U.S. presidential election, 1900 |
| Presidential Candidate |
Electoral Vote |
Popular Vote |
Pct |
Party |
Running Mate
(Electoral Votes) |
| William McKinley of Ohio
(W) |
292 |
7,207,923 |
51.7 |
Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt of New York (292) |
| William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska |
155 |
6,358,133 |
45.6 |
Democrat-Populist |
Adlai Ewing Stevenson of Illinois (155) |
| Other |
|
|
|
|
| Total |
|
|
100.0% |
|
| Other elections: 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 |
| Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register
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Political cartoon
The New York Times front page from the day after the election: November 7, 1900.
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The election was held on November 6, 1900.
Other candidates: John G.
Woolley of the Prohibition Party
received 209,004 popular votes (1.5%); Eugene V. Debs of the Social Democratic Party 86,935 (0.6%);
Wharton Barker of the
People's Party 50,340 (0.4%); and
Joseph F. Malloney of
the Socialist Labor Party 40,900 votes
(0.3%).
William McKinley was shot September 6, 1901 and died September 14, 1901. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Theodore
Roosevelt.
See also: President of the United
States, U.S. presidential election,
1900, History of the United States (1865-1918)
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