1916 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1916 United States presidential election in Missouri

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Party Democratic Republican Home state New Jersey New York Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks Electoral vote 18 0 Popular vote 398,032 369,339 Percentage 50.59% 46.94%

County Results Wilson   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Hughes   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Missouri was held on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by incumbent President, Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, with 50.59% of the popular vote, against Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes (R–New York), running with former vice president Charles W. Fairbanks, with 46.94% of the popular vote. ^[1] Had Hughes carried the state of Missouri, he would've had 272 electoral votes, enough to win the presidency.

This election was the first in which Missouri more Republican than Kansas since the latter's statehood. This would not recur until 2020.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Missouri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson (incumbent)	398,032	50.59%
	Republican	Charles Evans Hughes	369,339	46.94%
	Socialist	Allan L. Benson	14,612	1.86%
	Prohibition	James Hanly	3,884	0.49%
	Socialist Labor	Arthur E. Reimer	902	0.11%
Total votes			786,769	100%

Results by county

1916 United States presidential election in Missouri by county [2]
County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		Charles Evans Hughes Republican		Allan Louis Benson Socialist		James Franklin Hanly Prohibition		Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adair	2,275	43.36%	2,681	51.10%	244	4.65%	38	0.72%	9	0.17%	-406	-7.74%	5,247
Andrew	1,853	46.60%	2,087	52.49%	16	0.40%	20	0.50%	0	0.00%	-234	-5.89%	3,976
Atchison	1,697	50.22%	1,626	48.12%	27	0.80%	27	0.80%	2	0.06%	71	2.10%	3,379
Audrain	3,572	66.63%	1,741	32.48%	25	0.47%	16	0.30%	7	0.13%	1,831	34.15%	5,361
Barry	2,752	49.05%	2,683	47.82%	148	2.64%	17	0.30%	11	0.20%	69	1.23%	5,611
Barton	2,217	55.20%	1,597	39.77%	154	3.83%	40	1.00%	8	0.20%	620	15.44%	4,016
Bates	3,255	53.75%	2,597	42.88%	129	2.13%	67	1.11%	8	0.13%	658	10.87%	6,056
Benton	1,285	40.37%	1,842	57.87%	26	0.82%	27	0.85%	3	0.09%	-557	-17.50%	3,183
Bollinger	1,538	47.40%	1,624	50.05%	69	2.13%	13	0.40%	1	0.03%	-86	-2.65%	3,245
Boone	5,601	71.46%	2,180	27.81%	30	0.38%	23	0.29%	4	0.05%	3,421	43.65%	7,838
Buchanan	10,973	57.35%	7,761	40.56%	278	1.45%	93	0.49%	29	0.15%	3,212	16.79%	19,134
Butler	2,135	42.24%	2,717	53.76%	174	3.44%	13	0.26%	15	0.30%	-582	-11.52%	5,054
Caldwell	1,683	44.52%	2,069	54.74%	3	0.08%	23	0.61%	2	0.05%	-386	-10.21%	3,780
Callaway	3,882	65.59%	2,009	33.94%	15	0.25%	12	0.20%	1	0.02%	1,873	31.64%	5,919
Camden	930	41.43%	1,261	56.17%	41	1.83%	8	0.36%	5	0.22%	-331	-14.74%	2,245
Cape Girardeau	2,993	43.55%	3,753	54.60%	74	1.08%	44	0.64%	9	0.13%	-760	-11.06%	6,873
Carroll	2,822	48.00%	2,978	50.65%	43	0.73%	36	0.61%	0	0.00%	-156	-2.65%	5,879
Carter	586	51.86%	469	41.50%	66	5.84%	6	0.53%	3	0.27%	117	10.35%	1,130
Cass	3,337	60.19%	2,104	37.95%	60	1.08%	43	0.78%	0	0.00%	1,233	22.24%	5,544
Cedar	1,410	41.59%	1,874	55.28%	74	2.18%	27	0.80%	5	0.15%	-464	-13.69%	3,390
Chariton	3,135	58.30%	2,183	40.60%	22	0.41%	36	0.67%	1	0.02%	952	17.71%	5,377
Christian	938	30.52%	1,978	64.37%	141	4.59%	14	0.46%	2	0.07%	-1,040	-33.84%	3,073
Clark	1,692	48.12%	1,782	50.68%	28	0.80%	12	0.34%	2	0.06%	-90	-2.56%	3,516
Clay	3,902	74.13%	1,307	24.83%	38	0.72%	12	0.23%	5	0.09%	2,595	49.30%	5,264
Clinton	2,153	57.05%	1,551	41.10%	19	0.50%	48	1.27%	3	0.08%	602	15.95%	3,774
Cole	2,915	51.11%	2,746	48.15%	31	0.54%	10	0.18%	1	0.02%	169	2.96%	5,703
Cooper	2,537	46.86%	2,830	52.27%	18	0.33%	29	0.54%	0	0.00%	-293	-5.41%	5,414
Crawford	1,312	43.43%	1,642	54.35%	47	1.56%	18	0.60%	2	0.07%	-330	-10.92%	3,021
Dade	1,618	44.50%	1,941	53.38%	54	1.49%	23	0.63%	0	0.00%	-323	-8.88%	3,636
Dallas	1,022	40.73%	1,428	56.92%	47	1.87%	12	0.48%	0	0.00%	-406	-16.18%	2,509
Daviess	2,375	49.75%	2,342	49.06%	12	0.25%	44	0.92%	1	0.02%	33	0.69%	4,774
DeKalb	1,647	49.43%	1,640	49.22%	12	0.36%	31	0.93%	2	0.06%	7	0.21%	3,332
Dent	1,457	52.35%	1,252	44.99%	66	2.37%	5	0.18%	3	0.11%	205	7.37%	2,783
Douglas	737	27.80%	1,730	65.26%	164	6.19%	14	0.53%	6	0.23%	-993	-37.46%	2,651
Dunklin	3,723	61.71%	1,924	31.89%	375	6.22%	8	0.13%	3	0.05%	1,799	29.82%	6,033
Franklin	2,468	35.59%	4,325	62.36%	94	1.36%	42	0.61%	6	0.09%	-1,857	-26.78%	6,935
Gasconade	510	16.68%	2,513	82.20%	19	0.62%	13	0.43%	2	0.07%	-2,003	-65.52%	3,057
Gentry	2,404	55.80%	1,823	42.32%	33	0.77%	45	1.04%	3	0.07%	581	13.49%	4,308
Greene	7,191	46.66%	7,543	48.95%	542	3.52%	122	0.79%	12	0.08%	-352	-2.28%	15,410
Grundy	1,789	40.90%	2,481	56.72%	46	1.05%	53	1.21%	5	0.11%	-692	-15.82%	4,374
Harrison	2,205	43.33%	2,741	53.86%	62	1.22%	77	1.51%	4	0.08%	-536	-10.53%	5,089
Henry	3,653	56.12%	2,727	41.90%	71	1.09%	49	0.75%	9	0.14%	926	14.23%	6,509
Hickory	552	31.24%	1,144	64.74%	59	3.34%	11	0.62%	1	0.06%	-592	-33.50%	1,767
Holt	1,615	43.77%	2,030	55.01%	14	0.38%	29	0.79%	2	0.05%	-415	-11.25%	3,690
Howard	2,866	71.24%	1,121	27.86%	16	0.40%	18	0.45%	2	0.05%	1,745	43.38%	4,023
Howell	1,861	43.84%	2,132	50.22%	225	5.30%	23	0.54%	4	0.09%	-271	-6.38%	4,245
Iron	1,027	53.05%	874	45.14%	24	1.24%	9	0.46%	2	0.10%	153	7.90%	1,936
Jackson	44,556	56.38%	32,943	41.68%	1,094	1.38%	336	0.43%	100	0.13%	11,613	14.69%	79,029
Jasper	10,513	49.97%	9,358	44.48%	913	4.34%	197	0.94%	56	0.27%	1,155	5.49%	21,037
Jefferson	3,021	46.56%	3,310	51.01%	130	2.00%	19	0.29%	9	0.14%	-289	-4.45%	6,489
Johnson	3,701	54.69%	2,966	43.83%	62	0.92%	29	0.43%	9	0.13%	735	10.86%	6,767
Knox	1,657	52.11%	1,460	45.91%	37	1.16%	23	0.72%	3	0.09%	197	6.19%	3,180
Laclede	1,755	47.01%	1,877	50.28%	89	2.38%	9	0.24%	3	0.08%	-122	-3.27%	3,733
Lafayette	4,073	49.38%	4,049	49.09%	93	1.13%	29	0.35%	4	0.05%	24	0.29%	8,248
Lawrence	2,809	44.24%	3,228	50.83%	260	4.09%	44	0.69%	9	0.14%	-419	-6.60%	6,350
Lewis	2,357	61.49%	1,429	37.28%	25	0.65%	20	0.52%	2	0.05%	928	24.21%	3,833
Lincoln	2,468	59.61%	1,642	39.66%	11	0.27%	19	0.46%	0	0.00%	826	19.95%	4,140
Linn	3,441	54.02%	2,801	43.97%	81	1.27%	46	0.72%	1	0.02%	640	10.05%	6,370
Livingston	2,609	51.07%	2,424	47.45%	39	0.76%	35	0.69%	2	0.04%	185	3.62%	5,109
Macon	3,805	53.87%	3,034	42.96%	164	2.32%	52	0.74%	8	0.11%	771	10.92%	7,063
Madison	1,310	50.95%	1,230	47.84%	21	0.82%	8	0.31%	2	0.08%	80	3.11%	2,571
Maries	1,319	63.60%	725	34.96%	20	0.96%	7	0.34%	3	0.14%	594	28.64%	2,074
Marion	4,534	61.26%	2,759	37.28%	53	0.72%	53	0.72%	2	0.03%	1,775	23.98%	7,401
McDonald	1,631	51.43%	1,414	44.59%	93	2.93%	26	0.82%	7	0.22%	217	6.84%	3,171
Mercer	1,042	36.75%	1,733	61.13%	28	0.99%	32	1.13%	0	0.00%	-691	-24.37%	2,835
Miller	1,395	41.59%	1,862	55.52%	88	2.62%	8	0.24%	1	0.03%	-467	-13.92%	3,354
Mississippi	1,874	57.43%	1,330	40.76%	48	1.47%	7	0.21%	4	0.12%	544	16.67%	3,263
Moniteau	1,675	48.19%	1,748	50.29%	35	1.01%	16	0.46%	2	0.06%	-73	-2.10%	3,476
Monroe	3,738	81.60%	742	16.20%	86	1.88%	14	0.31%	1	0.02%	2,996	65.40%	4,581
Montgomery	1,988	48.26%	2,079	50.47%	18	0.44%	33	0.80%	1	0.02%	-91	-2.21%	4,119
Morgan	1,368	46.11%	1,578	53.19%	13	0.44%	7	0.24%	1	0.03%	-210	-7.08%	2,967
New Madrid	2,715	55.65%	2,039	41.79%	99	2.03%	18	0.37%	8	0.16%	676	13.86%	4,879
Newton	3,158	49.27%	2,929	45.70%	249	3.89%	64	1.00%	9	0.14%	229	3.57%	6,409
Nodaway	3,874	51.60%	3,540	47.15%	41	0.55%	44	0.59%	9	0.12%	334	4.45%	7,508
Oregon	1,799	70.66%	660	25.92%	82	3.22%	5	0.20%	0	0.00%	1,139	44.74%	2,546
Osage	1,383	43.44%	1,769	55.56%	24	0.75%	8	0.25%	0	0.00%	-386	-12.12%	3,184
Ozark	654	32.38%	1,331	65.89%	26	1.29%	9	0.45%	0	0.00%	-677	-33.51%	2,020
Pemiscot	2,447	52.95%	2,076	44.93%	95	2.06%	3	0.06%	0	0.00%	371	8.03%	4,621
Perry	1,396	41.01%	1,988	58.40%	10	0.29%	8	0.24%	2	0.06%	-592	-17.39%	3,404
Pettis	4,665	50.13%	4,319	46.42%	253	2.72%	63	0.68%	5	0.05%	346	3.72%	9,305
Phelps	1,887	55.13%	1,487	43.44%	36	1.05%	8	0.23%	5	0.15%	400	11.69%	3,423
Pike	3,344	58.42%	2,322	40.57%	45	0.79%	12	0.21%	1	0.02%	1,022	17.85%	5,724
Platte	2,974	75.96%	921	23.52%	11	0.28%	8	0.20%	1	0.03%	2,053	52.44%	3,915
Polk	2,149	44.24%	2,613	53.79%	63	1.30%	30	0.62%	3	0.06%	-464	-9.55%	4,858
Pulaski	1,339	56.00%	1,003	41.95%	40	1.67%	6	0.25%	3	0.13%	336	14.05%	2,391
Putnam	1,035	31.87%	2,106	64.84%	59	1.82%	42	1.29%	6	0.18%	-1,071	-32.97%	3,248
Ralls	1,994	70.11%	826	29.04%	9	0.32%	14	0.49%	1	0.04%	1,168	41.07%	2,844
Randolph	5,081	69.84%	2,111	29.02%	45	0.62%	36	0.49%	2	0.03%	2,970	40.82%	7,275
Ray	3,380	65.47%	1,718	33.28%	32	0.62%	29	0.56%	4	0.08%	1,662	32.19%	5,163
Reynolds	1,209	65.39%	592	32.02%	35	1.89%	4	0.22%	9	0.49%	617	33.37%	1,849
Ripley	1,325	53.08%	1,053	42.19%	105	4.21%	10	0.40%	3	0.12%	272	10.90%	2,496
Saint Charles	1,914	34.91%	3,518	64.16%	33	0.60%	12	0.22%	6	0.11%	-1,604	-29.25%	5,483
Saint Clair	1,881	50.15%	1,718	45.80%	115	3.07%	34	0.91%	3	0.08%	163	4.35%	3,751
Saint Francois	3,675	53.38%	3,015	43.79%	157	2.28%	33	0.48%	5	0.07%	660	9.59%	6,885
Saint Louis County	7,587	36.71%	12,485	60.41%	454	2.20%	99	0.48%	41	0.20%	-4,898	-23.70%	20,666
Saint Louis City	74,059	45.71%	83,798	51.72%	3,484	2.15%	432	0.27%	259	0.16%	-9,739	-6.01%	162,032
Sainte Genevieve	1,218	51.35%	1,137	47.93%	14	0.59%	3	0.13%	0	0.00%	81	3.41%	2,372
Saline	4,503	59.53%	2,966	39.21%	26	0.34%	55	0.73%	14	0.19%	1,537	20.32%	7,564
Schuyler	1,341	56.42%	995	41.86%	15	0.63%	25	1.05%	1	0.04%	346	14.56%	2,377
Scotland	1,592	54.90%	1,243	42.86%	51	1.76%	14	0.48%	0	0.00%	349	12.03%	2,900
Scott	2,816	52.72%	2,285	42.78%	201	3.76%	24	0.45%	15	0.28%	531	9.94%	5,341
Shannon	1,213	56.31%	788	36.58%	141	6.55%	3	0.14%	9	0.42%	425	19.73%	2,154
Shelby	2,549	67.26%	1,195	31.53%	21	0.55%	23	0.61%	2	0.05%	1,354	35.73%	3,790
Stoddard	3,274	53.59%	2,482	40.63%	314	5.14%	28	0.46%	11	0.18%	792	12.96%	6,109
Stone	621	27.38%	1,525	67.24%	116	5.11%	6	0.26%	0	0.00%	-904	-39.86%	2,268
Sullivan	2,446	49.54%	2,420	49.02%	40	0.81%	28	0.57%	3	0.06%	26	0.53%	4,937
Taney	679	36.80%	1,123	60.87%	34	1.84%	7	0.38%	2	0.11%	-444	-24.07%	1,845
Texas	2,291	54.35%	1,809	42.92%	86	2.04%	27	0.64%	2	0.05%	482	11.44%	4,215
Vernon	3,776	60.63%	2,211	35.50%	193	3.10%	37	0.59%	11	0.18%	1,565	25.13%	6,228
Warren	487	21.31%	1,752	76.67%	41	1.79%	3	0.13%	2	0.09%	-1,265	-55.36%	2,285
Washington	1,394	45.26%	1,657	53.80%	24	0.78%	5	0.16%	0	0.00%	-263	-8.54%	3,080
Wayne	1,594	49.37%	1,528	47.32%	92	2.85%	14	0.43%	1	0.03%	66	2.04%	3,229
Webster	1,903	46.22%	2,114	51.35%	61	1.48%	33	0.80%	6	0.15%	-211	-5.13%	4,117
Worth	1,079	53.57%	892	44.29%	7	0.35%	36	1.79%	0	0.00%	187	9.29%	2,014
Wright	1,593	41.21%	2,176	56.29%	77	1.99%	16	0.41%	4	0.10%	-583	-15.08%	3,866
Totals	398,032	50.59%	369,339	46.94%	14,612	1.86%	3,884	0.49%	902	0.11%	28,693	3.65%	786,769

See also

• United States presidential elections in Missouri

References

1. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. "Vote for President, 1916". Official Manual of the State of Missouri for the Years 1917-1918 (Report). Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections. 1918. pp. 429–430.