Election Name: | 1922 United States Senate election in Montana |
Country: | Montana |
Flag Year: | 1905 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1916 United States Senate election in Montana |
Previous Year: | 1916 |
Next Election: | 1928 United States Senate election in Montana |
Next Year: | 1928 |
Election Date: | November 7, 1922 |
Nominee1: | Burton K. Wheeler |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 88,205 |
Percentage1: | 55.56% |
Nominee2: | Carl W. Riddick |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 69,494 |
Percentage2: | 43.77% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Henry L. Myers |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Burton K. Wheeler |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1922 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 7, 1922. Incumbent United States Senator Henry L. Myers, who was first elected to the Senate in 1910, and was re-elected in 1916, declined to seek re-election. Former United States Attorney Burton K. Wheeler won the Democratic primary and advanced to the general election, where he faced Carl W. Riddick, the United States Congressman from Montana's 2nd congressional district and the Republican nominee. Ultimately, Wheeler defeated Riddick comfortably and won his first term in the Senate.
Beaverhead | 1,208 | 1,326 | 7 | |
Big Horn | 628 | 752 | 4 | |
Blaine | 919 | 1,139 | 4 | |
Broadwater | 892 | 482 | 10 | |
Carbon | 2,089 | 1,715 | 43 | |
Carter | 228 | 594 | 14 | |
Cascade | 6,162 | 4,018 | 56 | |
Chouteau | 1,699 | 1,577 | 16 | |
Custer | 1,763 | 1,708 | 20 | |
Daniels | 728 | 528 | 14 | |
Dawson | 1,262 | 1,314 | 11 | |
Deer Lodge | 3,536 | 1,541 | 17 | |
Fallon | 472 | 772 | 3 | |
Fergus | 3,697 | 3,291 | 24 | |
Flathead | 3,375 | 2,441 | 68 | |
Gallatin | 2,990 | 2,486 | 25 | |
Garfield | 726 | 988 | 21 | |
Glacier | 720 | 549 | 7 | |
Golden Valley | 476 | 562 | 7 | |
Granite | 814 | 577 | 10 | |
Hill | 2,085 | 1,399 | 14 | |
Jefferson | 1,069 | 683 | 9 | |
Judith Basin | 1,189 | 920 | 10 | |
Lewis & Clark | 3,580 | 2,572 | 19 | |
Liberty | 460 | 448 | 4 | |
Lincoln | 979 | 877 | 58 | |
Madison | 1,258 | 1,060 | 10 | |
McCone | 633 | 650 | 15 | |
Meagher | 357 | 505 | 4 | |
Mineral | 761 | 179 | 16 | |
Missoula | 5,331 | 2,419 | 48 | |
Musselshell | 1,512 | 1,126 | 33 | |
Park | 1,842 | 1,620 | 29 | |
Phillips | 950 | 1,634 | 13 | |
Pondera | 1,130 | 853 | 11 | |
Powder River | 315 | 690 | 6 | |
Powell | 1,475 | 749 | 8 | |
Prairie | 438 | 659 | 4 | |
Ravalli | 1,803 | 1,272 | 21 | |
Richland | 921 | 1,099 | 8 | |
Rosebud | 1,108 | 1,114 | 9 | |
Roosevelt | 1,495 | 1,876 | 23 | |
Sanders | 1,203 | 698 | 35 | |
Sheridan | 1,384 | 920 | 25 | |
Silver Bow | 11,218 | 4,771 | 641 | |
Stillwater | 777 | 1,091 | 8 | |
Sweet Grass | 451 | 762 | 2 | |
Teton | 951 | 1,035 | 8 | |
Toole | 813 | 714 | 9 | |
Treasure | 209 | 386 | 5 | |
Valley | 1,512 | 1,572 | 25 | |
Wheatland | 828 | 845 | 5 | |
Wibaux | 241 | 630 | 4 | |
Yellowstone | 3,542 | 3,276 | 25 |