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.

1900 United States presidential election in Missouri

November 6, 1900
 
Nominee William J. Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Adlai E. Stevenson Theodore Roosevelt
Electoral vote 17 0
Popular vote 351,922 314,092
Percentage 51.5% 45.9%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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)
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]
# % # % # % # %
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
Totals352,92251.55%314,03845.87%17,6392.58%38,8845.68%684,599

References

  1. 1900 Presidential General Election Results - Missouri
  2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 247-256 ISBN 9780804716963


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