1916 United States Senate election in Montana

1916 United States Senate election in Montana
	Results by county; Myers: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% ; Pray: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Henry L. Myers; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Henry L. Myers; Democratic

The 1916 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Senator Henry L. Myers was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican Charles N. Pray.

Republican primary

Candidates

John E. Edwards
Charles Nelson Pray, former U.S. Representative

Results

1916 Republican Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charles Nelson Pray	29,264	59.74%
	Republican	John E. Edwards	19,721	40.26%
Total votes			48,985	100.00%

General election

Results

1916 United States Senate election in Montana^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry L. Myers (incumbent)	85,585	51.06%
	Republican	Charles N. Pray	72,753	43.40%
	Socialist	Henry La Beau	9,292	5.54%
Total votes			167,630	100.00%
	Democratic hold

References

^ "MT US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
^ "MT US Senate". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[1] "MT US Senate - R Primary". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

[2] "MT US Senate". OurCampaigns.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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