1916 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1916 United States presidential election 1916 United States presidential election in California California presidential Flag of California (1911–1924).pngborder no 1912 United States presidential election in California 1912 1920 United States presidential election in California 1920 79.57% (of registered voters) 7.89 pp 57.91% (of eligible voters) 12.80 ppHistorical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State 2022-05-05 1916 11 7 x200px Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 13 466,289 46.65% HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 462,516 46.27% 1916 United States presidential election in California results map by county.svg 300px County results Wilson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Hughes #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #d40000 70–80% President Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) United States presidential election in California The 1916 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California narrowly voted for the Democratic incumbent, Woodrow Wilson, over the Republican nominee, Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes. Although very close, this was not as close as the previous election or the critical 1892 election in California, and was only the third-closest state in a thrilling election behind New Hampshire and Minnesota. As of 2024, no subsequent presidential election in California has been decided by a smaller margin, although California was decided by less than one point in 1948 and 1960. This was the closest result where California's electoral votes were not split. Following on from breaking half-a-dozen county droughts in 1912, Wilson became the first Democrat to carry Placer County, Plumas County, and Santa Barbara County, since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, and the first to carry the counties of Contra Costa and Santa Cruz since James Buchanan in 1856.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 153-155 0786422173 If Hughes had won California, he would have won the Electoral College despite losing the national popular vote by three points. This is the last election in which a Republican candidate carried Los Angeles County but failed to carry the state of California. Had Hughes carried the state, he would have been elected with 267 electoral votes to Wilson's 264. Results + General Election ResultsStatement of Vote at General Election held on November 7, 1916 in the State of California 1968 Sacramento, California 8–15 https://archive.org/details/statementofvo19081922cali/page/n177/mode/2up?view=theater 15 July 2024Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Francis J. Heney466,289 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Edward L. Doheny465,936 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Jo V. Snyder465,092 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Irving C. Ackerman464,926 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson L. F. Puter464,824 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson John F. Barry464,808 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Oscar Hocks464,731 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson James F. Peck464,680 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Lorin A. Handley464,515 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson R. F. Del Valle464,477 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Virginia M. Spinks464,233 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Mary Marshall Wiley464,206 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Carrie L. Tyler463,709 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes J. F. Carlston462,516 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes John A. Britton462,004 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes T. S. Montgomery461,828 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Willis H. Booth461,826 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes W. F. Chandler461,610 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Albert E. Boynton461,588 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes J. C. Needham461,505 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Joseph Scott461,354 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Rudolph J. Taussig461,301 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Louise Harvey Clarke460,941 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes Mary Roberts Coolidge460,908 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes A. J. Wallace460,826 Republican Party Charles Evans Hughes J. P. Baumgartner460,821 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Scott Anderson42,898 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Joseph Bredsteen42,562 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson M. P. Christensen42,412 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Mollie Bloom Flagg42,394 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson W. Scott Lewis42,354 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Ethel Lynn42,330 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Arnold R. Holston42,327 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson C. W. Kingsley42,320 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Noble A. Richardson42,312 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Harry M. McKee42,273 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson Ben F. Wilson42,263 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson George W. Woodbey42,232 Socialist Party Allan L. Benson A. E. Briggs42,178 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Annie E. K. Bidwell27,713 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Horace A. Johnson27,408 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Fred F. Wheeler27,208 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Robert Rogers27,156 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Elam Biggs27,116 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Minnie Goldthwaite27,082 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly C. C. Selecman27,067 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Wiley J. Phillips27,050 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly A. K. Nash27,027 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Ada E. Ferris27,017 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Walter O. Woolever27,013 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly Thomas K. Beard26,980 Prohibition Party J. Franklin Hanly C. S. Corkhill26,894 Write-in Scattering187Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 999,603 Results by county County Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Charles Evans HughesRepublican Allan L. BensonSocialist J. Franklin HanlyProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes castBased on the highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda43,74842.84%51,41750.34%5,4225.31%1,5441.51%00.00%-7,669-7.51%102,131Alpine2327.71%6072.29%00.00%00.00%00.00%-37-44.58%83Amador1,76656.28%1,20938.53%1253.98%381.21%00.00%55717.75%3,138Butte4,88850.55%3,95640.91%4364.51%3894.02%00.00%9329.64%9,669Calaveras1,52453.06%1,17540.91%1354.70%381.32%00.00%34912.15%2,872Colusa1,99862.89%1,01131.82%1233.87%451.42%00.00%98731.07%3,177Contra Costa6,09246.82%5,73144.05%8866.81%3022.32%00.00%3612.77%13,011Del Norte47141.35%49943.81%14412.64%252.19%00.00%-28-2.46%1,139El Dorado1,75557.67%1,06835.10%1876.15%331.08%00.00%68722.58%3,043Fresno14,24149.95%11,70741.07%1,6485.78%9123.20%00.00%2,5348.89%28,508Glenn1,79753.87%1,34240.23%1013.03%942.82%20.06%45513.64%3,336Humboldt4,10336.27%5,78651.14%1,0639.40%3613.19%00.00%-1,683-14.88%11,313Imperial3,27349.15%2,69440.46%3635.45%3294.94%00.00%5798.69%6,659Inyo96647.92%84641.96%1527.54%522.58%00.00%1205.95%2,016Kern9,56659.86%5,61135.11%5533.46%2511.57%00.00%3,95524.75%15,981Kings2,90551.86%2,22139.65%2564.57%2203.93%00.00%68412.21%5,602Lake1,16452.13%79135.42%1828.15%964.30%00.00%37316.70%2,233Lassen1,32355.75%87736.96%1436.03%301.26%00.00%44618.79%2,373Los Angeles114,07042.58%135,55450.59%8,0763.01%10,0613.76%1600.06%-21,484-8.02%267,921Madera1,88054.01%1,32338.01%1835.26%862.56%60.17%55716.00%3,481Marin3,78943.82%4,32850.05%4244.90%1061.23%00.00%-539-6.23%8,647Mariposa80258.24%45132.75%956.90%292.11%00.00%35125.49%1,377Mendocino3,37145.14%3,49446.79%4536.07%1502.01%00.00%-123-1.65%7,468Merced2,63750.36%2,13240.72%2855.44%1823.48%00.00%5059.64%5,236Modoc1,22258.25%76836.61%793.77%291.38%00.00%45421.64%2,098Mono15848.47%13742.02%267.98%51.53%00.00%216.44%326Monterey3,87848.28%3,59944.81%3644.53%1912.38%00.00%2793.47%8,032Napa3,08841.39%3,91452.46%3044.07%1552.08%00.00%-826-11.07%7,461Nevada2,54856.58%1,58635.22%2796.20%902.00%00.00%96221.36%4,503Orange6,47434.54%10,60956.59%6433.43%1,0205.44%00.00%-4,135-22.06%18,746Placer3,37558.28%1,95433.74%3145.42%1482.56%00.00%1,42124.54%5,791Plumas1,02556.50%66336.55%1025.62%241.32%00.00%36219.96%1,814Riverside4,56133.44%7,45254.64%7905.79%8366.13%00.00%-2,891-21.20%13,639Sacramento14,53854.63%10,69640.19%8333.13%5462.05%00.00%3,84214.44%26,613San Benito1,68851.80%1,44044.19%912.79%401.23%00.00%2487.61%3,259San Bernardino9,39839.92%11,93250.68%8053.42%1,4105.99%00.00%-2,534-10.76%23,545San Diego16,81546.02%16,97846.47%1,6124.41%1,1323.10%00.00%-163-0.45%36,537San Francisco78,22552.45%63,09342.30%6,4234.31%1,4040.94%70.00%15,13210.15%149,152San Joaquin11,45455.44%7,86138.05%7893.82%5572.70%00.00%3,59317.39%20,661San Luis Obispo3,53949.85%2,85440.20%5477.71%1592.24%00.00%6859.65%7,099San Mateo4,48543.08%5,20750.01%5405.19%1791.72%00.00%-722-6.93%10,411Santa Barbara5,19849.65%4,45342.54%4704.49%3473.31%10.01%7457.12%10,469Santa Clara14,18543.40%16,59250.77%1,0063.08%8872.71%110.03%-2,407-7.37%32,681Santa Cruz4,51147.76%4,22844.76%3834.05%3243.43%00.00%2833.00%9,446Shasta2,82852.39%2,00837.20%4498.32%1132.09%00.00%82015.19%5,398Sierra59458.35%36035.36%555.40%90.88%00.00%23422.99%1,018Siskiyou3,44757.15%2,05934.13%4176.91%1091.81%00.00%1,38823.01%6,032Solano5,67858.37%3,53636.35%3223.31%1921.97%00.00%2,14222.02%9,728Sonoma8,37743.35%9,73350.37%9214.77%2931.52%00.00%-1,356-7.02%19,324Stanislaus5,49046.98%4,40137.66%7296.24%1,0679.13%00.00%1,0899.32%11,687Sutter1,54353.52%1,21142.00%802.77%491.70%00.00%33211.52%2,883Tehama2,53452.92%1,73936.32%3346.98%1813.78%00.00%79516.60%4,788Trinity66154.81%42435.16%1048.62%171.41%00.00%23719.65%1,206Tulare7,29946.87%6,84543.96%8955.75%5333.42%00.00%4542.92%15,572Tuolumne1,58454.21%1,05736.17%2378.11%441.51%00.00%52718.04%2,922Ventura2,83539.30%3,98055.18%2603.60%1381.91%00.00%-1,145-15.87%7,213Yolo2,92253.12%2,33442.43%1673.04%781.42%00.00%58810.69%5,501Yuba1,98054.49%1,53042.10%932.56%310.85%00.00%45012.38%3,634Total 466,28946.65%462,51646.27%42,8984.29%27,7132.77%1870.02%3,7730.38%999,603 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Contra Costa Imperial Placer Plumas San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Stanislaus Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Marin Mendocino Napa San Diego San Mateo Sonoma Ventura Notes References California 1916 Category:1916 California elections