The 1900 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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 County Results
Bryan 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%
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Mississippi was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois. They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Bryan won the state by a margin of 77.9%.
With 87.56% of the popular vote, Mississippi would prove to be Bryan's second strongest state in the 1900 presidential election only after South Carolina.[1]
Bryan had previously won Mississippi against McKinley four years earlier and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.
Results
edit| 1900 United States presidential election in Mississippi[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 51,706 | 87.56% | 9 | |
| Republican | William McKinley (incumbent) | 5,707 | 9.66% | 0 | |
| Populist | Wharton Barker | 1,642 | 2.78% | 0 | |
| Totals | 59,055 | 100.00% | 9 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
William McKinley Republican |
Wharton Barker Populist |
Margin | Total votes cast[3][a] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 500 | 80.26% | 113 | 18.14% | 10 | 1.61% | 387 | 62.12% | 623 |
| Alcorn | 770 | 89.22% | 88 | 10.20% | 5 | 0.58% | 682 | 79.03% | 863 |
| Amite | 771 | 91.57% | 27 | 3.21% | 44 | 5.23% | 727[b] | 86.34% | 842 |
| Attala | 1,111 | 87.21% | 122 | 9.58% | 41 | 3.22% | 989 | 77.63% | 1,274 |
| Benton | 621 | 90.00% | 64 | 9.28% | 5 | 0.72% | 557 | 80.72% | 690 |
| Bolivar | 380 | 65.86% | 194 | 33.62% | 3 | 0.52% | 186 | 32.24% | 577 |
| Calhoun | 853 | 89.13% | 77 | 8.05% | 27 | 2.82% | 776 | 81.09% | 957 |
| Carroll | 710 | 83.04% | 69 | 8.07% | 76 | 8.89% | 634[b] | 74.15% | 855 |
| Chickasaw | 460 | 70.77% | 52 | 8.00% | 138 | 21.23% | 322[b] | 49.54% | 650 |
| Choctaw | 584 | 74.58% | 101 | 12.90% | 98 | 12.52% | 483 | 61.69% | 783 |
| Claiborne | 373 | 94.43% | 18 | 4.56% | 4 | 1.01% | 355 | 89.87% | 395 |
| Clarke | 674 | 96.84% | 15 | 2.16% | 7 | 1.01% | 659 | 94.68% | 696 |
| Clay | 668 | 95.02% | 16 | 2.28% | 19 | 2.70% | 649[b] | 92.32% | 703 |
| Coahoma | 266 | 76.66% | 77 | 22.19% | 4 | 1.15% | 189 | 54.47% | 347 |
| Copiah | 1,314 | 92.80% | 54 | 3.81% | 48 | 3.39% | 1,260 | 88.98% | 1,416 |
| Covington | 442 | 67.48% | 208 | 31.76% | 5 | 0.76% | 234 | 35.73% | 655 |
| DeSoto | 734 | 92.91% | 51 | 6.46% | 5 | 0.63% | 683 | 86.46% | 790 |
| Franklin | 397 | 83.58% | 37 | 7.79% | 41 | 8.63% | 356[b] | 74.95% | 475 |
| Greene | 136 | 67.00% | 66 | 32.51% | 1 | 0.49% | 70 | 34.48% | 203 |
| Grenada | 478 | 93.18% | 29 | 5.65% | 6 | 1.17% | 449 | 87.52% | 513 |
| Hancock | 310 | 80.10% | 71 | 18.35% | 6 | 1.55% | 239 | 61.76% | 387 |
| Harrison | 611 | 79.77% | 150 | 19.58% | 5 | 0.65% | 461 | 60.18% | 766 |
| Hinds | 1,365 | 92.29% | 100 | 6.76% | 14 | 0.95% | 1,265 | 85.53% | 1,479 |
| Holmes | 900 | 94.44% | 39 | 4.09% | 14 | 1.47% | 861 | 90.35% | 953 |
| Issaquena | 84 | 83.17% | 17 | 16.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 67 | 66.34% | 101 |
| Itawamba | 821 | 86.79% | 110 | 11.63% | 15 | 1.59% | 711 | 75.16% | 946 |
| Jackson | 425 | 71.19% | 166 | 27.81% | 6 | 1.01% | 259 | 43.38% | 597 |
| Jasper | 734 | 93.15% | 33 | 4.19% | 21 | 2.66% | 701 | 88.96% | 788 |
| Jefferson | 491 | 96.27% | 18 | 3.53% | 1 | 0.20% | 473 | 92.75% | 510 |
| Jones | 637 | 71.98% | 194 | 21.92% | 54 | 6.10% | 443 | 50.06% | 885 |
| Kemper | 680 | 81.73% | 86 | 10.34% | 66 | 7.93% | 594 | 71.39% | 832 |
| Lafayette | 1,020 | 90.83% | 91 | 8.10% | 12 | 1.07% | 929 | 82.72% | 1,123 |
| Lauderdale | 1,390 | 92.98% | 57 | 3.81% | 48 | 3.21% | 1,333 | 89.16% | 1,495 |
| Lawrence | 527 | 79.25% | 120 | 18.05% | 18 | 2.71% | 407 | 61.20% | 665 |
| Leake | 990 | 95.56% | 26 | 2.51% | 20 | 1.93% | 964 | 93.05% | 1,036 |
| Lee | 1,031 | 91.73% | 63 | 5.60% | 30 | 2.67% | 968 | 86.12% | 1,124 |
| Leflore | 430 | 98.40% | 6 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.23% | 424 | 97.03% | 437 |
| Lincoln | 530 | 69.01% | 225 | 29.30% | 13 | 1.69% | 305 | 39.71% | 768 |
| Lowndes | 746 | 96.63% | 21 | 2.72% | 5 | 0.65% | 725 | 93.91% | 772 |
| Madison | 663 | 90.33% | 67 | 9.13% | 4 | 0.54% | 596 | 81.20% | 734 |
| Marion | 487 | 71.51% | 182 | 26.73% | 12 | 1.76% | 305 | 44.79% | 681 |
| Marshall | 1,085 | 92.18% | 91 | 7.73% | 1 | 0.08% | 994 | 84.45% | 1,177 |
| Monroe | 1,272 | 93.81% | 62 | 4.57% | 22 | 1.62% | 1,210 | 89.23% | 1,356 |
| Montgomery | 825 | 94.72% | 28 | 3.21% | 18 | 2.07% | 797 | 91.50% | 871 |
| Neshoba | 793 | 86.10% | 41 | 4.45% | 87 | 9.45% | 706[b] | 76.66% | 921 |
| Newton | 1,183 | 98.42% | 16 | 1.33% | 3 | 0.25% | 1,167 | 97.09% | 1,202 |
| Noxubee | 626 | 96.90% | 7 | 1.08% | 13 | 2.01% | 613[b] | 94.89% | 646 |
| Oktibbeha | 663 | 96.23% | 14 | 2.03% | 12 | 1.74% | 649 | 94.19% | 689 |
| Panola | 1,042 | 96.13% | 33 | 3.04% | 9 | 0.83% | 1,009 | 93.08% | 1,084 |
| Pearl River | 201 | 82.38% | 41 | 16.80% | 2 | 0.82% | 160 | 65.57% | 244 |
| Perry | 417 | 66.30% | 197 | 31.32% | 15 | 2.38% | 220 | 34.98% | 629 |
| Pike | 1,244 | 90.28% | 131 | 9.51% | 3 | 0.22% | 1,113 | 80.77% | 1,378 |
| Pontotoc | 732 | 75.31% | 182 | 18.72% | 58 | 5.97% | 550 | 56.58% | 972 |
| Prentiss | 902 | 79.75% | 210 | 18.57% | 19 | 1.68% | 692 | 61.18% | 1,131 |
| Quitman | 114 | 76.51% | 34 | 22.82% | 1 | 0.67% | 80 | 53.69% | 149 |
| Rankin | 814 | 93.46% | 45 | 5.17% | 12 | 1.38% | 769 | 88.29% | 871 |
| Scott | 659 | 94.41% | 17 | 2.44% | 22 | 3.15% | 637[b] | 91.26% | 698 |
| Sharkey | 186 | 88.57% | 18 | 8.57% | 6 | 2.86% | 168 | 80.00% | 210 |
| Simpson | 487 | 83.82% | 74 | 12.74% | 20 | 3.44% | 413 | 71.08% | 581 |
| Smith | 542 | 87.99% | 73 | 11.85% | 1 | 0.16% | 469 | 76.14% | 616 |
| Sunflower | 337 | 97.12% | 8 | 2.31% | 2 | 0.58% | 329 | 94.81% | 347 |
| Tallahatchie | 503 | 96.92% | 16 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 487 | 93.83% | 519 |
| Tate | 1,030 | 95.99% | 38 | 3.54% | 5 | 0.47% | 992 | 92.45% | 1,073 |
| Tippah | 931 | 88.50% | 106 | 10.08% | 15 | 1.43% | 825 | 78.42% | 1,052 |
| Tishomingo | 704 | 85.02% | 123 | 14.86% | 1 | 0.12% | 581 | 70.17% | 828 |
| Tunica | 197 | 83.83% | 36 | 15.32% | 2 | 0.85% | 161 | 68.51% | 235 |
| Union | 1,151 | 84.69% | 189 | 13.91% | 19 | 1.40% | 962 | 70.79% | 1,359 |
| Warren | 804 | 85.08% | 136 | 14.39% | 5 | 0.53% | 668 | 70.69% | 945 |
| Washington | 580 | 82.62% | 122 | 17.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 458 | 65.24% | 702 |
| Wayne | 422 | 81.47% | 74 | 14.29% | 22 | 4.25% | 348 | 67.18% | 518 |
| Webster | 683 | 77.97% | 156 | 17.81% | 37 | 4.22% | 527 | 60.16% | 876 |
| Wilkinson | 482 | 93.05% | 31 | 5.98% | 5 | 0.97% | 451 | 87.07% | 518 |
| Winston | 597 | 87.92% | 42 | 6.19% | 40 | 5.89% | 555 | 81.74% | 679 |
| Yalobusha | 931 | 91.63% | 68 | 6.69% | 17 | 1.67% | 863 | 84.94% | 1,016 |
| Yazoo | 916 | 95.42% | 15 | 1.56% | 29 | 3.02% | 887[b] | 92.40% | 960 |
| Totals | 51,169 | 87.56% | 5,794 | 9.91% | 1,475 | 2.52% | 45,375 | 77.65% | 58,438 |
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "1900 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results – Mississippi
- ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 241-247 ISBN 9780804716963