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November 3, 1896

General Election

President
Charles E. Bentley National 0.4% Loss
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 41.2% Loss
William Jennings Bryan People's Party 7.2% Loss
Joshua Levering Prohibition 0.9% Loss
Charles H. Matchett Socialist Labor 0.5% Loss
William McKinley Republican 49.1% Win
John N. Palmer National Democratic 0.7% Loss
 
CD-01
John A. Barham Republican 49.7% Win
Fletcher A. Cutler Democratic 45.5% Loss
George W. Montieth People's Party 4.2% Loss
B. F. Taylor Prohibition 0.7% Loss
 
CD-02
F. E. Coulter Prohibition 2.2% Loss
Marion De Vries Democratic 55.5% Win
Grove L. Johnson Republican 42.3% Loss
 
CD-03
Warren B. English Democratic 44% Loss
John H. Eustice Socialist Labor 1.1% Loss
Samuel G. Hilborn Republican 54% Win
William Shafer Prohibition 0.9% Loss
 
CD-04
E. T. Kingsley Socialist Labor 3.1% Loss
James G. Maguire Democratic 61% Win
Thomas B. O'Brien Republican 35% Loss
Joseph Rowell Prohibition 1% Loss
 
CD-05
Henry Daniels Socialist Labor 2.3% Loss
Joseph P. Kelly Democratic 32.2% Loss
A. H. Kinne People's Party 4.7% Loss
T. H. Lawson Prohibition 1.2% Loss
Eugene F. Loud Republican 59.5% Win
 
CD-06
Charles A. Barlow Democratic 48.9% Win
Job Harriman Socialist Labor 1.1% Loss
James McLachlan Republican 47.6% Loss
Henry Clay Needham Prohibition 2.4% Loss
 
CD-07
William W. Bowers Republican 46.1% Loss
William H. Carlson Independent 5.2% Loss
Curtis H. Castle Democratic 46.7% Win
James W. Webb Prohibition 2% Loss
 
SD-01
James N. Gillett Republican Win
 
SD-03
William Frederick Prisk Democratic Win
 
SD-05
Emery Washington Chapman Democratic Win
 
SD-07
Calhoun Lee LaRue Democratic Win
 
SD-09
John J. Luchsinger Republican Win
 
SD-11
John Henry Dickinson Republican Win
 
SD-13
Gillis Doty Democratic Win
 
SD-15
Benjamin F. Langford Democratic Win
 
SD-17
Samuel Braunhart Democratic Win
 
SD-19
Lawrence J. Dwyer Democratic Win
 
SD-21
Edward I. "Ed" Wolfe Republican Win
 
SD-22
Percy L. Henderson Democratic Win
 
SD-23
Sydney Hall Democratic Win
 
SD-25
John Feeney Democratic Win
 
SD-27
Frederick Smith Stratton Republican Win
 
SD-29
Daniel Hawk Trout Republican Win
 
SD-31
Henry Vinson Morehouse Republican Win
 
SD-33
Thomas Flint Jr. Republican Win
 
SD-35
J. J. Boyce Republican Win
 
SD-37
Robert N. Bulla Republican 53.6% Win
Johnston Jones Fusion 46.4% Loss
 
SD-39
Thomas Jefferson Jones Republican Win
 
AD-01
W. Strain Republican Win
 
AD-02
A. W. Hill Republican Win
 
AD-03
E. D. Damon Republican Win
 
AD-04
Frank Houghton Democratic Win
 
AD-05
T. W. H. Shanahan People's Win
 
AD-06
Frank D. Soward Republican Win
 
AD-07
Frederick R. Stansell Republican Win
 
AD-08
William M. Cutter Republican Win
 
AD-09
John Bunyan Sanford Democratic Win
 
AD-10
E. A. Bridgeford Democratic Win
 
AD-11
A. W. North Republican Win
 
AD-12
W. S. Robinson Republican Win
 
AD-13
Harold T. Power Republican Win
 
AD-14
George Burnham Republican Win
 
AD-15
Anthony Caminetti Democratic Win
 
AD-16
Walter Fitch Price Republican Win
 
AD-17
John W. Keegan Democratic Win
 
AD-18
Frank L. Coombs Republican Win
 
AD-19
Alden Anderson Republican Win
 
AD-20
William M. Sims Republican Win
 
AD-21
Scott F. Ennis Republican Win
 
AD-22
L. M. Landsborough Fusion Win
 
AD-23
M. Canavan Republican Win
 
AD-24
Charles M. Belshaw Republican Win
 
AD-25
A. L. Foreman Democratic Win
 
AD-26
Charles W. Austin Republican Win
 
AD-27
C. D. Fontana Republican Win
 
AD-28
Eugene F. Lacy Democratic Win
 
AD-29
John Allen (I) Fusion Win
 
AD-30
H. M. Kelly Republican Win
 
AD-31
Timothy E. Treacy Democratic Win
 
AD-32
John W. Power Fusion Win
 
AD-34
Frank Mahoney Democratic Win
 
AD-35
Lawrence J. Dolan Fusion Win
 
AD-36
Henry McGrath Fusion Win
 
AD-37
Harry I. Mulcrevy Fusion Win
 
AD-38
Gustave Pohlmann Republican Win
 
AD-39
Leon E. Jones Republican Win
 
AD-40
Sigmund M. Bettman Republican Win
 
AD-41
Henry C. Dibble Republican Win
 
AD-42
Lorenzo A. Henry Republican Win
 
AD-43
Leon Dennery Republican Win
 
AD-44
Edward S. Ryan Democratic Win
 
AD-45
William H. Gately Fusion Win
 
AD-46
J. W. Clarke Republican Win
 
AD-47
James A. Waymire Republican Win
 
AD-48
Frank W. Leavitt Republican Win
 
AD-49
Oscar F. Breiling Republican Win
 
AD-50
Hart H. North Republican Win
 
AD-51
Howard E. Wright Republican Win
 
AD-52
S. G. Goodhue Republican Win
 
AD-53
Frank Aldridge Democratic Win
 
AD-54
N. E. Malcolm Republican Win
 
AD-55
H. T. Besse Prohibition 1.9% Loss
John D. Kelsey Republican 48.9% Loss
J. J. McLaurin Democratic 49.3% Win
 
AD-56
M. E. Arnerich Republican Win
 
AD-57
John G. Elliott Fusion Win
 
AD-58
T. G. McCandish Democratic Win
 
AD-59
C. F. Rubell Democratic Win
 
AD-60
Thomas A. Keables Fusion Win
 
AD-61
W. G. Hudson Republican Win
 
AD-62
George W. Cartwright Fusion Win
 
AD-63
L. W. Moultrie Fusion Win
 
AD-64
James M. McClellan People's Win
 
AD-65
W. P. Boone Democratic Win
 
AD-66
R. C. Dale Republican Loss
E. J. Emmons Fusion Win
 
AD-67
J. K. Burnett Democratic Win
 
AD-68
L. Harris Republican Win
 
AD-69
Thomas O. Toland Fusion Win
 
AD-70
Walter S. Melick Republican 60.2% Win
A. R. Sprague Fusion 39.8% Loss
 
AD-71
Frank J. Cattern Fusion 45.2% Loss
J. O. Vosburg Republican 54.8% Win
 
AD-72
Brewster C. Kenyon Republican 52.6% Win
W. R. Steele Fusion 47.4% Loss
 
AD-73
George F. McCulloch Republican 42.9% Loss
William Mead Fusion 57.1% Win
 
AD-74
W. L. Price Fusion 45.4% Loss
L. H. Valentine Republican 54.6% Win
 
AD-75
John Cross Republican 54.4% Win
S. A. Waldron Fusion 45.6% Loss
 
AD-76
H. W. Chynoweth Republican Win
 
AD-77
F. T. Lindenberger Republican Win
 
AD-78
T. H. Goff Republican Win
 
AD-79
Wilfred R. Guy Republican Win
 
AD-80
J. L. Dryden Fusion Win