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William McKinley
Republican
 
 
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
 
 
Joshua Levering
Prohibition
 
 
John Palmer
 
 
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1896 President General Election

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City/Town Ward Pct
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Joshua Levering
John Palmer
 Write-Ins Blanks Spoiled Total Votes Cast
Totals
51,127
10,179
1,331
461
 0 0 0 63,304
Addison
 
169
5
0
2
 0 0 0 176
Albany
 
179
39
1
10
 0 0 0 229
Alburgh
 
175
28
5
1
 0 0 0 209
Andover
 
99
6
0
0
 0 0 0 105
Arlington
 
196
54
5
2
 0 0 0 257
Athens
 
37
7
3
0
 0 0 0 47
Bakersfield
 
126
41
4
4
 0 0 0 175
Barnard
 
152
35
3
0
 0 0 0 190
Barnet
 
298
38
16
2
 0 0 0 354
Barre City
 
717
204
48
20
 0 0 0 989
Barre Town
 
224
97
6
4
 0 0 0 331
Barton
 
421
43
7
5
 0 0 0 476
Belvidere
 
56
12
0
0
 0 0 0 68
Bennington
 
1,048
279
29
13
 0 0 0 1,369
Benson
 
164
21
2
4
 0 0 0 191
Berkshire
 
181
38
4
4
 0 0 0 227
Berlin
 
205
69
8
8
 0 0 0 290
Bethel
 
351
46
16
1
 0 0 0 414
Bloomfield
 
51
22
2
0
 0 0 0 75
Bolton
 
62
14
1
0
 0 0 0 77
Bradford
 
217
79
23
16
 0 0 0 335
Braintree
 
94
13
4
0
 0 0 0 111
Brandon
 
579
98
3
8
 0 0 0 688
Brattleboro
 
1,185
184
70
15
 0 0 0 1,454
Bridgewater
 
153
12
10
1
 0 0 0 176
Bridport
 
187
24
2
1
 0 0 0 214
Brighton
 
176
86
9
0
 0 0 0 271
Bristol
 
423
52
3
5
 0 0 0 483
Brookfield
 
197
23
1
1
 0 0 0 222
Brookline
 
44
4
3
0
 0 0 0 51
Brownington
 
146
0
0
2
 0 0 0 148
Brunswick
 
12
5
0
0
 0 0 0 17
Burke
 
200
22
5
4
 0 0 0 231
Burlington
 
1,747
700
53
16
 0 0 0 2,516
Cabot
 
187
39
4
4
 0 0 0 234
Calais
 
145
45
4
2
 0 0 0 196
Cambridge
 
260
31
7
5
 0 0 0 303
Canaan
 
104
30
1
0
 0 0 0 135
Castleton
 
278
98
11
3
 0 0 0 390
Cavendish
 
281
25
2
1
 0 0 0 309
Charleston
 
207
17
0
1
 0 0 0 225
Charlotte
 
188
21
2
6
 0 0 0 217
Chelsea
 
222
23
1
1
 0 0 0 247
Chester
 
374
27
10
0
 0 0 0 411
Chittenden
 
138
18
0
2
 0 0 0 158
Clarendon
 
194
20
1
3
 0 0 0 218
Colchester
 
448
207
13
2
 0 0 0 670
Concord
 
155
23
6
3
 0 0 0 187
Corinth
 
130
59
4
6
 0 0 0 199
Cornwall
 
171
6
0
3
 0 0 0 180
Coventry
 
135
13
2
3
 0 0 0 153
Craftsbury
 
192
38
5
8
 0 0 0 243
Danby
 
148
40
3
1
 0 0 0 192
Danville
 
224
59
11
5
 0 0 0 299
Derby
 
409
32
5
6
 0 0 0 452
Dorset
 
176
40
2
0
 0 0 0 218
Dover
 
79
12
1
2
 0 0 0 94
Dummerston
 
144
11
5
2
 0 0 0 162
Duxbury
 
98
35
1
0
 0 0 0 134
E. Haven
 
29
2
4
3
 0 0 0 38
E. Montpelier
 
161
16
1
0
 0 0 0 178
Eden
 
104
34
0
2
 0 0 0 140
Elmore
 
83
8
0
6
 0 0 0 97
Enosburgh
 
271
54
7
8
 0 0 0 340
Essex
 
276
53
1
5
 0 0 0 335
Fair Haven
 
413
93
17
4
 0 0 0 527
Fairfax
 
237
51
7
3
 0 0 0 298
Fairfield
 
143
124
1
3
 0 0 0 271
Fairlee
 
3
18
0
1
 0 0 0 22
Fayston
 
69
6
1
0
 0 0 0 76
Ferrisburgh
 
344
8
2
10
 0 0 0 364
Fletcher
 
95
20
4
2
 0 0 0 121
Franklin
 
153
29
2
7
 0 0 0 191
Georgia
 
193
45
2
3
 0 0 0 243
Glastenbury
 
4
4
0
0
 0 0 0 8
Glover
 
172
22
5
1
 0 0 0 200
Goshen
 
82
0
0
0
 0 0 0 82
Grafton
 
147
10
7
0
 0 0 0 164
Granby
 
29
7
2
2
 0 0 0 40
Grand Isle
 
70
36
18
1
 0 0 0 125
Granville
 
102
4
1
0
 0 0 0 107
Greensboro
 
163
9
3
3
 0 0 0 178
Groton
 
152
26
8
1
 0 0 0 187
Guildhall
 
50
36
2
0
 0 0 0 88
Guilford
 
139
24
6
1
 0 0 0 170
Halifax
 
132
19
11
0
 0 0 0 162
Hancock
 
63
9
0
0
 0 0 0 72
Hardwick
 
348
62
10
16
 0 0 0 436
Hartford
 
603
107
14
4
 0 0 0 728
Hartland
 
254
28
3
0
 0 0 0 285
Highgate
 
217
66
2
4
 0 0 0 289
Hinesburg
 
265
20
2
5
 0 0 0 292
Holland
 
92
16
4
0
 0 0 0 112
Hubbardton
 
102
14
7
2
 0 0 0 125
Huntington
 
186
18
2
2
 0 0 0 208
Hyde Park
 
229
91
1
2
 0 0 0 323
Ira
 
69
1
0
0
 0 0 0 70
Irasburg
 
168
10
2
3
 0 0 0 183
Isle La Motte
 
57
21
0
0
 0 0 0 78
Jamaica
 
158
8
4
2
 0 0 0 172
Jay
 
74
11
5
0
 0 0 0 90
Jericho
 
249
36
3
6
 0 0 0 294
Johnson
 
266
34
1
2
 0 0 0 303
Kirby
 
52
11
2
0
 0 0 0 65
Landgrove
 
53
0
1
1
 0 0 0 55
Leicester
 
78
16
3
3
 0 0 0 100
Lemington
 
15
11
1
0
 0 0 0 27
Lincoln
 
231
16
2
3
 0 0 0 252
Londonderry
 
259
8
6
4
 0 0 0 277
Lowell
 
135
40
4
0
 0 0 0 179
Ludlow
 
399
30
6
4
 0 0 0 439
Lunenburg
 
162
22
2
2
 0 0 0 188
Lyndon
 
342
103
17
11
 0 0 0 473
Maidstone
 
14
12
3
0
 0 0 0 29
Manchester
 
347
40
5
2
 0 0 0 394
Marlboro
 
93
3
1
0
 0 0 0 97
Marshfield
 
165
40
4
0
 0 0 0 209
Mendon
 
88
16
2
2
 0 0 0 108
Middlebury
 
563
69
6
9
 0 0 0 647
Middlesex
 
131
43
5
1
 0 0 0 180
Middletown Springs
 
136
33
2
3
 0 0 0 174
Milton
 
315
50
2
3
 0 0 0 370
Monkton
 
168
11
0
4
 0 0 0 183
Montgomery
 
259
28
4
3
 0 0 0 294
Montpelier
 
779
285
26
5
 0 0 0 1,095
Moretown
 
110
48
3
2
 0 0 0 163
Morgan
 
108
3
0
0
 0 0 0 111
Morristown
 
509
68
5
4
 0 0 0 586
Mount Holly
 
175
17
1
0
 0 0 0 193
Mount Tabor
 
32
1
0
0
 0 0 0 33
New Haven
 
237
13
4
4
 0 0 0 258
Newark
 
62
22
0
3
 0 0 0 87
Newbury
 
303
54
21
21
 0 0 0 399
Newfane
 
178
6
5
6
 0 0 0 195
Newport City
 
420
64
11
2
 0 0 0 497
N. Hero
 
75
20
1
0
 0 0 0 96
Northfield
 
365
187
16
3
 0 0 0 571
Norton
 
40
14
3
0
 0 0 0 57
Norwich
 
194
40
4
3
 0 0 0 241
Orange
 
81
11
9
0
 0 0 0 101
Orwell
 
204
31
2
3
 0 0 0 240
Panton
 
78
1
1
2
 0 0 0 82
Pawlet
 
306
35
3
14
 0 0 0 358
Peacham
 
159
11
1
7
 0 0 0 178
Peru
 
81
10
0
0
 0 0 0 91
Pittsfield
 
115
14
2
1
 0 0 0 132
Pittsford
 
255
50
2
10
 0 0 0 317
Plainfield
 
102
35
7
3
 0 0 0 147
Plymouth
 
146
10
2
0
 0 0 0 158
Pomfret
 
185
10
5
0
 0 0 0 200
Poultney
 
533
73
6
5
 0 0 0 617
Pownal
 
256
28
4
0
 0 0 0 288
Proctor
 
282
35
6
6
 0 0 0 329
Putney
 
237
22
2
7
 0 0 0 268
Randolph
 
622
56
8
4
 0 0 0 690
Reading
 
159
11
5
0
 0 0 0 175
Readsboro
 
152
24
5
9
 0 0 0 190
Richford
 
282
57
14
3
 0 0 0 356
Richmond
 
192
39
4
0
 0 0 0 235
Ripton
 
113
6
1
2
 0 0 0 122
Rochester
 
301
16
3
1
 0 0 0 321
Rockingham
 
761
153
35
3
 0 0 0 952
Roxbury
 
105
48
7
1
 0 0 0 161
Royalton
 
269
46
3
2
 0 0 0 320
Rupert
 
171
4
0
2
 0 0 0 177
Rutland City
 
1,469
653
55
12
 0 0 0 2,189
Rutland Town
 
175
44
0
0
 0 0 0 219
Ryegate
 
149
27
11
7
 0 0 0 194
Salisbury
 
129
5
0
12
 0 0 0 146
Sandgate
 
91
12
0
0
 0 0 0 103
Searsburg
 
25
2
0
1
 0 0 0 28
Shaftsbury
 
225
77
5
3
 0 0 0 310
Sharon
 
125
43
0
0
 0 0 0 168
Sheffield
 
84
27
5
7
 0 0 0 123
Shelburne
 
168
41
4
0
 0 0 0 213
Sheldon
 
139
39
4
7
 0 0 0 189
Sherburne
 
55
7
4
0
 0 0 0 66
Shoreham
 
203
33
2
1
 0 0 0 239
Shrewsbury
 
169
21
3
0
 0 0 0 193
Somerset
 
16
1
1
0
 0 0 0 18
S. Burlington
 
110
27
0
0
 0 0 0 137
S. Hero
 
49
31
7
0
 0 0 0 87
Springfield
 
621
33
13
7
 0 0 0 674
St. Albans City
 
828
362
37
14
 0 0 0 1,241
St. George
 
23
4
0
0
 0 0 0 27
St. Johnsbury
 
949
184
17
20
 0 0 0 1,170
Stamford
 
73
10
1
1
 0 0 0 85
Stannard
 
37
2
0
2
 0 0 0 41
Starksboro
 
187
16
2
4
 0 0 0 209
State House
 
145
25
0
0
 0 0 0 170
Stockbridge
 
177
15
2
1
 0 0 0 195
Stowe
 
250
86
5
2
 0 0 0 343
Strafford
 
160
9
0
0
 0 0 0 169
Stratton
 
34
5
3
0
 0 0 0 42
Sudbury
 
88
12
1
0
 0 0 0 101
Sunderland
 
56
19
0
0
 0 0 0 75
Sutton
 
133
7
2
3
 0 0 0 145
Swanton
 
320
171
15
6
 0 0 0 512
Thetford
 
173
33
10
3
 0 0 0 219
Tinmouth
 
62
12
0
1
 0 0 0 75
Topsham
 
143
24
13
6
 0 0 0 186
Townshend
 
208
9
5
3
 0 0 0 225
Troy
 
217
45
1
1
 0 0 0 264
Tunbridge
 
199
14
2
3
 0 0 0 218
Underhill
 
154
80
1
3
 0 0 0 238
Vergennes
 
336
39
4
6
 0 0 0 385
Vernon
 
125
14
1
0
 0 0 0 140
Vershire
 
61
29
11
0
 0 0 0 101
Victory
 
36
1
1
0
 0 0 0 38
Waitsfield
 
167
26
3
2
 0 0 0 198
Walden
 
96
26
3
2
 0 0 0 127
Wallingford
 
306
41
10
0
 0 0 0 357
Waltham
 
58
2
0
2
 0 0 0 62
Wardsboro
 
130
11
4
0
 0 0 0 145
Warren
 
328
67
10
9
 0 0 0 414
Washington
 
119
22
1
3
 0 0 0 145
Waterbury
 
133
13
22
1
 0 0 0 169
Waterford
 
114
23
5
2
 0 0 0 144
Waterville
 
108
7
3
2
 0 0 0 120
Weathersfield
 
224
14
2
1
 0 0 0 241
Wells
 
75
23
5
6
 0 0 0 109
W. Fairlee
 
62
33
6
2
 0 0 0 103
W. Haven
 
65
12
0
0
 0 0 0 77
W. Rutland
 
323
129
15
2
 0 0 0 469
W. Windsor
 
99
6
1
0
 0 0 0 106
Westfield
 
113
8
0
1
 0 0 0 122
Westford
 
178
20
0
2
 0 0 0 200
Westminster
 
264
19
3
1
 0 0 0 287
Westmore
 
61
3
1
0
 0 0 0 65
Weston
 
181
8
3
1
 0 0 0 193
Weybridge
 
107
1
1
3
 0 0 0 112
Wheelock
 
75
27
7
2
 0 0 0 111
Whiting
 
81
7
0
2
 0 0 0 90
Whitingham
 
164
63
8
1
 0 0 0 236
Williamstown
 
221
47
7
2
 0 0 0 277
Williston
 
182
23
1
3
 0 0 0 209
Wilmington
 
194
43
6
1
 0 0 0 244
Windham
 
101
0
0
2
 0 0 0 103
Windsor
 
283
43
6
2
 0 0 0 334
Winhall
 
97
1
2
1
 0 0 0 101
Wolcott
 
196
12
1
2
 0 0 0 211
Woodbury
 
97
26
1
1
 0 0 0 125
Woodford
 
35
18
2
1
 0 0 0 56
Woodstock
 
498
40
13
5
 0 0 0 556
Worcester
 
43
2
0
0
 0 0 0 45
Totals
51,127
10,179
1,331
461
 0 0 0 63,304