1900 United States presidential election in Florida
Election in Florida
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County Results
Bryan
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The 1900 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 6, 1900. Florida voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice-President .
The anti-Southern animus of the Harrison presidency meant Florida‘s large landowners felt the disfranchisement of blacks was urgent by 1889. [1] A poll tax was introduced in 1889 [2] as were the so-called “Myers” and “Dortch” laws which required voters in more populous settlements to register their voting precincts. [3] This dramatically cut voter registration amongst blacks and poorer whites, and since Florida completely lacked upland or German refugee whites opposed to secession , its Republican Party between 1872 and 1888 was entirely dependent upon black votes. Thus this disfranchisement of blacks and poor whites by a poll tax introduced in 1889 [4] left Florida as devoid of Republican adherents as Louisiana, Mississippi or South Carolina. [5] The Republican Party did not offer presidential electors in 1892, and it did not carry a single county in 1896.
With Bryan appealing to many pineywoods “crackers” who still paid the poll tax, he was able to improve upon his 1896 landslide. [6] The power of Baptist preachers in the settled northern part of the state, however, did produce considerable support for the Prohibition Party’s John Woolley in the white counties. [7]
The election saw William Jennings Bryan win the state and receive all four electoral votes. This stands as one of the ten occasions [lower-alpha 1] when third or minor parties got over 5% of the vote in Florida. [8] This also marks the only time that any president has won two terms without ever carrying the Sunshine State.
Results
United States presidential election in Florida, 1900 [8] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 28,273 | 71.31% | 4 | |
Republican | William McKinley ( incumbent ) | 7,753 | 18.55% | 0 | |
Prohibition | John G. Woolley | 2,244 | 5.66% | 0 | |
Populist | Wharton Barker | 1,143 | 2.88% | 0 | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 634 | 1.60% | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
Totals | 39,649 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
Results by county
County |
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic |
William McKinley
Republican |
John Granville Woolley
Prohibition |
Wharton Barker
Populist |
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast [9] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alachua | 1,346 | 76.83% | 334 | 19.06% | 17 | 0.97% | 50 | 2.85% | 9 | 0.51% | 1,012 | 57.76% | 1,752 |
Baker | 198 | 58.41% | 112 | 33.04% | 16 | 4.75% | 8 | 2.37% | 3 | 0.89% | 86 | 25.37% | 339 |
Bradford | 734 | 63.39% | 276 | 23.83% | 101 | 8.82% | 21 | 1.83% | 13 | 1.14% | 458 | 39.55% | 1,158 |
Brevard | 513 | 73.60% | 121 | 17.36% | 44 | 6.30% | 18 | 2.58% | 2 | 0.29% | 392 | 56.24% | 697 |
Calhoun | 196 | 67.12% | 35 | 11.99% | 30 | 10.27% | 28 | 9.59% | 3 | 1.03% | 161 | 55.14% | 292 |
Citrus | 413 | 92.19% | 16 | 3.57% | 18 | 4.02% | 1 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 395 [lower-alpha 2] | 88.17% | 448 |
Clay | 308 | 71.13% | 91 | 21.02% | 8 | 1.85% | 19 | 4.39% | 7 | 1.62% | 217 | 50.12% | 433 |
Columbia | 663 | 66.70% | 252 | 25.35% | 15 | 1.53% | 44 | 4.49% | 6 | 0.61% | 411 | 41.35% | 994 |
Dade | 806 | 58.62% | 389 | 28.29% | 100 | 7.33% | 54 | 3.96% | 16 | 1.17% | 417 | 30.33% | 1,375 |
De Soto | 526 | 63.99% | 134 | 16.30% | 27 | 3.28% | 32 | 3.89% | 103 | 12.53% | 392 | 47.69% | 822 |
Duval | 1,857 | 66.49% | 773 | 27.68% | 24 | 0.86% | 103 | 3.69% | 31 | 1.11% | 1,084 | 38.81% | 2,793 |
Escambia | 1,435 | 63.47% | 432 | 19.11% | 346 | 15.30% | 30 | 1.33% | 18 | 0.80% | 1,003 | 44.36% | 2,261 |
Franklin | 239 | 56.10% | 146 | 34.27% | 25 | 5.87% | 13 | 3.05% | 3 | 0.70% | 93 | 21.83% | 426 |
Gadsden | 684 | 91.32% | 61 | 8.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 623 | 83.18% | 749 |
Hamilton | 322 | 68.08% | 96 | 20.30% | 38 | 7.87% | 13 | 2.69% | 14 | 2.90% | 226 | 47.78% | 473 |
Hernando | 252 | 88.11% | 18 | 6.29% | 10 | 3.50% | 5 | 1.75% | 1 | 0.35% | 234 | 81.82% | 286 |
Hillsborough | 2,257 | 69.55% | 349 | 10.76% | 514 | 15.84% | 36 | 1.11% | 89 | 2.74% | 1,743 [lower-alpha 2] | 53.71% | 3,245 |
Holmes | 339 | 72.75% | 69 | 14.81% | 46 | 9.87% | 8 | 1.72% | 4 | 0.86% | 270 | 57.94% | 466 |
Jackson | 978 | 78.43% | 178 | 14.27% | 14 | 1.12% | 53 | 4.25% | 24 | 1.92% | 800 | 64.15% | 1,247 |
Jefferson | 711 | 82.29% | 143 | 16.55% | 4 | 0.46% | 6 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 568 | 65.74% | 864 |
Lafayette | 326 | 89.07% | 21 | 5.74% | 13 | 3.55% | 6 | 1.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 305 | 83.33% | 366 |
Lake | 492 | 70.49% | 143 | 20.49% | 41 | 5.90% | 17 | 2.45% | 2 | 0.29% | 349 | 50.00% | 698 |
Lee | 278 | 81.29% | 39 | 11.40% | 20 | 5.85% | 2 | 0.58% | 3 | 0.88% | 239 | 69.88% | 342 |
Leon | 932 | 80.28% | 162 | 13.95% | 43 | 3.70% | 21 | 1.81% | 3 | 0.26% | 770 | 66.32% | 1,161 |
Levy | 383 | 67.31% | 157 | 27.59% | 4 | 0.70% | 23 | 4.04% | 2 | 0.35% | 226 | 39.72% | 569 |
Liberty | 127 | 88.19% | 10 | 6.94% | 6 | 4.17% | 1 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 117 | 81.25% | 144 |
Madison | 510 | 76.92% | 44 | 6.64% | 83 | 12.65% | 7 | 1.07% | 12 | 1.83% | 427 [lower-alpha 2] | 64.27% | 663 |
Manatee | 535 | 81.68% | 60 | 9.16% | 42 | 6.10% | 9 | 1.31% | 42 | 6.10% | 475 | 72.52% | 655 |
Marion | 1,132 | 75.02% | 264 | 17.50% | 32 | 2.13% | 52 | 3.47% | 19 | 1.27% | 868 | 57.52% | 1,509 |
Monroe | 747 | 66.28% | 252 | 22.36% | 56 | 4.97% | 50 | 4.44% | 22 | 1.95% | 495 | 43.92% | 1,127 |
Nassau | 441 | 70.56% | 149 | 23.84% | 11 | 1.77% | 17 | 2.73% | 5 | 0.80% | 292 | 46.72% | 625 |
Orange | 857 | 61.65% | 402 | 28.92% | 52 | 3.75% | 56 | 4.04% | 18 | 1.30% | 455 | 32.73% | 1,390 |
Osceola | 266 | 71.89% | 42 | 11.35% | 47 | 12.63% | 11 | 2.96% | 6 | 1.61% | 219 [lower-alpha 2] | 59.26% | 370 |
Pasco | 492 | 84.68% | 32 | 5.51% | 43 | 7.40% | 14 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 449 | 77.28% | 581 |
Polk | 983 | 79.60% | 133 | 10.77% | 9 | 0.73% | 24 | 1.94% | 86 | 6.96% | 850 [lower-alpha 2] | 68.83% | 1,235 |
Putnam | 648 | 65.32% | 250 | 25.20% | 56 | 5.63% | 24 | 2.41% | 17 | 1.71% | 398 | 40.12% | 992 |
St. John’s | 764 | 70.35% | 234 | 21.55% | 15 | 1.39% | 53 | 4.92% | 11 | 1.02% | 530 | 48.80% | 1,086 |
Santa Rosa | 519 | 88.42% | 38 | 6.47% | 8 | 1.36% | 14 | 2.39% | 8 | 1.36% | 481 | 81.95% | 587 |
Sumter | 343 | 81.28% | 53 | 12.56% | 8 | 1.90% | 14 | 3.33% | 2 | 0.48% | 290 | 68.72% | 422 |
Suwannee | 677 | 71.41% | 153 | 16.14% | 76 | 8.04% | 34 | 3.60% | 5 | 0.53% | 524 | 55.27% | 948 |
Taylor | 253 | 60.38% | 105 | 25.06% | 5 | 1.20% | 53 | 12.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 148 | 35.32% | 419 |
Volusia | 755 | 67.47% | 255 | 22.79% | 60 | 5.34% | 40 | 3.56% | 13 | 1.16% | 500 | 44.68% | 1,119 |
Wakulla | 254 | 85.81% | 10 | 3.38% | 32 | 10.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 222 [lower-alpha 2] | 75.00% | 296 |
Walton | 382 | 67.97% | 139 | 24.73% | 30 | 5.34% | 11 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 243 | 43.24% | 562 |
Washington | 387 | 49.05% | 291 | 36.88% | 55 | 6.97% | 44 | 5.58% | 12 | 1.52% | 96 | 12.17% | 789 |
Totals | 28,260 | 71.05% | 7,463 | 18.76% | 2,244 | 5.64% | 1,143 | 2.87% | 634 | 0.51% | 20,797 | 52.29% | 39,775 |
Notes
References
- ↑ Perman, Michael; Struggle for Mastery: Disfranchisement in the South, 1888-1908 , pp. 67-68
- ↑ Brooker, Russell; The American Civil Rights Movement 1865-1950: Black Agency and People of Good Will , p. 61 ISBN 0739179926
- ↑ Ogden, Frederick D. (1958); The Poll Tax in the South , p. 118
- ↑ Silbey, Joel H. and Bogue, Allan G.; The History of American Electoral Behavior , p. 210 ISBN 140087114X
- ↑ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority , pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
- ↑ Granthan, Dewey W.; The Life and Death of the Solid South: A Political History , p. 39 ISBN 0813148723
- ↑ Link, William A.; The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930 , pp. 32-33 ISBN 0807862991
- 1 2 Leip, David. "1900 Presidential General Election Results – Florida" . Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Retrieved 2017-07-07 .
- ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932 , pp. 156-161 ISBN 9780804716963
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