1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Flag of Oklahoma (1911-1925).svg
  1912 November 7, 1916 1920  
  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 Evans 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 R. Kirkpatrick
Electoral vote1000
Popular vote148,13397,23345,091
Percentage50.65%33.25%15.43%

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election.

Contents

In its early years, Oklahoma was a “Solid South” Democratic state whose founding fathers like "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and Charles N. Haskell had disfranchised most of its black population via literacy tests and grandfather clauses, [1] the latter of which would be declared unconstitutional in Guinn v. United States . [2] Partly owing to the absence of the poll taxes found in other Southern states due to the strength of populism amongst the state’s white settlers, [3] the state became a stronghold of the Socialist Party in the 1910s, especially in the southeast and the northwestern Plains.

Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly voted for Democratic incumbent Wilson, over the Republican nominee, Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes. [4]

Despite a strong showing from the Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, the state was won handily by President Wilson. He garnered 50.65 percent of the vote, compared to Justice Hughes who won 33.25 percent of the vote. Wilson carries the state by a margin of 17.4 percent. Oklahoma proved to be the best showing for Benson of any state in this election, where he gained 15.45 percent the vote. [5]

This election continued the Democratic trend in the state. Oklahoma would only vote Republican in the elections of 1920 and 1928 until the trend flipped after the 1952 presidential election.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent)148,12350.67%10
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 97,23333.26%0
Socialist Allan L. Benson 45,09115.43%0
Prohibition J. Franklin Hanley 1,6460.56%0
No candidate Progressive 1870.02%0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals292,327100.00%10
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyThomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
No Candidate
Progressive "Bull Moose"
MarginTotal votes cast [7]
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adair 1,19049.15%1,01041.72%2128.76%70.29%20.08%1807.43%2,421
Alfalfa 1,39041.94%1,37841.58%47114.21%682.05%70.21%120.36%3,314
Atoka 1,47950.31%92531.46%52417.82%90.31%30.10%55418.84%2,940
Beaver 1,38249.82%91332.91%43315.61%431.55%30.11%46916.91%2,774
Beckham 1,85056.49%52716.09%88927.15%70.21%20.06%961 [lower-alpha 1] 29.34%3,275
Blaine 1,21437.15%1,33940.97%67820.75%361.10%10.03%-125-3.82%3,268
Bryan 2,97459.40%1,26725.30%75715.12%80.16%10.02%1,70734.09%5,007
Caddo 2,73544.25%2,27236.76%1,11217.99%560.91%60.10%4637.49%6,181
Canadian 2,20051.66%1,59037.33%4229.91%431.01%40.09%61014.32%4,259
Carter 2,94960.09%1,01320.64%93519.05%60.12%50.10%1,93639.45%4,908
Cherokee 1,59448.97%1,37942.37%2738.39%80.25%10.03%2156.61%3,255
Choctaw 1,94555.11%95727.12%61417.40%110.31%20.06%98828.00%3,529
Cimarron 38750.19%23830.87%13817.90%81.04%00.00%14919.33%771
Cleveland 1,75354.19%88527.36%57917.90%180.56%00.00%86826.83%3,235
Coal 1,41850.11%82429.12%56620.00%180.64%40.14%59420.99%2,830
Comanche 2,13051.13%1,22129.31%79018.96%200.48%50.12%90921.82%4,166
Cotton 1,50058.71%68526.81%36614.32%40.16%00.00%81531.90%2,555
Craig 1,90150.77%1,64743.99%1895.05%60.16%10.03%2546.78%3,744
Creek 3,49645.77%2,82036.92%1,28116.77%320.42%100.13%6768.85%7,639
Custer 1,77145.22%1,50738.48%59515.19%401.02%30.08%2646.74%3,916
Delaware 1,22753.42%83736.44%2219.62%70.30%50.22%39016.98%2,297
Dewey 99236.59%79629.36%89132.87%260.96%60.22%101 [lower-alpha 1] 3.73%2,711
Ellis 96037.46%98338.35%59023.02%281.09%20.08%-23-0.90%2,563
Garfield 2,34739.81%2,85448.41%63210.72%560.95%60.10%-507-8.60%5,895
Garvin 2,69759.62%80417.77%1,00122.13%190.42%30.07%1,696 [lower-alpha 1] 37.49%4,524
Grady 3,24360.55%1,27223.75%81915.29%180.34%40.07%1,97136.80%5,356
Grant 1,70047.42%1,51742.32%2948.20%722.01%20.06%1835.10%3,585
Greer 1,67566.28%36914.60%48018.99%30.12%00.00%1,195 [lower-alpha 1] 47.29%2,527
Harmon 1,09173.03%1479.84%25517.07%10.07%00.00%836 [lower-alpha 1] 55.96%1,494
Harper 79842.29%66235.08%40821.62%150.79%40.21%1367.21%1,887
Haskell 1,48650.44%97633.13%47716.19%50.17%20.07%51017.31%2,946
Hughes 2,18752.00%1,21928.98%79118.81%20.05%70.17%96823.01%4,206
Jackson 2,09665.44%40912.77%68421.35%130.41%10.03%1,412 [lower-alpha 1] 44.08%3,203
Jefferson 1,73960.76%49317.23%62121.70%80.28%10.03%1,118 [lower-alpha 1] 39.06%2,862
Johnston 1,72754.63%75623.92%67121.23%50.16%20.06%97130.72%3,161
Kay 2,34044.00%2,48246.67%3737.01%1152.16%80.15%-142-2.67%5,318
Kingfisher 1,36438.60%1,72848.90%41711.80%240.68%10.03%-364-10.30%3,534
Kiowa 2,27951.49%1,01722.98%1,10124.88%240.54%50.11%1,178 [lower-alpha 1] 26.62%4,426
Latimer 95048.49%66333.84%33517.10%100.51%10.05%28714.65%1,959
Le Flore 2,57649.77%1,94437.56%64312.42%90.17%40.08%63212.21%5,176
Lincoln 2,25839.43%2,38741.69%1,04718.29%310.54%30.05%-129-2.25%5,726
Logan 1,70137.00%2,27049.38%55212.01%631.37%110.24%-569-12.38%4,597
Love 1,12564.07%26615.15%36320.67%20.11%00.00%762 [lower-alpha 1] 43.39%1,756
Major 76231.99%94639.71%63626.70%331.39%50.21%-184-7.72%2,382
Marshall 1,35255.78%44918.52%61825.50%50.21%00.00%734 [lower-alpha 1] 30.28%2,424
Mayes 1,57451.93%1,22940.55%2267.46%00.00%20.07%34511.38%3,031
McClain 1,54156.74%68025.04%49218.11%20.07%10.04%86131.70%2,716
McCurtain 1,76354.89%79524.75%64320.02%90.28%20.06%96830.14%3,212
McIntosh 1,74354.43%89828.04%55217.24%80.25%10.03%84526.39%3,202
Murray 1,30561.59%45821.61%35016.52%50.24%10.05%84739.97%2,119
Muskogee 4,00458.23%2,53236.82%3244.71%140.20%20.03%1,47221.41%6,876
Noble 1,34647.68%1,24344.03%2147.58%170.60%30.11%1033.65%2,823
Nowata 1,35547.36%1,32246.21%1786.22%60.21%00.00%331.15%2,861
Okfuskee 1,33752.80%67026.46%51620.38%80.32%10.04%66726.34%2,532
Oklahoma 7,97154.73%5,29136.33%1,2158.34%770.53%100.07%2,68018.40%14,564
Okmulgee 2,40647.75%1,86036.91%75414.96%150.30%40.08%54610.84%5,039
Osage 2,05251.22%1,52438.04%42010.48%70.17%30.07%52813.18%4,006
Ottawa 1,87550.07%1,64243.85%2155.74%130.35%00.00%2336.22%3,745
Pawnee 1,49143.19%1,39640.44%52815.30%330.96%40.12%952.75%3,452
Payne 2,14044.50%1,76736.74%83317.32%601.25%90.19%3737.76%4,809
Pittsburg 3,44155.42%1,87930.26%86613.95%220.35%10.02%1,56225.16%6,209
Pontotoc 2,41856.39%91321.29%93621.83%160.37%50.12%1,482 [lower-alpha 1] 34.56%4,288
Pottawatomie 3,27650.61%2,04231.55%1,11917.29%290.45%70.11%1,23419.06%6,473
Pushmataha 1,05949.10%64529.90%44920.82%40.19%00.00%41419.19%2,157
Roger Mills 1,14850.77%53823.79%56524.99%70.31%30.13%583 [lower-alpha 1] 25.79%2,261
Rogers 1,90048.96%1,43536.98%53113.68%150.39%00.00%46511.98%3,881
Seminole 1,44444.42%87226.82%92128.33%110.34%30.09%523 [lower-alpha 1] 16.09%3,251
Sequoyah 1,63248.89%1,17935.32%51515.43%80.24%40.12%45313.57%3,338
Stephens 2,34357.88%60715.00%1,07726.61%170.42%40.10%1,266 [lower-alpha 1] 31.27%4,048
Texas 1,34954.64%80732.69%29511.95%170.69%10.04%54221.95%2,469
Tillman 2,25069.08%62519.19%36711.27%130.40%20.06%1,62549.89%3,257
Tulsa 4,49748.67%3,85741.74%8499.19%270.29%100.11%6406.93%9,240
Wagoner 1,04049.71%74935.80%29914.29%30.14%10.05%29113.91%2,092
Washington 1,83946.85%1,72744.00%3178.08%411.04%10.03%1122.85%3,925
Washita 2,10755.68%95825.32%70318.58%140.37%20.05%1,14930.36%3,784
Woods 1,41742.93%1,35841.14%47314.33%511.54%20.06%591.79%3,301
Woodward 1,13038.65%1,09237.35%665 [lower-alpha 2] 22.74%351.20%20.07%381.30%2,924
Totals148,113 [lower-alpha 3] 50.65%97,23333.25%45,190 [lower-alpha 4] 15.45%1,6460.56%2340.08%50,88017.40%292,416

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 In this county where Hughes ran third behind Wilson and Benson, margin given is Wilson vote minus Benson vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Benson percentage.
  2. In this county, all other Benson electors totalled either 600 or 601 votes.
  3. Totals actually sum to 148,123 votes.
  4. Totals actually sum to 45,151.

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References

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  2. Fairclough, Adam; Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000, p. 82 ISBN   0142001295
  3. Finkelman, Paul; African-Americans and the right to vote (Garland Publishing, 1992), pp. 418, 438
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