1900 United States presidential election in Missouri

The 1900 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 6, 1900. Voters chose 17 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting incumbent Republican President William McKinley and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt against the Democratic ticket of challenger William Jennings Bryan and Adlai Stevenson.

1900 United States presidential election in Missouri

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NomineeWilliam Jennings BryanWilliam McKinley
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Home stateNebraskaOhio
Running mateAdlai Stevenson ITheodore Roosevelt
Electoral vote170
Popular vote351,922314,092
Percentage51.48%45.94%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Missouri gave Bryan a 51.48 percent of the vote versus McKinley's 45.94 percent, a margin of 5.53%. While losing Missouri, McKinley nevertheless won the national election by a 6.13 point margin.

Notably, this was one of only two occasions in the 20th century that Missouri voted for a losing presidential candidate, as the state was often considered a political bellwether in that period. Between 1904 and 2004, the state voted for the national winner in every election except for 1956 (coincidentally, Missouri voted for Stevenson's grandson in that election). However, that reputation began to fade after voting for losing Republican candidates for two elections in a row in 2008 and 2012. McKinley was the only president in American history to win two terms in office and lose Missouri twice until 2012, and is the only Republican president to ever do so.

Bryan had previously defeated McKinley in Missouri four years earlier but would later lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
William Jennings BryanAdlai Stevenson IDemocrat17[1]351,92251.48%
William McKinley (incumbent)Theodore RooseveltRepublican0314,09245.94%
Eugene V. DebsJob HarrimanSocial Democratic Party06,1390.90%
John G. WoolleyHenry B. MetcalfProhibition Party05,9650.87%
Wharton BarkerIgnatius L. DonnellyProgressive People's Party04,2440.62%
Joseph F. MalloneyValentine RemmelSocialist Labor Party01,2940.19%

Results by county

1900 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[2][3]
CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
Eugene V. Debs
Social Democratic
John G. Woolley
Prohibition
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adair2,18043.15%2,67352.91%210.42%621.23%1162.30%-493-9.76%5,052
Andrew2,02245.53%2,35653.05%170.38%340.77%120.27%-334-7.52%4,441
Atchison1,92650.13%1,76745.99%140.36%1223.18%130.34%1594.14%3,842
Audrain3,47769.21%1,43628.58%140.28%611.21%360.72%2,04140.63%5,024
Barry2,66151.12%2,42046.49%270.52%440.85%531.02%2414.63%5,205
Barton2,34954.30%1,78041.15%831.92%962.22%180.42%56913.15%4,326
Bates3,59151.62%2,73139.26%1061.52%1502.16%3785.43%86012.36%6,956
Benton1,53242.09%1,98054.40%290.80%270.74%721.98%-448-12.31%3,640
Bollinger1,53349.58%1,51549.00%130.42%210.68%100.32%180.58%3,092
Boone4,79372.74%1,67225.38%210.32%530.80%500.76%3,12147.37%6,589
Buchanan8,92550.91%8,32947.51%570.33%1981.13%230.13%5963.40%17,532
Butler1,67045.79%1,88851.77%701.92%100.27%90.25%-218-5.98%3,647
Caldwell2,72253.60%2,23544.01%130.32%651.59%431.05%4879.59%5,078
Callaway4,13368.28%1,86430.79%80.13%310.51%170.28%2,26937.49%6,053
Camden1,07841.48%1,51158.14%80.31%10.04%10.04%-433-16.66%2,599
Cape Girardeau2,31843.88%2,77852.58%270.51%871.65%731.38%-460-8.71%5,283
Carroll3,30049.96%3,19248.33%230.35%751.14%150.23%1081.64%6,605
Carter75554.32%62945.25%30.22%30.22%00.00%1269.06%1,390
Cass3,35058.65%2,16237.85%751.31%891.56%360.63%1,18820.80%5,712
Cedar1,82047.87%1,84548.53%210.55%230.60%932.45%-25-0.66%3,802
Chariton3,82863.16%2,13835.27%260.43%370.61%320.53%1,69027.88%6,061
Christian1,32637.55%2,10759.67%160.45%240.68%581.64%-781-22.12%3,531
Clark2,02150.77%1,89947.70%70.18%491.23%50.13%1223.06%3,981
Clay3,58578.00%92120.04%100.22%551.20%250.54%2,66457.96%4,596
Clinton2,40556.65%1,74541.11%110.26%611.44%230.54%66015.55%4,245
Cole2,32051.45%2,15747.84%150.33%90.20%80.18%1633.61%4,509
Cooper2,75649.28%2,73848.96%170.30%330.59%480.86%180.32%5,592
Crawford1,31846.57%1,47051.94%220.78%170.60%30.11%-152-5.37%2,830
Dade1,82146.23%1,99250.57%441.12%250.63%571.45%-171-4.34%3,939
Dallas1,23844.03%1,50653.56%70.25%200.71%411.46%-268-9.53%2,812
Daviess2,67050.95%2,37345.29%210.40%1132.16%631.20%2975.67%5,240
DeKalb1,84050.94%1,66946.21%80.22%601.66%350.97%1714.73%3,612
Dent1,41955.87%1,08542.72%80.31%120.47%160.63%33413.15%2,540
Douglas85829.05%1,70557.72%140.47%100.34%36712.42%-847-28.67%2,954
Dunklin2,71166.77%1,27631.43%330.81%240.59%160.39%1,43535.34%4,060
Franklin2,65241.37%3,68657.49%180.28%380.59%170.27%-1,034-16.13%6,411
Gasconade57521.95%2,01576.91%150.57%130.50%20.08%-1,440-54.96%2,620
Gentry2,45951.13%2,18545.44%170.35%831.73%651.35%2745.70%4,809
Greene5,51946.52%6,00950.65%930.78%730.62%1701.43%-490-4.13%11,864
Grundy1,53236.64%2,57661.61%140.33%390.93%200.48%-1,044-24.97%4,181
Harrison2,20940.31%3,08356.26%190.35%1081.97%611.11%-874-15.95%5,480
Henry3,77756.81%2,62639.49%390.59%1552.33%520.78%1,15117.31%6,649
Hickory77736.74%1,27060.05%100.47%130.61%452.13%-493-23.31%2,115
Holt1,76542.29%2,29254.91%180.43%801.92%190.46%-527-12.63%4,174
Howard3,13469.57%1,29528.75%100.22%370.82%290.64%1,83940.82%4,505
Howell1,97546.85%2,05948.84%380.90%390.93%1052.49%-84-1.99%4,216
Iron93258.36%64240.20%50.31%110.69%70.44%29018.16%1,597
Jackson22,54249.87%21,58147.74%4941.09%3980.88%1910.42%9612.13%45,206
Jasper9,65850.69%8,74745.91%3271.72%2201.15%1000.52%9114.78%19,052
Jefferson2,79849.61%2,77549.20%140.25%280.50%250.44%230.41%5,640
Johnson3,61252.99%3,05144.76%370.54%741.09%420.62%5618.23%6,816
Knox1,90857.30%1,34440.36%120.36%461.38%200.60%56416.94%3,330
Laclede1,78650.54%1,68647.71%70.20%170.48%381.08%1002.83%3,534
Lafayette4,21755.28%3,31143.40%220.29%500.66%290.38%90611.88%7,629
Lawrence3,31347.05%3,55250.44%610.87%871.24%290.41%-239-3.39%7,042
Lewis2,58362.82%1,44235.07%260.63%441.07%170.41%1,14127.75%4,112
Lincoln2,76162.65%1,56335.47%180.41%551.25%100.23%1,19827.18%4,407
Linn3,13749.47%3,10448.95%100.16%400.63%500.79%330.52%6,341
Livingston2,65948.33%2,49345.31%290.53%1252.27%1963.56%1663.02%5,502
Macon4,17452.25%3,56844.67%1331.66%680.85%450.56%6067.59%7,988
Madison1,15355.94%88142.75%60.29%150.73%60.29%27213.20%2,061
Maries1,27369.83%54429.84%30.16%30.16%00.00%72939.99%1,823
Marion3,92760.17%2,49038.16%210.32%721.10%160.25%1,43722.02%6,526
McDonald1,46954.73%1,13842.40%220.82%331.23%220.82%33112.33%2,684
Mercer1,10635.20%1,97362.79%110.35%411.30%110.35%-867-27.59%3,142
Miller1,49344.58%1,79653.63%40.12%220.66%341.02%-303-9.05%3,349
Mississippi1,38457.03%1,02042.03%70.29%120.49%40.16%36415.00%2,427
Moniteau1,87650.19%1,68445.05%230.62%320.86%1233.29%1925.14%3,738
Monroe4,01682.35%79516.30%170.35%230.47%260.53%3,22166.04%4,877
Montgomery2,00050.03%1,86646.67%150.38%832.08%340.85%1343.35%3,998
Morgan1,39048.31%1,43449.84%60.21%150.52%321.11%-44-1.53%2,877
New Madrid1,37967.20%66832.55%30.15%10.05%10.05%71134.65%2,052
Newton2,87749.87%2,67346.33%330.57%1482.57%380.66%2043.54%5,769
Nodaway4,05550.05%3,85847.62%530.65%1121.38%240.30%1972.43%8,102
Oregon1,76871.64%65226.42%271.09%50.20%160.65%1,11645.22%2,468
Osage1,39643.78%1,73154.28%100.31%501.57%20.06%-335-10.50%3,189
Ozark69534.58%1,27263.28%50.25%160.80%221.09%-577-28.71%2,010
Pemiscot1,37067.42%65532.23%40.20%10.05%20.10%71535.19%2,032
Perry1,66049.23%1,68149.85%140.42%160.47%10.03%-21-0.62%3,372
Pettis3,82048.82%3,82448.88%1031.32%650.83%120.15%-4-0.05%7,824
Phelps1,60356.50%1,15340.64%130.46%180.63%501.76%45015.86%2,837
Pike3,74759.16%2,53440.01%120.19%350.55%60.09%1,21319.15%6,334
Platte3,05274.86%99724.45%40.10%200.49%40.10%2,05550.40%4,077
Polk2,17843.57%2,67953.59%170.34%430.86%821.64%-501-10.02%4,999
Pulaski1,28263.43%72836.02%20.10%70.34%20.10%55427.41%2,021
Putnam1,15932.46%2,33765.46%160.45%330.92%250.70%-1,178-33.00%3,570
Ralls2,16173.03%77026.02%40.14%180.61%60.20%1,39147.01%2,959
Randolph4,00666.07%1,93231.87%360.59%510.84%380.63%2,07434.21%6,063
Ray3,63163.46%2,00435.02%210.37%460.80%200.35%1,62728.43%5,722
Reynolds1,02769.35%45130.45%30.20%00.00%00.00%57638.89%1,481
Ripley1,43961.68%82235.23%20.09%311.33%391.67%61726.45%2,333
Saint Charles2,34340.95%3,32458.10%340.59%140.24%60.10%-981-17.15%5,721
Saint Clair2,03649.59%1,84444.91%210.51%751.83%1303.17%1924.68%4,106
Saint Francois2,70753.43%2,29545.30%170.34%390.77%80.16%4128.13%5,066
Saint Louis County3,86436.55%6,53761.83%1010.96%600.57%120.11%-2,673-25.28%10,573
Saint Louis City59,93148.11%60,59748.64%2,7492.21%3270.26%9740.78%-666-0.53%124,574
Sainte Genevieve1,29657.70%93541.63%00.00%50.22%100.45%36116.07%2,246
Saline4,90162.54%2,81435.91%290.37%580.74%340.43%2,08726.63%7,836
Schuyler1,33553.34%1,06142.39%20.08%652.60%401.60%27410.95%2,503
Scotland1,76056.28%1,27740.84%120.38%501.60%280.90%48315.45%3,127
Scott1,70666.64%82132.07%140.55%140.55%50.20%88534.57%2,560
Shannon1,27962.91%71635.22%150.74%80.39%150.74%56327.69%2,033
Shelby2,57866.65%1,21731.46%50.13%571.47%110.28%1,36135.19%3,868
Stoddard2,69558.26%1,84039.78%320.69%300.65%290.63%85518.48%4,626
Stone57331.57%1,18265.12%150.83%70.39%382.09%-609-33.55%1,815
Sullivan2,39549.25%2,38649.06%170.35%581.19%70.14%90.19%4,863
Taney75339.18%1,13759.16%160.83%100.52%60.31%-384-19.98%1,922
Texas2,21855.70%1,71343.02%90.23%140.35%280.70%50512.68%3,982
Vernon4,30662.58%2,35634.24%610.89%1181.71%400.58%1,95028.34%6,881
Warren57925.87%1,59971.45%271.21%150.67%180.80%-1,020-45.58%2,238
Washington1,50045.91%1,75153.60%30.09%120.37%10.03%-251-7.68%3,267
Wayne1,74550.92%1,64848.09%130.38%190.55%20.06%972.83%3,427
Webster1,70247.84%1,72148.37%160.45%401.12%792.22%-19-0.53%3,558
Worth1,12350.20%1,02345.73%80.36%341.52%492.19%1004.47%2,237
Wright1,50045.96%1,70352.18%110.34%270.83%230.70%-203-6.22%3,264
Totals352,92251.55%314,03845.87%6,1390.90%5,9650.87%5,5400.81%38,8845.68%684,599

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