1916 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none June 2025 September 2023 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1912 1920 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1920 62.8%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 0.6 pp November 7, 1916 x200px File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 18 268,784 50.54% Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 0 247,885 46.61% 350px County results 350px| Municipality results 1 350px Hughes #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Wilson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Tie #d4c4dc President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) The 1916 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. Hughes carried the state with 50.54%, to Wilson's 46.61%, a Republican victory margin of 3.93%. Coming in a distant third was Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, who took 2.08%. Massachusetts had long been a typical Yankee Republican bastion in the wake of the Civil War, having voted Republican in every election from 1856 through 1908.Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Massachusetts However, in 1912, former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt had run as a Progressive candidate against incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft, splitting the Republican vote and allowing Woodrow Wilson to win Massachusetts, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate to do so, though with a plurality of only 35.53% of the vote. With the Republican base re-united behind Hughes in 1916, Massachusetts was returned to the Republican column. Hughes won 12 out of 14 counties in the State of Massachusetts, while Wilson won only 2. The race was kept close statewide by the fact that Wilson carried Suffolk County, home to the state's capital and largest city, Boston. Wilson's only other county victory was the small island of Nantucket. However, both candidates had fair levels of support across the state, as neither got more than 60% of the vote in any county. As Wilson narrowly won re-election nationwide, Massachusetts ended up weighing in as about 7% more Republican than the national average. To date, this is the last time that the town of Granville voted Democratic. As of 2024, Wilson remains the last Democrat to win the presidency without carrying Massachusetts. Results 1916 United States presidential election in Massachusettshttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&fips=25&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1916 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts 2013-02-07 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Charles Evans Hughes 268,784 50.54% 18 Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 247,885 46.61% 0 Socialist Allan L. Benson 11,058 2.08% 0 Prohibition Frank Hanly 2,993 0.56% 0 Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 1,097 0.21% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 6 0.00% 0 Totals 531,823 100.00% 18 Results by county CountyCharles Evans HughesRepublican Woodrow WilsonDemocraticAllan L. BensonMassachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth; Public Document No. 43: Assessed Polls, Etc. 1916 p. 374SocialistFrank HanlyProhibitionArthur E. ReimerSocialist LaborMarginTotal votescastRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press # % # % # % # % # % # % Barnstable 2,836 58.68% 1,892 39.15% 39 0.81%551.14%110.23% 944 19.53% 4,833 Berkshire 9,787 52.09% 8,357 44.48% 484 2.58%1030.55%580.31% 1,430 7.61% 18,789 Bristol 22,578 53.69% 18,065 42.96% 932 2.22%3320.79%1430.34% 4,513 10.73% 42,050 Dukes 464 58.96% 309 39.26% 9 1.14%50.64%00.00% 155 19.70% 787 Essex 35,909 50.51% 32,498 45.71% 2,093 2.94%4260.60%1690.24% 3,411 4.80% 71,095 Franklin 4,353 56.93% 3,054 39.94% 166 2.17%600.78%130.17% 1,299 16.99% 7,646 Hampden 18,207 50.19% 17,028 46.94% 761 2.10%2040.56%770.21% 1,179 3.25% 36,277 Hampshire 5,748 56.15% 4,202 41.05% 190 1.86%830.81%130.13% 1,546 15.10% 10,236 Middlesex 60,802 53.77% 49,844 44.08% 1,660 1.47%6090.54%1510.13% 10,958 9.69% 113,072 Nantucket 249 44.15% 307 54.43% 6 1.06%10.18%10.18% -58 -10.28% 564 Norfolk 19,284 58.71% 12,702 38.67% 615 1.87%1880.57%550.17% 6,582 20.04% 32,844 Plymouth 13,515 52.48% 11,009 42.75% 1,041 4.04%1420.55%450.17% 2,506 9.73% 25,752 Suffolk 42,492 40.03% 61,047 57.51% 1,998 1.88%3530.33%2580.24% -18,555 -17.48% 106,148 Worcester 32,541 52.76% 27,540 44.65% 1,064 1.73%4320.70%1030.17% 5,001 8.11% 61,680AbsenteeMassachusetts Secretary of State, ‘Presidential Electors at Large,’ Public Document #43 (1916)1932.20%4067.80%00.00%00.00%00.00%-21-35.60%59Totals268,78450.54%247,89446.61%11,0582.08%20,8903.93%2,993 0.56% 1,097 0.21%531,832 See also Summer Street Bridge disaster, which occurred in Boston on the evening of the election United States presidential elections in Massachusetts References expanded Massachusetts 1916 Category:1916 Massachusetts elections