1916 United States presidential election
The 1916 United States presidential election was the 34th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 7, 1916. This election was between Incumbent President since 1913, Woodrow Wilson from New Jersey and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from New York Charles E. Hughes. Wilson won the election by a close margin gaining 277 electoral votes, while Charles E. Hughes got 254 electoral votes.
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531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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File:ElectoralCollege1916.svg Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Wilson/Marshall, red denotes those won by Hughes/Fairbanks. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This election was the closest for any President since the election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J, Tilden. If Hughes had won either California or Missouri, he would have become the 29th President.
Candidates
Republican Party:
- Charles E. Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from New York (1910-1916) (Nominee)
- John W. Weeks, Senator from Massachusetts (1913-1919)
- Elihu Root, Former Senator from New York (1909-1915)
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909)
- Robert M. La Follette, Senator from Wisconsin (1906-1924)
- Albert M. Cummings, Senator from Iowa (1908-1926)
- Theodore Burton, Former Senator from Ohio (1909-1915)
- Charles W. Fairbanks. 26th Vice-President of the United States from Indiana (1905-1909) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
- Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor of Pennsylvania (1915-1919) (Favorite son Candidate)
- Lawrence Y. Sherman, Senator from Illinois (1913-1921) (Favorite son Candidate)
- Henry Ford, businessman, industrailist, peace activist, and philanthropist from Michigan (1891-1945) (Favorite son Candidate)
Democratic Party:
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913-1921) (Incumbent) (Nominee) (Unopposed)
1916 United States Presidential Election Media
Democratic Party (United States)
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Riley MArshall
Republican Party (United States)
Governor of New York State Charles Evans Hughes
Charles W. Fairbanks (1852-1918), Senator from Indiana and the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States
John W. Weeks, former Secretary of War.
Elihu Root, 1845-1937, bust portrait, facing left
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Charles W. Fairbanks (1852-1918), Senator from Indiana and the twenty-sixth Vice President of the United States
Albert B. Cummins, a Senator from Iowa; born near Carmichaels, Greene County, Pa., February 15, 1850; attended the public schools, and a preparatory academy; graduated Waynesburg (Pa.) College in 1869; moved to Iowa; briefly engaged as a carpenter; clerked in the office of the recorder of Clayton County; moved to Allen County, Indiana in 1871 where he became deputy county surveyor and engaged in railroad building; moved to Chicago to study law; admitted to the Illinois bar in 1875 and comme
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References
- ↑ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.