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[3][4][5][6]
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 63.
  4. ^ "MT Governor, 1892". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
  5. ^ Dubin 2010, p. 17.
  6. ^ Glashan 1979, pp. 180–181.

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.