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Election 1896 Results

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1896 Illinois governor election

John R. Tanner (Republican) beat John Peter Altgeld (Democrat) in Illinois in 1896, 54.1% to 43.7%, a margin of 10.4 points and 113,381 votes.

Illinois changed party: in 1892 it went Democratic, for John P. Altgeld.

Republicans led in 65 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 37. The largest, Cook, cast 378,361 votes and went to the Republican by 11.1 points. The closest was Randolph, where 32 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John R. Tanner won Republican 587,637 54.1%
John Peter Altgeld Democratic 474,256 43.7%
All other candidates 24,379 2.2%
Total1,086,272

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 164,078 43.4% 205,960 54.4% 8,323 378,361 R+11.1
La Salle 8,124 40.7% 11,344 56.9% 479 19,947 R+16.1
Peoria 9,459 47.7% 9,886 49.9% 483 19,828 R+2.2
Sangamon 8,563 48.2% 8,836 49.7% 385 17,784 R+1.5
St. Clair 8,374 47.8% 8,881 50.6% 282 17,537 R+2.9
Kane 5,069 29.4% 11,656 67.7% 503 17,228 R+38.2
Adams 7,997 47.8% 8,341 49.9% 378 16,716 R+2.1
McLean 6,271 37.6% 9,824 58.9% 574 16,669 R+21.3
Will 6,916 42.8% 9,042 56.0% 194 16,152 R+13.2
Vermilion 5,672 38.4% 8,732 59.2% 353 14,757 R+20.7
Madison 6,295 45.3% 7,374 53.1% 212 13,881 R+7.8
Fulton 5,867 47.9% 6,183 50.5% 187 12,237 R+2.6
Rock Island 4,839 39.9% 7,081 58.4% 215 12,135 R+18.5
Champaign 4,601 39.2% 6,624 56.4% 525 11,750 R+17.2
Knox 3,441 30.3% 7,642 67.2% 291 11,374 R+36.9
Macon 4,692 42.0% 6,171 55.3% 297 11,160 R+13.3
Winnebago 2,504 22.8% 8,010 72.8% 485 10,999 R+50.1
Macoupin 5,511 51.6% 4,976 46.6% 198 10,685 D+5.0
Livingston 3,974 41.1% 5,411 55.9% 287 9,672 R+14.9
Bureau 3,813 39.8% 5,386 56.2% 380 9,579 R+16.4
Henry 2,969 31.8% 6,080 65.1% 295 9,344 R+33.3
Iroquois 3,562 39.0% 5,283 57.9% 281 9,126 R+18.9
Hancock 4,499 50.0% 4,277 47.5% 220 8,996 D+2.5
Morgan 4,183 47.9% 4,371 50.0% 184 8,738 R+2.2
Stephenson 3,621 41.7% 4,723 54.4% 342 8,686 R+12.7
Christian 4,605 53.6% 3,855 44.9% 135 8,595 D+8.7
Pike 5,236 61.3% 3,147 36.8% 163 8,546 D+24.4
Coles 3,924 45.9% 4,499 52.7% 120 8,543 R+6.7
Whiteside 2,711 32.0% 5,537 65.3% 232 8,480 R+33.3
Kankakee 2,368 29.8% 5,414 68.0% 174 7,956 R+38.3
Shelby 4,609 58.5% 3,084 39.2% 179 7,872 D+19.4
McDonough 3,598 45.8% 4,025 51.2% 240 7,863 R+5.4
Montgomery 4,077 52.1% 3,592 45.9% 155 7,824 D+6.2
De Kalb 1,870 24.2% 5,522 71.6% 320 7,712 R+47.4
Edgar 3,674 48.2% 3,810 50.0% 140 7,624 R+1.8
Jackson 3,542 46.8% 3,915 51.7% 113 7,570 R+4.9
Tazewell 3,717 49.2% 3,660 48.4% 182 7,559 D+0.8
Ogle 2,046 27.4% 5,198 69.5% 230 7,474 R+42.2
Lee 2,468 33.5% 4,717 64.1% 178 7,363 R+30.5
McHenry 1,916 27.0% 4,992 70.4% 186 7,094 R+43.4
Logan 3,337 48.1% 3,430 49.4% 173 6,940 R+1.3
Lake 1,757 25.5% 4,882 71.0% 240 6,879 R+45.4
Marion 3,781 55.9% 2,890 42.7% 96 6,767 D+13.2
Fayette 3,573 55.5% 2,728 42.4% 138 6,439 D+13.1
Greene 3,936 61.8% 2,372 37.2% 62 6,370 D+24.6
Jefferson 3,543 56.5% 2,599 41.5% 126 6,268 D+15.1
White 3,385 54.5% 2,781 44.8% 48 6,214 D+9.7
Randolph 3,011 48.6% 3,043 49.2% 137 6,191 R+0.5
Jo Daviess 2,326 37.9% 3,593 58.5% 219 6,138 R+20.6
Warren 2,506 40.9% 3,395 55.4% 226 6,127 R+14.5
Clark 3,116 51.1% 2,908 47.7% 72 6,096 D+3.4
Wayne 3,073 50.7% 2,905 48.0% 78 6,056 D+2.8
Du Page 1,571 26.6% 4,013 67.8% 333 5,917 R+41.3
Williamson 2,536 45.2% 3,045 54.3% 25 5,606 R+9.1
Mercer 2,269 41.4% 3,100 56.5% 115 5,484 R+15.2
Grundy 2,038 37.7% 3,227 59.7% 139 5,404 R+22.0
De Witt 2,349 46.9% 2,554 51.0% 108 5,011 R+4.1
Woodford 2,354 47.3% 2,440 49.0% 187 4,981 R+1.7
Saline 2,268 46.2% 2,610 53.1% 35 4,913 R+7.0
Effingham 2,945 60.2% 1,882 38.5% 67 4,894 D+21.7
Union 2,976 61.1% 1,840 37.8% 55 4,871 D+23.3
Douglas 2,097 43.2% 2,669 55.0% 89 4,855 R+11.8
Carroll 1,417 29.3% 3,313 68.4% 113 4,843 R+39.1
Perry 2,330 48.5% 2,363 49.2% 107 4,800 R+0.7
Jasper 2,692 58.1% 1,884 40.6% 61 4,637 D+17.4
Alexander 1,788 39.0% 2,774 60.5% 24 4,586 R+21.5
Piatt 1,931 42.2% 2,566 56.0% 82 4,579 R+13.9
Mason 2,304 50.4% 2,128 46.6% 137 4,569 D+3.9
Crawford 2,323 51.1% 2,175 47.8% 49 4,547 D+3.3
Clay 2,221 49.6% 2,167 48.4% 91 4,479 D+1.2
Clinton 2,532 57.2% 1,868 42.2% 28 4,428 D+15.0
Washington 1,973 44.8% 2,329 52.9% 104 4,406 R+8.1
Cass 2,420 55.0% 1,913 43.5% 68 4,401 D+11.5
Ford 1,465 33.5% 2,786 63.7% 122 4,373 R+30.2
Franklin 2,180 51.0% 2,062 48.2% 34 4,276 D+2.8
Schuyler 2,288 54.0% 1,855 43.8% 96 4,239 D+10.2
Hamilton 2,389 56.9% 1,766 42.0% 45 4,200 D+14.8
Marshall 1,864 45.0% 2,189 52.9% 86 4,139 R+7.9
Jersey 2,345 57.8% 1,644 40.6% 65 4,054 D+17.3
Lawrence 1,924 48.3% 1,989 49.9% 71 3,984 R+1.6
Cumberland 2,062 51.9% 1,864 46.9% 47 3,973 D+5.0
Moultrie 2,049 53.7% 1,731 45.4% 33 3,813 D+8.3
Boone 641 16.8% 3,070 80.7% 95 3,806 R+63.8
Richland 2,037 53.7% 1,700 44.8% 58 3,795 D+8.9
Bond 1,632 44.1% 1,969 53.2% 99 3,700 R+9.1
Menard 2,002 54.2% 1,645 44.5% 46 3,693 D+9.7
Gallatin 2,047 57.5% 1,474 41.4% 36 3,557 D+16.1
Johnson 1,408 40.6% 2,029 58.5% 29 3,466 R+17.9
Pulaski 1,155 35.5% 2,074 63.8% 21 3,250 R+28.3
Monroe 1,618 51.8% 1,479 47.4% 25 3,122 D+4.5
Wabash 1,726 55.4% 1,312 42.1% 77 3,115 D+13.3
Brown 2,035 65.5% 1,034 33.3% 36 3,105 D+32.2
Kendall 743 25.0% 2,122 71.3% 111 2,976 R+46.3
Pope 1,047 35.7% 1,864 63.6% 19 2,930 R+27.9
Massac 864 29.5% 2,035 69.6% 25 2,924 R+40.0
Scott 1,550 54.0% 1,289 44.9% 33 2,872 D+9.1
Henderson 931 33.5% 1,753 63.0% 98 2,782 R+29.5
Stark 980 36.1% 1,621 59.8% 111 2,712 R+23.6
Edwards 824 33.7% 1,565 63.9% 59 2,448 R+30.3
Calhoun 1,153 58.8% 792 40.4% 15 1,960 D+18.4
Hardin 899 53.2% 779 46.1% 11 1,689 D+7.1
Putnam 465 38.6% 698 57.9% 43 1,206 R+19.3

Counties as they stood in 1896; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Illinois governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 JB Pritzker (D) D+12.5
2018 JB Pritzker (D) D+15.7
2014 Bruce Rauner (R) R+3.9
2010 Pat Quinn (D) D+0.9
2006 Rod Blagojevich (D) D+10.5
2002 Rod R. Blagojevich (D) D+7.1
1998 George H. Ryan (R) R+3.6
1994 Jim Edgar (R) R+29.4
1990 Jim Edgar (R) R+2.6
1986 James R. Thompson (R) R+52.7
1982 James R. Thompson (R) R+0.1
1978 James R. Thompson (R) R+18.9
1976 James R. Thompson (R) R+30.1
1972 Daniel Walker (D) D+1.7
1968 Richard B. Ogilvie (R) R+2.8
1964 Otto Kerner (D) D+3.8
1960 Otto Kerner (D) D+11.2
1956 William G. Stratton (R) R+1.0
1952 William G. Stratton (R) R+5.2
1948 Adlai E. Stevenson (D) D+14.5
1944 Dwight H. Green (R) R+1.8
1940 Dwight H. Green (R) R+6.2
1936 Henry Horner (D) D+9.9
1932 Henry Horner (D) D+16.9
1928 Louis L. Emmerson (R) R+14.1
1924 Len Small (R) R+14.3
1920 Len Small (R) R+24.2
1916 Frank O. Lowden (R) R+10.6
1912 Edward F. Dunne (D) D+10.7
1908 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+2.0
1904 Charles S. Deneen (R) R+27.9
1900 Richard Yates (R) R+5.4
1896 John R. Tanner (R) R+10.4
1892 John P. Altgeld (D) D+2.6
1888 Joseph W. Fifer (R) R+1.7
1884 Richard J. Oglesby (R) R+2.2
1880 Shelby M. Cullom (R) R+5.9
1876 Shelby M. Cullom (R) R+1.2
1872 Richard J. Oglesby (R) R+54.4
1868 John McAuley Palmer (R) R+11.0