1916 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1916 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1912 November 7, 1916 1920  
  Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg Governor Charles Evans Hughes (cropped).jpg
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote80
Popular vote138,359117,347
Percentage52.80%44.78%

Maryland 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 Maryland 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 eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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With its history as a slave state and substantial historic secessionist support, Maryland had been strongly Democratic during the Third Party System despite having Federalist and Whig tendencies under previous systems. [1] However, hostility towards William Jennings Bryan’s free silver and Populist tendencies in the cities meant that the state shifted Republican in 1896 [2] and became very close in subsequent elections during the “System of 1896”. Unlike former Confederate states and Oklahoma, Maryland did not succeed in disenfranchising its large black population despite several attempts, [3] which helped the Republicans remain highly competitive in early twentieth-century state elections.

The previous three elections had seen Maryland as the strongest Democratic state outside the former Confederacy. Despite this, and the fact that four members of the state’s Progressive Party committee refused to endorse the reunified Republicans under Charles Evans Hughes, [4] leading GOP Senator Reed Smoot said late in September that he was confident Maryland could go Republican, although the poll still suggested Wilson would win narrowly. [5] Wilson did not campaign in the state at all, but Hughes’ campaign made a brief visit during the second week of October, which was not regarded as successful. [6]

Two days before the poll, Maryland was regarded as doubtful, [7] although there had been reports of a continued swing to Wilson a week previously. [8] As it turned out, the earlier prediction proved the better guide, with Wilson winning by 8.02 percent for his strongest performance in any antebellum Union state, and becoming the first Democrat to win an absolute majority in Maryland since Grover Cleveland in 1892. [9] In this election, Maryland voted 4.9% more Democratic than the nation at-large. [10]

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey (incumbent) Thomas R. Marshall (incumbent) Democratic 8 [11] 138,35952.80%
Charles Evans Hughes Charles W. Fairbanks Republican 0117,34744.78%
Frank Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 02,9031.11%
Allan L. Benson George Ross Kirkpatrick Socialist 02,6741.02%
Arthur E. Reimer Caleb Harrison Labor 07560.29%

Results by county

CountyThomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
Arthur Elmer Reimer
Labor
MarginTotal votes cast [12]
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Allegany 4,85943.49%5,76051.56%1471.32%3773.37%290.26%-901-8.06%11,172
Anne Arundel 4,11157.77%2,70538.01%1341.88%1371.93%290.41%1,40619.76%7,116
Baltimore 15,22653.60%12,63344.47%3361.18%1580.56%530.19%2,5939.13%28,406
Baltimore City 60,22653.58%49,80544.31%8360.74%1,2161.08%3300.29%10,4219.27%112,413
Calvert 91046.50%97549.82%371.89%271.38%80.41%-65-3.32%1,957
Caroline 1,96552.94%1,66644.88%551.48%70.19%190.51%2998.05%3,712
Carroll 4,01651.66%3,60246.33%1081.39%160.21%320.41%4145.33%7,774
Cecil 2,58755.91%1,95942.34%420.91%130.28%260.56%62813.57%4,627
Charles 1,36347.67%1,37448.06%802.80%90.31%331.15%-11-0.38%2,859
Dorchester 2,75051.69%2,46846.39%761.43%110.21%150.28%2825.30%5,320
Frederick 6,09450.67%5,72547.61%1190.99%750.62%130.11%3693.07%12,026
Garrett 1,03134.90%1,80861.21%351.18%672.27%130.44%-777-26.30%2,954
Harford 3,34558.36%2,30240.16%601.05%160.28%90.16%1,04318.20%5,732
Howard 1,91357.57%1,34640.51%351.05%110.33%180.54%56717.06%3,323
Kent 1,88652.29%1,67346.38%200.55%120.33%160.44%2135.91%3,607
Montgomery 3,80555.52%2,91342.50%851.24%430.63%80.12%89213.01%6,854
Prince George's 3,49351.87%3,05845.41%761.13%831.23%240.36%4356.46%6,734
Queen Anne's 2,20663.05%1,24235.50%431.23%30.09%50.14%96427.55%3,499
Somerset 1,88542.81%2,36453.69%1052.38%380.86%110.25%-479-10.88%4,403
St. Mary's 1,44355.27%1,06440.75%572.18%331.26%140.54%37914.52%2,611
Talbot 2,18053.29%1,75342.85%1313.20%190.46%80.20%42710.44%4,091
Washington 5,64250.83%5,09345.88%910.82%2672.41%70.06%5494.95%11,100
Wicomico 3,28555.47%2,53942.87%881.49%50.08%50.08%74612.60%5,922
Worcester 2,13855.87%1,52039.72%1072.80%310.81%310.81%61816.15%3,827
Totals138,35952.80%117,34744.78%2,9031.11%2,6741.02%7560.29%21,0128.02%262,039

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican

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References

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  2. Diamond, William; ‘Urban and Rural Voting in 1896’; The American Historical Review, vol. 46, no. 2 (January 1941), pp. 281-305
  3. Shufelt, Gordeon H.; 'Jim Crow among strangers: The growth of Baltimore's Little Italy and Maryland's disfranchisement campaigns'; Journal of American Ethnic History; vol. 19, issue 4 (Summer 2000), pp. 49-78
  4. ‘Maryland Moose for Hughes: Four Members of State Committee Dissent From I[E]ndorsement’; The Washington Post, September 17, 1916, p. 4
  5. ‘Wilson Making Gains: Nation-wide Poll Shows Swing Toward the President’; Washington Post, October 8, 1916, p. 8
  6. ‘Prosperity Blocked Way of Hughes in Maryland’; New York Times , October 11, 1916, p. 1
  7. ‘Maryland, as Usual, Close Doubtful State, With Prophets Guessing Hughes’; Washington Post, November 5, 1916, p. A16
  8. ‘Maryland Continues Its Swing to Wilson’; The Washington Post, October 29, 1916, p. 16
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