That's The Ticket:
A Parade of Presidential Elections
Republican Ticket  | |
| Presidential candidate: | WILLIAM MCKINLEY, Ohio Governor |
| VP candidate: | GARRET A. HOBART, Republican National Committee Member |
| Popular votes: | 7,105,144 (51.1%) |
| Electoral votes: | 271 |
| Democratic Ticket | |
| Presidential candidate: | William Jennings Bryan, former Nebraska Congressman |
| VP candidate: | Arthur Sewall, Democratic National Committee Member |
| Popular votes: | 6,370,897 (45.8%) |
| Electoral votes: | 176 |
Election Facts
- Rising Populist activism found a voice in this election.
- Bryan claimed to speak for discontented farmers and factory workers whose problems stemmed from westward expansion, urbanization, and explosive economic growth.
- Bryan's campaign centered on the "free coinage of silver." Silver would be made into coins, which would expand the money supply and benefit people who were in debt.
- Many Easterners considered Bryan too radical. They did not add to the support he received from the agrarian West and South.
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