1896 United States presidential election in Montana
1896 United States presidential election in Montana
County Results
Bryan
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
McKinley
50-60%
60-70%
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 .
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
Results by county
County
William Jennings Bryan Democratic
William McKinley Republican
Joshua Levering Prohibitionist
Margin
Total votes cast[ 2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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
See also
References