1900 United States presidential election in Mississippi
Election in Mississippi
1900 United States presidential election in Mississippi
County Results
Bryan 60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
The 1900 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 6, 1900. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1900 United States presidential election . Voters chose nine electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
Mississippi was won by the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running mate Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois . They defeated the Republican nominees, incumbent President William McKinley of Ohio and his running mate Theodore Roosevelt of New York . Bryan won the state by a margin of 77.9%.
With 87.56% of the popular vote, Mississippi would prove to be Bryan's second strongest state in the 1900 presidential election only after South Carolina .[1]
Bryan had previously won Mississippi against McKinley four years earlier and would later win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft .
Results
Results by county
County
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
William McKinley Republican
Wharton Barker Populist
Margin
Total votes cast[3] [a]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
500
80.26%
113
18.14%
10
1.61%
387
62.12%
623
Alcorn
770
89.22%
88
10.20%
5
0.58%
682
79.03%
863
Amite
771
91.57%
27
3.21%
44
5.23%
727[b]
86.34%
842
Attala
1,111
87.21%
122
9.58%
41
3.22%
989
77.63%
1,274
Benton
621
90.00%
64
9.28%
5
0.72%
557
80.72%
690
Bolivar
380
65.86%
194
33.62%
3
0.52%
186
32.24%
577
Calhoun
853
89.13%
77
8.05%
27
2.82%
776
81.09%
957
Carroll
710
83.04%
69
8.07%
76
8.89%
634[b]
74.15%
855
Chickasaw
460
70.77%
52
8.00%
138
21.23%
322[b]
49.54%
650
Choctaw
584
74.58%
101
12.90%
98
12.52%
483
61.69%
783
Claiborne
373
94.43%
18
4.56%
4
1.01%
355
89.87%
395
Clarke
674
96.84%
15
2.16%
7
1.01%
659
94.68%
696
Clay
668
95.02%
16
2.28%
19
2.70%
649[b]
92.32%
703
Coahoma
266
76.66%
77
22.19%
4
1.15%
189
54.47%
347
Copiah
1,314
92.80%
54
3.81%
48
3.39%
1,260
88.98%
1,416
Covington
442
67.48%
208
31.76%
5
0.76%
234
35.73%
655
DeSoto
734
92.91%
51
6.46%
5
0.63%
683
86.46%
790
Franklin
397
83.58%
37
7.79%
41
8.63%
356[b]
74.95%
475
Greene
136
67.00%
66
32.51%
1
0.49%
70
34.48%
203
Grenada
478
93.18%
29
5.65%
6
1.17%
449
87.52%
513
Hancock
310
80.10%
71
18.35%
6
1.55%
239
61.76%
387
Harrison
611
79.77%
150
19.58%
5
0.65%
461
60.18%
766
Hinds
1,365
92.29%
100
6.76%
14
0.95%
1,265
85.53%
1,479
Holmes
900
94.44%
39
4.09%
14
1.47%
861
90.35%
953
Issaquena
84
83.17%
17
16.83%
0
0.00%
67
66.34%
101
Itawamba
821
86.79%
110
11.63%
15
1.59%
711
75.16%
946
Jackson
425
71.19%
166
27.81%
6
1.01%
259
43.38%
597
Jasper
734
93.15%
33
4.19%
21
2.66%
701
88.96%
788
Jefferson
491
96.27%
18
3.53%
1
0.20%
473
92.75%
510
Jones
637
71.98%
194
21.92%
54
6.10%
443
50.06%
885
Kemper
680
81.73%
86
10.34%
66
7.93%
594
71.39%
832
Lafayette
1,020
90.83%
91
8.10%
12
1.07%
929
82.72%
1,123
Lauderdale
1,390
92.98%
57
3.81%
48
3.21%
1,333
89.16%
1,495
Lawrence
527
79.25%
120
18.05%
18
2.71%
407
61.20%
665
Leake
990
95.56%
26
2.51%
20
1.93%
964
93.05%
1,036
Lee
1,031
91.73%
63
5.60%
30
2.67%
968
86.12%
1,124
Leflore
430
98.40%
6
1.37%
1
0.23%
424
97.03%
437
Lincoln
530
69.01%
225
29.30%
13
1.69%
305
39.71%
768
Lowndes
746
96.63%
21
2.72%
5
0.65%
725
93.91%
772
Madison
663
90.33%
67
9.13%
4
0.54%
596
81.20%
734
Marion
487
71.51%
182
26.73%
12
1.76%
305
44.79%
681
Marshall
1,085
92.18%
91
7.73%
1
0.08%
994
84.45%
1,177
Monroe
1,272
93.81%
62
4.57%
22
1.62%
1,210
89.23%
1,356
Montgomery
825
94.72%
28
3.21%
18
2.07%
797
91.50%
871
Neshoba
793
86.10%
41
4.45%
87
9.45%
706[b]
76.66%
921
Newton
1,183
98.42%
16
1.33%
3
0.25%
1,167
97.09%
1,202
Noxubee
626
96.90%
7
1.08%
13
2.01%
613[b]
94.89%
646
Oktibbeha
663
96.23%
14
2.03%
12
1.74%
649
94.19%
689
Panola
1,042
96.13%
33
3.04%
9
0.83%
1,009
93.08%
1,084
Pearl River
201
82.38%
41
16.80%
2
0.82%
160
65.57%
244
Perry
417
66.30%
197
31.32%
15
2.38%
220
34.98%
629
Pike
1,244
90.28%
131
9.51%
3
0.22%
1,113
80.77%
1,378
Pontotoc
732
75.31%
182
18.72%
58
5.97%
550
56.58%
972
Prentiss
902
79.75%
210
18.57%
19
1.68%
692
61.18%
1,131
Quitman
114
76.51%
34
22.82%
1
0.67%
80
53.69%
149
Rankin
814
93.46%
45
5.17%
12
1.38%
769
88.29%
871
Scott
659
94.41%
17
2.44%
22
3.15%
637[b]
91.26%
698
Sharkey
186
88.57%
18
8.57%
6
2.86%
168
80.00%
210
Simpson
487
83.82%
74
12.74%
20
3.44%
413
71.08%
581
Smith
542
87.99%
73
11.85%
1
0.16%
469
76.14%
616
Sunflower
337
97.12%
8
2.31%
2
0.58%
329
94.81%
347
Tallahatchie
503
96.92%
16
3.08%
0
0.00%
487
93.83%
519
Tate
1,030
95.99%
38
3.54%
5
0.47%
992
92.45%
1,073
Tippah
931
88.50%
106
10.08%
15
1.43%
825
78.42%
1,052
Tishomingo
704
85.02%
123
14.86%
1
0.12%
581
70.17%
828
Tunica
197
83.83%
36
15.32%
2
0.85%
161
68.51%
235
Union
1,151
84.69%
189
13.91%
19
1.40%
962
70.79%
1,359
Warren
804
85.08%
136
14.39%
5
0.53%
668
70.69%
945
Washington
580
82.62%
122
17.38%
0
0.00%
458
65.24%
702
Wayne
422
81.47%
74
14.29%
22
4.25%
348
67.18%
518
Webster
683
77.97%
156
17.81%
37
4.22%
527
60.16%
876
Wilkinson
482
93.05%
31
5.98%
5
0.97%
451
87.07%
518
Winston
597
87.92%
42
6.19%
40
5.89%
555
81.74%
679
Yalobusha
931
91.63%
68
6.69%
17
1.67%
863
84.94%
1,016
Yazoo
916
95.42%
15
1.56%
29
3.02%
887[b]
92.40%
960
Totals
51,169
87.56%
5,794
9.91%
1,475
2.52%
45,375
77.65%
58,438
See also
Notes
^ These results differ from Dave Leip’s Atlas .
^ a b c d e f g h i In this county where Barker ran second ahead of McKinley, margin given is Bryan vote minus Barker vote and percentage margin Bryan percentage minus Barker percentage.
References