1916 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1916 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1916 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware 1916 Presidential no 1912 Delaware gubernatorial election 1912 1920 Delaware gubernatorial election 1920 November 7, 1916 x120px John G. Townsend Jr. Republican Party (United States) 26,673 52.08% x120px James H. Hughes Democratic Party (United States) 24,053 46.96% 1916 Delaware gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 110px County resultsTownsend: #e27f7f 50–60%Hughes: #7996e2 50–60% Governor Charles R. Miller Republican Party (United States) John G. Townsend Jr. Republican Party (United States) The 1916 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican Governor Charles R. Miller declined to run for re-election. At the time, the Republican Party was in the middle of a schism that had first developed during the 1912 presidential election.Munroe John A. 2006 History of Delaware https://books.google.com/books?id=vs7NcOKnlNUC 5 Newark, Delaware. University of Delaware Press 182 9780874139471 However, the schism did not affect the gubernatorial nomination; though there were rumors that the state party convention might seek to nominate Governor Miller for a second term,August 4, 1916 Handy's Friends on Move in Kent Evening Journal Wilmington, Del. 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79877216/the-evening-journal/ June 19, 2021 former State Representative John G. Townsend Jr. was seen as the frontrunner heading into the convention.August 17, 1916 Sussex County May Be in Control at Convention News Journal Wilmington, Del. 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79877150/the-news-journal/ June 19, 2021 He received the nomination without much difficultyAugust 23, 1916 Machine Steam-Roller Works, Senator du Post Re-Nominated at Dover; Rumor of Third Ticket Morning News Wilmington, Del. 1–2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79877048/the-morning-news/ June 19, 2021 and the Republican Party solidified around him its gubernatorial nominee. The Democratic Party nominated former Secretary of State James H. Hughes, and both Townsend and Hughes advanced to the general election. Though President Woodrow Wilson had won Delaware in 1912 with a plurality, he narrowly lost it this year. Though the gubernatorial race was still close, Townsend outperformed Republican presidential nominee Charles Evans Hughes and defeated Hughes by a five-point margin, winning 52% of the vote to Hughes's 47%. Both Townsend and Hughes would later serve in the United States Senate, and they would serve together as Delaware's two U.S. Senators from 1937 to 1941. Townsend served from 1929 to 1941, while Hughes served from 1937 to 1943. General election 1916 Delaware gubernatorial election1917 House Journal, p. 76-78 Republican Party (United States) John G. Townsend Jr. 26,673 52.08% +5.13% Democratic Party (United States) James H. Hughes 24,053 46.96% +2.66% Socialist Party (United States) Frank A. Houck 490 0.96% -0.19% 2,620 5.12% +2.46% 51,216 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Bibliography Delaware House Journal, 96th General Assembly, 1st Reg. Sess. (1917). 1916 Delaware Gubernatorial Category:November 1916 in the United States