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1896 United States presidential election in Montana

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Field	Value
election_name	1896 United States presidential election in Montana
type	presidential
country	Montana
flag_year	1889
ongoing	no
previous_election	1892 United States presidential election in Montana
previous_year	1892
next_election	1900 United States presidential election in Montana
next_year	1900
election_date
image_size	x200px
image1	William Jennings Bryan 2 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	William Jennings Bryan
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
alliance1	Populist
Silver
home_state1	Nebraska
running_mate1	Arthur Sewall
(Democratic, Silver)
Thomas E. Watson
(Populist)
electoral_vote1	3
popular_vote1	42,628
percentage1	79.93%
image2	William McKinley by Courtney Art Studio, 1896 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	William McKinley
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	Ohio
running_mate2	Garret Hobart
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	10,509
percentage2	19.71%
map_image	Montana Presidential Election Results 1896.svg
map_size	350px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Grover Cleveland
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	William McKinley
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Main article: 1896 United States presidential election

Silver (Democratic, Silver) Thomas E. Watson (Populist) Bryan McKinley 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

1896 United States presidential election in Montana	Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Democratic/Silver	William Jennings Bryan	42,628	79.93%	2
Populist	William Jennings Bryan	0	0.00%	1
Total	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

County	William Jennings Bryan
Democratic	William McKinley
Republican	Joshua Levering
Prohibitionist	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	42,537	79.93%	10,494	19.72%	186	0.35%	32,043	60.21%	53,217
	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		4,007		78.82%		1,057		20.79%		20		0.39%		2,950		58.03%		5,084
	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

References

David Leip. "1896 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
Plumbe, George E.. (1897). "The Daily News Almanac and Political Register for 1897". Chicago Daily News Company.

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