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Twenty-ninth American presidential election of 1900

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Date

The 1900 election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1900.

Candidates

• President
• William McKinley, incumbent president (winner)
• Vice President
• Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New York (winner)

• President
• William Jennings Bryan, Representative from Nebraska (winner)
• George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy (withdrew)
• Vice President
• Adlai Stevenson, former vice president of the United States (winner)
• David Hill, former Senator from New York
• Charles Towne, former Representative from Minnesota
• Abraham Patrick, former State Senator of Ohio
• Julian Carr, philanthropist from North Carolina
• John Walter Smith, Representative from Maryland
• Elliot Danforth, former New York State Treasurer
• Jim Hogg, former governor of Texas

• President
• John Woolley, news editor from Illinois (winner)
• Silas Swallow, preacher from Pennsylvania
• Hale Johnson, former vice presidential candidate (withdrew)
• Vice President
• Henry Metcalf, former State Senator of Rhode Island (winner)
• Thomas Carskadon, political leader from West Virginia
• E.L. Eaton (nothing known about him)

• President
• Eugene Debs, former State Representative of Indiana (winner)
• Vice President
• Job Harriman, minister from Indiana (winner)

Final tickets

Republican party: William McKinley for president & Theodore Roosevelt for vice president

Democratic, Lincoln Republican, Fusionist, & Anti-Imperialist party: William Jennings Bryan for president & Adlai Stevenson for vice president

Prohibition party: John Woolley for president & Henry Metcalf for vice president

Socialist party: Eugene Debs for president & Job Harriman for vice president

Campaining & major issues

William McKinley's presidency was probably the most eventful presidency in between Abraham Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson. He was more of an imperialist president, and began the Spanish-American war, one that the United States easily won. The economy had also begun to boom again under McKinley's administration. The Philippine-American war (which took place after the Spanish-American war) was definitely not a highlight, as it was very sketchy. However, McKinley was popular in the eyes of Americans. The Democrats, though, thought they could take McKinley down, and once again nominated William Jennings Bryan as he was still charismatic and notable. Like the previous election of 1896, other third parties also nominated Bryan, once again making it seem like everyone was against McKinley. Theodore Roosevelt, who was nominated for vice president in this election, was originally reluctant in being vice president. McKinley's former vice president, Garret Hobart, had died, and Roosevelt was chosen due to being a war hero in the Spanish-American war. Roosevelt would eventually agree to be vice president, however. I only mention the prohibition and socialist parties not only due to their uniqueness, but since this was the first election that they were well-known. However, of course, they did not stand a chance.

Electoral college & turn-out

The electoral college contained 447 electors; 224 needed to win. 13,997,426 people voted in this election.

Results

• 292/447 electoral votes
• 51.64% of the popular vote

• 155/447 electoral votes
• 45.52% of the popular vote

• No electoral votes
• 1.51% of the popular vote

• No electoral votes
• 0.63% of the popular vote

Other attributions (listed from top to bottom)

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San Francisco Call, Public domain, via Wikimedia Co

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