1916 United States presidential election in Montana

The 1916 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 7, 1916 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.

1916 United States presidential election in Montana

November 7, 1916

Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles E. Hughes Allan L. Benson Party Democratic Republican Socialist Home state New Jersey New York New York Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks George Ross Kirkpatrick Electoral vote 4 0 0 Popular vote 101,063 66,750 9,564 Percentage 56.9% 37.6% 5.4%

County Results Wilson   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Hughes   50-60%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

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 Montana by a large margin of 19.31%.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	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

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		Charles Evans Hughes Republican		Allan Louis Benson Socialist		No candidate Progressive		Margin		Total votes cast[2]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
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

References

1. David Leip. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
2. Montana Secretary of State Elections; ‘Official Vote of the State of Montana at an Election Held November 7th, 1916’