1900 United States presidential election in Missouri
The 1900 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 6, 1900. Missouri voters chose 17 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Republican President William McKinley against Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan.
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County Results
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Missouri voted for Democrat William Jennings Bryan, giving him 51.48% of the vote versus Republican William McKinley's 45.94%, a victory margin of 5.53%. While losing Missouri, McKinley nevertheless won the national election by a 6.13% margin.
Notably, this was one of only two occasions in the twentieth century that Missouri voted for a losing presidential candidate, the state often considered a political bellwether in that period. Between 1904 and 2004, Missouri voted for the eventual winner in every presidential election except for 1956 (coincidentally, Missouri voted for Stevenson's grandson in that election). However that reputation began to fade after voting for losing Republican candidates for two elections in a row in 2008 and 2012.
Results
Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
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William Jennings Bryan | Adlai E. Stevenson | Democrat | 17[1] | 351,922 | 51.48% |
William McKinley | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 0 | 314,092 | 45.94% |
Eugene Debs | Job Harriman | Social Democratic Party | 0 | 6,139 | 0.90% |
John Woolley | Henry Metcalf | Prohibition Party | 0 | 5,965 | 0.87% |
Wharton Barker | Ignatius Donnelly | Progressive People's Party | 0 | 4,244 | 0.62% |
Joseph Malloney | Valentine Remmel | Socialist Labor Party | 0 | 1,294 | 0.19% |
Results by county
County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
William McKinley Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 2,180 | 43.15% | 2,673 | 52.91% | 199 | 3.94% | -493 | -9.76% | 5,052 |
Andrew | 2,022 | 45.53% | 2,356 | 53.05% | 63 | 1.42% | -334 | -7.52% | 4,441 |
Atchison | 1,926 | 50.13% | 1,767 | 45.99% | 149 | 3.88% | 159 | 4.14% | 3,842 |
Audrain | 3,477 | 69.21% | 1,436 | 28.58% | 111 | 2.21% | 2,041 | 40.63% | 5,024 |
Barry | 2,661 | 51.12% | 2,420 | 46.49% | 124 | 2.38% | 241 | 4.63% | 5,205 |
Barton | 2,349 | 54.30% | 1,780 | 41.15% | 197 | 4.55% | 569 | 13.15% | 4,326 |
Bates | 3,591 | 51.62% | 2,731 | 39.26% | 634 | 9.11% | 860 | 12.36% | 6,956 |
Benton | 1,532 | 42.09% | 1,980 | 54.40% | 128 | 3.52% | -448 | -12.31% | 3,640 |
Bollinger | 1,533 | 49.58% | 1,515 | 49.00% | 44 | 1.42% | 18 | 0.58% | 3,092 |
Boone | 4,793 | 72.74% | 1,672 | 25.38% | 124 | 1.88% | 3,121 | 47.37% | 6,589 |
Buchanan | 8,925 | 50.91% | 8,329 | 47.51% | 278 | 1.59% | 596 | 3.40% | 17,532 |
Butler | 1,670 | 45.79% | 1,888 | 51.77% | 89 | 2.44% | -218 | -5.98% | 3,647 |
Caldwell | 2,722 | 53.60% | 2,235 | 44.01% | 121 | 2.38% | 487 | 9.59% | 5,078 |
Callaway | 4,133 | 68.28% | 1,864 | 30.79% | 56 | 0.93% | 2,269 | 37.49% | 6,053 |
Camden | 1,078 | 41.48% | 1,511 | 58.14% | 10 | 0.38% | -433 | -16.66% | 2,599 |
Cape Girardeau | 2,318 | 43.88% | 2,778 | 52.58% | 187 | 3.54% | -460 | -8.71% | 5,283 |
Carroll | 3,300 | 49.96% | 3,192 | 48.33% | 113 | 1.71% | 108 | 1.64% | 6,605 |
Carter | 755 | 54.32% | 629 | 45.25% | 6 | 0.43% | 126 | 9.06% | 1,390 |
Cass | 3,350 | 58.65% | 2,162 | 37.85% | 200 | 3.50% | 1,188 | 20.80% | 5,712 |
Cedar | 1,820 | 47.87% | 1,845 | 48.53% | 137 | 3.60% | -25 | -0.66% | 3,802 |
Chariton | 3,828 | 63.16% | 2,138 | 35.27% | 95 | 1.57% | 1,690 | 27.88% | 6,061 |
Christian | 1,326 | 37.55% | 2,107 | 59.67% | 98 | 2.78% | -781 | -22.12% | 3,531 |
Clark | 2,021 | 50.77% | 1,899 | 47.70% | 61 | 1.53% | 122 | 3.06% | 3,981 |
Clay | 3,585 | 78.00% | 921 | 20.04% | 90 | 1.96% | 2,664 | 57.96% | 4,596 |
Clinton | 2,405 | 56.65% | 1,745 | 41.11% | 95 | 2.24% | 660 | 15.55% | 4,245 |
Cole | 2,320 | 51.45% | 2,157 | 47.84% | 32 | 0.71% | 163 | 3.61% | 4,509 |
Cooper | 2,756 | 49.28% | 2,738 | 48.96% | 98 | 1.75% | 18 | 0.32% | 5,592 |
Crawford | 1,318 | 46.57% | 1,470 | 51.94% | 42 | 1.48% | -152 | -5.37% | 2,830 |
Dade | 1,821 | 46.23% | 1,992 | 50.57% | 126 | 3.20% | -171 | -4.34% | 3,939 |
Dallas | 1,238 | 44.03% | 1,506 | 53.56% | 68 | 2.42% | -268 | -9.53% | 2,812 |
Daviess | 2,670 | 50.95% | 2,373 | 45.29% | 197 | 3.76% | 297 | 5.67% | 5,240 |
DeKalb | 1,840 | 50.94% | 1,669 | 46.21% | 103 | 2.85% | 171 | 4.73% | 3,612 |
Dent | 1,419 | 55.87% | 1,085 | 42.72% | 36 | 1.42% | 334 | 13.15% | 2,540 |
Douglas | 858 | 29.05% | 1,705 | 57.72% | 391 | 13.24% | -847 | -28.67% | 2,954 |
Dunklin | 2,711 | 66.77% | 1,276 | 31.43% | 73 | 1.80% | 1,435 | 35.34% | 4,060 |
Franklin | 2,652 | 41.37% | 3,686 | 57.49% | 73 | 1.14% | -1,034 | -16.13% | 6,411 |
Gasconade | 575 | 21.95% | 2,015 | 76.91% | 30 | 1.15% | -1,440 | -54.96% | 2,620 |
Gentry | 2,459 | 51.13% | 2,185 | 45.44% | 165 | 3.43% | 274 | 5.70% | 4,809 |
Greene | 5,519 | 46.52% | 6,009 | 50.65% | 336 | 2.83% | -490 | -4.13% | 11,864 |
Grundy | 1,532 | 36.64% | 2,576 | 61.61% | 73 | 1.75% | -1,044 | -24.97% | 4,181 |
Harrison | 2,209 | 40.31% | 3,083 | 56.26% | 188 | 3.43% | -874 | -15.95% | 5,480 |
Henry | 3,777 | 56.81% | 2,626 | 39.49% | 246 | 3.70% | 1,151 | 17.31% | 6,649 |
Hickory | 777 | 36.74% | 1,270 | 60.05% | 68 | 3.22% | -493 | -23.31% | 2,115 |
Holt | 1,765 | 42.29% | 2,292 | 54.91% | 117 | 2.80% | -527 | -12.63% | 4,174 |
Howard | 3,134 | 69.57% | 1,295 | 28.75% | 76 | 1.69% | 1,839 | 40.82% | 4,505 |
Howell | 1,975 | 46.85% | 2,059 | 48.84% | 182 | 4.32% | -84 | -1.99% | 4,216 |
Iron | 932 | 58.36% | 642 | 40.20% | 23 | 1.44% | 290 | 18.16% | 1,597 |
Jackson | 22,542 | 49.87% | 21,581 | 47.74% | 1,083 | 2.40% | 961 | 2.13% | 45,206 |
Jasper | 9,658 | 50.69% | 8,747 | 45.91% | 647 | 3.40% | 911 | 4.78% | 19,052 |
Jefferson | 2,798 | 49.61% | 2,775 | 49.20% | 67 | 1.19% | 23 | 0.41% | 5,640 |
Johnson | 3,612 | 52.99% | 3,051 | 44.76% | 153 | 2.24% | 561 | 8.23% | 6,816 |
Knox | 1,908 | 57.30% | 1,344 | 40.36% | 78 | 2.34% | 564 | 16.94% | 3,330 |
Laclede | 1,786 | 50.54% | 1,686 | 47.71% | 62 | 1.75% | 100 | 2.83% | 3,534 |
Lafayette | 4,217 | 55.28% | 3,311 | 43.40% | 101 | 1.32% | 906 | 11.88% | 7,629 |
Lawrence | 3,313 | 47.05% | 3,552 | 50.44% | 177 | 2.51% | -239 | -3.39% | 7,042 |
Lewis | 2,583 | 62.82% | 1,442 | 35.07% | 87 | 2.12% | 1,141 | 27.75% | 4,112 |
Lincoln | 2,761 | 62.65% | 1,563 | 35.47% | 83 | 1.88% | 1,198 | 27.18% | 4,407 |
Linn | 3,137 | 49.47% | 3,104 | 48.95% | 100 | 1.58% | 33 | 0.52% | 6,341 |
Livingston | 2,659 | 48.33% | 2,493 | 45.31% | 350 | 6.36% | 166 | 3.02% | 5,502 |
Macon | 4,174 | 52.25% | 3,568 | 44.67% | 246 | 3.08% | 606 | 7.59% | 7,988 |
Madison | 1,153 | 55.94% | 881 | 42.75% | 27 | 1.31% | 272 | 13.20% | 2,061 |
Maries | 1,273 | 69.83% | 544 | 29.84% | 6 | 0.33% | 729 | 39.99% | 1,823 |
Marion | 3,927 | 60.17% | 2,490 | 38.16% | 109 | 1.67% | 1,437 | 22.02% | 6,526 |
McDonald | 1,469 | 54.73% | 1,138 | 42.40% | 77 | 2.87% | 331 | 12.33% | 2,684 |
Mercer | 1,106 | 35.20% | 1,973 | 62.79% | 63 | 2.01% | -867 | -27.59% | 3,142 |
Miller | 1,493 | 44.58% | 1,796 | 53.63% | 60 | 1.79% | -303 | -9.05% | 3,349 |
Mississippi | 1,384 | 57.03% | 1,020 | 42.03% | 23 | 0.95% | 364 | 15.00% | 2,427 |
Moniteau | 1,876 | 50.19% | 1,684 | 45.05% | 178 | 4.76% | 192 | 5.14% | 3,738 |
Monroe | 4,016 | 82.35% | 795 | 16.30% | 66 | 1.35% | 3,221 | 66.04% | 4,877 |
Montgomery | 2,000 | 50.03% | 1,866 | 46.67% | 132 | 3.30% | 134 | 3.35% | 3,998 |
Morgan | 1,390 | 48.31% | 1,434 | 49.84% | 53 | 1.84% | -44 | -1.53% | 2,877 |
New Madrid | 1,379 | 67.20% | 668 | 32.55% | 5 | 0.24% | 711 | 34.65% | 2,052 |
Newton | 2,877 | 49.87% | 2,673 | 46.33% | 219 | 3.80% | 204 | 3.54% | 5,769 |
Nodaway | 4,055 | 50.05% | 3,858 | 47.62% | 189 | 2.33% | 197 | 2.43% | 8,102 |
Oregon | 1,768 | 71.64% | 652 | 26.42% | 48 | 1.94% | 1,116 | 45.22% | 2,468 |
Osage | 1,396 | 43.78% | 1,731 | 54.28% | 62 | 1.94% | -335 | -10.50% | 3,189 |
Ozark | 695 | 34.58% | 1,272 | 63.28% | 43 | 2.14% | -577 | -28.71% | 2,010 |
Pemiscot | 1,370 | 67.42% | 655 | 32.23% | 7 | 0.34% | 715 | 35.19% | 2,032 |
Perry | 1,660 | 49.23% | 1,681 | 49.85% | 31 | 0.92% | -21 | -0.62% | 3,372 |
Pettis | 3,820 | 48.82% | 3,824 | 48.88% | 180 | 2.30% | -4 | -0.05% | 7,824 |
Phelps | 1,603 | 56.50% | 1,153 | 40.64% | 81 | 2.86% | 450 | 15.86% | 2,837 |
Pike | 3,747 | 59.16% | 2,534 | 40.01% | 53 | 0.84% | 1,213 | 19.15% | 6,334 |
Platte | 3,052 | 74.86% | 997 | 24.45% | 28 | 0.69% | 2,055 | 50.40% | 4,077 |
Polk | 2,178 | 43.57% | 2,679 | 53.59% | 142 | 2.84% | -501 | -10.02% | 4,999 |
Pulaski | 1,282 | 63.43% | 728 | 36.02% | 11 | 0.54% | 554 | 27.41% | 2,021 |
Putnam | 1,159 | 32.46% | 2,337 | 65.46% | 74 | 2.07% | -1,178 | -33.00% | 3,570 |
Ralls | 2,161 | 73.03% | 770 | 26.02% | 28 | 0.95% | 1,391 | 47.01% | 2,959 |
Randolph | 4,006 | 66.07% | 1,932 | 31.87% | 125 | 2.06% | 2,074 | 34.21% | 6,063 |
Ray | 3,631 | 63.46% | 2,004 | 35.02% | 87 | 1.52% | 1,627 | 28.43% | 5,722 |
Reynolds | 1,027 | 69.35% | 451 | 30.45% | 3 | 0.20% | 576 | 38.89% | 1,481 |
Ripley | 1,439 | 61.68% | 822 | 35.23% | 72 | 3.09% | 617 | 26.45% | 2,333 |
Saint Charles | 2,343 | 40.95% | 3,324 | 58.10% | 54 | 0.94% | -981 | -17.15% | 5,721 |
Saint Clair | 2,036 | 49.59% | 1,844 | 44.91% | 226 | 5.50% | 192 | 4.68% | 4,106 |
Saint Francois | 2,707 | 53.43% | 2,295 | 45.30% | 64 | 1.26% | 412 | 8.13% | 5,066 |
Saint Louis County | 3,864 | 36.55% | 6,537 | 61.83% | 172 | 1.63% | -2,673 | -25.28% | 10,573 |
Saint Louis City | 59,931 | 48.11% | 60,597 | 48.64% | 4,046 | 3.25% | -666 | -0.53% | 124,574 |
Sainte Genevieve | 1,296 | 57.70% | 935 | 41.63% | 15 | 0.67% | 361 | 16.07% | 2,246 |
Saline | 4,901 | 62.54% | 2,814 | 35.91% | 121 | 1.54% | 2,087 | 26.63% | 7,836 |
Schuyler | 1,335 | 53.34% | 1,061 | 42.39% | 107 | 4.27% | 274 | 10.95% | 2,503 |
Scotland | 1,760 | 56.28% | 1,277 | 40.84% | 90 | 2.88% | 483 | 15.45% | 3,127 |
Scott | 1,706 | 66.64% | 821 | 32.07% | 33 | 1.29% | 885 | 34.57% | 2,560 |
Shannon | 1,279 | 62.91% | 716 | 35.22% | 38 | 1.87% | 563 | 27.69% | 2,033 |
Shelby | 2,578 | 66.65% | 1,217 | 31.46% | 73 | 1.89% | 1,361 | 35.19% | 3,868 |
Stoddard | 2,695 | 58.26% | 1,840 | 39.78% | 91 | 1.97% | 855 | 18.48% | 4,626 |
Stone | 573 | 31.57% | 1,182 | 65.12% | 60 | 3.31% | -609 | -33.55% | 1,815 |
Sullivan | 2,395 | 49.25% | 2,386 | 49.06% | 82 | 1.69% | 9 | 0.19% | 4,863 |
Taney | 753 | 39.18% | 1,137 | 59.16% | 32 | 1.66% | -384 | -19.98% | 1,922 |
Texas | 2,218 | 55.70% | 1,713 | 43.02% | 51 | 1.28% | 505 | 12.68% | 3,982 |
Vernon | 4,306 | 62.58% | 2,356 | 34.24% | 219 | 3.18% | 1,950 | 28.34% | 6,881 |
Warren | 579 | 25.87% | 1,599 | 71.45% | 60 | 2.68% | -1,020 | -45.58% | 2,238 |
Washington | 1,500 | 45.91% | 1,751 | 53.60% | 16 | 0.49% | -251 | -7.68% | 3,267 |
Wayne | 1,745 | 50.92% | 1,648 | 48.09% | 34 | 0.99% | 97 | 2.83% | 3,427 |
Webster | 1,702 | 47.84% | 1,721 | 48.37% | 135 | 3.79% | -19 | -0.53% | 3,558 |
Worth | 1,123 | 50.20% | 1,023 | 45.73% | 91 | 4.07% | 100 | 4.47% | 2,237 |
Wright | 1,500 | 45.96% | 1,703 | 52.18% | 61 | 1.87% | -203 | -6.22% | 3,264 |
Totals | 352,922 | 51.55% | 314,038 | 45.87% | 17,639 | 2.58% | 38,884 | 5.68% | 684,599 |
References
- 1900 Presidential General Election Results - Missouri
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 247-256 ISBN 9780804716963