Pennsylvania — 1900 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1900 presidential electionPennsylvania · PresidentMcKinleyR+24.6
How it voted
Share of the 1900 vote
| William McKinley ✓Republican | 60.7% | 712,665 |
|---|---|---|
| William J. BryanDemocratic | 36.2% | 424,232 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.1% | 36,313 |
1900presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1900 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Pennsylvania cast 32 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, PA | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Allegheny County, PA | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Armstrong County, PA | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Beaver County, PA | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Bedford County, PA | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Berks County, PA | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Blair County, PA | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Bradford County, PA | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Bucks County, PA | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Butler County, PA | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Cambria County, PA | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Cameron County, PA | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Carbon County, PA | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Centre County, PA | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Chester County, PA | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Clarion County, PA | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Clearfield County, PA | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Clinton County, PA | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Columbia County, PA | Democratic | D+24.2 |
| Crawford County, PA | Republican | R+4.6 |
| Cumberland County, PA | Republican | R+1.4 |
| Dauphin County, PA | Republican | R+31.9 |
| Delaware County, PA | Republican | R+51.9 |
| Elk County, PA | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Erie County, PA | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Fayette County, PA | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Forest County, PA | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Franklin County, PA | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Fulton County, PA | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Greene County, PA | Democratic | D+20.0 |
| Huntingdon County, PA | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Indiana County, PA | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Jefferson County, PA | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Juniata County, PA | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Lackawanna County, PA | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Lancaster County, PA | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Lawrence County, PA | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Lebanon County, PA | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Lehigh County, PA | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Luzerne County, PA | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Lycoming County, PA | Republican | R+2.0 |
| McKean County, PA | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Mercer County, PA | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Mifflin County, PA | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Monroe County, PA | Democratic | D+39.6 |
| Montgomery County, PA | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Montour County, PA | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Northampton County, PA | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Northumberland County, PA | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Perry County, PA | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | Republican | R+49.2 |
| Pike County, PA | Democratic | D+27.6 |
| Potter County, PA | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Schuylkill County, PA | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Snyder County, PA | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Somerset County, PA | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Sullivan County, PA | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Susquehanna County, PA | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Tioga County, PA | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Union County, PA | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Venango County, PA | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Warren County, PA | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Washington County, PA | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Wayne County, PA | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Westmoreland County, PA | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Wyoming County, PA | Republican | R+8.7 |
| York County, PA | Democratic | D+5.3 |
Pennsylvania results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | William J. Bryan+249 | 3,71847.5% | 3,96750.7% | 1471.9% | 7,832 |
| Allegheny County | William McKinley+44,469 | 71,78069.9% | 27,31126.6% | 3,5333.4% | 102,624 |
| Armstrong County | William McKinley+3,005 | 6,44363.6% | 3,43833.9% | 2522.5% | 10,133 |
| Beaver County | William McKinley+2,683 | 6,75960.1% | 4,07636.3% | 4093.6% | 11,244 |
| Bedford County | William McKinley+1,345 | 4,79057.2% | 3,44541.2% | 1331.6% | 8,368 |
| Berks County | William J. Bryan+5,061 | 13,95241.5% | 19,01356.6% | 6281.9% | 33,593 |
| Blair County | William McKinley+5,221 | 9,74965.8% | 4,52830.6% | 5373.6% | 14,814 |
| Bradford County | William McKinley+4,414 | 8,62564.0% | 4,21131.3% | 6314.7% | 13,467 |
| Bucks County | William McKinley+1,976 | 9,26355.1% | 7,28743.4% | 2531.5% | 16,803 |
| Butler County | William McKinley+1,838 | 6,30355.9% | 4,46539.6% | 5174.6% | 11,285 |
| Cambria County | William McKinley+3,308 | 10,47658.0% | 7,16839.7% | 4202.3% | 18,064 |
| Cameron County | William McKinley+457 | 97163.6% | 51433.7% | 422.8% | 1,527 |
| Carbon County | William McKinley+73 | 4,22248.8% | 4,14948.0% | 2783.2% | 8,649 |
| Centre County | William McKinley+345 | 4,68450.6% | 4,33946.9% | 2262.4% | 9,249 |
| Chester County | William McKinley+7,595 | 13,80966.2% | 6,21429.8% | 8354.0% | 20,858 |
| Clarion County | William J. Bryan+470 | 3,00244.7% | 3,47251.7% | 2443.6% | 6,718 |
| Clearfield County | William McKinley+1,889 | 7,95553.6% | 6,06640.8% | 8335.6% | 14,854 |
| Clinton County | William McKinley+278 | 3,15750.6% | 2,87946.1% | 2053.3% | 6,241 |
| Columbia County | William J. Bryan+2,028 | 2,95435.2% | 4,98259.4% | 4545.4% | 8,390 |
| Crawford County | William McKinley+705 | 7,70550.0% | 7,00045.4% | 7134.6% | 15,418 |
| Cumberland County | William McKinley+159 | 5,58749.1% | 5,42847.7% | 3743.3% | 11,389 |
| Dauphin County | William McKinley+7,283 | 14,67364.2% | 7,39032.3% | 7833.4% | 22,846 |
| Delaware County | William McKinley+9,545 | 13,79475.0% | 4,24923.1% | 3581.9% | 18,401 |
| Elk County | William McKinley+149 | 3,25450.1% | 3,10547.8% | 1412.2% | 6,500 |
| Erie County | William McKinley+4,535 | 11,81658.5% | 7,28136.0% | 1,1105.5% | 20,207 |
| Fayette County | William McKinley+1,987 | 9,63753.5% | 7,65042.5% | 7124.0% | 17,999 |
| Forest County | William McKinley+595 | 1,30961.3% | 71433.4% | 1145.3% | 2,137 |
| Franklin County | William McKinley+1,983 | 6,48358.0% | 4,50040.2% | 1991.8% | 11,182 |
| Fulton County | William J. Bryan+185 | 1,03945.3% | 1,22453.3% | 321.4% | 2,295 |
| Greene County | William J. Bryan+1,247 | 2,42739.0% | 3,67459.1% | 1191.9% | 6,220 |
| Huntingdon County | William McKinley+2,656 | 4,64567.9% | 1,98929.1% | 2063.0% | 6,840 |
| Indiana County | William McKinley+3,920 | 5,68772.3% | 1,76722.4% | 4175.3% | 7,871 |
| Jefferson County | William McKinley+2,887 | 5,95062.4% | 3,06332.1% | 5255.5% | 9,538 |
| Juniata County | William McKinley+184 | 1,80551.5% | 1,62146.2% | 792.3% | 3,505 |
| Lackawanna County | William McKinley+2,035 | 16,76351.6% | 14,72845.3% | 1,0193.1% | 32,510 |
| Lancaster County | William McKinley+14,793 | 23,23071.8% | 8,43726.1% | 7012.2% | 32,368 |
| Lawrence County | William McKinley+3,589 | 6,34361.4% | 2,75426.7% | 1,23512.0% | 10,332 |
| Lebanon County | William McKinley+4,039 | 7,08966.8% | 3,05028.7% | 4794.5% | 10,618 |
| Lehigh County | William J. Bryan+663 | 9,77547.6% | 10,43850.9% | 3041.5% | 20,517 |
| Luzerne County | William McKinley+5,323 | 21,79354.9% | 16,47041.5% | 1,4543.7% | 39,717 |
| Lycoming County | William McKinley+323 | 7,75047.5% | 7,42745.6% | 1,1276.9% | 16,304 |
| McKean County | William McKinley+2,892 | 6,31961.4% | 3,42733.3% | 5475.3% | 10,293 |
| Mercer County | William McKinley+2,034 | 6,95055.9% | 4,91639.6% | 5594.5% | 12,425 |
| Mifflin County | William McKinley+752 | 2,59456.5% | 1,84240.1% | 1573.4% | 4,593 |
| Monroe County | William J. Bryan+1,790 | 1,26428.0% | 3,05467.6% | 1984.4% | 4,516 |
| Montgomery County | William McKinley+5,843 | 17,05159.1% | 11,20838.9% | 5902.0% | 28,849 |
| Montour County | William J. Bryan+583 | 1,29239.9% | 1,87557.9% | 722.2% | 3,239 |
| Northampton County | William J. Bryan+1,563 | 9,84945.1% | 11,41252.3% | 5562.5% | 21,817 |
| Northumberland County | William McKinley+377 | 8,36649.4% | 7,98947.1% | 5963.5% | 16,951 |
| Perry County | William McKinley+960 | 3,40057.4% | 2,44041.2% | 821.4% | 5,922 |
| Philadelphia County | William McKinley+115,478 | 173,65773.9% | 58,17924.8% | 3,0531.3% | 234,889 |
| Pike County | William J. Bryan+542 | 69435.3% | 1,23662.9% | 361.8% | 1,966 |
| Potter County | William McKinley+1,077 | 3,22456.3% | 2,14737.5% | 3566.2% | 5,727 |
| Schuylkill County | William McKinley+831 | 15,32750.7% | 14,49648.0% | 3921.3% | 30,215 |
| Snyder County | William McKinley+1,198 | 2,51764.9% | 1,31934.0% | 451.2% | 3,881 |
| Somerset County | William McKinley+4,526 | 6,67773.3% | 2,15123.6% | 2813.1% | 9,109 |
| Sullivan County | William J. Bryan+110 | 1,26645.5% | 1,37649.4% | 1435.1% | 2,785 |
| Susquehanna County | William McKinley+1,492 | 5,01955.2% | 3,52738.8% | 5395.9% | 9,085 |
| Tioga County | William McKinley+4,820 | 7,45871.0% | 2,63825.1% | 4063.9% | 10,502 |
| Union County | William McKinley+1,451 | 2,81065.8% | 1,35931.8% | 1002.3% | 4,269 |
| Venango County | William McKinley+1,917 | 5,93152.7% | 4,01435.7% | 1,29911.6% | 11,244 |
| Warren County | William McKinley+3,109 | 5,60964.9% | 2,50028.9% | 5366.2% | 8,645 |
| Washington County | William McKinley+4,028 | 10,40859.4% | 6,38036.4% | 7334.2% | 17,521 |
| Wayne County | William McKinley+582 | 3,22950.9% | 2,64741.7% | 4667.3% | 6,342 |
| Westmoreland County | William McKinley+5,004 | 16,01457.0% | 11,01039.2% | 1,0723.8% | 28,096 |
| Wyoming County | William McKinley+372 | 2,24752.6% | 1,87543.9% | 1493.5% | 4,271 |
| York County | William J. Bryan+1,405 | 12,32746.3% | 13,73251.6% | 5722.1% | 26,631 |
Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)
Pennsylvania's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1900 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | −24.7% |
| 1900 | −24.6% |
| 1904 | −40.7% |
| 1908 | −23.4% |
| 1912 | +10.0% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −38.6% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −31.4% |
| 1932 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | +16.0% |
| 1940 | +6.9% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −13.2% |
| 1960 | +2.3% |
| 1964 | +30.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | −7.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −2.3% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | +10.3% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | −1.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1900 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.