1916 Presidential General Election Results

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Woodrow Wilson Thomas Marshall Democratic 9,126,868 49.24% 277 52.2% Charles Hughes Charles Fairbanks Republican 8,548,728 46.12% 254 47.8% Allan Benson George Kirkpatrick Socialist 590,524 3.19% 0 0.0% James Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 221,302 1.19% 0 0.0% No Candidate - Progressive 33,406 0.18% 0 0.0% Arthur Reimer Caleb Harrison Socialist Labor 15,295 0.08% 0 0.0% Write-ins - - 462 0.00% 0 0.0% Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70%  > 80%  > 90% Turnout Maps   Data and Statistics: Popular Vote State-Level Data (Table) Popular Vote State-Level Data (Graphs) Electoral Vote State-Level Data Election 1916 Statistics Compare National Data by Year (Table) Compare National Data by Year (Graphs) Compare National Maps by Year National JavaCompare! Data Sources for Popular Vote Election Tools for 1916 Electoral College Calculator for 1916 Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Results for an Individual State: AlabamaArizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Election Notes: In West Virginia, the direct election of the eight presidential electors combined with the closeness of the race resulted in a split between the Republican and Democratic electors: seven for Hughes and one for Wilson. The elector whom received the most votes was an elector for Hughes. Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas for West Virginia's split electoral votes. Share and Recommend: