1916 United States presidential election in Maine

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1916 United States presidential election in Maine
Flag of Maine.svg
  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 vote60
Popular vote69,50864,033
Percentage50.99%46.97%

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County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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

Contents

Maine 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 Maine by a narrow margin of 4.02 percentage points. Nevertheless, Wilson won the election nationally by a narrow margin of 23 electoral votes.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Maine [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Charles Evans Hughes of New York Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana 69,50850.99%6100.00%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 64,03346.97%00.00%
Socialist Allan Louis Benson of New York George Ross Kirkpatrick of New Jersey 2,1771.60%00.00%
Prohibition James Franklin Hanly of Indiana Ira Landrith of Tennessee 5960.44%00.00%
Total136,314100.00%6100.00%

Results by county

CountyCharles Evans Hughes
Republican
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %# %# %
Androscoggin 4,49643.71%5,46453.12%2792.71%470.46%-968-9.41%10,286
Aroostook 5,77069.58%2,42529.24%480.58%500.60%3,34540.34%8,293
Cumberland 11,76853.59%9,79544.60%3211.46%770.35%1,9738.98%21,961
Franklin 1,98849.89%1,90847.88%631.58%260.65%802.01%3,985
Hancock 3,19248.14%3,30349.81%1151.73%210.32%-111-1.67%6,631
Kennebec 6,73153.71%5,52744.11%2231.78%500.40%1,2049.61%12,531
Knox 2,21137.82%3,43458.74%1793.06%220.38%-1,223-20.92%5,846
Lincoln 1,78149.97%1,71848.20%511.43%140.39%631.77%3,564
Oxford 4,02651.73%3,62546.58%981.26%330.42%4015.15%7,782
Penobscot 7,32449.41%7,29449.21%1350.91%700.47%300.20%14,823
Piscataquis 2,14254.16%1,76344.58%300.76%200.51%3799.58%3,955
Sagadahoc 1,82849.01%1,79148.02%912.44%200.54%370.99%3,730
Somerset 3,56751.24%3,13445.02%2363.39%240.34%4336.22%6,961
Waldo 2,41847.58%2,53949.96%1042.05%210.41%-121-2.38%5,082
Washington 3,89152.24%3,45946.44%620.83%370.50%4325.80%7,449
York 6,37547.45%6,85451.02%1421.06%640.48%-479-3.57%13,435
Totals69,50850.99%64,03346.97%2,1771.60%5960.44%5,4754.02%136,314

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References

  1. "1916 Presidential General Election Results — Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224 ISBN   9780804716963