224
Crawford
1,870
58.46%
1,311
40.98%
8
0.25%
10
0.31%
559
17.47%
3,199
Crittenden
625
69.99%
258
28.89%
5
0.56%
5
0.56%
367
41.10%
893
Cross
908
80.14%
224
19.77%
0
0.00%
1
0.09%
684
60.37%
1,133
Dallas
1,032
67.98%
479
31.55%
5
0.33%
2
0.13%
553
36.43%
1,518
Desha
396
55.31%
290
40.50%
21
2.93%
9
1.26%
106
14.80%
716
Drew
1,754
74.07%
603
25.46%
5
0.21%
6
0.25%
1,151
48.61%
2,368
Faulkner
2,044
75.31%
556
20.49%
6
0.23%
8
0.31%
1,488
54.83%
2,714
Franklin
1,746
78.19%
424
18.99%
25
1.12%
38
1.70%
1,322
59.20%
2,233
Fulton
1,259
78.93%
333
20.88%
2
0.13%
1
0.06%
926
58.06%
1,595
Garland
1,465
65.29%
703
31.33%
40
1.78%
36
1.60%
762
33.96%
2,244
Grant
801
86.04%
125
13.43%
2
0.21%
3
0.32%
676
72.61%
931
Greene
1,627
85.63%
262
13.79%
7
0.37%
4
0.21%
1,365
71.84%
1,900
Hempstead
1,832
59.79%
1,203
39.26%
10
0.33%
19
0.62%
629
20.53%
3,064
Hot Spring
1,331
80.96%
292
17.76%
9
0.55%
12
0.73%
1,039
63.20%
1,644
Howard
1,392
82.42%
294
17.41%
1
0.06%
2
0.12%
1,098
65.01%
1,689
Independence
2,089
78.06%
567
21.19%
9
0.34%
11
0.41%
1,522
56.88%
2,676
Izard
1,507
82.98%
285
15.69%
11
0.61%
13
0.72%
1,222
67.29%
1,816
Jackson
1,585
72.64%
588
26.95%
0
0.00%
9
0.41%
997
45.69%
2,182
Jefferson
1,653
60.11%
1,050
38.18%
27
0.98%
20
0.73%
603
21.93%
2,750
Johnson
1,831
78.55%
491
21.06%
3
0.13%
6
0.26%
1,340
57.49%
2,331
Lafayette
608
58.69%
423
40.83%
2
0.19%
3
0.29%
185
17.86%
1,036
Lawrence
1,679
81.78%
337
16.42%
23
1.12%
14
0.68%
1,342
65.37%
2,053
Lee
1,946
88.41%
213
9.68%
23
1.04%
19
0.86%
1,733
78.74%
2,201
Lincoln
1,026
81.11%
236
18.66%
2
0.16%
1
0.08%
790
62.45%
1,265
Little River
852
74.80%
273
23.97%
7
0.61%
7
0.61%
579
50.83%
1,139
Logan
1,786
65.16%
946
34.51%
6
0.22%
3
0.11%
840
30.65%
2,741
Lonoke
2,300
83.27%
437
15.82%
12
0.43%
13
0.47%
1,863
67.45%
2,762
Madison
1,689
56.64%
1,260
42.25%
16
0.54%
17
0.57%
429
14.39%
2,982
Marion
1,212
76.90%
336
21.32%
25
1.59%
3
0.19%
876
55.58%
1,576
Miller
1,073
65.07%
565
34.26%
6
0.36%
5
0.30%
508
30.81%
1,649
Mississippi
815
82.74%
168
17.06%
2
0.20%
0
0.00%
647
65.69%
985
Monroe
1,019
64.01%
436
27.39%
77
4.84%
60
3.77%
583
36.62%
1,592
Montgomery
1,008
82.08%
220
17.92%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
788
64.17%
1,228
Nevada
1,669
77.66%
469
21.82%
4
0.19%
7
0.33%
1,200
55.84%
2,149
Newton
659
46.94%
733
52.21%
4
0.28%
8
0.57%
-74
-5.27%
1,404
Ouachita
1,366
56.77%
1,029
42.77%
2
0.08%
9
0.37%
337
14.01%
2,406
Perry
678
75.25%
217
24.08%
4
0.44%
2
0.22%
461
51.17%
901
Phillips
1,085
54.85%
815
41.20%
43
2.17%
35
1.77%
270
13.65%
1,978
Pike
864
78.69%
231
21.04%
2
0.18%
1
0.09%
633
57.65%
1,098
Poinsett
572
80.34%
130
18.26%
3
0.42%
7
0.98%
442
62.08%
712
Polk
1,004
94.10%
51
4.78%
4
0.37%
8
0.75%
953
89.32%
1,067
Pope
2,315
74.75%
762
24.60%
13
0.42%
7
0.23%
1,553
50.15%
3,097
Prairie
1,145
64.22%
633
35.50%
3
0.17%
2
0.11%
512
28.72%
1,783
Pulaski
3,021
61.73%
1,754
35.84%
74
1.51%
45
0.92%
1,267
25.89%
4,894
Randolph
1,915
86.03%
307
13.79%
4
0.18%
0
0.00%
1,608
72.24%
2,226
St. Francis
1,087
70.13%
455
29.35%
2
0.12%
0
0.00%
632
40.77%
1,550
Saline
1,417
84.00%
268
15.89%
31
1.99%
6
0.38%
1,149
68.11%
1,687
Scott
1,260
80.72%
264
16.91%
2
0.15%
2
0.15%
996
63.81%
1,561
Searcy
615
45.35%
737
54.35%
12
0.33%
17
0.46%
-122
-9.00%
1,356
Sebastian
2,622
71.64%
1,009
27.57%
4
0.30%
3
0.22%
1,613
44.07%
3,660
Sevier
1,166
86.82%
170
12.66%
1
0.06%
2
0.12%
996
74.16%
1,343
Sharp
1,383
85.58%
230
14.23%
3
0.19%
5
0.32%
1,153
71.35%
1,616
Stone
728
80.26%
172
18.96%
5
0.55%
2
0.22%
556
61.30%
907
Union
1,749
89.37%
148
7.56%
29
1.48%
31
1.58%
1,601
81.81%
1,957
Van Buren
846
67.90%
374
30.02%
20
1.61%
6
0.48%
472
37.88%
1,246
Washington
3,208
72.17%
1,197
26.93%
17
0.38%
23
0.52%
2,011
45.24%
4,445
White
2,876
83.12%
559
16.16%
17
0.49%
8
0.23%
2,317
66.97%
3,460
Woodruff
1,478
70.15%
620
29.43%
5
0.24%
4
0.19%
858
40.72%
2,107
Yell
2,261
73.29%
812
26.32%
4
0.13%
8
0.26%
1,449
46.97%
3,085
Totals[a]
110,103
73.65%
37,512
25.09%
892
0.60%
889
0.60%
72,591
48.56%
149,496
Notes
^ Totals from Géoelections differ from those in Dave Leip’s Atlas and The Presidential Vote .
References
This page was last edited on 20 September 2020, at 02:01