A presidential election was held in the United States on 6 November 1900. The Constitution Party re-nominated President Joseph Blackburn and Vice President Robert Pattison as their candidates for president and vice president. The Liberty Party nominated Robert M. La Follette, Governor of Wisconsin, and Marion Butler, Senator from North Carolina, as their candidates for president and vice president. (1) Butler was a rare Liberty Party senator from a southern state.
When all the results had been counted, the number of electoral votes for each candidate were as follows (same party candidates in 1896 election)
La Follette/Butler (Liberty): 230 (156)
Blackburn/Pattison (Constitution): 219 (293)
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Total votes: 449 (449)
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The percentage votes for each candidate were (same party 1896 election):
Blackburn/Pattison (Constitution): 49.3 (52.0)
La Follette/Butler (Liberty): 48.6 (41.9)
Others: 2.5 (2.1)
(National Liberty: 3.6)
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Total: 100.0 (100.0)
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So La Follette/Butler won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote.
(1) Here is the Wikipedia entry for Butler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Butler. In this timeline he was a member of the Liberty Party throughout his political career.
When all the results had been counted, the number of electoral votes for each candidate were as follows (same party candidates in 1896 election)
La Follette/Butler (Liberty): 230 (156)
Blackburn/Pattison (Constitution): 219 (293)
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Total votes: 449 (449)
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The percentage votes for each candidate were (same party 1896 election):
Blackburn/Pattison (Constitution): 49.3 (52.0)
La Follette/Butler (Liberty): 48.6 (41.9)
Others: 2.5 (2.1)
(National Liberty: 3.6)
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Total: 100.0 (100.0)
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So La Follette/Butler won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote.
(1) Here is the Wikipedia entry for Butler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Butler. In this timeline he was a member of the Liberty Party throughout his political career.
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