1900 United States presidential election in Maine
1900 United States presidential election in Maine
County Results
McKinley
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Bryan
40-50%
The 1900 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1900 as part of the 1900 United States presidential election . Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Maine overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, President William McKinley , over the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan . McKinley won Maine by a margin of 27.85% in this rematch of the 1896 United States presidential election . The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory. Nonetheless, Bryan’s narrow victory in Knox County was the only occasion between 1884 and 1908 that a Democrat carried any of Maine’s counties, and one of only two such cases[b] between 1856 and 1908 inclusive.[1]
With 61.89% of the popular vote, Maine would be McKinley's third strongest victory in terms of percentage in the popular vote after Vermont and North Dakota .[2]
Bryan had previous lost Maine to McKinley four years earlier and would later lose the state again in 1908 to William Howard Taft .
Results
Results by county
County
William McKinley Republican
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
John Granville Woolley[4] Prohibition
Eugene Victor Debs[4] Socialist
Margin
Total votes cast[5]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Androscoggin
4,648
57.44%
3,182
39.32%
203
2.51%
59
0.73%
1,466
18.12%
8,092
Aroostook
4,192
76.07%
1,030
18.69%
280
5.08%
9
0.16%
3,162
57.38%
5,511
Cumberland
8,824
58.59%
5,770
38.31%
337
2.24%
129
0.86%
3,054
20.28%
15,060
Franklin
2,235
65.99%
1,085
32.03%
65
1.92%
2
0.06%
1,150
33.96%
3,387
Hancock
3,432
63.70%
1,860
34.52%
69
1.28%
27
0.50%
1,572
29.18%
5,388
Kennebec
6,228
62.60%
3,410
34.27%
257
2.58%
54
0.54%
2,818
28.33%
9,949
Knox
2,762
48.76%
2,765
48.81%
74
1.31%
64
1.13%
-3
-0.05%
5,665
Lincoln
2,212
59.98%
1,419
38.48%
48
1.30%
9
0.24%
793
21.50%
3,688
Oxford
3,912
64.19%
2,023
33.20%
146
2.40%
13
0.21%
1,889
30.99%
6,094
Penobscot
6,873
63.87%
3,615
33.59%
237
2.20%
36
0.33%
3,258
30.28%
10,761
Piscataquis
2,023
67.50%
824
27.49%
146
4.87%
4
0.13%
1,199
40.01%
2,997
Sagadahoc
2,245
64.49%
1,025
29.45%
192
5.52%
19
0.55%
1,220
35.04%
3,481
Somerset
3,727
61.21%
1,949
32.01%
121
1.99%
292
4.80%
1,778
29.20%
6,089
Waldo
2,469
57.96%
1,710
40.14%
61
1.43%
20
0.47%
759
17.82%
4,260
Washington
3,682
61.60%
2,109
35.29%
110
1.84%
76
1.27%
1,573
26.31%
5,977
York
6,949
61.52%
4,046
35.82%
235
2.08%
65
0.58%
2,903
25.70%
11,295
Totals
66,413
61.67%
37,822
35.12%
2,581
2.40%
878
0.82%
28,591
26.55%
107,694
See also
Notes
References