1892_Montana_gubernatorial_election References

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

Timothy E. Collins, Democratic, former member of the Montana territorial legislative assembly
John E. Rickards, Republican, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Montana

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

^ 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.
^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 63.
^ "MT Governor, 1892". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 17, 2021.
^ Dubin 2010, p. 17.
^ 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.

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[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.

[FOOTNOTECongressional_Quarterly199863-3] Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 63.

[4] "MT Governor, 1892". Our Campaigns. Retrieved July 17, 2021.

[FOOTNOTEDubin201017-5] Dubin 2010, p. 17.

[FOOTNOTEGlashan1979180–181-6] Glashan 1979, pp. 180–181.

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