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1916 United States presidential election in Missouri
← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote 18 0
Popular vote 398,032 369,339
Percentage 50.59% 46.94%
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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.[1] Had Hughes carried the state of Missouri, he would've had 272 electoral votes, enough to win the presidency.

This election was the first in which Missouri voted to the right of Kansas since the latter's statehood. This would not recur until 2020.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Missouri
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 398,032 50.59%
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 369,339 46.94%
Socialist Allan L. Benson 14,612 1.86%
Prohibition James Hanly 3,884 0.49%
Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 902 0.11%
Total votes 786,769 100%

Results by county

1916 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[2]
County Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic 		Charles Evans Hughes
Republican 		Allan Louis Benson
Socialist 		James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition 		Arthur Elmer Reimer
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
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% 3,866
Totals 398,032 50.59% 369,339 46.94% 14,612 1.86% 3,884 0.49% 902 0.11% 28,693 3.65% 786,769

See also

References

  1. ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  2. ^ "Vote for President, 1916". Official Manual of the State of Missouri for the Years 1917-1918 (Report). Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections. 1918. pp. 429–430.
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