1916 United States presidential election in Vermont

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1916 United States presidential election in Vermont
Flag of Vermont (1837-1923).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 vote40
Popular vote40,25022,708
Percentage62.43%35.22%

Vermont Presidential Election Results 1916.svg
Vermont 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 Vermont 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 four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Vermont 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. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.

Hughes won a decisive victory with 62.43% of the vote, to Wilson's 35.22%, a Republican victory margin of 27.21%.

Vermont historically was a bastion of Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1916 it had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1912, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition continued in 1916.

In 1912, Vermont had been one of only two states (along with Utah) to vote for incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft, who was pushed into third place nationally by the strong third party candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt, a former Republican president who had run in 1912 with his own Bull Moose Party. Taft and Roosevelt had split the Republican vote nationally in 1912, and in Vermont, Taft edged out Roosevelt 37–35, while Wilson had received only 24% of the vote. With the Republican base re-united behind Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, the GOP scored a landslide win in Vermont with over 62% of the vote, although Wilson also gained 11 points in support from his 1912 showing.

Hughes carried thirteen of the state's fourteen counties, breaking 60% of the vote in 8 of them, and even breaking 70% in 2 counties. Wilson's only county victory came from sparsely populated Grand Isle County in the far northwest of the state, which had also been the only county in the state to give Wilson a plurality win in 1912. This was the first election since 1852 in which a Democratic candidate earned more than forty percent of the vote in any Vermont county.

As Wilson narrowly won re-election nationally, Vermont weighed in as over 30% more Republican than the national average in the 1916 election, making it the most Republican state in the union. [1]

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Vermont [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 40,25062.43%4
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent)22,70835.22%0
Socialist Allan L. Benson 7981.24%0
Prohibition Frank Hanly 7091.10%0
N/A Write-ins 100.02%0
Totals64,475100.00%4

Results by county

CountyCharles Evans Hughes
Republican
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Allan L. Benson
Socialist
James F. Hanly
Prohibition
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast [3]
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Addison 2,76574.67%87423.60%110.30%531.43%1,89151.07%3,703
Bennington 2,60260.40%1,59036.91%831.93%330.77%1,01223.49%4,308
Caledonia 3,02460.44%1,88737.72%240.48%681.36%1,13722.73%5,003
Chittenden 3,78656.85%2,77241.62%430.65%580.87%10.02%1,01415.23%6,660
Essex 73456.77%54442.07%70.54%80.62%19014.69%1,293
Franklin 2,79656.41%2,10742.51%110.22%430.87%68913.90%4,957
Grand Isle 40748.17%43451.36%30.36%10.12%-27-3.20%845
Lamoille 1,47467.12%64329.28%271.23%512.32%10.05%83137.84%2,196
Orange 2,15159.31%1,37938.02%511.41%461.27%77221.28%3,627
Orleans 2,75871.58%1,04727.17%70.18%411.06%1,71144.41%3,853
Rutland 5,92666.35%2,78531.18%840.94%1341.50%30.03%3,14135.17%8,932
Washington 4,21657.11%2,73237.01%3354.54%981.33%10.01%1,48420.10%7,382
Windham 3,37565.50%1,69832.95%420.82%370.72%10.02%1,67732.54%5,153
Windsor 4,23664.54%2,21633.77%701.07%380.58%30.05%2,02030.78%6,563
Totals40,25062.43%22,70835.22%7981.24%7091.10%100.02%17,54227.21%64,475

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References

  1. "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. "1916 Presidential General Election Results - Vermont". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  3. Vermont Office of the Secretary of State Elections Division; ‘Summary Vote for Electors, 1916’