Tuesday, November 7, 1916
1916 presidential election results
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) and running mate Thomas Marshall won with 277 electoral votes and 49.2% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: California, D+0.3 (nation D+3.1). It delivered electoral vote number 266 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson Won | Thomas Marshall | Democratic | 277 | 9,126,063 | 49.20% | 30 |
| Charles E. Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 254 | 8,547,030 | 46.10% | 18 |
| Total popular votes counted | 18,535,445 | |||||
Electoral College map
Full-screen mapMargin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.
Results by state
Download CSV| State | Woodrow Wilson | Charles E. Hughes | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 75.6% 12 | 21.9% | 53.8 | 12 | 131,142 |
| Arizona | 57.2% 3 | 35.4% | 21.8 | 3 | 58,019 |
| Arkansas | 66.6% 9 | 28.0% | 38.6 | 9 | 168,348 |
| California | 46.6% 13 | 46.3% | 0.3 | 13 | 999,250 |
| Colorado | 60.5% 6 | 34.8% | 26.0 | 6 | 294,375 |
| Connecticut | 46.7% | 49.8% 7 | 3.2 | 7 | 213,874 |
| Delaware | 47.8% | 50.2% 3 | 2.4 | 3 | 51,810 |
| Florida | 69.3% 6 | 18.1% | 51.3 | 6 | 80,734 |
| Georgia | 79.3% 14 | 7.1% | 72.2 | 14 | 158,690 |
| Idaho | 52.0% 4 | 41.1% | 10.9 | 4 | 134,615 |
| Illinois | 43.3% | 52.6% 29 | 9.2 | 29 | 2,192,707 |
| Indiana | 46.5% | 47.4% 15 | 1.0 | 15 | 718,853 |
| Iowa | 42.7% | 54.1% 13 | 11.3 | 13 | 518,738 |
| Kansas | 49.9% 10 | 44.1% | 5.9 | 10 | 629,813 |
| Kentucky | 51.9% 13 | 46.5% | 5.4 | 13 | 520,078 |
| Louisiana | 85.9% 10 | 7.0% | 79.0 | 10 | 92,974 |
| Maine | 47.0% | 51.0% 6 | 4.0 | 6 | 136,314 |
| Maryland | 52.8% 8 | 44.8% | 8.0 | 8 | 262,039 |
| Massachusetts | 46.6% | 50.5% 18 | 3.9 | 18 | 531,822 |
| Michigan | 43.9% | 52.2% 15 | 8.3 | 15 | 646,873 |
| Minnesota | 46.2% | 46.3% 12 | 0.1 | 12 | 387,367 |
| Mississippi | 92.8% 10 | 4.9% | 87.9 | 10 | 86,679 |
| Missouri | 50.6% 18 | 46.9% | 3.7 | 18 | 786,773 |
| Montana | 56.8% 4 | 37.6% | 19.2 | 4 | 178,009 |
| Nebraska | 55.3% 8 | 41.0% | 14.3 | 8 | 287,315 |
| Nevada | 53.4% 3 | 36.4% | 17.0 | 3 | 33,314 |
| New Hampshire | 49.1% 4 | 49.1% | 0.1 | 4 | 89,127 |
| New Jersey | 42.7% | 54.4% 14 | 11.7 | 14 | 494,442 |
| New Mexico | 50.4% 3 | 46.5% | 3.9 | 3 | 66,879 |
| New York | 44.5% | 51.5% 45 | 7.0 | 45 | 1,706,305 |
| North Carolina | 58.1% 12 | 41.7% | 16.4 | 12 | 289,837 |
| North Dakota | 47.8% 5 | 46.3% | 1.5 | 5 | 115,390 |
| Ohio | 51.9% 24 | 44.2% | 7.7 | 24 | 1,165,091 |
| Oklahoma | 50.7% 10 | 33.3% | 17.4 | 10 | 292,327 |
| Oregon | 45.9% | 48.5% 5 | 2.6 | 5 | 261,650 |
| Pennsylvania | 40.2% | 54.3% 38 | 14.0 | 38 | 1,297,189 |
| Rhode Island | 46.0% | 51.1% 5 | 5.1 | 5 | 87,816 |
| South Carolina | 96.7% 9 | 2.4% | 94.3 | 9 | 63,950 |
| South Dakota | 45.9% | 49.8% 5 | 3.9 | 5 | 128,942 |
| Tennessee | 56.3% 12 | 42.7% | 13.6 | 12 | 272,190 |
| Texas | 76.9% 20 | 17.5% | 59.5 | 20 | 372,467 |
| Utah | 58.8% 4 | 37.8% | 21.0 | 4 | 143,145 |
| Vermont | 35.2% | 62.4% 4 | 27.2 | 4 | 64,475 |
| Virginia | 66.8% 12 | 32.1% | 34.7 | 12 | 153,993 |
| Washington | 48.1% 7 | 43.9% | 4.3 | 7 | 380,994 |
| West Virginia | 48.5% 1 | 49.4% 7 | 0.9 | 8 | 289,671 |
| Wisconsin | 42.8% | 49.4% 13 | 6.6 | 13 | 447,134 |
| Wyoming | 54.7% 3 | 41.8% | 12.9 | 3 | 51,906 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1916
- New Hampshire Woodrow Wilson by 56 votes (0.06 pts)
- Minnesota Charles E. Hughes by 389 votes (0.10 pts)
- California Woodrow Wilson by 3,420 votes (0.34 pts)
- West Virginia Charles E. Hughes by 2,721 votes (0.94 pts)
- Indiana Charles E. Hughes by 6,942 votes (0.97 pts)
- North Dakota Woodrow Wilson by 1,735 votes (1.50 pts)
- Delaware Charles E. Hughes by 1,258 votes (2.43 pts)
- Oregon Charles E. Hughes by 6,726 votes (2.57 pts)
Flipped since 1912
- California: Progressive → Democratic (13 EV)
- Connecticut: Democratic → Republican (7 EV)
- Delaware: Democratic → Republican (3 EV)
- Illinois: Democratic → Republican (29 EV)
- Indiana: Democratic → Republican (15 EV)
- Iowa: Democratic → Republican (13 EV)
- Maine: Democratic → Republican (6 EV)
- Massachusetts: Democratic → Republican (18 EV)
- Michigan: Progressive → Republican (15 EV)
- Minnesota: Progressive → Republican (12 EV)
- New Jersey: Democratic → Republican (14 EV)
- New York: Democratic → Republican (45 EV)
- Oregon: Democratic → Republican (5 EV)
- Pennsylvania: Progressive → Republican (38 EV)
- Rhode Island: Democratic → Republican (5 EV)
- South Dakota: Progressive → Republican (5 EV)
- Utah: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Washington: Progressive → Democratic (7 EV)
- West Virginia: Democratic → Republican (8 EV)
- Wisconsin: Democratic → Republican (13 EV)
Source: 1916
Questions and answers
Who won the 1916 presidential election?
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the 1916 election with 277 electoral votes, with Thomas Marshall as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1916?
Woodrow Wilson 277; Charles E. Hughes 254 (out of 531).
Who won the popular vote in 1916?
Woodrow Wilson received the most popular votes: 9,126,063 (49.2%) of 18,535,445 counted.
What was the closest state in 1916?
New Hampshire, which Woodrow Wilson won by 56 votes (0.06 points).
Which states flipped in 1916?
Compared with 1912, 20 states changed party: California (to Democratic), Connecticut (to Republican), Delaware (to Republican), Illinois (to Republican), Indiana (to Republican), Iowa (to Republican), Maine (to Republican), Massachusetts (to Republican), Michigan (to Republican), Minnesota (to Republican), New Jersey (to Republican), New York (to Republican), Oregon (to Republican), Pennsylvania (to Republican), Rhode Island (to Republican), South Dakota (to Republican), Utah (to Democratic), Washington (to Democratic), West Virginia (to Republican) and Wisconsin (to Republican).
What was the tipping-point state in 1916?
California. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 266; it voted Democratic by 0.3 points, against Democratic by 3.1 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data