1916 United States presidential election in Oregon

none June 2025 September 2023 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States presidential election in Oregon Oregon 1916 File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif presidential no 1912 1912 United States presidential election in Oregon 1920 1920 United States presidential election in Oregon 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 5 126,813 48.47% Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 0 120,087 45.90% 1916 United States presidential election in Oregon results map by county.svg 375px County results Hughes #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% 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 Oregon took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election in which all contemporary forty-eight states participated. Voters chose five electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oregon had been in the 1900s solidified as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932,Burnham, Walter Dean; 'The System of 1896', in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 0313213798 and apart from a very short New Deal interlude at state level until the "Revolution of 1954". As of 1916, the state had not elected a Democratic Congressman since 1878, and between 1900 and 1954 Democratic representation in the Oregon legislature would never exceed fifteen percent except during the above-mentioned 1930s interlude,Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 0030133661 so that Republican primaries would become the chief mode of competition.Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233 In 1912, a split in the Republican Party and the relatively limited appeal of Theodore Roosevelt’s Progressive Party in what was at the time the most Republican of the Pacific States allowed Woodrow Wilson to become only the second Democratic presidential candidate after Horatio Seymour in 1868 to carry Oregon.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 483 978-0-691-16324-6 For his 1916 re-election against a United GOP, Wilson campaigned on keeping the United States out of World War I,Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 47 0786422173 and upon Progressive Era reforms like the income tax.Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 497 These reforms were much less popular in Yankee-settled Western Oregon – which had close cultural and political ties to New England – with the result that Oregon voted for the Republican nominee, Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Hughes won Oregon by a close margin of 2.57%; however, alongside South Dakota, Oregon was the only state that Hughes won in the Great Plains or westward. Wilson’s historically based strength in sparsely populated and Ozark mountaineer-settled Eastern Oregon, like that of William Jennings Bryan in 1896, was inadequate to counter this. Primary elections These were the first presidential primaries in Oregon in which women had the right to vote. Under Oregon law, a candidate could be placed on a party's primary ballot by petition. Only Woodrow Wilson appeared on the Democratic Party ballot. The Republican Party ballot included Charles Evans Hughes, Albert B. Cummins, and Theodore E. Burton.The New International Year Book Dodd, Mead and Company 1917 508 Primaries for the vice presidential candidates were also held on the same day. On the Democratic ballot, Elliott Woolfolk Major of Missouri and Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana faced off, receiving 5,706 and 21,205 votes, respectively. On the Republican ballot, only William Grant Webster of Illinois appeared, allowing him to receive all 58,076 votes.1916 Primary https://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/8410982 2025-11-21 records.sos.state.or.us Democratic Party 1916 Democratic Party presidential primaries A primary for the Democratic presidential candidate was held in Oregon on May 19, 1916. Only Woodrow Wilson appeared on the ballot for the Democratic primary, allowing him to receive all 27,898 votes. Republican Party 1916 Republican Party presidential primaries 1916 Oregon Republican presidential primary File:Flag of Oregon (1900–1925).gif presidential no 1912 Oregon Republican presidential primary 1912 1920 Oregon Republican presidential primary 1920 May 19, 1916 File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png d77da7 Charles Evans Hughes New York 10 56,764 59.81% File:Albert B. Cummins standing, 1911 (3x4 cropped).jpg 5d73e5 Albert B. Cummins Iowa 0 27,558 29.03% File:Theodore E. Burton 1908.jpg 423121 Theodore E. Burton Ohio 0 10,593 11.16% 1916 Oregon Republican Presidential Primary election by county.svg Election results by countyHughes: #f0b4d1 40-50% #ea88b7 50-60% #e05a9b 60-70% #ce2e7c 70-80% A primary for the Republican presidential candidate was held in Oregon on May 19, 1916. Unlike his opponents, Albert B. Cummins and Theodore E. Burton, Hughes did not campaign for himself in the state.SEE HUGHES BOOM MAKING GREAT GAINS https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/05/21/104237064.html 2025-11-21 The New York Times en 0362-4331 Before the primary, he had attempted to stop a petition circulating without his consent to place him on the ballot. In response to Hughes' protest, Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott refused to heed the petition. The matter was appealed to the courts, which ruled that a petition to place someone on the ballot could be submitted without that person's consent. During the campaign, supporters of the Bull Moose Party who wanted Theodore Roosevelt nominated by their own party as well as by the Republicans campaigned for Cummins in an attempt to get him to win the primary, thereby discrediting Hughes, who they believed would be a harder man to beat in the convention.1916-05-19 ROOSEVELT STRONG IN WEST https://www.nytimes.com/1916/05/19/archives/roosevelt-strong-in-west-oregon-progressives-trying-to-boom-cummins.html 2025-11-21 en Hughes won the primary with 58,764 votes to Cummins's 27,558 and Burton's 10,593. According to The New York Times, voter turnout was estimated at roughly 70 percent of registered voters, with women playing a significant role in the outcome.OREGON GOES FOR HUGHES. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/05/20/104675750.html 2025-11-21 The New York Times en 0362-4331 A Portland dispatch further reported that "the assertion is made that the women voted for HUGHES 3 to 1."HIS VICTORIES. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/05/21/104237330.html 2025-11-21 The New York Times en 0362-4331 Results Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)Charles Evans Hughes of New YorkCharles W. FairbanksRepublican5https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&off=0&elect=0&fips=41&f=0 1916 Presidential General Election Results – Oregon Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 27 December 2019126,81348.47%Woodrow WilsonThomas R. MarshallDemocratic0120,08745.90%Allan L. BensonGeorge KirkpatrickSocialist09,7113.71%Frank HanlyIra LandrithProhibition04,7291.81%——Progressive03100.12% Results by county CountyCharles Evans HughesRepublicanWoodrow WilsonDemocraticAllan L. BensonSocialistFrank HanlyProhibitionNo candidateProgressive "Bull Moose"MarginTotalvotescastOregon Secretary of State Elections Division; Abstract of Votes Cast in the several counties in the State of Oregon at a General Election held on the Seventh Day of November, A.D. 1916, for Presidential Electors, Representatives in Congress#%#%#%#%#%#%Baker2,54137.16%3,89756.99%3244.74%691.01%70.10%-1,356-19.83%6,838Benton2,90250.72%2,48843.48%1202.10%2073.62%50.09%4147.24%5,722Clackamas6,34950.91%5,33442.77%5564.46%2221.78%100.08%1,0158.14%12,471Clatsop2,56849.44%2,23943.11%3206.16%651.25%20.04%3296.33%5,194Columbia2,02353.95%1,45138.69%1824.85%922.45%20.05%57215.25%3,750Coos3,20943.61%3,35245.56%7089.62%741.01%150.20%-143-1.94%7,358Crook1,67536.21%2,69958.34%2094.52%380.82%50.11%-1,024-22.14%4,626Curry54145.62%51243.17%1189.95%80.67%70.59%292.45%1,186Douglas3,92248.16%3,67945.18%4205.16%1171.44%50.06%2432.98%8,143Gilliam55737.89%87059.18%251.70%171.16%10.07%-313-21.29%1,470Grant94140.56%1,21052.16%1456.25%170.73%70.30%-269-11.59%2,320Harney87237.52%1,23953.31%1898.13%220.95%20.09%-367-15.79%2,324Hood River1,31448.33%1,18843.69%1585.81%582.13%10.04%1264.63%2,719Jackson3,53839.41%4,87454.29%3213.58%2302.56%150.17%-1,336-14.88%8,978Jefferson58136.13%90456.22%623.86%603.73%10.06%-323-20.09%1,608Josephine1,66046.20%1,65646.09%2306.40%421.17%50.14%40.11%3,593Klamath1,63144.37%1,85350.41%1704.62%180.49%40.11%-222-6.04%3,676Lake79341.94%97151.35%985.18%271.43%20.11%-178-9.41%1,891Lane7,25351.70%5,88041.92%6074.33%2611.86%270.19%1,3739.79%14,028Lincoln1,16750.87%91539.89%1908.28%170.74%50.22%25210.99%2,294Linn4,52446.26%4,67547.81%3183.25%2532.59%90.09%-151-1.54%9,779Malheur1,68242.38%1,93748.80%2937.38%541.36%30.08%-255-6.42%3,969Marion8,31655.48%5,69938.02%4733.16%4753.17%250.17%2,61717.46%14,988Morrow74844.08%83048.91%925.42%261.53%10.06%-82-4.83%1,697Multnomah41,45851.67%35,75544.56%1,8522.31%1,0831.35%870.11%5,7037.11%80,235Polk2,89947.89%2,84446.98%1873.09%1201.98%40.07%550.91%6,054Sherman71746.86%74748.82%181.18%483.14%00.00%-30-1.96%1,530Tillamook1,54753.86%1,17540.91%953.31%531.85%20.07%37212.95%2,872Umatilla3,66442.33%4,60653.22%2562.96%1221.41%70.08%-942-10.88%8,655Union2,25339.77%3,08654.47%2594.57%631.11%40.07%-833-14.70%5,665Wallowa1,19835.75%1,96058.49%1654.92%200.60%80.24%-762-22.74%3,351Wasco2,24347.53%2,28748.46%1032.18%801.70%60.13%-44-0.93%4,719Washington4,88856.16%3,36338.64%2192.52%2222.55%110.13%1,52517.52%8,703Wheeler62951.73%57046.88%100.82%60.49%10.08%594.85%1,216Yamhill4,01049.95%3,34241.63%2192.73%4435.52%140.17%6688.32%8,028Totals126,81348.47%120,08745.90%9,7113.71%4,7291.81%3100.12%6,7262.57%261,650 See also United States presidential elections in Oregon References 30em expanded 1916 Oregon Category:1916 Oregon elections