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 2024 election, this is the last time a Republican won the presidency without winning Montana.
Results 1900 United States presidential election in MontanaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic William Jennings Bryan 37,311 58.43% 3 Republican William McKinley (incumbent) 25,409 39.79% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 711 1.11% 0 Prohibition John G. Woolley 306 0.48% 0 Socialist Labor Joseph F. Maloney 119 0.19% 0 Totals 63,856 100.00% 3
Results by county County William Jennings BryanDemocratic William McKinleyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261 # % # % # % # % Beaverhead 937 54.73% 767 44.80% 8 0.47% 170 9.93% 1,712 Broadwater 572 63.49% 318 35.29% 11 1.22% 254 28.19% 901 Carbon 907 48.61% 930 49.84% 29 1.55% -23 -1.23% 1,866 Cascade 2,564 55.16% 1,997 42.96% 87 1.87% 567 12.20% 4,648 Chouteau 629 36.13% 1,098 63.07% 14 0.80% -469 -26.94% 1,741 Custer 477 32.58% 980 66.94% 7 0.48% -503 -34.36% 1,464 Dawson 209 28.36% 521 70.69% 7 0.95% -312 -42.33% 737 Deer Lodge 3,395 65.38% 1,636 31.50% 162 3.12% 1,759 33.87% 5,193 Fergus 913 42.33% 1,228 56.93% 16 0.74% -315 -14.60% 2,157 Flathead 1,201 51.22% 1,104 47.08% 40 1.71% 97 4.14% 2,345 Gallatin 1,297 51.53% 1,146 45.53% 74 2.94% 151 6.00% 2,517 Granite 1,020 71.08% 401 27.94% 14 0.98% 619 43.14% 1,435 Jefferson 980 65.42% 488 32.58% 30 2.00% 492 32.84% 1,498 Lewis and Clark 2,763 56.84% 2,043 42.03% 55 1.13% 720 14.81% 4,861 Madison 1,298 55.28% 1,030 43.87% 20 0.85% 268 11.41% 2,348 Meagher 406 49.33% 414 50.30% 3 0.36% -8 -0.97% 823 Missoula 1,893 56.92% 1,392 41.85% 41 1.23% 501 15.06% 3,326 Park 900 47.82% 903 47.98% 79 4.20% -3 -0.16% 1,882 Ravalli 1,052 52.81% 892 44.78% 48 2.41% 160 8.03% 1,992 Silver Bow 12,101 74.19% 3,873 23.75% 336 2.06% 8,228 50.45% 16,310 Sweet Grass 287 38.37% 460 61.50% 1 0.13% -173 -23.13% 748 Teton 457 43.94% 573 55.10% 10 0.96% -116 -11.15% 1,040 Valley 234 39.00% 363 60.50% 3 0.50% -129 -21.50% 600 Yellowstone 654 43.69% 816 54.51% 27 1.80% -162 -10.82% 1,497Totals37,14658.37%25,37339.87%1,1221.76%11,77318.50%63,641
See also United States presidential elections in Montana
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