Election in Montana
Main article: 1892 United States presidential election
1892 United States presidential election in Montana
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
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 margin of 2.65%.
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[a]
42.54%
17,581[a]
39.67%
7,334[a]
16.55%
549
1.24%
1,270
2.87%
44,315
References [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ a b c Small differences exist between these figures and those of Dave Leip.
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