Presidential Candidate	Electoral Vote	Popular Vote	Pct	Party	Running Mate (Electoral Votes)
William McKinley of Ohio (W)	292	7,207,923	51.7	Republican	Theodore Roosevelt of New York (292)
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska	155	6,358,133	45.6	Democrat-Populist	Adlai Ewing Stevenson of Illinois (155)
Other
Total			100.0%
Other elections: 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912
Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register

Political cartoon The New York Times front page from the day after the election: November 7, 1900.

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 of the Social Democratic 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, History of the United States (1865-1918)

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