Newspaper endorsements in the 1900 United States presidential election
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Newspapers made endorsements of candidates in the 1900 United States presidential election. Incumbent President William McKinley was the Republican candidate, and William Jennings Bryan the Democratic candidate, a rematch of the 1896 election.
| Newspaper | 1900 Endorsement | Largest Reported Circ. | Endorsement date |
State | 1896 Endorsement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Herald[1] | William McKinley | 75,000+[2] | 1900 | New York | (blanks = to be filled in) | |
| New York World[1] | William McKinley | 75,000+[2] | 1900 | New York | ||
| New York Evening Post[1] | William McKinley | 23,244[2] | 1900 | New York | ||
| Brooklyn Eagle[1] | William McKinley | 20,000+[2] | 1900 | New York | ||
| The New York Times[3][4] | William McKinley | 20,000+[2] | November 4, 1900 | New York | William McKinley | |
| Chicago Tribune[5] | William McKinley | 75,000+[2] | 1900 | Illinois | William McKinley | |
| Country Topics[6] | William McKinley | 89,000+[2] | 1900 | Parts Unknown | William McKinley | |
| Baltimore Sun[7] | William Jennings Bryan | 20,000+[2] | 1900 | Maryland | William McKinley | |
| The Arizona Republican[8] | William McKinley | 4,129[2] | 1900 | Arizona Territory | William McKinley | |
| Canton Repository[9] | William McKinley | 6,563[2] | 1900 | Ohio | William McKinley[9] | |
| New Yorker Staats-Zeitung[10] | William McKinley | 20,000+[2] | 1900 | New York | Prominent German-language paper. | |
| Fort Wayne Journal Gazette[11] | William Jennings Bryan | 1,000+[2] | 1900 | Indiana |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Sheppard, Si. The Partisan Press: A History of Media Bias in the United States, p. 213 (2008) ("the Times, Herald, World, Evening Post, and Brooklyn Eagle, all backers of McKinley four years prior....")
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Rowell's 1900 directory, pp. 1191-1319 (papers over 1,000 daily circulation)
- ^ (4 November 1900). The Choice, The New York Times
- ^ New York Times Endorsements Through the Ages: A collection of The Times's endorsements for the presidency, from Abraham Lincoln in 1860 through the editorial board’s choice of Hillary Clinton in 2016., New York Times (September 23, 2016).
- ^ Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama, The Moderate Voice (2008)
- ^ [1], The Moderate Voice (2008)
- ^ 1900: William Jennings Bryan, Baltimore Sun
- ^ (7 Sept 2016). Arizona Republic presidential endorsements: 120 years, no Democrats, Arizona Republic
- ^ a b (11 Oct. 2016). A Paper Picks: Past Repository presidential endorsements followed an historical pattern, Canton Repository
- ^ “Declined with Thanks” , Harpers
- ^ Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions: A History of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, p. 72 (2007)