1900 United States presidential election in Montana
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1900 United States presidential election in Montana
| type = presidential
| country = Montana
| flag_year = 1889
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1896 United States presidential election in Montana
| previous_year = 1896
| next_election = 1904 United States presidential election in Montana
| next_year = 1904
| election_date = {{Start date|1900|11|06}}
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = WilliamJBryan1902 3x4.jpg
| nominee1 = William Jennings Bryan
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = Nebraska
| running_mate1 = Adlai Stevenson I
| electoral_vote1 = 3
| popular_vote1 = 37,311
| percentage1 = 58.43%
| image2 = Mckinley (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = William McKinley
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state2 = Ohio
| running_mate2 = Theodore Roosevelt
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 25,409
| percentage2 = 39.79%
| map_image = Montana Presidential Election Results 1900.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = County Results
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Bryan
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{legend|#1666cb|70-80%}}
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McKinley
{{legend|#f2b3be|40-50%}}
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = William McKinley
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = William McKinley
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
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The 1900 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 1900, as part of the 1900 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 and 1896 Democratic presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan, over the Republican nominee, President William McKinley. Bryan won Montana by a landslide margin of 18.64% in this rematch of the 1896 presidential election. The return of economic prosperity and recent victory in the Spanish–American War helped McKinley more than double his votes from the previous election, but he still lost decisively.
Bryan had previously defeated McKinley in the state four years earlier but would later lose the state to William Howard Taft in 1908. As of the 2020 election, this is the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Montana.
Results
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| colspan="6" | 1900 United States presidential election in Montana{{cite web|author=David Leip|publisher=Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1900&fips=30&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0|title=1900 Presidential General Election Results – Montana|access-date=2018-03-21}} |
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| colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate ! style="width: 5em" |Votes ! style="width: 7em" |Percentage ! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes |
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| style="width: 130px" | Democratic | align="right" | 37,311 | align="right" | 58.43% | align="right" | 3 |
| style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Republican | William McKinley (incumbent) | align="right" | 25,409 | align="right" | 39.79% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#c00; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Socialist | align="right" | 711 | align="right" | 1.11% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#FF00FF; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Prohibition | align="right" | 306 | align="right" | 0.48% | align="right" | 0 |
| style="background-color:#8B0000; width: 3px" |
| style="width: 130px" | Socialist Labor | align="right" | 119 | align="right" | 0.19% | align="right" | 0 |
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| colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 63,856 | align="right" | 100.00% | align="right" | 3 |
=Results by county=
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| William Jennings Bryan ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| William McKinley ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Various candidates ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261 {{ISBN|9780804716963}} |
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! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Beaverhead | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 937 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 54.73% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 767 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.80% | {{party shading/Others}}| 8 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 170 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9.93% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,712 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Broadwater | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 572 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63.49% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 318 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 35.29% | {{party shading/Others}}| 11 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 254 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.19% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 901 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Carbon | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 907 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 48.61% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 930 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.84% | {{party shading/Others}}| 29 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.55% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -23 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -1.23% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,866 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Cascade | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,564 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.16% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,997 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.96% | {{party shading/Others}}| 87 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.87% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 567 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12.20% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,648 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Chouteau | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 629 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.13% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,098 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.07% | {{party shading/Others}}| 14 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.80% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -469 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -26.94% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,741 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Custer | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 477 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 32.58% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 980 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 66.94% | {{party shading/Others}}| 7 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.48% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -503 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -34.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,464 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Dawson | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 209 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 521 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 70.69% | {{party shading/Others}}| 7 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.95% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -312 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -42.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 737 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Deer Lodge | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,395 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 65.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,636 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 31.50% | {{party shading/Others}}| 162 | {{party shading/Others}}| 3.12% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,759 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 33.87% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,193 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Fergus | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 913 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,228 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.93% | {{party shading/Others}}| 16 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.74% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -315 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -14.60% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,157 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Flathead | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,201 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 51.22% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,104 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.08% | {{party shading/Others}}| 40 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.71% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 97 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4.14% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,345 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Gallatin | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,297 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 51.53% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,146 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.53% | {{party shading/Others}}| 74 | {{party shading/Others}}| 2.94% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 151 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,517 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Granite | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,020 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 71.08% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 401 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.94% | {{party shading/Others}}| 14 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 619 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.14% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,435 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Jefferson | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 980 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 65.42% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 488 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 32.58% | {{party shading/Others}}| 30 | {{party shading/Others}}| 2.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 492 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 32.84% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,498 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Lewis and Clark | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,763 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.84% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,043 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 55 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.13% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 720 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14.81% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,861 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Madison | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,298 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.28% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,030 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 43.87% | {{party shading/Others}}| 20 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.85% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 268 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11.41% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,348 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Meagher | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 406 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 414 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 50.30% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -8 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -0.97% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 823 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Missoula | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,893 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.92% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,392 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 41.85% | {{party shading/Others}}| 41 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.23% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 501 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 15.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,326 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Park | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 900 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.82% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 903 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.98% | {{party shading/Others}}| 79 | {{party shading/Others}}| 4.20% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -3 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -0.16% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,882 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Ravalli | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,052 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.81% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 892 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.78% | {{party shading/Others}}| 48 | {{party shading/Others}}| 2.41% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 160 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8.03% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,992 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Silver Bow | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12,101 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 74.19% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,873 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 23.75% | {{party shading/Others}}| 336 | {{party shading/Others}}| 2.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,228 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 50.45% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 16,310 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Sweet Grass | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 287 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.37% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 460 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 61.50% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.13% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -173 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -23.13% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 748 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Teton | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 457 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.94% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 573 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.10% | {{party shading/Others}}| 10 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.96% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -116 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -11.15% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,040 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Valley | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 234 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 39.00% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 363 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.50% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.50% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -129 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -21.50% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 600 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Yellowstone | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 654 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.69% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 816 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 54.51% | {{party shading/Others}}| 27 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.80% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -162 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -10.82% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,497 |
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!Totals!!37,146!!58.37%!!25,373!!39.87%!!1,122!!1.76%!!11,773!!18.50%!!63,641 |
See also
References
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