 In the early post-Civil War period, Cecil County, having been generally pro-secession, leaned strongly towards the Democratic Party.It was carried by the Democratic Party nominee in every Presidential election between 1868 and 1920 except that of 1896 when the Northeast was vigorously opposed to William Jennings Bryan’s “free silver” policy.Since Dwight Eisenhower carried the county in 1952, Cecil County has become a solidly Republican county.