1896 United States presidential election

The 1896 United States presidential election was the 28th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1896. Former Representative William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic, Populist, and Free Silver candidate, defeated former Governor William McKinley, the Republican candidate. The 1896 campaign, which took place during the fallout of an economic depression known as the Panic of 1893, preceded a political realignment that ended the old Third Party System and began the Fourth Party System.Though the effects of this realignment would not materialize until the 1900 presidential election

Nominations
WIP