1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

none June 2025 September 2023 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Oklahoma 1911 presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1912 1920 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1920 November 7, 1916 x160px Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 10 148,133 50.65% HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 97,233 33.25% Allan Louis Benson (1871–1940) circa 1915 (cropped_closein).jpg Allan L. Benson Socialist Party of America New York George R. Kirkpatrick 0 45,091 15.43% 350px 400px County results Wilson #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Hughes #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) The 1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. In its early years, Oklahoma was a “Solid South” Democratic state whose founding fathers like "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and Charles N. Haskell had disfranchised most of its black population via literacy tests and grandfather clauses,Ewing, Cortez Arthur Milton; An Introduction to the Government of Oklahoma (1939), p. 72. Published by Americanism Committee, American Legion, Department of Oklahoma the latter of which would be declared unconstitutional in Guinn v. United States.Fairclough, Adam; Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000, p. 82 0142001295 Partly owing to the absence of the poll taxes found in other Southern states due to the strength of populism amongst the state's white settlers,Finkelman, Paul; African-Americans and the right to vote (Garland Publishing, 1992), pp. 418, 438 the state became a stronghold of the Socialist Party in the 1910s, especially in the southeast and the northwestern Plains. Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly voted for Democratic incumbent Wilson, over the Republican nominee, Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes.https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h888.html Election of 1916: Now just two parties, but same results as 1912 Despite a strong showing from the Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, the state was won handily by President Wilson. He garnered 50.65 percent of the vote, compared to Justice Hughes who won 33.25 percent of the vote. Wilson carried the state by a margin of 17.4 percent. Oklahoma proved to be the best showing for Benson of any state in this election, where he gained 15.43 percent the vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=40&year=1916&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1916 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections This election continued the Democratic trend in the state. Oklahoma would only vote Republican in the elections of 1920 and 1928 until the trend flipped after the 1952 presidential election. Results 1916 United States presidential election in Oklahomahttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3147 OK US PresidentPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 148,123 50.67% 10 Republican Charles Evans Hughes 97,233 33.26% 0 Socialist Allan L. Benson 45,091 15.43% 0 Prohibition J. Franklin Hanley 1,646 0.56% 0 No candidateProgressive 187 0.02% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 292,327 100.00% 10 Voter turnout — Results by county CountyWoodrow WilsonDemocraticCharles Evans HughesRepublicanAllan L. BensonSocialistFrank HanlyProhibitionNo CandidateProgressive "Bull Moose"MarginTotalvotescastOklahoma State Archives microfilm#%#%#%#%#%#% Adair 1,190 49.15% 1,010 41.72% 212 8.76% 7 0.29% 2 0.08% 180 7.43% 2,421 Alfalfa 1,390 41.94% 1,378 41.58% 471 14.21% 68 2.05% 7 0.21% 12 0.36% 3,314 Atoka 1,479 50.31% 925 31.46% 524 17.82% 9 0.31% 3 0.10% 554 18.84% 2,940 Beaver 1,382 49.82% 913 32.91% 433 15.61% 43 1.55% 3 0.11% 469 16.91% 2,774 Beckham 1,850 56.49% 527 16.09% 889 27.15% 7 0.21% 2 0.06% 961"BensondHughes" In this county where Hughes ran third behind Wilson and Benson, margin given is Wilson vote minus Benson vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Benson percentage. 29.34% 3,275 Blaine 1,214 37.15% 1,339 40.97% 678 20.75% 36 1.10% 1 0.03% -125 -3.82% 3,268 Bryan 2,974 59.40% 1,267 25.30% 757 15.12% 8 0.16% 1 0.02% 1,707 34.09% 5,007 Caddo 2,735 44.25% 2,272 36.76% 1,112 17.99% 56 0.91% 6 0.10% 463 7.49% 6,181 Canadian 2,200 51.66% 1,590 37.33% 422 9.91% 43 1.01% 4 0.09% 610 14.32% 4,259 Carter 2,949 60.09% 1,013 20.64% 935 19.05% 6 0.12% 5 0.10% 1,936 39.45% 4,908 Cherokee 1,594 48.97% 1,379 42.37% 273 8.39% 8 0.25% 1 0.03% 215 6.61% 3,255 Choctaw 1,945 55.11% 957 27.12% 614 17.40% 11 0.31% 2 0.06% 988 28.00% 3,529 Cimarron 387 50.19% 238 30.87% 138 17.90% 8 1.04% 0 0.00% 149 19.33% 771 Cleveland 1,753 54.19% 885 27.36% 579 17.90% 18 0.56% 0 0.00% 868 26.83% 3,235 Coal 1,418 50.11% 824 29.12% 566 20.00% 18 0.64% 4 0.14% 594 20.99% 2,830 Comanche 2,130 51.13% 1,221 29.31% 790 18.96% 20 0.48% 5 0.12% 909 21.82% 4,166 Cotton 1,500 58.71% 685 26.81% 366 14.32% 4 0.16% 0 0.00% 815 31.90% 2,555 Craig 1,901 50.77% 1,647 43.99% 189 5.05% 6 0.16% 1 0.03% 254 6.78% 3,744 Creek 3,496 45.77% 2,820 36.92% 1,281 16.77% 32 0.42% 10 0.13% 676 8.85% 7,639 Custer 1,771 45.22% 1,507 38.48% 595 15.19% 40 1.02% 3 0.08% 264 6.74% 3,916 Delaware 1,227 53.42% 837 36.44% 221 9.62% 7 0.30% 5 0.22% 390 16.98% 2,297 Dewey 992 36.59% 796 29.36% 891 32.87% 26 0.96% 6 0.22% 101"BensondHughes" 3.73% 2,711 Ellis 960 37.46% 983 38.35% 590 23.02% 28 1.09% 2 0.08% -23 -0.90% 2,563 Garfield 2,347 39.81% 2,854 48.41% 632 10.72% 56 0.95% 6 0.10% -507 -8.60% 5,895 Garvin 2,697 59.62% 804 17.77% 1,001 22.13% 19 0.42% 3 0.07% 1,696"BensondHughes" 37.49% 4,524 Grady 3,243 60.55% 1,272 23.75% 819 15.29% 18 0.34% 4 0.07% 1,971 36.80% 5,356 Grant 1,700 47.42% 1,517 42.32% 294 8.20% 72 2.01% 2 0.06% 183 5.10% 3,585 Greer 1,675 66.28% 369 14.60% 480 18.99% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,195"BensondHughes" 47.29% 2,527 Harmon 1,091 73.03% 147 9.84% 255 17.07% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 836"BensondHughes" 55.96% 1,494 Harper 798 42.29% 662 35.08% 408 21.62% 15 0.79% 4 0.21% 136 7.21% 1,887 Haskell 1,486 50.44% 976 33.13% 477 16.19% 5 0.17% 2 0.07% 510 17.31% 2,946 Hughes 2,187 52.00% 1,219 28.98% 791 18.81% 2 0.05% 7 0.17% 968 23.01% 4,206 Jackson 2,096 65.44% 409 12.77% 684 21.35% 13 0.41% 1 0.03% 1,412"BensondHughes" 44.08% 3,203 Jefferson 1,739 60.76% 493 17.23% 621 21.70% 8 0.28% 1 0.03% 1,118"BensondHughes" 39.06% 2,862 Johnston 1,727 54.63% 756 23.92% 671 21.23% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% 971 30.72% 3,161 Kay 2,340 44.00% 2,482 46.67% 373 7.01% 115 2.16% 8 0.15% -142 -2.67% 5,318 Kingfisher 1,364 38.60% 1,728 48.90% 417 11.80% 24 0.68% 1 0.03% -364 -10.30% 3,534 Kiowa 2,279 51.49% 1,017 22.98% 1,101 24.88% 24 0.54% 5 0.11% 1,178"BensondHughes" 26.62% 4,426 Latimer 950 48.49% 663 33.84% 335 17.10% 10 0.51% 1 0.05% 287 14.65% 1,959 Le Flore 2,576 49.77% 1,944 37.56% 643 12.42% 9 0.17% 4 0.08% 632 12.21% 5,176 Lincoln 2,258 39.43% 2,387 41.69% 1,047 18.29% 31 0.54% 3 0.05% -129 -2.25% 5,726 Logan 1,701 37.00% 2,270 49.38% 552 12.01% 63 1.37% 11 0.24% -569 -12.38% 4,597 Love 1,125 64.07% 266 15.15% 363 20.67% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 762"BensondHughes" 43.39% 1,756 Major 762 31.99% 946 39.71% 636 26.70% 33 1.39% 5 0.21% -184 -7.72% 2,382 Marshall 1,352 55.78% 449 18.52% 618 25.50% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 734"BensondHughes" 30.28% 2,424 Mayes 1,574 51.93% 1,229 40.55% 226 7.46% 0 0.00% 2 0.07% 345 11.38% 3,031 McClain 1,541 56.74% 680 25.04% 492 18.11% 2 0.07% 1 0.04% 861 31.70% 2,716 McCurtain 1,763 54.89% 795 24.75% 643 20.02% 9 0.28% 2 0.06% 968 30.14% 3,212 McIntosh 1,743 54.43% 898 28.04% 552 17.24% 8 0.25% 1 0.03% 845 26.39% 3,202 Murray 1,305 61.59% 458 21.61% 350 16.52% 5 0.24% 1 0.05% 847 39.97% 2,119 Muskogee 4,004 58.23% 2,532 36.82% 324 4.71% 14 0.20% 2 0.03% 1,472 21.41% 6,876 Noble 1,346 47.68% 1,243 44.03% 214 7.58% 17 0.60% 3 0.11% 103 3.65% 2,823 Nowata 1,355 47.36% 1,322 46.21% 178 6.22% 6 0.21% 0 0.00% 33 1.15% 2,861 Okfuskee 1,337 52.80% 670 26.46% 516 20.38% 8 0.32% 1 0.04% 667 26.34% 2,532 Oklahoma 7,971 54.73% 5,291 36.33% 1,215 8.34% 77 0.53% 10 0.07% 2,680 18.40% 14,564 Okmulgee 2,406 47.75% 1,860 36.91% 754 14.96% 15 0.30% 4 0.08% 546 10.84% 5,039 Osage 2,052 51.22% 1,524 38.04% 420 10.48% 7 0.17% 3 0.07% 528 13.18% 4,006 Ottawa 1,875 50.07% 1,642 43.85% 215 5.74% 13 0.35% 0 0.00% 233 6.22% 3,745 Pawnee 1,491 43.19% 1,396 40.44% 528 15.30% 33 0.96% 4 0.12% 95 2.75% 3,452 Payne 2,140 44.50% 1,767 36.74% 833 17.32% 60 1.25% 9 0.19% 373 7.76% 4,809 Pittsburg 3,441 55.42% 1,879 30.26% 866 13.95% 22 0.35% 1 0.02% 1,562 25.16% 6,209 Pontotoc 2,418 56.39% 913 21.29% 936 21.83% 16 0.37% 5 0.12% 1,482"BensondHughes" 34.56% 4,288 Pottawatomie 3,276 50.61% 2,042 31.55% 1,119 17.29% 29 0.45% 7 0.11% 1,234 19.06% 6,473 Pushmataha 1,059 49.10% 645 29.90% 449 20.82% 4 0.19% 0 0.00% 414 19.19% 2,157 Roger Mills 1,148 50.77% 538 23.79% 565 24.99% 7 0.31% 3 0.13% 583"BensondHughes" 25.79% 2,261 Rogers 1,900 48.96% 1,435 36.98% 531 13.68% 15 0.39% 0 0.00% 465 11.98% 3,881 Seminole 1,444 44.42% 872 26.82% 921 28.33% 11 0.34% 3 0.09% 523"BensondHughes" 16.09% 3,251 Sequoyah 1,632 48.89% 1,179 35.32% 515 15.43% 8 0.24% 4 0.12% 453 13.57% 3,338 Stephens 2,343 57.88% 607 15.00% 1,077 26.61% 17 0.42% 4 0.10% 1,266"BensondHughes" 31.27% 4,048 Texas 1,349 54.64% 807 32.69% 295 11.95% 17 0.69% 1 0.04% 542 21.95% 2,469 Tillman 2,250 69.08% 625 19.19% 367 11.27% 13 0.40% 2 0.06% 1,625 49.89% 3,257 Tulsa 4,497 48.67% 3,857 41.74% 849 9.19% 27 0.29% 10 0.11% 640 6.93% 9,240 Wagoner 1,040 49.71% 749 35.80% 299 14.29% 3 0.14% 1 0.05% 291 13.91% 2,092 Washington 1,839 46.85% 1,727 44.00% 317 8.08% 41 1.04% 1 0.03% 112 2.85% 3,925 Washita 2,107 55.68% 958 25.32% 703 18.58% 14 0.37% 2 0.05% 1,149 30.36% 3,784 Woods 1,417 42.93% 1,358 41.14% 473 14.33% 51 1.54% 2 0.06% 59 1.79% 3,301 Woodward 1,130 38.65% 1,092 37.35% 665In this county, all other Benson electors totalled either 600 or 601 votes. 22.74% 35 1.20% 2 0.07% 38 1.30% 2,924Totals148,113Totals actually sum to 148,123 votes.50.65%97,23333.25%45,190Totals actually sum to 45,151.15.45%1,6460.56%2340.08%50,88017.40%292,416 See also United States presidential elections in Oklahoma Notes References Oklahoma 1916 Category:1916 Oklahoma elections