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Presidential Candidate Electoral Vote Popular Vote Pct Party Running Mate
(Electoral Votes)William McKinley (W) 292 7,207,923 51.7 Republican Theodore Roosevelt (292) William Jennings Bryan 155 6,358,133 45.6 Democrat-Populist Adlai E. Stevenson (155) Other Total 100.0% Other elections: 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register
(Larger version)The election was held on November 6, 1900.
Other candidates: John G. Woolley of the Prohibition Party received 209,004 popular votes (1.5%); Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party 86,935 (0.6%); Wharton Barker of the People's Party 50,340 (0.4%); and Joseph F. Malloney of the Socialist Labor Party 40,900 votes (0.3%).
William McKinley was shot September 6, 1901 and died September 14, 1901. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Theodore Roosevelt.
See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 1900
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "U.S. presidential election, 1900."
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