1896 United States presidential election in Montana

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

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1896 United States presidential election in Montana

November 3, 1896 (1896-11-03)

Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley Party Democratic Republican Home state Nebraska Ohio Running mate Arthur Sewall Garret Hobart Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 42,628 10,509 Percentage 79.93% 19.71%

County Results Bryan   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%   90-100% McKinley   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Grover Cleveland Democratic Elected President William McKinley Republican

Montana 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 60.22 percentage points.

Bryan's support for many Populist goals resulted in him being nominated by both the Democratic Party and the People's Party (Populists), though with different running mates. One electoral vote from Montana was cast for the Populist Bryan-Watson ticket with Thomas E. Watson as Vice-President and two votes were cast for the Bryan-Sewall ticket.

Bryan would later beat McKinley in the state again four years later but would lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic/Populist/Silver	William Jennings Bryan	42,628	79.93%	3
	Republican	William McKinley	10,509	19.71%	0
	Prohibitionist	Joshua Levering	193	0.36%	0
Totals			53,330	100.00%	3

Results by county

	William Jennings Bryan Democratic		William McKinley Republican		Joshua Levering Prohibitionist		Margin		Total votes cast[2]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Beaverhead	1,246	88.56%	154	10.95%	7	0.50%	1,092	77.61%	1,407
Carbon	739	66.94%	365	33.06%	0	0.00%	374	33.88%	1,104
Cascade	2,920	75.10%	953	24.51%	15	0.39%	1,967	50.59%	3,888
Chouteau	701	52.67%	624	46.88%	6	0.45%	77	5.79%	1,331
Custer	676	48.15%	723	51.50%	5	0.36%	-47	-3.35%	1,404
Dawson	177	31.33%	385	68.14%	3	0.53%	-208	-36.81%	565
Deer Lodge	4,916	91.55%	446	8.31%	8	0.15%	4,470	83.24%	5,370
Fergus	834	53.39%	725	46.41%	3	0.19%	109	6.98%	1,562
Flathead	1,360	76.45%	413	23.22%	6	0.34%	947	53.23%	1,779
Gallatin	1,649	78.23%	423	20.07%	36	1.71%	1,226	58.16%	2,108
Granite	1,746	96.25%	61	3.36%	7	0.39%	1,685	92.89%	1,814
Jefferson	2,185	93.42%	153	6.54%	1	0.04%	2,032	86.87%	2,339
Lewis and Clark	3,939	78.53%	1,057	21.07%	20	0.40%	2,882	57.46%	5,016
Madison	1,633	83.40%	315	16.09%	10	0.51%	1,318	67.31%	1,958
Meagher	1,305	79.62%	333	20.32%	1	0.06%	972	59.30%	1,639
Missoula	2,259	85.89%	365	13.88%	6	0.23%	1,894	72.02%	2,630
Park	1,252	78.69%	328	20.62%	11	0.69%	924	58.08%	1,591
Ravalli	1,542	87.91%	207	11.80%	5	0.29%	1,335	76.11%	1,754
Silver Bow	9,992	88.46%	1,275	11.29%	29	0.26%	8,717	77.17%	11,296
Sweet Grass	298	50.42%	292	49.41%	1	0.17%	6	1.02%	591
Teton	321	52.20%	293	47.64%	1	0.16%	28	4.55%	615
Valley	204	53.83%	175	46.17%	0	0.00%	29	7.65%	379
Yellowstone	575	56.99%	429	42.52%	5	0.50%	146	14.47%	1,009
Totals	42,469	79.91%	10,494	19.74%	186	0.35%	31,975	60.16%	53,149

References

1. David Leip. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261 ISBN 9780804716963