The 1900 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Delaware 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 8.77% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley score a decisive victory.
Bryan had previously lost Delaware to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft.
Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party William McKinley Charles W. Pusey22,535 Republican Party William McKinley Manlove Hayes22,530 Republican Party William McKinley Daniel J. Layton22,522 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan William E. Cannon18,863 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan William G. Postles18,859 Democratic Party William Jennings Bryan John H. Rodney18,852 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Ashton R. Tatum546 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley Alfred Smith540 Prohibition Party John G. Woolley George P. Tunnell538 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Max E. Goetz57 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs James A. Campbell56 Social Democratic Party Eugene V. Debs Paul Koehler56Votes cast 42,001
Results by county County William McKinleyRepublican William Jennings BryanDemocratic John G. WoolleyProhibition Eugene V. DebsSocialist Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Kent3,92849.76%3,85548.83%1081.37%30.04%730.92%7,894New Castle13,64655.38%10,64443.20%2971.21%540.22%3,00212.18%24,641Sussex4,96152.41%4,36446.10%1411.49%00.00%5976.31%9,466Totals22,53553.65%18,86344.91%5461.30%570.14%3,6728.74%42,001
See also United States presidential elections in Delaware
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