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1916 United States presidential election
1916 United States presidential election in Missouri Missouri presidential no 1912 United States presidential election in Missouri 1912 1920 United States presidential election in Missouri 1920 November 7, 1916 x200px Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 18 398,032 50.59% File:HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png Charles Evans Hughes Republican Party (United States) New York Charles W. Fairbanks 0 369,339 46.94% 1916 United States presidential election in Missouri results map by county.svg 300px County results
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#aa0000 80–90% President Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson
The 1916 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Missouri was won by incumbent President, Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, with 50.59% of the popular vote, against Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes (R–New York), running with former vice president Charles W. Fairbanks, with 46.94% of the popular vote.1916 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1916&fips=29&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Had Hughes carried the state of Missouri, he would have had 272 electoral votes, enough to win the presidency.
This election was the first in which Missouri voted more Republican than Kansas since the latter's statehood. This would not recur until 2020.
Results
1916 United States presidential election in MissouriWoodrow Wilson (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 50.59% 398,032Republican Party (United States) Charles Evans Hughes 369,339 46.94%Socialist Party of America Allan L. Benson 14,612 1.86%Prohibition Party Frank Hanly 3,884 0.49%Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer 902 0.11%786,769 100%
Results by county
1916 United States presidential election in Missouri by county1918 Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections Vote for President, 1916 Official Manual of the State of Missouri for the Years 1917-1918 429–430 CountyWoodrow WilsonDemocraticCharles Evans HughesRepublicanAllan L. BensonSocialistFrank HanlyProhibitionArthur E. ReimerSocialist LaborMarginTotal votescast#%#%#%#%#%#% Adair 2,275 43.36% 2,681 51.10% 244 4.65% 38 0.72% 9 0.17% -406 -7.74% 5,247 Andrew 1,853 46.60% 2,087 52.49% 16 0.40% 20 0.50% 0 0.00% -234 -5.89% 3,976 Atchison 1,697 50.22% 1,626 48.12% 27 0.80% 27 0.80% 2 0.06% 71 2.10% 3,379 Audrain 3,572 66.63% 1,741 32.48% 25 0.47% 16 0.30% 7 0.13% 1,831 34.15% 5,361 Barry 2,752 49.05% 2,683 47.82% 148 2.64% 17 0.30% 11 0.20% 69 1.23% 5,611 Barton 2,217 55.20% 1,597 39.77% 154 3.83% 40 1.00% 8 0.20% 620 15.44% 4,016 Bates 3,255 53.75% 2,597 42.88% 129 2.13% 67 1.11% 8 0.13% 658 10.87% 6,056 Benton 1,285 40.37% 1,842 57.87% 26 0.82% 27 0.85% 3 0.09% -557 -17.50% 3,183 Bollinger 1,538 47.40% 1,624 50.05% 69 2.13% 13 0.40% 1 0.03% -86 -2.65% 3,245 Boone 5,601 71.46% 2,180 27.81% 30 0.38% 23 0.29% 4 0.05% 3,421 43.65% 7,838 Buchanan 10,973 57.35% 7,761 40.56% 278 1.45% 93 0.49% 29 0.15% 3,212 16.79% 19,134 Butler 2,135 42.24% 2,717 53.76% 174 3.44% 13 0.26% 15 0.30% -582 -11.52% 5,054 Caldwell 1,683 44.52% 2,069 54.74% 3 0.08% 23 0.61% 2 0.05% -386 -10.21% 3,780 Callaway 3,882 65.59% 2,009 33.94% 15 0.25% 12 0.20% 1 0.02% 1,873 31.64% 5,919 Camden 930 41.43% 1,261 56.17% 41 1.83% 8 0.36% 5 0.22% -331 -14.74% 2,245 Cape Girardeau 2,993 43.55% 3,753 54.60% 74 1.08% 44 0.64% 9 0.13% -760 -11.06% 6,873 Carroll 2,822 48.00% 2,978 50.65% 43 0.73% 36 0.61% 0 0.00% -156 -2.65% 5,879 Carter 586 51.86% 469 41.50% 66 5.84% 6 0.53% 3 0.27% 117 10.35% 1,130 Cass 3,337 60.19% 2,104 37.95% 60 1.08% 43 0.78% 0 0.00% 1,233 22.24% 5,544 Cedar 1,410 41.59% 1,874 55.28% 74 2.18% 27 0.80% 5 0.15% -464 -13.69% 3,390 Chariton 3,135 58.30% 2,183 40.60% 22 0.41% 36 0.67% 1 0.02% 952 17.71% 5,377 Christian 938 30.52% 1,978 64.37% 141 4.59% 14 0.46% 2 0.07% -1,040 -33.84% 3,073 Clark 1,692 48.12% 1,782 50.68% 28 0.80% 12 0.34% 2 0.06% -90 -2.56% 3,516 Clay 3,902 74.13% 1,307 24.83% 38 0.72% 12 0.23% 5 0.09% 2,595 49.30% 5,264 Clinton 2,153 57.05% 1,551 41.10% 19 0.50% 48 1.27% 3 0.08% 602 15.95% 3,774 Cole 2,915 51.11% 2,746 48.15% 31 0.54% 10 0.18% 1 0.02% 169 2.96% 5,703 Cooper 2,537 46.86% 2,830 52.27% 18 0.33% 29 0.54% 0 0.00% -293 -5.41% 5,414 Crawford 1,312 43.43% 1,642 54.35% 47 1.56% 18 0.60% 2 0.07% -330 -10.92% 3,021 Dade 1,618 44.50% 1,941 53.38% 54 1.49% 23 0.63% 0 0.00% -323 -8.88% 3,636 Dallas 1,022 40.73% 1,428 56.92% 47 1.87% 12 0.48% 0 0.00% -406 -16.18% 2,509 Daviess 2,375 49.75% 2,342 49.06% 12 0.25% 44 0.92% 1 0.02% 33 0.69% 4,774 DeKalb 1,647 49.43% 1,640 49.22% 12 0.36% 31 0.93% 2 0.06% 7 0.21% 3,332 Dent 1,457 52.35% 1,252 44.99% 66 2.37% 5 0.18% 3 0.11% 205 7.37% 2,783 Douglas 737 27.80% 1,730 65.26% 164 6.19% 14 0.53% 6 0.23% -993 -37.46% 2,651 Dunklin 3,723 61.71% 1,924 31.89% 375 6.22% 8 0.13% 3 0.05% 1,799 29.82% 6,033 Franklin 2,468 35.59% 4,325 62.36% 94 1.36% 42 0.61% 6 0.09% -1,857 -26.78% 6,935 Gasconade 510 16.68% 2,513 82.20% 19 0.62% 13 0.43% 2 0.07% -2,003 -65.52% 3,057 Gentry 2,404 55.80% 1,823 42.32% 33 0.77% 45 1.04% 3 0.07% 581 13.49% 4,308 Greene 7,191 46.66% 7,543 48.95% 542 3.52% 122 0.79% 12 0.08% -352 -2.28% 15,410 Grundy 1,789 40.90% 2,481 56.72% 46 1.05% 53 1.21% 5 0.11% -692 -15.82% 4,374 Harrison 2,205 43.33% 2,741 53.86% 62 1.22% 77 1.51% 4 0.08% -536 -10.53% 5,089 Henry 3,653 56.12% 2,727 41.90% 71 1.09% 49 0.75% 9 0.14% 926 14.23% 6,509 Hickory 552 31.24% 1,144 64.74% 59 3.34% 11 0.62% 1 0.06% -592 -33.50% 1,767 Holt 1,615 43.77% 2,030 55.01% 14 0.38% 29 0.79% 2 0.05% -415 -11.25% 3,690 Howard 2,866 71.24% 1,121 27.86% 16 0.40% 18 0.45% 2 0.05% 1,745 43.38% 4,023 Howell 1,861 43.84% 2,132 50.22% 225 5.30% 23 0.54% 4 0.09% -271 -6.38% 4,245 Iron 1,027 53.05% 874 45.14% 24 1.24% 9 0.46% 2 0.10% 153 7.90% 1,936 Jackson 44,556 56.38% 32,943 41.68% 1,094 1.38% 336 0.43% 100 0.13% 11,613 14.69% 79,029 Jasper 10,513 49.97% 9,358 44.48% 913 4.34% 197 0.94% 56 0.27% 1,155 5.49% 21,037 Jefferson 3,021 46.56% 3,310 51.01% 130 2.00% 19 0.29% 9 0.14% -289 -4.45% 6,489 Johnson 3,701 54.69% 2,966 43.83% 62 0.92% 29 0.43% 9 0.13% 735 10.86% 6,767 Knox 1,657 52.11% 1,460 45.91% 37 1.16% 23 0.72% 3 0.09% 197 6.19% 3,180 Laclede 1,755 47.01% 1,877 50.28% 89 2.38% 9 0.24% 3 0.08% -122 -3.27% 3,733 Lafayette 4,073 49.38% 4,049 49.09% 93 1.13% 29 0.35% 4 0.05% 24 0.29% 8,248 Lawrence 2,809 44.24% 3,228 50.83% 260 4.09% 44 0.69% 9 0.14% -419 -6.60% 6,350 Lewis 2,357 61.49% 1,429 37.28% 25 0.65% 20 0.52% 2 0.05% 928 24.21% 3,833 Lincoln 2,468 59.61% 1,642 39.66% 11 0.27% 19 0.46% 0 0.00% 826 19.95% 4,140 Linn 3,441 54.02% 2,801 43.97% 81 1.27% 46 0.72% 1 0.02% 640 10.05% 6,370 Livingston 2,609 51.07% 2,424 47.45% 39 0.76% 35 0.69% 2 0.04% 185 3.62% 5,109 Macon 3,805 53.87% 3,034 42.96% 164 2.32% 52 0.74% 8 0.11% 771 10.92% 7,063 Madison 1,310 50.95% 1,230 47.84% 21 0.82% 8 0.31% 2 0.08% 80 3.11% 2,571 Maries 1,319 63.60% 725 34.96% 20 0.96% 7 0.34% 3 0.14% 594 28.64% 2,074 Marion 4,534 61.26% 2,759 37.28% 53 0.72% 53 0.72% 2 0.03% 1,775 23.98% 7,401 McDonald 1,631 51.43% 1,414 44.59% 93 2.93% 26 0.82% 7 0.22% 217 6.84% 3,171 Mercer 1,042 36.75% 1,733 61.13% 28 0.99% 32 1.13% 0 0.00% -691 -24.37% 2,835 Miller 1,395 41.59% 1,862 55.52% 88 2.62% 8 0.24% 1 0.03% -467 -13.92% 3,354 Mississippi 1,874 57.43% 1,330 40.76% 48 1.47% 7 0.21% 4 0.12% 544 16.67% 3,263 Moniteau 1,675 48.19% 1,748 50.29% 35 1.01% 16 0.46% 2 0.06% -73 -2.10% 3,476 Monroe 3,738 81.60% 742 16.20% 86 1.88% 14 0.31% 1 0.02% 2,996 65.40% 4,581 Montgomery 1,988 48.26% 2,079 50.47% 18 0.44% 33 0.80% 1 0.02% -91 -2.21% 4,119 Morgan 1,368 46.11% 1,578 53.19% 13 0.44% 7 0.24% 1 0.03% -210 -7.08% 2,967 New Madrid 2,715 55.65% 2,039 41.79% 99 2.03% 18 0.37% 8 0.16% 676 13.86% 4,879 Newton 3,158 49.27% 2,929 45.70% 249 3.89% 64 1.00% 9 0.14% 229 3.57% 6,409 Nodaway 3,874 51.60% 3,540 47.15% 41 0.55% 44 0.59% 9 0.12% 334 4.45% 7,508 Oregon 1,799 70.66% 660 25.92% 82 3.22% 5 0.20% 0 0.00% 1,139 44.74% 2,546 Osage 1,383 43.44% 1,769 55.56% 24 0.75% 8 0.25% 0 0.00% -386 -12.12% 3,184 Ozark 654 32.38% 1,331 65.89% 26 1.29% 9 0.45% 0 0.00% -677 -33.51% 2,020 Pemiscot 2,447 52.95% 2,076 44.93% 95 2.06% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 371 8.03% 4,621 Perry 1,396 41.01% 1,988 58.40% 10 0.29% 8 0.24% 2 0.06% -592 -17.39% 3,404 Pettis 4,665 50.13% 4,319 46.42% 253 2.72% 63 0.68% 5 0.05% 346 3.72% 9,305 Phelps 1,887 55.13% 1,487 43.44% 36 1.05% 8 0.23% 5 0.15% 400 11.69% 3,423 Pike 3,344 58.42% 2,322 40.57% 45 0.79% 12 0.21% 1 0.02% 1,022 17.85% 5,724 Platte 2,974 75.96% 921 23.52% 11 0.28% 8 0.20% 1 0.03% 2,053 52.44% 3,915 Polk 2,149 44.24% 2,613 53.79% 63 1.30% 30 0.62% 3 0.06% -464 -9.55% 4,858 Pulaski 1,339 56.00% 1,003 41.95% 40 1.67% 6 0.25% 3 0.13% 336 14.05% 2,391 Putnam 1,035 31.87% 2,106 64.84% 59 1.82% 42 1.29% 6 0.18% -1,071 -32.97% 3,248 Ralls 1,994 70.11% 826 29.04% 9 0.32% 14 0.49% 1 0.04% 1,168 41.07% 2,844 Randolph 5,081 69.84% 2,111 29.02% 45 0.62% 36 0.49% 2 0.03% 2,970 40.82% 7,275 Ray 3,380 65.47% 1,718 33.28% 32 0.62% 29 0.56% 4 0.08% 1,662 32.19% 5,163 Reynolds 1,209 65.39% 592 32.02% 35 1.89% 4 0.22% 9 0.49% 617 33.37% 1,849 Ripley 1,325 53.08% 1,053 42.19% 105 4.21% 10 0.40% 3 0.12% 272 10.90% 2,496 Saint Charles 1,914 34.91% 3,518 64.16% 33 0.60% 12 0.22% 6 0.11% -1,604 -29.25% 5,483 Saint Clair 1,881 50.15% 1,718 45.80% 115 3.07% 34 0.91% 3 0.08% 163 4.35% 3,751 Saint Francois 3,675 53.38% 3,015 43.79% 157 2.28% 33 0.48% 5 0.07% 660 9.59% 6,885 Saint Louis County 7,587 36.71% 12,485 60.41% 454 2.20% 99 0.48% 41 0.20% -4,898 -23.70% 20,666 Saint Louis City 74,059 45.71% 83,798 51.72% 3,484 2.15% 432 0.27% 259 0.16% -9,739 -6.01% 162,032 Sainte Genevieve 1,218 51.35% 1,137 47.93% 14 0.59% 3 0.13% 0 0.00% 81 3.41% 2,372 Saline 4,503 59.53% 2,966 39.21% 26 0.34% 55 0.73% 14 0.19% 1,537 20.32% 7,564 Schuyler 1,341 56.42% 995 41.86% 15 0.63% 25 1.05% 1 0.04% 346 14.56% 2,377 Scotland 1,592 54.90% 1,243 42.86% 51 1.76% 14 0.48% 0 0.00% 349 12.03% 2,900 Scott 2,816 52.72% 2,285 42.78% 201 3.76% 24 0.45% 15 0.28% 531 9.94% 5,341 Shannon 1,213 56.31% 788 36.58% 141 6.55% 3 0.14% 9 0.42% 425 19.73% 2,154 Shelby 2,549 67.26% 1,195 31.53% 21 0.55% 23 0.61% 2 0.05% 1,354 35.73% 3,790 Stoddard 3,274 53.59% 2,482 40.63% 314 5.14% 28 0.46% 11 0.18% 792 12.96% 6,109 Stone 621 27.38% 1,525 67.24% 116 5.11% 6 0.26% 0 0.00% -904 -39.86% 2,268 Sullivan 2,446 49.54% 2,420 49.02% 40 0.81% 28 0.57% 3 0.06% 26 0.53% 4,937 Taney 679 36.80% 1,123 60.87% 34 1.84% 7 0.38% 2 0.11% -444 -24.07% 1,845 Texas 2,291 54.35% 1,809 42.92% 86 2.04% 27 0.64% 2 0.05% 482 11.44% 4,215 Vernon 3,776 60.63% 2,211 35.50% 193 3.10% 37 0.59% 11 0.18% 1,565 25.13% 6,228 Warren 487 21.31% 1,752 76.67% 41 1.79% 3 0.13% 2 0.09% -1,265 -55.36% 2,285 Washington 1,394 45.26% 1,657 53.80% 24 0.78% 5 0.16% 0 0.00% -263 -8.54% 3,080 Wayne 1,594 49.37% 1,528 47.32% 92 2.85% 14 0.43% 1 0.03% 66 2.04% 3,229 Webster 1,903 46.22% 2,114 51.35% 61 1.48% 33 0.80% 6 0.15% -211 -5.13% 4,117 Worth 1,079 53.57% 892 44.29% 7 0.35% 36 1.79% 0 0.00% 187 9.29% 2,014 Wright 1,593 41.21% 2,176 56.29% 77 1.99% 16 0.41% 4 0.10% -583 -15.08% 3,866Totals398,03250.59%369,33946.94%14,6121.86%3,8840.49%9020.11%28,6933.65%786,769
See also
United States presidential elections in Missouri
References
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