1900 United States presidential election in Montana

Summary

The 1900 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1900 United States presidential election in Montana

← 1896 November 6, 1900 (1900-11-06) 1904 →
 
Nominee William Jennings Bryan William McKinley
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Nebraska Ohio
Running mate Adlai Stevenson I Theodore Roosevelt
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 37,311 25,409
Percentage 58.43% 39.79%

County Results

President before election

William McKinley
Republican

Elected President

William McKinley
Republican

Montana overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, former U.S. Representative and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, President William McKinley. Bryan won Montana by a landslide margin of 18.64% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley more than double his votes from the previous election, but he still lost decisively.

Bryan had previously defeated McKinley in the state four years earlier but would later lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908. As of the 2020 election, this is the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Montana.

Results edit

1900 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 37,311 58.43% 3
Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 25,409 39.79% 0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 711 1.11% 0
Prohibition John G. Woolley 306 0.48% 0
Socialist Labor Joseph F. Maloney 119 0.19% 0
Totals 63,856 100.00% 3

Results by county edit

County William Jennings Bryan
Democratic
William McKinley
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[2]
# % # % # % # %
Beaverhead 937 54.73% 767 44.80% 8 0.47% 170 9.93% 1,712
Broadwater 572 63.49% 318 35.29% 11 1.22% 254 28.19% 901
Carbon 907 48.61% 930 49.84% 29 1.55% -23 -1.23% 1,866
Cascade 2,564 55.16% 1,997 42.96% 87 1.87% 567 12.20% 4,648
Chouteau 629 36.13% 1,098 63.07% 14 0.80% -469 -26.94% 1,741
Custer 477 32.58% 980 66.94% 7 0.48% -503 -34.36% 1,464
Dawson 209 28.36% 521 70.69% 7 0.95% -312 -42.33% 737
Deer Lodge 3,395 65.38% 1,636 31.50% 162 3.12% 1,759 33.87% 5,193
Fergus 913 42.33% 1,228 56.93% 16 0.74% -315 -14.60% 2,157
Flathead 1,201 51.22% 1,104 47.08% 40 1.71% 97 4.14% 2,345
Gallatin 1,297 51.53% 1,146 45.53% 74 2.94% 151 6.00% 2,517
Granite 1,020 71.08% 401 27.94% 14 0.98% 619 43.14% 1,435
Jefferson 980 65.42% 488 32.58% 30 2.00% 492 32.84% 1,498
Lewis and Clark 2,763 56.84% 2,043 42.03% 55 1.13% 720 14.81% 4,861
Madison 1,298 55.28% 1,030 43.87% 20 0.85% 268 11.41% 2,348
Meagher 406 49.33% 414 50.30% 3 0.36% -8 -0.97% 823
Missoula 1,893 56.92% 1,392 41.85% 41 1.23% 501 15.06% 3,326
Park 900 47.82% 903 47.98% 79 4.20% -3 -0.16% 1,882
Ravalli 1,052 52.81% 892 44.78% 48 2.41% 160 8.03% 1,992
Silver Bow 12,101 74.19% 3,873 23.75% 336 2.06% 8,228 50.45% 16,310
Sweet Grass 287 38.37% 460 61.50% 1 0.13% -173 -23.13% 748
Teton 457 43.94% 573 55.10% 10 0.96% -116 -11.15% 1,040
Valley 234 39.00% 363 60.50% 3 0.50% -129 -21.50% 600
Yellowstone 654 43.69% 816 54.51% 27 1.80% -162 -10.82% 1,497
Totals 37,146 58.37% 25,373 39.87% 1,122 1.76% 11,773 18.50% 63,641

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ David Leip. "1900 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