U.S. presidential election, 1916 |
| Presidential Candidate |
Electoral Vote |
Popular Vote |
Pct |
Party |
Running Mate
(Electoral Votes) |
| (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey (W) |
277 |
9,129,606 |
49.4 |
Democrat |
Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana (277) |
| Charles Evans Hughes of New York |
254 |
8,538,221 |
46.2 |
Republican |
Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana (254) |
| Other |
|
|
5.4 |
|
| Total |
|
|
100.0% |
|
| Other elections: 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928 |
| Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register
|
Notes
The Republican Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois from
7 June to 10 June.
The Democratic Convention was held in Saint Louis,
Missouri from 14 June to 16 June.
Woodrow Wilson campaigned for reelection on a pledge of continued neutrality in the Great War in Europe.
A. L. Benson of the Socialist Party received
589,924 popular votes (3.2%).
J. Frank Hanly of the Prohibition
Party received 221,030 popular votes (1.2%).
See also: President of the United
States, U.S. presidential election,
1916, History of the United States (1865-1918)
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