1916 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 June 2026 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States presidential election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in New York 1912 1920 United States presidential election in New York 1920 71.6%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 0.5 pp November 7, 1916 x200px File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) American New York Charles W. Fairbanks 45 879,238 51.53% Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 0 759,426 44.51% 400px 440px County results Hughes #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Wilson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) The 1916 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. A former Governor of New York, Hughes won his home state fairly comfortably, taking 51.53% of the vote to Wilson's 44.51%, a victory margin of 7.02%. Coming in a distant third was Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, who took 2.69%, with a sizeable number of Benson's voters in the state being Jewish Americans in New York City.Sorin, Gerald; The prophetic minority: American Jewish immigrant radicals, 1880–1920, p. 2 0253346185 New York during the Fourth Party System was usually a Republican state in presidential elections; however in 1912, a strong third party run by former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt against the incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft had split the Republican vote, and had enabled Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic candidate to win New York State's electoral votes in 1912 with a plurality of only 41%. With the Republicans re-united behind Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, and criticism of Wilson's policies already emanating from the Democrats' Irish-American base,Lichtman, Allan J.; Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928, p. 103 0739101269 New York returned to the Republican column, and delivered a fairly comfortable win to Hughes even as Wilson won re-election nationwide. Hughes' 7% margin of victory made New York State a strong 10% more Republican than the national average in the 1916 election. Nonetheless, this was the last occasion until 1964 that the Democratic Party carried Hamilton County, Schoharie County, Otsego County and Chemung County.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, pp. 261–265 0786422173 With the exception of Chemung, these were historically German or DutchPhillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 121 9780691163246 and usually Democratic rural counties that would turn permanently to the GOP amidst the fallout from World War I.Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 132 Hughes' victory in the state made him the second Republican presidential candidate to win New York without winning the election, the first was John C. Frémont in 1856 and the third was Thomas E. Dewey in 1948. Hughes also became the first losing candidate to win the state since Samuel J. Tilden in 1876. Results 1916 United States presidential election in New Yorkhttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&fips=36&f=1 July 27, 2013 1916 Presidential Election Results – New York Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Charles Evans Hughes 879,238 51.53% 45 Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 759,426 44.51% 0 Socialist Allan L. Benson 45,944 2.69% 0 Prohibition Frank Hanly 19,031 1.12% 0 Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 2,666 0.16% 0 Totals 1,706,305 100.0% 45 New York City results 1916 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal DemocraticWoodrow Wilson139,54747,870125,62531,3508,843353,23550.15%52.55%49.76%48.79%45.70%53.60% RepublicanCharles Evans Hughes113,25440,938120,75234,6707,319316,93345.00%42.65%42.55%46.90%50.54%44.36% SocialistAllan L. Benson12,0136,99510,2202,35620431,7884.51%4.52%7.27%3.97%3.43%1.24% Socialist LaborArthur E. Reimer485306415104231,3330.19%0.18%0.32%0.16%0.15%0.14% ProhibitionFrank Hanly261954451151091,0250.15%0.10%0.10%0.17%0.17%0.66%TOTAL265,56096,204257,45768,59516,498704,314100.00% Results by county County Charles Evans HughesRepublican Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Allan L. BensonSocialist Frank HanlyProhibition Arthur E. ReimerSocialist Labor Margin Total votescastNew York State Board of Elections; 'Vote for Electors of President in 1916'; New York Red Book (1917), p. 480 # % # % # % # % # % # % Albany 26,628 58.00% 18,799 40.95% 285 0.62% 159 0.35% 41 0.09% 7,829 17.05% 45,912 Allegany 6,308 62.57% 3,191 31.65% 94 0.93% 486 4.82% 2 0.02% 3,117 30.92% 10,081 Bronx 40,938 42.55% 47,870 49.76% 6,995 7.27% 95 0.10% 306 0.32% -6,932 -7.21% 96,204 Broome 11,445 53.34% 8,906 41.51% 209 0.97% 883 4.12% 13 0.06% 2,539 11.83% 21,456 Cattaraugus 8,825 54.49% 6,565 40.53% 377 2.33% 421 2.60% 9 0.06% 2,260 13.95% 16,197 Cayuga 7,831 53.31% 6,391 43.51% 117 0.80% 336 2.29% 14 0.10% 1,440 9.80% 14,689 Chautauqua 14,782 62.19% 7,153 30.09% 924 3.89% 864 3.63% 47 0.20% 7,629 32.10% 23,770 Chemung 6,409 43.59% 7,461 50.74% 220 1.50% 609 4.14% 5 0.03% -1,052 -7.15% 14,704 Chenango 5,198 54.77% 3,887 40.96% 54 0.57% 345 3.64% 6 0.06% 1,311 13.81% 9,490 Clinton 4,986 53.68% 4,130 44.47% 21 0.23% 148 1.59% 3 0.03% 856 9.22% 9,288 Columbia 5,314 51.35% 4,938 47.71% 24 0.23% 71 0.69% 2 0.02% 376 3.63% 10,349 Cortland 4,521 59.21% 2,693 35.27% 105 1.38% 314 4.11% 3 0.04% 1,828 23.94% 7,636 Delaware 6,266 53.74% 4,986 42.76% 153 1.31% 248 2.13% 7 0.06% 1,280 10.98% 11,660 Dutchess 11,082 54.60% 8,906 43.88% 133 0.66% 151 0.74% 26 0.13% 2,176 10.72% 20,298 Erie 53,638 52.35% 45,622 44.53% 2,305 2.25% 447 0.44% 448 0.44% 8,016 7.82% 102,460 Essex 4,643 65.39% 2,373 33.42% 21 0.30% 62 0.87% 1 0.01% 2,270 31.97% 7,100 Franklin 5,146 57.59% 3,593 40.21% 17 0.19% 172 1.92% 8 0.09% 1,553 17.38% 8,936 Fulton 5,756 54.35% 4,085 38.57% 425 4.01% 297 2.80% 28 0.26% 1,671 15.78% 10,591 Genesee 5,590 64.39% 2,802 32.27% 19 0.22% 267 3.08% 4 0.05% 2,788 32.11% 8,682 Greene 3,649 49.06% 3,622 48.70% 59 0.79% 104 1.40% 4 0.05% 27 0.36% 7,438 Hamilton 612 48.96% 623 49.84% 3 0.24% 11 0.88% 1 0.08% -11 -0.88% 1,250 Herkimer 7,934 54.42% 6,271 43.01% 188 1.29% 176 1.21% 11 0.08% 1,663 11.41% 14,580 Jefferson 11,197 58.68% 7,089 37.15% 324 1.70% 454 2.38% 17 0.09% 4,108 21.53% 19,081 Kings 120,752 46.90% 125,625 48.79% 10,220 3.97% 445 0.17% 415 0.16% -4,873 -1.89% 257,457 Lewis 3,418 54.90% 2,675 42.96% 12 0.19% 120 1.93% 1 0.02% 743 11.93% 6,226 Livingston 5,211 57.66% 3,608 39.92% 18 0.20% 196 2.17% 5 0.06% 1,603 17.74% 9,038 Madison 5,881 57.56% 3,937 38.53% 126 1.23% 260 2.54% 13 0.13% 1,944 19.03% 10,217 Monroe 39,393 61.68% 21,782 34.11% 1,444 2.26% 1,110 1.74% 134 0.21% 17,611 27.58% 63,863 Montgomery 6,704 54.57% 5,347 43.52% 112 0.91% 104 0.85% 18 0.15% 1,357 11.05% 12,285 Nassau 13,910 61.67% 8,430 37.38% 127 0.56% 73 0.32% 15 0.07% 5,480 24.30% 22,555 New York 113,254 42.65% 139,547 52.55% 12,013 4.52% 261 0.10% 485 0.18% -26,293 -9.90% 265,560 Niagara 12,212 57.54% 8,367 39.42% 317 1.49% 312 1.47% 16 0.08% 3,845 18.12% 21,224 Oneida 18,813 52.54% 16,070 44.88% 367 1.02% 525 1.47% 30 0.08% 2,743 7.66% 35,805 Onondaga 27,815 55.35% 19,892 39.58% 1,113 2.21% 1,369 2.72% 64 0.13% 7,923 15.77% 50,253 Ontario 7,491 56.82% 5,286 40.10% 53 0.40% 349 2.65% 4 0.03% 2,205 16.73% 13,183 Orange 13,619 56.06% 10,198 41.98% 238 0.98% 217 0.89% 23 0.09% 3,421 14.08% 24,295 Orleans 4,903 64.41% 2,529 33.22% 19 0.25% 159 2.09% 2 0.03% 2,374 31.19% 7,612 Oswego 9,854 57.72% 6,210 36.38% 46 0.27% 959 5.62% 3 0.02% 3,644 21.34% 17,072 Otsego 5,926 48.16% 5,975 48.56% 74 0.60% 326 2.65% 3 0.02% -49 -0.40% 12,304 Putnam 1,717 56.67% 1,290 42.57% 5 0.17% 18 0.59% 0 0.00% 427 14.09% 3,030 Queens 34,670 50.54% 31,350 45.70% 2,356 3.43% 115 0.17% 104 0.15% 3,320 4.84% 68,595 Rensselaer 14,968 51.21% 13,822 47.29% 213 0.73% 201 0.69% 26 0.09% 1,146 3.92% 29,230 Richmond 7,319 44.36% 8,843 53.60% 204 1.24% 109 0.66% 23 0.14% -1,524 -9.24% 16,498 Rockland 5,041 52.19% 4,469 46.27% 85 0.88% 55 0.57% 9 0.09% 572 5.92% 9,659 Saratoga 8,062 53.00% 6,711 44.12% 154 1.01% 280 1.84% 4 0.03% 1,351 8.88% 15,211 Schenectady 9,759 47.45% 8,962 43.58% 1,446 7.03% 328 1.59% 71 0.35% 797 3.88% 20,566 Schoharie 2,851 43.50% 3,457 52.75% 11 0.17% 233 3.56% 2 0.03% -606 -9.25% 6,554 Schuyler 1,956 52.38% 1,629 43.63% 13 0.35% 136 3.64% 0 0.00% 327 8.76% 3,734 Seneca 3,307 50.84% 2,845 43.74% 25 0.38% 327 5.03% 1 0.02% 462 7.10% 6,505 St. Lawrence 13,142 66.77% 6,056 30.77% 67 0.34% 407 2.07% 11 0.06% 7,086 36.00% 19,683 Steuben 10,424 53.99% 8,032 41.60% 196 1.02% 645 3.34% 11 0.06% 2,392 12.39% 19,308 Suffolk 12,742 59.20% 8,422 39.13% 168 0.78% 174 0.81% 16 0.07% 4,320 20.07% 21,522 Sullivan 4,340 53.05% 3,659 44.73% 110 1.34% 65 0.79% 7 0.09% 681 8.32% 8,181 Tioga 3,376 52.78% 2,748 42.96% 94 1.47% 172 2.69% 6 0.09% 628 9.82% 6,396 Tompkins 4,736 54.83% 3,455 40.00% 121 1.40% 316 3.66% 10 0.12% 1,281 14.83% 8,638 Ulster 10,734 56.58% 7,807 41.15% 71 0.37% 354 1.87% 5 0.03% 2,927 15.43% 18,971 Warren 4,880 61.47% 2,825 35.58% 126 1.59% 97 1.22% 11 0.14% 2,055 25.88% 7,939 Washington 7,310 63.77% 3,907 34.08% 108 0.94% 135 1.18% 3 0.03% 3,403 29.69% 11,463 Wayne 7,465 58.72% 4,797 37.73% 22 0.17% 427 3.36% 2 0.02% 2,668 20.99% 12,713 Westchester 34,693 59.43% 22,457 38.47% 932 1.60% 195 0.33% 103 0.18% 12,236 20.96% 58,380 Wyoming 4,952 62.14% 2,783 34.92% 22 0.28% 208 2.61% 4 0.05% 2,169 27.22% 7,969 Yates 2,940 61.78% 1,666 35.01% 24 0.50% 129 2.71% 0 0.00% 1,274 26.77% 4,759Totals879,23851.53%759,42644.51%45,9442.69%19,0311.12%2,6660.16%119,8127.02%1,706,305 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Cattaraugus Columbia Erie Greene Herkimer Lewis Monroe Nassau Niagara Oneida Queens Putnam Rensselaer Rockland Schenectady Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tompkins Ulster Westchester See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Woodrow Wilson References expanded New York 1916 Category:1916 New York (state) elections