Election for Governor of Montana
1892 Montana gubernatorial election![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281891%E2%80%931896%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281891%E2%80%931896%29.svg.png)
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← 1889 | November 8, 1892 | 1896 → |
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| | | | Nominee | John E. Rickards | Timothy E. Collins | William Kennedy | Party | Republican | Democratic | Populist | Popular vote | 18,187 | 17,650 | 7,794 | Percentage | 41.17% | 39.96% | 17.64% | |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1892_Montana_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg/300px-1892_Montana_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg.png) Rickards 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% | Collins 30-40% 40-50% | No data | |
Governor before election Joseph K. Toole Democratic | Elected Governor John E. Rickards Republican | |
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The 1892 Montana gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1892.
Republican nominee John E. Rickards defeated Democratic nominee Timothy E. Collins and Populist nominee William Kennedy with 41.17% of the vote.
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
Other candidates
- William Kennedy, People's, newspaper editor[1][2]
- J. M. Waters, Prohibition
Results
1892 Montana gubernatorial election[4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Republican | John E. Rickards | 18,187 | 41.17% | |
| Democratic | Timothy E. Collins | 17,650 | 39.96% | |
| Populist | William Kennedy | 7,794 | 17.64% | |
| Prohibition | J. M. Waters | 543 | 1.23% | |
Majority | 537 | 1.21% | |
Turnout | 44,174 | 100.00% | |
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | | |
References
- ^ Berman, David R. (2007). Radicalism in the mountain West, 1890-1920: socialists, populists, miners, and Wobblies. Boulder, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-87081-884-4.
- ^ Lang, William L. (April 1983). "One Path to Populism: Will Kennedy and the People's Party of Montana". The Pacific Northwest Quarterly. 74 (2): 77–87. JSTOR 40490772. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
- ^ "MT Governor, 1892". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
Bibliography
- Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 0-930466-17-9.
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Dubin, Michael J. (2010). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-4722-0.
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