1916 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1916 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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  1912 November 7, 1916 1920  
  Governor Charles Evans Hughes (cropped).jpg Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg
Nominee Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote70
Popular vote106,51499,786
Percentage49.80%46.66%

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Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1916 by Municipality.svg

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Connecticut was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. They defeated Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.

Hughes won Connecticut by a narrow margin of 3.14%. A Democrat would not win without Windham County until Joe Biden did so in 2020.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Connecticut [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Charles Evans Hughes of New York Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana 106,51449.80%7100.00%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 99,78646.66%00.00%
Socialist Allan Louis Benson of New York George Ross Kirkpatrick of New Jersey 5,1792.42%00.00%
Prohibition James Franklin Hanly of Indiana Ira Landrith of Tennessee 1,7890.84%00.00%
Socialist Labor Arthur Elmer Reimer of Massachusetts Caleb Harrison of Illinois 6060.28%00.00%
Total213,874100.00%7100.00%

Results by town

TownCharles Evans Hughes
Republican
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
Arthur Elmer Reimer
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Andover 4457.14%3038.96%00.00%33.90%00.00%1418.18%77
Ansonia 1,26947.03%1,31548.74%933.45%130.48%80.30%-46-1.70%2,698
Ashford 5644.44%6652.38%10.79%32.38%00.00%-10-7.94%126
Avon 15960.00%10037.74%41.51%20.75%00.00%5922.26%265
Barkhamsted 10155.80%7943.65%10.55%00.00%00.00%2212.15%181
Beacon Falls 8961.81%4833.33%74.86%00.00%00.00%4128.47%144
Berlin 35553.79%26740.45%263.94%111.67%10.15%8813.33%660
Bethany 4448.35%4549.45%00.00%22.20%00.00%-1-1.10%91
Bethel 40054.95%31142.72%81.10%60.82%30.41%8912.23%728
Bethlehem 7363.48%4135.65%00.00%10.87%00.00%3227.83%115
Bloomfield 20147.41%19044.81%71.65%235.42%30.71%112.59%424
Bolton 5450.94%4845.28%21.89%21.89%00.00%65.66%106
Bozrah 7235.12%12761.95%31.46%20.98%10.49%-55-26.83%205
Branford 60653.25%48542.62%423.69%40.35%10.09%12110.63%1,138
Bridgeport 10,03151.12%8,83745.03%5822.97%1110.57%630.32%1,1946.08%19,624
Bridgewater 4036.04%6962.16%00.00%21.80%00.00%-29-26.13%111
Bristol 1,24547.00%1,31849.75%421.59%441.66%00.00%-73-2.76%2,649
Brookfield 9952.66%8545.21%10.53%21.06%10.53%147.45%188
Brooklyn 15248.56%15750.16%30.96%10.32%00.00%-5-1.60%313
Burlington 9354.39%7644.44%10.58%10.58%00.00%179.94%171
Canaan 8455.63%6341.72%00.00%42.65%00.00%2113.91%151
Canterbury 11158.12%7438.74%00.00%63.14%00.00%3719.37%191
Canton 35658.94%24640.73%10.17%10.17%00.00%11018.21%604
Chaplin 4666.67%2028.99%34.35%00.00%00.00%2637.68%69
Cheshire 28063.35%15635.29%10.23%51.13%00.00%12428.05%442
Chester 19061.49%11236.25%51.62%20.65%00.00%7825.24%309
Clinton 18062.50%10135.07%10.35%51.74%10.35%7927.43%288
Colchester 23460.94%14638.02%20.52%20.52%00.00%8822.92%384
Colebrook 6758.26%4740.87%00.00%10.87%00.00%2017.39%115
Columbia 8660.99%5337.59%21.42%00.00%00.00%3323.40%141
Cornwall 9539.26%14258.68%00.00%52.07%00.00%-47-19.42%242
Coventry 19955.74%15342.86%41.12%10.28%00.00%4612.89%357
Cromwell 24064.00%12934.40%51.33%10.27%00.00%11129.60%375
Danbury 2,22447.44%2,30249.10%1172.50%310.66%140.30%-78-1.66%4,688
Darien 45363.62%25035.11%70.98%20.28%00.00%20328.51%712
Derby 65440.30%90855.95%573.51%00.00%40.25%-254-15.65%1,623
Durham 11749.16%12050.42%00.00%10.42%00.00%-3-1.26%238
East Granby 12559.24%8439.81%10.47%10.47%00.00%4119.43%211
East Haddam 23263.74%12534.34%10.27%51.37%10.27%10729.40%364
East Hampton 27845.57%29348.03%213.44%162.62%20.33%-15-2.46%610
East Hartford 83840.60%1,14255.33%502.42%231.11%110.53%-304-14.73%2,064
East Haven 27357.35%18238.24%163.36%30.63%20.42%9119.12%476
East Lyme 22854.42%18243.44%10.24%71.67%10.24%4610.98%419
East Windsor 40360.06%23735.32%253.73%50.75%10.15%16624.74%671
Eastford 6056.60%4542.45%00.00%10.94%00.00%1514.15%106
Easton 9950.00%9849.49%10.51%00.00%00.00%10.51%198
Ellington 21048.95%19846.15%153.50%40.93%20.47%122.80%429
Enfield 93656.45%69341.80%70.42%191.15%30.18%24314.66%1,658
Essex 37157.43%26440.87%40.62%71.08%00.00%10716.56%646
Fairfield 63355.19%48242.02%131.13%161.39%30.26%15113.16%1,147
Farmington 38350.80%35847.48%60.80%60.80%10.13%253.32%754
Franklin 7770.00%3128.18%00.00%21.82%00.00%4641.82%110
Glastonbury 42947.61%45450.39%111.22%60.67%10.11%-25-2.77%901
Goshen 9061.22%5537.41%00.00%21.36%00.00%3523.81%147
Granby 16258.48%10537.91%10.36%93.25%00.00%5720.58%277
Greenwich 1,81560.56%1,13037.70%411.37%60.20%50.17%68522.86%2,997
Griswold 30445.65%35753.60%40.60%10.15%00.00%-53-7.96%666
Groton 64546.37%69249.75%221.58%312.23%10.07%-47-3.38%1,391
Guilford 37057.19%23436.17%20.31%396.03%20.31%13621.02%647
Haddam 22953.26%19545.35%20.47%40.93%00.00%347.91%430
Hamden 68255.13%49540.02%362.91%90.73%151.21%18715.12%1,237
Hampton 9567.86%4330.71%10.71%10.71%00.00%5237.14%140
Hartford 8,37540.61%11,35755.07%6022.92%2151.04%740.36%-2,982-14.46%20,623
Hartland 5959.00%3838.00%11.00%22.00%00.00%2121.00%100
Harwinton 12668.48%5529.89%21.09%10.54%00.00%7138.59%184
Hebron 10263.75%5635.00%21.25%00.00%00.00%4628.75%160
Huntington 72955.44%51238.94%584.41%120.91%40.30%21716.50%1,315
Kent 13355.88%10544.12%00.00%00.00%00.00%2811.76%238
Killingly 70554.57%56543.73%70.54%151.16%00.00%14010.84%1,292
Killingworth 6961.06%3732.74%65.31%10.88%00.00%3228.32%113
Lebanon 14971.63%5425.96%00.00%52.40%00.00%9545.67%208
Ledyard 9056.96%6541.14%31.90%00.00%00.00%2515.82%158
Lisbon 9258.97%5333.97%95.77%00.00%21.28%3925.00%156
Litchfield 34647.79%36650.55%30.41%70.97%20.28%-20-2.76%724
Lyme 8452.83%6742.14%31.89%53.14%00.00%1710.69%159
Madison 27273.51%8823.78%20.54%71.89%10.27%18449.73%370
Manchester 1,22448.53%1,04041.24%1154.56%1174.64%261.03%1847.30%2,522
Mansfield 24563.14%13234.02%20.52%92.32%00.00%11329.12%388
Marlborough 4558.44%3140.26%11.30%00.00%00.00%1418.18%77
Meriden 3,36849.34%3,23947.45%1452.12%510.75%230.34%1291.89%6,826
Middlebury 8659.72%5135.42%32.08%42.78%00.00%3524.31%144
Middlefield 11773.13%4226.25%00.00%10.63%00.00%7546.88%160
Middletown 1,54848.34%1,59149.69%441.37%130.41%60.19%-43-1.34%3,202
Milford 88556.69%63940.94%231.47%100.64%40.26%24615.76%1,561
Monroe 13560.81%8638.74%00.00%00.00%10.45%4922.07%222
Montville 24753.58%20544.47%40.87%30.65%20.43%429.11%461
Morris 5746.34%6653.66%00.00%00.00%00.00%-9-7.32%123
Naugatuck 86139.97%1,15953.81%1215.62%80.37%50.23%-298-13.83%2,154
New Britain 3,77050.81%3,29544.41%2273.06%961.29%320.43%4756.40%7,420
New Canaan 49065.07%25433.73%50.66%30.40%10.13%23631.34%753
New Fairfield 8162.31%4736.15%21.54%00.00%00.00%3426.15%130
New Hartford 23155.66%18143.61%20.48%10.24%00.00%5012.05%415
New Haven 11,15145.41%12,19549.66%1,0084.10%1160.47%860.35%-1,044-4.25%24,556
New London 1,65342.31%2,16455.39%350.90%501.28%50.13%-511-13.08%3,907
New Milford 51647.69%54150.00%80.74%151.39%20.18%-25-2.31%1,082
Newington 16852.34%13943.30%72.18%72.18%00.00%299.03%321
Newtown 31645.86%36953.56%20.29%20.29%00.00%-53-7.69%689
Norfolk 16445.68%19454.04%10.28%00.00%00.00%-30-8.36%359
North Branford 11662.37%7037.63%00.00%00.00%00.00%4624.73%186
North Canaan 22651.60%21148.17%00.00%00.00%10.23%153.42%438
North Haven 29968.58%12428.44%40.92%61.38%30.69%17540.14%436
North Stonington 13049.62%12848.85%20.76%20.76%00.00%20.76%262
Norwalk 2,79759.18%1,83038.72%511.08%350.74%130.28%96720.46%4,726
Norwich 2,39849.89%2,29147.66%771.60%270.56%140.29%1072.23%4,807
Old Lyme 14451.80%12846.04%20.72%31.08%10.36%165.76%278
Old Saybrook 18161.15%11338.18%10.34%10.34%00.00%6822.97%296
Orange 1,43951.39%1,23444.07%873.11%200.71%200.71%2057.32%2,800
Oxford 11559.28%7438.14%31.55%21.03%00.00%4121.13%194
Plainfield 47250.05%45448.14%121.27%40.42%10.11%181.91%943
Plainville 38654.14%29641.51%212.95%81.12%20.28%9012.62%713
Plymouth 34245.66%34846.46%476.28%70.93%50.67%-6-0.80%749
Pomfret 20459.13%13438.84%20.58%51.45%00.00%7020.29%345
Portland 42152.17%38147.21%30.37%10.12%10.12%404.96%807
Preston 16561.34%10137.55%00.00%31.12%00.00%6423.79%269
Prospect 6675.00%1921.59%33.41%00.00%00.00%4753.41%88
Putnam 64051.82%58147.04%90.73%50.40%00.00%594.78%1,235
Redding 18651.38%17147.24%30.83%20.55%00.00%154.14%362
Ridgefield 34559.59%22939.55%40.69%10.17%00.00%11620.03%579
Rocky Hill 14255.47%10942.58%31.17%20.78%00.00%3312.89%256
Roxbury 7749.04%7950.32%10.64%00.00%00.00%-2-1.27%157
Salem 5463.53%3035.29%11.18%00.00%00.00%2428.24%85
Salisbury 36058.92%24940.75%00.00%20.33%00.00%11118.17%611
Saybrook 24154.04%19443.50%71.57%40.90%00.00%4710.54%446
Scotland 6864.76%3533.33%00.00%21.90%00.00%3331.43%105
Seymour 58661.62%33635.33%121.26%171.79%00.00%25026.29%951
Sharon 24362.47%14537.28%00.00%10.26%00.00%9825.19%389
Sherman 6661.11%4137.96%10.93%00.00%00.00%2523.15%108
Simsbury 28051.00%25646.63%61.09%71.28%00.00%244.37%549
Somers 14859.44%9738.96%31.20%10.40%00.00%5120.48%249
South Windsor 20753.35%16943.56%20.52%102.58%00.00%389.79%388
Southbury 14653.68%12646.32%00.00%00.00%00.00%207.35%272
Southington 69152.55%59044.87%251.90%80.61%10.08%1017.68%1,315
Sprague 15538.75%23458.50%61.50%30.75%20.50%-79-19.75%400
Stafford 43150.47%39746.49%171.99%80.94%10.12%343.98%854
Stamford 3,20654.95%2,51743.14%931.59%80.14%100.17%68911.81%5,834
Sterling 8836.51%15263.07%10.41%00.00%00.00%-64-26.56%241
Stonington 97750.54%85544.23%673.47%241.24%100.52%1226.31%1,933
Stratford 81353.98%61941.10%593.92%120.80%30.20%19412.88%1,506
Suffield 47961.97%28937.39%00.00%40.52%10.13%19024.58%773
Thomaston 40454.97%31442.72%121.63%50.68%00.00%9012.24%735
Thompson 31155.83%23542.19%50.90%40.72%20.36%7613.64%557
Tolland 8341.50%10753.50%31.50%31.50%42.00%-24-12.00%200
Torrington 1,74153.70%1,40243.24%672.07%240.74%80.25%33910.46%3,242
Trumbull 22153.64%18544.90%40.97%20.49%00.00%368.74%412
Union 5269.33%2330.67%00.00%00.00%00.00%2938.67%75
Vernon 95352.54%70538.86%1307.17%110.61%150.83%24813.67%1,814
Voluntown 9462.25%5536.42%21.32%00.00%00.00%3925.83%151
Wallingford 1,04547.89%1,04547.89%602.75%221.01%100.46%00.00%2,182
Warren 3844.19%4552.33%11.16%22.33%00.00%-7-8.14%86
Washington 23160.31%15039.16%00.00%20.52%00.00%8121.15%383
Waterbury 5,29844.86%6,06651.37%3733.16%420.36%300.25%-768-6.50%11,809
Waterford 29143.76%35753.68%91.35%71.05%10.15%-66-9.92%665
Watertown 44364.86%22933.53%81.17%30.44%00.00%21431.33%683
West Hartford 75259.78%44835.61%251.99%272.15%60.48%30424.17%1,258
Westbrook 11059.78%6836.96%21.09%31.63%10.54%4222.83%184
Weston 10456.52%7842.39%10.54%10.54%00.00%2614.13%184
Westport 50462.30%29035.85%111.36%20.25%20.25%21426.45%809
Wethersfield 30153.18%25344.70%101.77%00.00%20.35%488.48%566
Willington 15179.47%3317.37%31.58%31.58%00.00%11862.11%190
Wilton 21558.74%15040.98%00.00%10.27%00.00%6517.76%366
Winchester 86148.40%89950.53%90.51%90.51%10.06%-38-2.14%1,779
Windham 1,02345.83%1,15251.61%220.99%321.43%30.13%-129-5.78%2,232
Windsor 46550.49%41044.52%151.63%272.93%40.43%555.97%921
Windsor Locks 23636.09%40862.39%50.76%40.61%10.15%-172-26.30%654
Wolcott 7569.44%3330.56%00.00%00.00%00.00%4238.89%108
Woodbridge 10065.36%5032.68%10.65%21.31%00.00%5032.68%153
Woodbury 19963.78%10834.62%10.32%41.28%00.00%9129.17%312
Woodstock 22871.70%8426.42%30.94%30.94%00.00%14445.28%318
Totals106,51449.80%99,78646.66%5,1792.42%1,7890.84%6060.28%6,7283.15%213,874

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References

  1. "1916 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. Connecticut Secretary of State; Connecticut Register and Manual (1917), pp. 481-489