1916 Nicaraguan general election

none December 2019 General elections were held in Nicaragua on 6 October 1916 to elect a President, half of the Deputies and one-third of the Senators of National Congress of Nicaragua. Although the United States offered to assist President Adolfo Díaz to hold free elections in 1916, this offer was rejected. A verbal promise was obtained from President Adolfo Díaz, however, that the elections would be free.United States . Department of State. The United States and Nicaragua: a survey of the relations from 1909 to 1932. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1932. pp. 11. On 15 January 1916 the Secretary of State, Robert Lansing, had told the Conservative candidate Emiliano Chamorro Vargas that 'the United States would view his candidacy with great pleasure'.MacRenato, Ternot. Somoza: seizure of power, 1926–1939. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego. 1991. pp. 67. The United States opposed José Santos Zelaya returning to power and openly opposed the Liberal candidate for president, Dr. Julian Irias.Greer Virginia L. 1954 State Department Policy in Regard to the Nicaraguan Election of 1924 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2509079 The Hispanic American Historical Review 34 4 445–467 10.2307/2509079 0018-2168 subscription The liberals boycotted the 1916 election, and conservative Emiliano Chamorro Vargas was elected with no opposition.Merrill, Tim L., Nicaragua : a country study. Washington: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 1994. pp. 20. Results President Emiliano Chamorro Vargas Conservative Party 58810 NohlenElections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. [Oxford] [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. pp.500. References Bibliography Elections in the Americas A Data Handbook Volume 1. North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Edited by Dieter Nohlen. 2005. Kamman, William. A search for stability: United States diplomacy toward Nicaragua 1925–1933. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. 1968. MacRenato, Ternot. Somoza: seizure of power, 1926–1939. La Jolla: University of California, San Diego. 1991. Merrill, Tim L., Nicaragua : a country study. Washington: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. 1994. Munro, Dana G. The United States and the Caribbean republics, 1921–1933. Princeton University Press. 1974. Smith, Hazel. Nicaragua: self-determination and survival. London : Pluto Press. 1993. Schooley, Helen. Conflict in Central America. Harlow: Longman. 1987. United States . Department of State. The United States and Nicaragua: a survey of the relations from 1909 to 1932. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1932. Vargas, Oscar-René. Elecciones presidenciales en Nicaragua, 1912–1932: análisis socio-político. Managua: Fundación Manolo Morales. 1989. Category:Elections in Nicaragua Category:1916 in Nicaragua Nicaragua Category:Presidential elections in Nicaragua Category:October 1916 in North America Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results