Back انتخابات الرئاسة الأمريكية 1900 Arabic Præsidentvalget i USA 1900 Danish Präsidentschaftswahl in den Vereinigten Staaten 1900 German Elecciones presidenciales de Estados Unidos de 1900 Spanish Yhdysvaltain presidentinvaalit 1900 Finnish Élection présidentielle américaine de 1900 French הבחירות לנשיאות ארצות הברית 1900 HE Pemilihan umum Presiden Amerika Serikat 1900 ID Elezioni presidenziali negli Stati Uniti d'America del 1900 Italian 1900年アメリカ合衆国大統領選挙 Japanese
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 Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by McKinley/Roosevelt, blue denotes states won by Bryan/Stevenson. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1900 United States presidential election was the 29th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1900. In a re-match of the 1896 race, incumbent Republican President William McKinley defeated his Democratic challenger, William Jennings Bryan. McKinley's victory made him the first president to win a consecutive re-election since Ulysses S. Grant accomplished the same feat in 1872. Until 1956, this would be the last time in which an incumbent Republican president would win re-election after serving a full term in office. This election saw the fifth rematch in presidential history, something that would also not occur again until 1956. This was also the first rematch to produce the same winner both times.
McKinley and Bryan each faced little opposition within their own parties. Although some Gold Democrats explored the possibility of a campaign by Admiral George Dewey, Bryan was easily re-nominated at the 1900 Democratic National Convention after Dewey withdrew from the race. McKinley was unanimously re-nominated at the 1900 Republican National Convention. As Vice President Garret Hobart had died in 1899, the Republican convention chose New York Governor Theodore Roosevelt as McKinley's running mate.
The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley to score a decisive victory, while Bryan's anti-imperialist stance and continued support for bimetallism attracted only limited support. McKinley carried most states outside of the Solid South and won 51.6% of the popular vote. The election results were similar to those of 1896, though McKinley picked up several Western states and Bryan picked up Kentucky.
Six months into his second term, McKinley was assassinated and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.
- ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.