1916 United States Senate election in Ohio

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1916 United States Senate election in Ohio
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  1911 November 7, 1916 1922  
  Atlee Pomerene LCCN2014685598.jpg Myron T. Herrick 003.jpg
Nominee Atlee Pomerene Myron Herrick
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote571,488535,391
Percentage49.26%46.15%

U.S. senator before election

Atlee Pomerene
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Atlee Pomerene
Democratic

The 1916 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic Senator Atlee Pomerene was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican former Governor and Ambassador to France Myron Herrick.

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General election

Candidates

Results

1916 U.S. Senate election in Ohio [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Atlee Pomerene (incumbent) 571,488 49.26%
Republican Myron Herrick 535,39146.15%
Socialist C. E. Ruthenberg 38,1863.29%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 12,0601.04%
Independent Jacob Coxey 2,9650.26%
Total votes1,160,091 100.00%
Democratic hold

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References

  1. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1916" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.
  2. "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.