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Election 1896 Results

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1896 Indiana governor election

James A. Mount (Republican) beat Benjamin F. Shively (Democrat) in Indiana in 1896, 50.9% to 46.8%, a margin of 4.1 points and 26,081 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1892 it went Democratic, for Claude Matthews.

Republicans led in 52 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 40. The largest, Marion, cast 48,353 votes and went to the Republican by 13.3 points. The closest was Jay, where 16 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James A. Mount won	Republican	320,936	50.9%
Benjamin F. Shively	Democratic	294,855	46.8%
All other candidates		14,398	2.3%
Total		630,189

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	20,740 42.9%	27,167 56.2%	446	48,353	R+13.3
Allen	9,852 53.7%	8,347 45.5%	155	18,354	D+8.2
Madison	7,334 45.7%	8,349 52.1%	350	16,033	R+6.3
Vigo	7,389 47.6%	7,917 51.0%	229	15,535	R+3.4
Vanderburgh	6,967 46.0%	7,945 52.4%	237	15,149	R+6.5
St. Joseph	6,167 46.3%	7,011 52.6%	155	13,333	R+6.3
Grant	4,914 37.9%	7,648 59.0%	402	12,964	R+21.1
Delaware	4,136 35.5%	7,254 62.3%	257	11,647	R+26.8
Elkhart	4,911 43.6%	6,099 54.2%	250	11,260	R+10.6
Wayne	3,968 36.3%	6,757 61.8%	207	10,932	R+25.5
Tippecanoe	4,603 42.3%	6,172 56.7%	108	10,883	R+14.4
Cass	4,745 51.0%	4,358 46.9%	199	9,302	D+4.2
La Porte	4,475 48.8%	4,617 50.3%	81	9,173	R+1.5
Montgomery	4,146 48.4%	4,338 50.6%	84	8,568	R+2.2
Clay	4,069 49.1%	3,778 45.6%	446	8,293	D+3.5
Lake	3,352 40.7%	4,794 58.2%	91	8,237	R+17.5
Huntington	3,654 46.0%	4,096 51.6%	188	7,938	R+5.6
Knox	3,973 50.8%	3,450 44.1%	401	7,824	D+6.7
Kosciusko	3,321 43.0%	4,307 55.7%	102	7,730	R+12.8
Clark	3,763 49.1%	3,846 50.2%	54	7,663	R+1.1
Hamilton	2,832 37.0%	4,574 59.7%	254	7,660	R+22.7
Howard	2,988 39.7%	4,174 55.5%	357	7,519	R+15.8
Randolph	2,590 35.1%	4,647 63.0%	141	7,378	R+27.9
Clinton	3,533 47.9%	3,582 48.6%	262	7,377	R+0.7
Floyd	3,504 47.7%	3,797 51.7%	40	7,341	R+4.0
Boone	3,668 50.5%	3,439 47.3%	156	7,263	D+3.2
Wabash	2,805 38.7%	4,275 59.0%	164	7,244	R+20.3
Jay	3,450 48.0%	3,434 47.7%	310	7,194	D+0.2
Shelby	3,779 52.9%	3,195 44.7%	170	7,144	D+8.2
Gibson	3,238 45.5%	3,456 48.5%	427	7,121	R+3.1
Miami	3,504 49.9%	3,383 48.1%	141	7,028	D+1.7
Henry	2,824 40.2%	3,997 57.0%	196	7,017	R+16.7
Daviess	3,349 48.7%	3,101 45.1%	427	6,877	D+3.6
De Kalb	3,572 52.4%	3,116 45.7%	129	6,817	D+6.7
Greene	2,848 42.2%	3,411 50.5%	494	6,753	R+8.3
Marshall	3,472 53.3%	2,937 45.1%	103	6,512	D+8.2
Noble	3,041 47.0%	3,354 51.9%	72	6,467	R+4.8
Bartholomew	3,180 49.2%	3,234 50.0%	50	6,464	R+0.8
Sullivan	3,580 56.3%	2,290 36.0%	493	6,363	D+20.3
Jefferson	2,539 40.9%	3,598 58.0%	67	6,204	R+17.1
Jackson	3,449 55.8%	2,626 42.5%	102	6,177	D+13.3
Dearborn	3,283 54.7%	2,681 44.7%	37	6,001	D+10.0
Wells	3,537 59.1%	2,199 36.7%	248	5,984	D+22.4
Putnam	3,131 53.5%	2,611 44.6%	112	5,854	D+8.9
Fountain	2,870 49.4%	2,799 48.2%	137	5,806	D+1.2
Hendricks	2,311 40.0%	3,367 58.3%	102	5,780	R+18.3
Spencer	2,697 46.9%	3,014 52.4%	39	5,750	R+5.5
Parke	2,583 45.7%	2,829 50.0%	245	5,657	R+4.3
Posey	2,906 51.9%	2,497 44.6%	198	5,601	D+7.3
Rush	2,570 46.4%	2,874 51.9%	96	5,540	R+5.5
Lawrence	2,292 41.6%	3,095 56.2%	122	5,509	R+14.6
Johnson	2,922 54.0%	2,277 42.1%	215	5,414	D+11.9
Decatur	2,476 46.0%	2,839 52.7%	73	5,388	R+6.7
Ripley	2,637 49.1%	2,682 49.9%	54	5,373	R+0.8
Warrick	2,655 49.5%	2,460 45.8%	251	5,366	D+3.6
Carroll	2,679 50.4%	2,538 47.7%	102	5,319	D+2.7
Harrison	2,724 51.5%	2,468 46.7%	97	5,289	D+4.8
Hancock	2,798 54.5%	2,228 43.4%	109	5,135	D+11.1
Morgan	2,373 46.3%	2,680 52.3%	70	5,123	R+6.0
Tipton	2,487 48.6%	2,268 44.3%	363	5,118	D+4.3
White	2,423 49.0%	2,361 47.8%	160	4,944	D+1.3
Adams	3,261 66.0%	1,595 32.3%	87	4,943	D+33.7
Monroe	2,302 46.6%	2,483 50.2%	158	4,943	R+3.7
Porter	1,986 41.1%	2,796 57.8%	52	4,834	R+16.8
Pike	2,421 50.2%	2,307 47.8%	95	4,823	D+2.4
Washington	2,491 51.7%	2,198 45.7%	125	4,814	D+6.1
Whitley	2,465 51.8%	2,230 46.9%	62	4,757	D+4.9
Fulton	2,380 50.1%	2,330 49.0%	43	4,753	D+1.1
Franklin	2,808 61.3%	1,744 38.1%	30	4,582	D+23.2
Blackford	2,199 49.2%	2,134 47.7%	140	4,473	D+1.5
Steuben	1,591 36.3%	2,652 60.5%	137	4,380	R+24.2
Perry	2,053 48.6%	2,113 50.0%	60	4,226	R+1.4
Dubois	2,907 69.7%	1,206 28.9%	60	4,173	D+40.8
Lagrange	1,619 39.3%	2,442 59.2%	63	4,124	R+20.0
Vermillion	1,776 44.8%	2,131 53.7%	61	3,968	R+8.9
Jennings	1,782 45.8%	2,023 52.0%	82	3,887	R+6.2
Orange	1,728 45.0%	2,032 53.0%	76	3,836	R+7.9
Owen	1,892 49.7%	1,749 45.9%	168	3,809	D+3.8
Fayette	1,587 42.3%	2,133 56.9%	30	3,750	R+14.6
Jasper	1,377 37.8%	2,016 55.4%	249	3,642	R+17.5
Benton	1,499 42.3%	1,977 55.8%	64	3,540	R+13.5
Switzerland	1,719 51.2%	1,628 48.5%	10	3,357	D+2.7
Pulaski	1,849 55.5%	1,345 40.4%	136	3,330	D+15.1
Warren	1,066 34.2%	2,010 64.4%	44	3,120	R+30.3
Crawford	1,575 50.5%	1,479 47.4%	65	3,119	D+3.1
Martin	1,494 48.3%	1,386 44.8%	213	3,093	D+3.5
Newton	1,117 40.7%	1,531 55.8%	95	2,743	R+15.1
Starke	1,190 47.8%	1,272 51.1%	27	2,489	R+3.3
Brown	1,390 63.7%	714 32.7%	79	2,183	D+31.0
Scott	1,220 58.8%	835 40.2%	20	2,075	D+18.6
Union	907 44.1%	1,112 54.1%	36	2,055	R+10.0
Ohio	626 47.2%	696 52.5%	4	1,326	R+5.3

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.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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