1892 United States presidential election in Montana

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1892 United States presidential election in Montana

November 8, 1892 (1892-11-08) 1896  →

Nominee Benjamin Harrison Grover Cleveland James Weaver Party Republican Democratic Populist Home state Indiana New York Iowa Running mate Whitelaw Reid Adlai Stevenson James Field Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 18,871 17,690 7,338 Percentage 42.44% 39.79% 16.50%

County Results Harrison   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Cleveland   30-40%   40-50%

President before election Benjamin Harrison Republican Elected President Grover Cleveland Democratic

The 1892 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 8, 1892, as part of the 1892 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana participated in its first-ever presidential election, having become the 41st state on November 8, 1889. The state voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent president Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, former president Grover Cleveland, who was running for a second, non-consecutive term and over the People's Party (Populists) nominee James B. Weaver. Harrison won Montana by a narrow margin of 2.65%.

Cleveland is the only Democrat to win the White House without carrying Silver Bow County.

Results

1892 United States presidential election in Montana [1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Benjamin Harrison (incumbent)	18,871	42.44%	3
	Democratic	Grover Cleveland	17,690	39.79%	0
	People's	James Weaver	7,338	16.50%	0
	Prohibition	John Bidwell	562	1.26%	0
Totals			44,461	99.99%	3

Results by county

County	Benjamin Harrison [2] Republican		Stephen Grover Cleveland [2] Democratic		James Baird Weaver [3] People’s		John Bidwell [4] Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaverhead	729	53.33%	463	33.87%	155	11.34%	20	1.46%	266	19.46%	1,367
Cascade	1,295	45.22%	1,184	41.34%	337	11.77%	48	1.68%	111	3.88%	2,864
Chouteau	788	51.91%	676	44.53%	35	2.31%	19	1.25%	112	7.38%	1,518
Custer	680	52.67%	537	41.60%	66	5.11%	8	0.62%	143	11.07%	1,291
Dawson	343	53.43%	268	41.74%	23	3.58%	8	1.25%	75	11.69%	642
Deer Lodge	1,930	35.47%	2,152	39.55%	1,319	24.24%	40	0.74%	-222	-4.08%	5,441
Fergus	766	55.59%	560	40.64%	31	2.25%	21	1.52%	206	14.95%	1,378
Gallatin	998	43.32%	1,144	49.65%	80	3.47%	82	3.56%	-146	-6.33%	2,304
Jefferson	740	38.05%	730	37.53%	447	22.98%	28	1.44%	10	0.52%	1,945
Lewis and Clark	2,014	38.14%	2,093	39.64%	1,073	20.32%	100	1.89%	-79	-1.50%	5,280
Madison	762	48.81%	634	40.61%	151	9.67%	14	0.90%	128	8.20%	1,561
Meagher	839	44.63%	735	39.10%	292	15.53%	14	0.74%	104	5.53%	1,880
Missoula	2,045	39.82%	2,340	45.56%	706	13.75%	45	0.88%	-295	-5.74%	5,136
Park	1,192	49.81%	1,048	43.79%	123	5.14%	30	1.25%	144	6.02%	2,393
Silver Bow	3,251	38.58%	2,648	31.43%	2,473	29.35%	54	0.64%	603	7.15%	8,426
Yellowstone	479	53.88%	369	41.51%	23	2.59%	18	2.02%	110	12.37%	889
Totals	18,851 [lower-alpha 1]	42.54%	17,581 [lower-alpha 1]	39.67%	7,334 [lower-alpha 1]	16.55%	549	1.24%	1,270	2.87%	44,315

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana

Notes

1. Small differences exist between these figures and those of Dave Leip.

References

1. "1892 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
2. Géoelections; presidential election of 1892 Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote for James B. Weaver (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; Popular Vote for John Bidwell (.xlsx file for €15)