1896 United States presidential election in Montana

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1896 United States presidential election in Montana
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Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Populist
Silver 		–
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Arthur Sewall
(Democratic, Silver)
Thomas E. Watson
(Populist)		 Garret Hobart
Electoral vote30
Popular vote42,62810,509
Percentage79.93%19.71%
Montana Presidential Election Results 1896.svg
County Results
President before election

Grover Cleveland
Democratic

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

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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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. To date this is the best performance ever by a presidential candidate in Montana.

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. This is one of two elections where the Republican candidate won without the state, the other being in 1900. McKinley is the only Republican to win the White House without carrying Yellowstone County.

Results

1896 United States presidential election in Montana [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic/Silver William Jennings Bryan42,62879.93%2
Populist William Jennings Bryan00.00%1
Total William Jennings Bryan 42,62879.93%3
Republican William McKinley 10,50919.71%0
Prohibitionist Joshua Levering 1930.36%0
Totals53,330100.00%3

Results by county

CountyWilliam Jennings Bryan
Democratic		William McKinley
Republican		Joshua Levering
Prohibitionist		MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %
Beaverhead 1,24688.56%15410.95%70.50%1,09277.61%1,407
Carbon 73966.94%36533.06%00.00%37433.88%1,104
Cascade 2,92075.10%95324.51%150.39%1,96750.59%3,888
Chouteau 70152.67%62446.88%60.45%775.79%1,331
Custer 67648.15%72351.50%50.36%-47-3.35%1,404
Dawson 17731.33%38568.14%30.53%-208-36.81%565
Deer Lodge 4,91691.55%4468.31%80.15%4,47083.24%5,370
Fergus 83453.39%72546.41%30.19%1096.98%1,562
Flathead 1,36076.45%41323.22%60.34%94753.23%1,779
Gallatin 1,64978.23%42320.07%361.71%1,22658.16%2,108
Granite 1,74696.25%613.36%70.39%1,68592.89%1,814
Jefferson 2,18593.42%1536.54%10.04%2,03286.87%2,339
Lewis and Clark 3,93978.53%1,05721.07%200.40%2,88257.46%5,016
Madison 1,63383.40%31516.09%100.51%1,31867.31%1,958
Meagher 1,30579.62%33320.32%10.06%97259.30%1,639
Missoula 2,25985.89%36513.88%60.23%1,89472.02%2,630
Park 1,25278.69%32820.62%110.69%92458.08%1,591
Ravalli 1,54287.91%20711.80%50.29%1,33576.11%1,754
Silver Bow 9,99288.46%1,27511.29%290.26%8,71777.17%11,296
Sweet Grass 29850.42%29249.41%10.17%61.02%591
Teton 32152.20%29347.64%10.16%284.55%615
Valley 20453.83%17546.17%00.00%297.65%379
Yellowstone 57556.99%42942.52%50.50%14614.47%1,009
Totals42,46979.91%10,49419.74%1860.35%31,97560.16%53,149

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References

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