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1916 United States presidential election in Montana

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Field	Value
election_name	1916 United States presidential election in Montana
country	Montana
flag_year	1905
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1912 United States presidential election in Montana
previous_year	1912
next_election	1920 United States presidential election in Montana
next_year	1920
election_date
image_size	x160px
image1	Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg
nominee1	Woodrow Wilson
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	New Jersey
running_mate1	Thomas R. Marshall
electoral_vote1	4
popular_vote1	101,063
percentage1	56.88%
image2	File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png
nominee2	Charles Evans Hughes
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	New York
running_mate2	Charles W. Fairbanks
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	66,750
percentage2	37.57%
image3	Allan Louis Benson (1871–1940) circa 1915 (cropped_closein).jpg
nominee3	Allan L. Benson
party3	Socialist Party (United States)
home_state3	New York
running_mate3	George Ross Kirkpatrick
electoral_vote3	0
popular_vote3	9,564
percentage3	5.38%
map_image	350px
map_size	350px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Woodrow Wilson
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Woodrow Wilson
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Main article: 1916 United States presidential election

Wilson Hughes 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

Republican primary

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

Democratic primary

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

Progressive primary

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

Socialist primary

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	%	Total	1,844	100.0
Allan L. Benson	1,843	99.95
Woodrow Wilson (write-in)	1	0.05

Results

Party	Pledged to	Elector	Votes	Total votes	177,679
Democratic Party (United States)}}		Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	W. M. Bole	101,063
Democratic Party (United States)}}		Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas McTague	99,766
Democratic Party (United States)}}		Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Charles M. Mansur	99,681
Democratic Party (United States)}}		Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	M. C. Morris	99,423
Republican Party (United States)}}		Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Thomas A. Cummings	66,750
Republican Party (United States)}}		Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	J. W. Johnston	65,828
Republican Party (United States)}}		Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	W. D. Symmes	65,209
Republican Party (United States)}}		Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	R. G. Wiggenborn	65,129
Socialist Party of America}}		Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	L. J. Duncan	9,564
Socialist Party of America}}		Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	C. R. Dauterman	9,416
Socialist Party of America}}		Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Henry La Beau	9,217
Socialist Party of America}}		Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Frank Mabie	9,213
	Progressive Party	Unpledged	A. W. Merrifield	302
	Progressive Party	Unpledged	L. J. Hamilton	298
	Progressive Party	Unpledged	A. J. Walrath	265
	Progressive Party	Unpledged	J. W. Wedum	259

Results by county

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic	Charles Evans Hughes
Republican	Allan Louis Benson
Socialist	No candidate
Progressive "Bull Moose"	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	101,063	56.88%	66,750	37.57%	9,564	5.38%	302	0.17%	34,313	19.31%	177,679
	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

References

"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".
"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".
"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".
"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".
Montana Secretary of State Elections; ‘Official Vote of the State of Montana at an Election Held November 7th, 1916’

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