1916 United States elections

none February 2026 January 2025 1916 Presidential election year November 7 Democratic Party (US)Woodrow Wilson (D) 65th Democratic hold Woodrow Wilson (D) 277 Charles Evans Hughes (R) 254 Democratic +3.1% 1916 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Hughes, blue denotes states won by Wilson. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. 35 of 96 seats (32 Class 1 seats + 3 special elections) Democratic hold Republican +2Republicans picked up one seat in the regularly-scheduled elections and an additional seat in the special elections. 1916 Senate results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold All 435 voting members Democratic holdDemocrats lost their House majority in the 1916 elections, but the party retained control of the House through a coalition with minor parties. Republican +19 400px 1916 House of Representatives results 36 Republican +2 1916 gubernatorial election results #0671B0 Democratic gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #CA0120 Republican gain #F48882 Republican hold #EE2678 Prohibition gain Elections were held for the 65th United States Congress. The election occurred during the Fourth Party System, six months before the American entry into World War I (6 April, 1917). Unlike 1912, the Democrats did not benefit from a split in the Republican Party, but the Democrats still retained the presidency and the majority in the Senate. The Democrats lost the majority in the House, but retained control of the chamber. The Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated the Republican nominee, former Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, in the presidential election.1916 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1916 The American Presidency Project 25 June 2014 Hughes won the Republican nomination on the third ballot of the 1916 Republican National Convention, defeating several other candidates. The Republicans won several states in the Northern United States, but Wilson's success in the rest of the country gave him a small margin in the electoral college and the popular vote. Wilson's win made him the first sitting Democratic president to win re-election since Andrew Jackson. Wilson's running mate, Thomas R. Marshall, was the first sitting vice president to win re-election since John C. Calhoun. Republicans made moderate gains in the House, gaining a narrow plurality.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives 25 June 2014 However, Democrat Champ Clark won re-election as Speaker of the House. In the second Senate election since the ratification of the 17th Amendment, Republicans made minor gains, but Democrats retained a solid majority.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate 25 June 2014 See also 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States House of Representatives elections 1916 United States Senate elections 1916 United States gubernatorial elections References Category:1916 elections in the United States 1916