1916 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1916 United States presidential election in Arizona
Flag of Arizona.svg
  1912 November 7, 1916 [1] 1920  

All 3 Arizona votes to the Electoral College
  Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Governor Charles Evans Hughes (cropped).jpg Allan Louis Benson (1871-1940) circa 1915 (cropped closein).jpg
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles E. Hughes Allan L. Benson
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Home state New Jersey New York New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks George Ross Kirkpatrick
Electoral vote300
Popular vote33,17020,5243,174
Percentage57.17%35.37%5.47%

Arizona Presidential Election Results 1916.svg
County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Arizona was won by Democratic incumbent President Woodrow Wilson, running with incumbent Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, with 57.17% of the popular vote, against Republican Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, running with former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks under Theodore Roosevelt's second term, with 35.37% of the popular vote. Socialist nominee Allan L. Benson ran with George Ross Kirkpatrick, finishing in a distant third place with just 5.47%, a significant decrease from 13.33% in 1912.

Despite Republican hopes of unifying the party after a catastrophic split four years prior, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was still able to win a solid majority (57.17%) improving on his 43.5% vote in 1912. Many Arizonans who voted for left wing Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs in their first presidential election sided with progressive Democratic President Wilson for re-election over Republican nominee Charles E. Hughes who ran as a moderate in hopes of unifying the progressive wing that had earlier split from the party by former President Theodore Roosevelt and the conservative faction led by former President William Howard Taft.

Woodrow Wilson won every county in Arizona by a landslide except for Pima County which voted for him by one of the smallest percentages in 1912. [2] [3] Hughes was the only losing Republican to carry any of Arizona’s counties until Richard Nixon in 1960.

This was the last election where voters in Arizona chose presidential electors directly; Arizona adopted the modern "short ballot" for the 1920 election.

Results

General Election Results [4]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Democratic Party Woodrow WilsonLamar Cobb33,170
Democratic Party Woodrow WilsonHomer R. Wood33,157
Democratic Party Woodrow WilsonHarry E. Pickett33,150
Republican Party Charles Evans HughesJ. L. Hubbell20,524
Republican Party Charles Evans HughesW. W. Cook20,522
Republican Party Charles Evans HughesJohn C. Greenway20,520
Socialist Party Allan L. BensonBeverly Blunt3,174
Socialist Party Allan L. BensonJames E. Pawley3,172
Socialist Party Allan L. BensonT. C. Pruett3,172
Prohibition Party Frank Hanly Eugene W. Chafin 1,153
Prohibition Party Frank HanlyJ. Stanley Howard1,148
Prohibition Party Frank HanlyO. Gibson1,145
Votes cast [lower-alpha 1] 58,021

Results by county

County Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Allan L. Benson
Socialist
Frank Hanly
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast [lower-alpha 2]
# %# %# %# %# %
Apache 64866.12%31131.73%161.63%50.51%33734.39%980
Cochise 6,11560.35%3,20331.61%6946.85%1201.18%2,91228.74%10,132
Coconino 1,17156.52%80238.71%773.72%221.06%36917.81%2,072
Gila 3,68664.29%1,49526.08%5108.90%420.73%2,19138.22%5,733
Graham 1,59770.76%49722.02%1195.27%441.95%1,10048.74%2,257
Greenlee 1,49263.92%67228.79%1566.68%140.60%82035.13%2,334
Maricopa 7,63452.14%5,74739.26%5743.92%6854.68%1,88712.89%14,640
Mohave 1,33559.97%64328.89%24310.92%50.22%69231.09%2,226
Navajo 1,24065.92%57430.52%251.33%422.23%66635.41%1,881
Pima 2,07942.24%2,61653.15%1503.05%771.56%-537-10.91%4,922
Pinal 1,23256.54%85539.24%602.75%321.47%37717.30%2,179
Santa Cruz 72650.35%66646.19%422.91%80.55%604.16%1,442
Yavapai 2,89358.06%1,71634.44%3316.64%430.86%1,17723.62%4,983
Yuma 1,32259.02%72732.46%1777.90%140.63%59526.56%2,240
Totals33,17057.17%20,52435.37%3,1745.47%1,1531.99%12,64621.80%58,021

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. Based on the highest elector on each ticket

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References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1916 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona" . Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  3. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1916" . Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  4. Arizona Secretary of State. Report of the Secretary of State of Arizona January 2, 1917. Phoenix, Arizona. pp. 26–27. Retrieved July 30, 2024.