republican former governor william mckinley was the candidate in the 1896 election.
republican former governor william mckinley was the candidate in the 1896 election.
who were the candidates in the 1896 election?
republican former governor william mckinley
beginning in about 1888, there were rival factions seeking control of the republican party of ohio. in 1896, one faction was led by senator john sherman, former governor william mckinley, and mckinley's political manager, cleveland industrialist mark hanna. the other grouping was led by former governor joseph foraker, who had the support of ohio's current governor, asa s. bushnell. a truce was reached for the 1896 election campaign whereby mckinley's supporters would vote for foraker in the ohio legislature's january 1896 senatorial election, while foraker would support mckinley's presidential ambitions. foraker was elected and in june, the senator-elect placed mckinley's name in nomination at the 1896 republican national convention. in the november election, mckinley defeated democrat william jennings bryan to win the presidency; hanna served as his campaign manager and chief fundraiser. the industrialist raised millions for mckinley's campaign but was bitterly attacked by democratic newspapers for allegedly trying to buy the presidency, with mckinley as his easily dominated agent. in the 1896 election, the issue of the nation's monetary standard was a major issue, with mckinley advocating the gold standard, while bryan favored "free silver", that is, to inflate the money supply by accepting all silver presented to the government and returning the bullion to the depositor in the form of coin, even though the silver in a dollar coin was worth only about half that.
1898 united states senate elections in ohio
‡ "harrison received only 9 of michigan's 14 electoral votes in the 1892 election."









































↑ "harrison received only 1 of north dakota's 3 electoral votes in the 1892 election."









































↓ "harrison received only 22 of ohio's 23 electoral votes in the 1892 election."









































# "harrison received only 3 of oregon's 4 electoral votes in the 1892 election."









































section::::1900 vs. 1896.









































electoral votes of the party that won in 1900: republican party









































* "mckinley received only 8 of california's 9 electoral votes in the 1896 election."









































† "mckinley received only 12 of kentucky's 13 electoral votes in the 1896 election."
electoral vote changes between united states presidential elections