1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina

The 1896 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 3, 1896, as part of the 1896 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Carolina overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative from Nebraska William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, former governor of Ohio William McKinley. Bryan won the state by a landslide margin of 71.79%. However, McKinley's performance would actually prove to be a high water mark for Republicans going into the 20th century; he was the last Republican to win even 10% of the state's vote until Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952.

With 85.3% of the popular vote, South Carolina would prove to be Bryan's second strongest state in the 1896 presidential election only after Mississippi.

Bryan would later defeat McKinley in South Carolina again four years later and would win the state again in 1908 against William Howard Taft.