1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey
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The 1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York and his running mate, former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and his running mate incumbent Vice President Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana.
Hughes carried New Jersey decisively with 54.40 percent of the vote to Wilson's 42.68 percent, a victory margin of 11.72 points.[1] Coming in a distant third was Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, who took 2.10 percent.
Like much of the
On the county level map, reflecting his comfortable victory, Hughes carried 17 of the state's 21 counties, breaking sixty percent of the vote in three. Wilson's only significant win was urban
Despite being Wilson's home state, New Jersey registered as the second most Republican state in the nation in terms of vote share after Vermont and the fourth most Republican state in the nation in terms of margin, the state being about 15 points more Republican than the national average.[4] Woodrow Wilson is one of 4 presidents to lose his home state on a successful presidential bid. The others are James K. Polk and Donald Trump. This was the first time a Democrat won without the state since 1844.
Results
1916 United States presidential election in New Jersey | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 268,982 | 54.40% | 14 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 211,018 | 42.68% | 0 | |
Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 10,405 | 2.10% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 3,182 | 0.64% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 855 | 0.17% | 0 | |
Totals | 494,442 | 100.0% | 14 |
Results by county
County | Charles Evans Hughes Republican |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Allan Louis Benson Socialist |
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition |
Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Atlantic | 9,713 | 62.88% | 5,467 | 35.39% | 122 | 0.79% | 133 | 0.86% | 12 | 0.08% | 4,246 | 27.49% | 15,447 |
Bergen | 18,494 | 60.05% | 11,530 | 37.44% | 595 | 1.93% | 113 | 0.37% | 65 | 0.21% | 6,964 | 22.61% | 30,797 |
Burlington | 8,803 | 56.36% | 6,535 | 41.84% | 115 | 0.74% | 158 | 1.01% | 9 | 0.06% | 2,268 | 14.52% | 15,620 |
Camden | 18,318 | 54.17% | 14,010 | 41.43% | 1,101 | 3.26% | 350 | 1.03% | 38 | 0.11% | 4,308 | 12.74% | 33,817 |
Cape May | 2,904 | 56.85% | 2,097 | 41.05% | 37 | 0.72% | 66 | 1.29% | 4 | 0.08% | 807 | 15.80% | 5,108 |
Cumberland | 5,692 | 52.14% | 4,573 | 41.89% | 308 | 2.82% | 323 | 2.96% | 21 | 0.19% | 1,119 | 10.25% | 10,917 |
Essex | 54,167 | 59.24% | 34,596 | 37.84% | 2,280 | 2.49% | 184 | 0.20% | 212 | 0.23% | 19,571 | 21.40% | 91,439 |
Gloucester | 5,352 | 54.82% | 3,745 | 38.36% | 118 | 1.21% | 538 | 5.51% | 9 | 0.09% | 1,607 | 16.46% | 9,762 |
Hudson | 42,518 | 47.66% | 44,663 | 50.07% | 1,811 | 2.03% | 73 | 0.08% | 140 | 0.16% | -2,145 | -2.40% | 89,205 |
Hunterdon | 3,408 | 42.69% | 4,462 | 55.89% | 45 | 0.56% | 65 | 0.81% | 4 | 0.05% | -1,054 | -13.20% | 7,984 |
Mercer | 14,213 | 55.75% | 10,621 | 41.66% | 460 | 1.80% | 154 | 0.60% | 45 | 0.18% | 3,592 | 14.09% | 25,493 |
Middlesex | 11,851 | 53.51% | 9,975 | 45.04% | 185 | 0.84% | 103 | 0.47% | 32 | 0.14% | 1,876 | 8.47% | 22,146 |
Monmouth | 11,624 | 51.46% | 10,729 | 47.49% | 103 | 0.46% | 120 | 0.53% | 14 | 0.06% | 895 | 3.96% | 22,590 |
Morris | 8,530 | 54.23% | 6,798 | 43.22% | 214 | 1.36% | 172 | 1.09% | 14 | 0.09% | 1,732 | 11.01% | 15,728 |
Ocean | 3,386 | 61.26% | 2,076 | 37.56% | 31 | 0.56% | 28 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,310 | 23.70% | 5,527 |
Passaic | 18,754 | 55.32% | 13,340 | 39.35% | 1,561 | 4.60% | 128 | 0.38% | 121 | 0.36% | 5,414 | 15.97% | 33,904 |
Salem | 4,080 | 53.77% | 3,353 | 44.19% | 68 | 0.90% | 84 | 1.11% | 3 | 0.04% | 727 | 9.58% | 7,588 |
Somerset | 4,707 | 55.70% | 3,653 | 43.23% | 34 | 0.40% | 50 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,054 | 12.47% | 8,451 |
Sussex | 2,461 | 43.38% | 3,093 | 54.52% | 70 | 1.23% | 42 | 0.74% | 7 | 0.12% | -632 | -11.14% | 5,673 |
Union | 16,705 | 59.21% | 10,328 | 36.61% | 1,040 | 3.69% | 97 | 0.34% | 44 | 0.16% | 6,377 | 22.60% | 28,214 |
Warren | 3,302 | 36.56% | 5,374 | 59.50% | 107 | 1.18% | 201 | 2.23% | 48 | 0.53% | -2,072 | -22.94% | 9,032 |
Totals | 268,982 | 54.40% | 211,018 | 42.68% | 10,405 | 2.10% | 3,182 | 0.64% | 855 | 0.17% | 57,964 | 11.72% | 494,442 |
See also
References
- ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety Division of Elections; Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey 1917 pp. 574-602