1900 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 1900 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Washington was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan and his running mate, former Vice President Adlai Stevenson I. McKinley won the state by a margin of 11.74% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity, recent victory in the Spanish–American War, continued American expansion in the Philippines,Gates, John M.; ‘Philippine Guerrillas, American Anti-Imperialists, and the Election of 1900’, Pacific Historical Review, vol. 46, no. 1 (February 1977), pp. 51-64 and the fading of the Populist revolt of the previous decade ensured that incumbent President McKinley would not have any trouble carrying the state.

McKinley had previously lost Washington to Bryan four years earlier while Bryan would later lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results + General Election ResultsAbstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 6, 1900.Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party William McKinley Samuel G. Cosgrove57,456 Republican Party William McKinley Frank W. Hastings56,536 Republican Party William McKinley Charles Sweeney56,263 Republican Party William McKinley John Boyd56,223 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan N. G. Blalock44,833 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan George F. Cotterill44,486 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Joseph G. Helm44,311 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan Fred Reeves44,081 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley F. L. Gwinn2,363 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley G. W. Plummer2,180 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley H. H. Brown2,134 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley H. D. Skinner2,125 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Henry Wieck2,006 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Lewis Thompson1,998 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Walter Griggs1,984 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Alonzo G. Seibert1,968 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney H. R. Coulson866 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney L. S. Thallheimer788 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney J. B. Schaible784 Socialist Labor Party Joseph F. Malloney L. A. Tennery775Votes cast 107,524

Results by county CountyWilliam McKinleyRepublicanWilliam Jennings BryanDemocraticJohn G. WoolleyProhibitionEugene V. DebsSocial DemocraticJoseph F. MalloneySocialist LaborMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%#%Adams46144.98%52351.02%302.93%90.88%20.20%-62-6.05%1,025Asotin39852.37%32843.16%233.03%30.39%81.05%709.21%760Chehalis1,85058.77%1,08134.34%772.45%1083.43%321.02%76924.43%3,148Chelan57748.98%57348.64%121.02%110.93%50.42%40.34%1,178Clallam72360.45%40734.03%50.42%514.26%100.84%31626.42%1,196Clarke1,66857.88%1,02535.57%792.74%903.12%200.69%64322.31%2,882Columbia89954.72%70642.97%271.64%90.55%20.12%19311.75%1,643Cowlitz1,17163.33%61933.48%341.84%160.87%90.49%55229.85%1,849Douglas51644.44%61552.97%201.72%90.78%10.09%-99-8.53%1,161Ferry42333.25%83065.25%80.63%90.71%20.16%-407-32.00%1,272Franklin5237.41%8158.27%32.16%00.00%32.16%-29-20.86%139Garfield52852.59%43743.53%181.79%171.69%40.40%919.06%1,004Island26362.62%12329.29%133.10%143.33%71.67%14033.33%420Jefferson68461.73%39235.38%191.71%40.36%90.81%29226.35%1,108King10,21854.26%7,80441.44%3181.69%2631.40%2291.22%2,41412.82%18,832Kitsap88058.43%48932.47%754.98%463.05%161.06%39125.96%1,506Kittitas1,13952.88%93443.36%522.41%200.93%90.42%2059.52%2,154Klickitat90661.01%49533.33%583.91%221.48%40.27%41127.68%1,485Lewis1,90755.40%1,38240.15%942.73%431.25%160.46%52515.25%3,442Lincoln1,41445.58%1,58551.10%662.13%300.97%70.23%-171-5.51%3,102Mason51451.40%45545.50%111.10%131.30%70.70%595.90%1,000Okanogan45738.08%71459.50%100.83%171.42%20.17%-257-21.42%1,200Pacific88766.74%39329.57%272.03%151.13%70.53%49437.17%1,329Pierce6,26959.20%3,70234.96%2041.93%2962.80%1181.11%2,56724.24%10,589San Juan42861.49%24535.20%101.44%60.86%71.01%18326.29%696Skagit1,81455.90%1,22037.60%652.00%1153.54%310.96%59418.31%3,245Skamania17545.10%20352.32%41.03%41.03%20.52%-28-7.22%388Snohomish2,96151.80%2,47843.35%1793.13%641.12%340.59%4838.45%5,716Spokane5,51549.84%5,12546.32%3062.77%810.73%380.34%3903.52%11,065Stevens1,12139.95%1,61257.45%381.35%270.96%80.29%-491-17.50%2,806Thurston1,29854.56%97841.11%361.51%512.14%160.67%32013.45%2,379Wahkiakum39661.78%20732.29%101.56%203.12%81.25%18929.49%641Walla Walla2,11957.44%1,48040.12%611.65%200.54%90.24%63917.32%3,689Whatcom2,95256.62%1,70032.60%1452.78%2825.41%1352.59%1,25224.01%5,214Whitman2,36642.52%2,82650.78%1803.23%1562.80%370.66%-460-8.27%5,565Yakima1,50755.90%1,06639.54%461.71%652.41%120.45%44116.36%2,696Totals57,45653.44%44,83341.70%2,3632.20%2,0061.87%8660.81%12,62311.74%107,524

Counties that flipped from Populist to Republican

Asotin Chehalis Clallam Clark Columbia Garfield King Kittitas Lewis Mason Pierce Skagit Snohomish Spokane Thurston Wahkiakum Walla Walla Whatcom Yakima

See also United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

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