1916 United States presidential election in Montana
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The 1916 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 7, 1916 as a part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Montana overwhelmingly voted for the Democratic nominee, President Woodrow Wilson, over the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and former New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes. Wilson won the state by a large margin of 19.31%.
Primary elections
[edit]Republican primary
[edit]The Republican primary took place on April 21, 1916. Iowa Senator Albert B. Cummins would convincingly win. Cummins would be one of two candidates on the ballot with favorite son, Edward Randolph Woods.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Albert B. Cummins | 10,415 | 68.43 |
| Roosevelt (write-in) | 2,635 | 17.31 |
| Edward Randolph Woods | 1,173 | 7.71 |
| C. E. Hughes (write-in) | 564 | 3.71 |
| Elihu Root (write-in) | 137 | 0.90 |
| Henry Ford (write-in) | 134 | 0.88 |
| La Follette (write-in) | 64 | 0.42 |
| Woodrow Wilson (write-in) | 36 | 0.24 |
| Lawrence Y. Sherman (write-in) | 16 | 0.11 |
| Wm. H. Taft (write-in) | 9 | 0.06 |
| Leonard Wood (write-in) | 8 | 0.05 |
| W. E. Borah (write-in) | 5 | 0.03 |
| Esterbrook (write-in) | 3 | 0.02 |
| McCall (write-in) | 2 | 0.01 |
| Jos. Dixon (write-in) | 2 | 0.01 |
| Weeks (write-in) | 2 | 0.01 |
| Dupont (write-in) | 1 | 0.01 |
| Beveridge (write-in) | 1 | 0.01 |
| Total | 15,220 | 100.0 |
Democratic primary
[edit]The Democratic primary took place on April 21, 1916. Incumbent president, Woodrow Wilson, ran virtually unopposed in the Democratic primary.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson | 17,960 | 99.24 |
| W. J. Bryan (write-in) | 88 | 0.49 |
| Champ Clark (write-in) | 41 | 0.23 |
| Henry Ford (write-in) | 5 | 0.03 |
| Roosevelt (write-in) | 3 | 0.02 |
| W. E. Borah (write-in) | 1 | 0.01 |
| Total | 18,098 | 100.0 |
Progressive primary
[edit]The Progressive primary took place on April 21, 1916. The two members of the ticket from 1912, Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson were the two major candidates.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Hiram Johnson | 1,519 | 56.66 |
| Roosevelt (write-in) | 1,125 | 41.96 |
| La Follette (write-in) | 19 | 0.71 |
| Woodrow Wilson (write-in) | 11 | 0.41 |
| Hughes (write-in) | 5 | 0.19 |
| Cummins (write-in) | 1 | 0.04 |
| Bryan (write-in) | 1 | 0.04 |
| Total | 2,681 | 100.0 |
Socialist primary
[edit]The Socialist primary took place on April 21, 1916. Eventual nominee and newspaper editor Allan L. Benson would receive all but one vote.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Allan L. Benson | 1,843 | 99.95 |
| Woodrow Wilson (write-in) | 1 | 0.05 |
| Total | 1,844 | 100.0 |
Results
[edit]| 1916 United States presidential election in Montana[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 101,063 | 56.88% | 4 | |
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 66,750 | 37.57% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Allan Benson | 9,564 | 5.38% | 0 | |
| Progressive | No candidate | 302 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Totals | 177,679 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Charles Evans Hughes Republican |
Allan Louis Benson Socialist |
No candidate Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 1,463 | 48.65% | 1,455 | 48.39% | 89 | 2.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.27% | 3,007 |
| Big Horn | 740 | 59.01% | 497 | 39.63% | 15 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.16% | 243 | 19.38% | 1,254 |
| Blaine | 1,261 | 57.58% | 857 | 39.13% | 72 | 3.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 404 | 18.45% | 2,190 |
| Broadwater | 1,100 | 63.00% | 584 | 33.45% | 53 | 3.04% | 9 | 0.52% | 516 | 29.55% | 1,746 |
| Carbon | 1,926 | 47.99% | 1,708 | 42.56% | 379 | 9.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 218 | 5.43% | 4,013 |
| Cascade | 6,612 | 62.14% | 3,253 | 30.57% | 758 | 7.12% | 18 | 0.17% | 3,359 | 31.57% | 10,641 |
| Chouteau | 2,738 | 61.95% | 1,486 | 33.62% | 183 | 4.14% | 13 | 0.29% | 1,252 | 28.33% | 4,420 |
| Custer | 2,602 | 59.69% | 1,615 | 37.05% | 141 | 3.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 987 | 22.64% | 4,359 |
| Dawson | 2,835 | 55.30% | 2,105 | 41.06% | 187 | 3.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 730 | 14.24% | 5,127 |
| Deer Lodge | 4,171 | 67.90% | 1,860 | 30.28% | 109 | 1.77% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,311 | 37.62% | 6,143 |
| Fallon | 1,845 | 59.25% | 1,169 | 37.54% | 95 | 3.05% | 5 | 0.16% | 676 | 21.71% | 3,114 |
| Fergus | 5,749 | 61.00% | 3,290 | 34.91% | 380 | 4.03% | 5 | 0.05% | 2,459 | 26.09% | 9,424 |
| Flathead | 2,978 | 46.34% | 2,913 | 45.33% | 520 | 8.09% | 15 | 0.23% | 65 | 1.01% | 6,426 |
| Gallatin | 3,661 | 58.06% | 2,527 | 40.07% | 116 | 1.84% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,134 | 17.98% | 6,306 |
| Granite | 812 | 54.90% | 574 | 38.81% | 89 | 6.02% | 4 | 0.27% | 238 | 16.09% | 1,479 |
| Hill | 3,241 | 60.17% | 1,709 | 31.73% | 428 | 7.95% | 8 | 0.15% | 1,532 | 28.44% | 5,386 |
| Jefferson | 1,124 | 57.82% | 712 | 36.63% | 104 | 5.35% | 4 | 0.21% | 412 | 21.19% | 1,944 |
| Lewis and Clark | 4,337 | 54.47% | 3,423 | 42.99% | 200 | 2.51% | 2 | 0.03% | 914 | 11.48% | 7,962 |
| Lincoln | 1,186 | 51.95% | 807 | 35.35% | 288 | 12.61% | 2 | 0.09% | 379 | 16.60% | 2,283 |
| Madison | 1,672 | 55.40% | 1,279 | 42.38% | 67 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 393 | 13.02% | 3,018 |
| Meagher | 1,482 | 55.15% | 1,158 | 43.10% | 46 | 1.71% | 1 | 0.04% | 324 | 12.06% | 2,687 |
| Mineral | 781 | 63.70% | 251 | 20.47% | 188 | 15.33% | 6 | 0.49% | 530 | 43.23% | 1,226 |
| Missoula | 4,069 | 53.80% | 2,926 | 38.69% | 558 | 7.38% | 10 | 0.13% | 1,143 | 15.11% | 7,563 |
| Musselshell | 2,036 | 50.28% | 1,738 | 42.92% | 274 | 6.77% | 1 | 0.02% | 298 | 7.36% | 4,049 |
| Park | 2,050 | 47.57% | 1,957 | 45.42% | 297 | 6.89% | 5 | 0.12% | 93 | 2.16% | 4,309 |
| Phillips | 1,252 | 53.16% | 999 | 42.42% | 102 | 4.33% | 2 | 0.08% | 253 | 10.74% | 2,355 |
| Powell | 1,340 | 56.73% | 939 | 39.75% | 83 | 3.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 401 | 16.98% | 2,362 |
| Prairie | 622 | 52.76% | 535 | 45.38% | 22 | 1.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 7.38% | 1,179 |
| Ravalli | 1,967 | 51.38% | 1,623 | 42.40% | 233 | 6.09% | 5 | 0.13% | 344 | 8.99% | 3,828 |
| Richland | 1,947 | 58.12% | 1,223 | 36.51% | 180 | 5.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 724 | 21.61% | 3,350 |
| Rosebud | 1,608 | 52.86% | 1,337 | 43.95% | 95 | 3.12% | 2 | 0.07% | 271 | 8.91% | 3,042 |
| Sanders | 1,178 | 55.44% | 793 | 37.32% | 151 | 7.11% | 3 | 0.14% | 385 | 18.12% | 2,125 |
| Sheridan | 3,264 | 60.86% | 1,724 | 32.15% | 371 | 6.92% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,540 | 28.72% | 5,363 |
| Silver Bow | 13,084 | 60.72% | 6,757 | 31.36% | 1,563 | 7.25% | 143 | 0.66% | 6,327 | 29.36% | 21,547 |
| Stillwater | 1,197 | 54.78% | 918 | 42.01% | 69 | 3.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 279 | 12.77% | 2,185 |
| Sweet Grass | 839 | 47.32% | 890 | 50.20% | 44 | 2.48% | 0 | 0.00% | -51 | -2.88% | 1,773 |
| Teton | 2,273 | 54.47% | 1,603 | 38.41% | 292 | 7.00% | 5 | 0.12% | 670 | 16.06% | 4,173 |
| Toole | 1,075 | 54.51% | 698 | 35.40% | 195 | 9.89% | 4 | 0.20% | 377 | 19.12% | 1,972 |
| Valley | 2,102 | 61.07% | 1,111 | 32.28% | 222 | 6.45% | 7 | 0.20% | 991 | 28.79% | 3,442 |
| Wibaux | 585 | 52.89% | 466 | 42.13% | 55 | 4.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 10.76% | 1,106 |
| Yellowstone | 4,259 | 54.60% | 3,281 | 42.06% | 251 | 3.22% | 10 | 0.13% | 978 | 12.54% | 7,801 |
| Totals | 101,063 | 56.88% | 66,750 | 37.57% | 9,564 | 5.38% | 302 | 0.17% | 34,313 | 19.31% | 177,679 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Report of Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Presidential Preference Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, April 21, A. D., 1916" (PDF). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Report of Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Presidential Preference Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, April 21, A. D., 1916" (PDF). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Report of Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Presidential Preference Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, April 21, A. D., 1916" (PDF). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ "Report of Official Canvass of the Vote Cast at the Presidential Preference Primary Election, Held in the State of Montana, April 21, A. D., 1916" (PDF). Retrieved September 2, 2022.
- ^ David Leip. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
- ^ Montana Secretary of State Elections; ‘Official Vote of the State of Montana at an Election Held November 7th, 1916’
