1916 United States presidential election in New York
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The 1916 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
New York was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.
A former Governor of New York, Hughes won his home state fairly comfortably, taking 51.53% of the vote to Wilson's 44.51%, a victory margin of 7.02%. Coming in a distant third was Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, who took 2.69%, with a sizeable number of Benson's voters in the state being Jewish Americans in New York City.[2]
New York during the
Nonetheless, this was the last occasion until 1964 that the Democratic Party carried Hamilton County, Schoharie County, Otsego County and Chemung County.[4] With the exception of Chemung, these were historically German or Dutch[5] and usually Democratic rural counties that would turn permanently to the GOP amidst the fallout from World War I.[6]
Hughes' victory in the state made him the second Republican presidential candidate to win New York without winning the election, the first was John C. Frémont in 1856 and the third was Thomas E. Dewey in 1948. Hughes also became the first losing candidate to win the state since Samuel J. Tilden in 1876.
Results
1916 United States presidential election in New York[7] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 879,238 | 51.53% | 45 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 759,426 | 44.51% | 0 | |
Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 45,944 | 2.69% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 19,031 | 1.12% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 2,666 | 0.16% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,706,305 | 100.0% | 45 |
New York City results
1916 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | |||
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 139,547 | 47,870 | 125,625 | 31,350 | 8,843 | 353,235 | 50.15% | |
52.55% | 49.76% | 48.79% | 45.70% | 53.60% | |||||
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 113,254 | 40,938 | 120,752 | 34,670 | 7,319 | 316,933 | 45.00% | |
42.65% | 42.55% | 46.90% | 50.54% | 44.36% | |||||
Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 12,013 | 6,995 | 10,220 | 2,356 | 204 | 31,788 | 4.51% | |
4.52% | 7.27% | 3.97% | 3.43% | 1.24% | |||||
Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 485 | 306 | 415 | 104 | 23 | 1,333 | 0.19% | |
0.18% | 0.32% | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.14% | |||||
Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 261 | 95 | 445 | 115 | 109 | 1,025 | 0.15% | |
0.10% | 0.10% | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.66% | |||||
TOTAL | 265,560 | 96,204 | 257,457 | 68,595 | 16,498 | 704,314 | 100.00% |
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[8] | ||||||
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Albany | 26,628 | 58.00% | 18,799 | 40.95% | 285 | 0.62% | 159 | 0.35% | 41 | 0.09% | 7,829 | 17.05% | 45,912 |
Allegany | 6,308 | 62.57% | 3,191 | 31.65% | 94 | 0.93% | 486 | 4.82% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,117 | 30.92% | 10,081 |
Bronx
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40,938 | 42.55% | 47,870 | 49.76% | 6,995 | 7.27% | 95 | 0.10% | 306 | 0.32% | -6,932 | -7.21% | 96,204 |
Broome | 11,445 | 53.34% | 8,906 | 41.51% | 209 | 0.97% | 883 | 4.12% | 13 | 0.06% | 2,539 | 11.83% | 21,456 |
Cattaraugus | 8,825 | 54.49% | 6,565 | 40.53% | 377 | 2.33% | 421 | 2.60% | 9 | 0.06% | 2,260 | 13.95% | 16,197 |
Cayuga | 7,831 | 53.31% | 6,391 | 43.51% | 117 | 0.80% | 336 | 2.29% | 14 | 0.10% | 1,440 | 9.80% | 14,689 |
Chautauqua | 14,782 | 62.19% | 7,153 | 30.09% | 924 | 3.89% | 864 | 3.63% | 47 | 0.20% | 7,629 | 32.10% | 23,770 |
Chemung | 6,409 | 43.59% | 7,461 | 50.74% | 220 | 1.50% | 609 | 4.14% | 5 | 0.03% | -1,052 | -7.15% | 14,704 |
Chenango | 5,198 | 54.77% | 3,887 | 40.96% | 54 | 0.57% | 345 | 3.64% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,311 | 13.81% | 9,490 |
Clinton | 4,986 | 53.68% | 4,130 | 44.47% | 21 | 0.23% | 148 | 1.59% | 3 | 0.03% | 856 | 9.22% | 9,288 |
Columbia | 5,314 | 51.35% | 4,938 | 47.71% | 24 | 0.23% | 71 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.02% | 376 | 3.63% | 10,349 |
Cortland | 4,521 | 59.21% | 2,693 | 35.27% | 105 | 1.38% | 314 | 4.11% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,828 | 23.94% | 7,636 |
Delaware | 6,266 | 53.74% | 4,986 | 42.76% | 153 | 1.31% | 248 | 2.13% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,280 | 10.98% | 11,660 |
Dutchess | 11,082 | 54.60% | 8,906 | 43.88% | 133 | 0.66% | 151 | 0.74% | 26 | 0.13% | 2,176 | 10.72% | 20,298 |
Erie | 53,638 | 52.35% | 45,622 | 44.53% | 2,305 | 2.25% | 447 | 0.44% | 448 | 0.44% | 8,016 | 7.82% | 102,460 |
Essex | 4,643 | 65.39% | 2,373 | 33.42% | 21 | 0.30% | 62 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,270 | 31.97% | 7,100 |
Franklin | 5,146 | 57.59% | 3,593 | 40.21% | 17 | 0.19% | 172 | 1.92% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,553 | 17.38% | 8,936 |
Fulton | 5,756 | 54.35% | 4,085 | 38.57% | 425 | 4.01% | 297 | 2.80% | 28 | 0.26% | 1,671 | 15.78% | 10,591 |
Genesee | 5,590 | 64.39% | 2,802 | 32.27% | 19 | 0.22% | 267 | 3.08% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,788 | 32.11% | 8,682 |
Greene | 3,649 | 49.06% | 3,622 | 48.70% | 59 | 0.79% | 104 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.05% | 27 | 0.36% | 7,438 |
Hamilton | 612 | 48.96% | 623 | 49.84% | 3 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.08% | -11 | -0.88% | 1,250 |
Herkimer | 7,934 | 54.42% | 6,271 | 43.01% | 188 | 1.29% | 176 | 1.21% | 11 | 0.08% | 1,663 | 11.41% | 14,580 |
Jefferson | 11,197 | 58.68% | 7,089 | 37.15% | 324 | 1.70% | 454 | 2.38% | 17 | 0.09% | 4,108 | 21.53% | 19,081 |
Kings
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120,752 | 46.90% | 125,625 | 48.79% | 10,220 | 3.97% | 445 | 0.17% | 415 | 0.16% | -4,873 | -1.89% | 257,457 |
Lewis | 3,418 | 54.90% | 2,675 | 42.96% | 12 | 0.19% | 120 | 1.93% | 1 | 0.02% | 743 | 11.93% | 6,226 |
Livingston | 5,211 | 57.66% | 3,608 | 39.92% | 18 | 0.20% | 196 | 2.17% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,603 | 17.74% | 9,038 |
Madison | 5,881 | 57.56% | 3,937 | 38.53% | 126 | 1.23% | 260 | 2.54% | 13 | 0.13% | 1,944 | 19.03% | 10,217 |
Monroe | 39,393 | 61.68% | 21,782 | 34.11% | 1,444 | 2.26% | 1,110 | 1.74% | 134 | 0.21% | 17,611 | 27.58% | 63,863 |
Montgomery | 6,704 | 54.57% | 5,347 | 43.52% | 112 | 0.91% | 104 | 0.85% | 18 | 0.15% | 1,357 | 11.05% | 12,285 |
Nassau | 13,910 | 61.67% | 8,430 | 37.38% | 127 | 0.56% | 73 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.07% | 5,480 | 24.30% | 22,555 |
New York | 113,254 | 42.65% | 139,547 | 52.55% | 12,013 | 4.52% | 261 | 0.10% | 485 | 0.18% | -26,293 | -9.90% | 265,560 |
Niagara | 12,212 | 57.54% | 8,367 | 39.42% | 317 | 1.49% | 312 | 1.47% | 16 | 0.08% | 3,845 | 18.12% | 21,224 |
Oneida | 18,813 | 52.54% | 16,070 | 44.88% | 367 | 1.02% | 525 | 1.47% | 30 | 0.08% | 2,743 | 7.66% | 35,805 |
Onondaga | 27,815 | 55.35% | 19,892 | 39.58% | 1,113 | 2.21% | 1,369 | 2.72% | 64 | 0.13% | 7,923 | 15.77% | 50,253 |
Ontario | 7,491 | 56.82% | 5,286 | 40.10% | 53 | 0.40% | 349 | 2.65% | 4 | 0.03% | 2,205 | 16.73% | 13,183 |
Orange | 13,619 | 56.06% | 10,198 | 41.98% | 238 | 0.98% | 217 | 0.89% | 23 | 0.09% | 3,421 | 14.08% | 24,295 |
Orleans | 4,903 | 64.41% | 2,529 | 33.22% | 19 | 0.25% | 159 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,374 | 31.19% | 7,612 |
Oswego | 9,854 | 57.72% | 6,210 | 36.38% | 46 | 0.27% | 959 | 5.62% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,644 | 21.34% | 17,072 |
Otsego | 5,926 | 48.16% | 5,975 | 48.56% | 74 | 0.60% | 326 | 2.65% | 3 | 0.02% | -49 | -0.40% | 12,304 |
Putnam | 1,717 | 56.67% | 1,290 | 42.57% | 5 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 427 | 14.09% | 3,030 |
Queens | 34,670 | 50.54% | 31,350 | 45.70% | 2,356 | 3.43% | 115 | 0.17% | 104 | 0.15% | 3,320 | 4.84% | 68,595 |
Rensselaer | 14,968 | 51.21% | 13,822 | 47.29% | 213 | 0.73% | 201 | 0.69% | 26 | 0.09% | 1,146 | 3.92% | 29,230 |
Richmond | 7,319 | 44.36% | 8,843 | 53.60% | 204 | 1.24% | 109 | 0.66% | 23 | 0.14% | -1,524 | -9.24% | 16,498 |
Rockland | 5,041 | 52.19% | 4,469 | 46.27% | 85 | 0.88% | 55 | 0.57% | 9 | 0.09% | 572 | 5.92% | 9,659 |
Saratoga | 8,062 | 53.00% | 6,711 | 44.12% | 154 | 1.01% | 280 | 1.84% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,351 | 8.88% | 15,211 |
Schenectady | 9,759 | 47.45% | 8,962 | 43.58% | 1,446 | 7.03% | 328 | 1.59% | 71 | 0.35% | 797 | 3.88% | 20,566 |
Schoharie | 2,851 | 43.50% | 3,457 | 52.75% | 11 | 0.17% | 233 | 3.56% | 2 | 0.03% | -606 | -9.25% | 6,554 |
Schuyler | 1,956 | 52.38% | 1,629 | 43.63% | 13 | 0.35% | 136 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 | 8.76% | 3,734 |
Seneca | 3,307 | 50.84% | 2,845 | 43.74% | 25 | 0.38% | 327 | 5.03% | 1 | 0.02% | 462 | 7.10% | 6,505 |
St. Lawrence | 13,142 | 66.77% | 6,056 | 30.77% | 67 | 0.34% | 407 | 2.07% | 11 | 0.06% | 7,086 | 36.00% | 19,683 |
Steuben | 10,424 | 53.99% | 8,032 | 41.60% | 196 | 1.02% | 645 | 3.34% | 11 | 0.06% | 2,392 | 12.39% | 19,308 |
Suffolk | 12,742 | 59.20% | 8,422 | 39.13% | 168 | 0.78% | 174 | 0.81% | 16 | 0.07% | 4,320 | 20.07% | 21,522 |
Sullivan | 4,340 | 53.05% | 3,659 | 44.73% | 110 | 1.34% | 65 | 0.79% | 7 | 0.09% | 681 | 8.32% | 8,181 |
Tioga | 3,376 | 52.78% | 2,748 | 42.96% | 94 | 1.47% | 172 | 2.69% | 6 | 0.09% | 628 | 9.82% | 6,396 |
Tompkins | 4,736 | 54.83% | 3,455 | 40.00% | 121 | 1.40% | 316 | 3.66% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,281 | 14.83% | 8,638 |
Ulster | 10,734 | 56.58% | 7,807 | 41.15% | 71 | 0.37% | 354 | 1.87% | 5 | 0.03% | 2,927 | 15.43% | 18,971 |
Warren | 4,880 | 61.47% | 2,825 | 35.58% | 126 | 1.59% | 97 | 1.22% | 11 | 0.14% | 2,055 | 25.88% | 7,939 |
Washington | 7,310 | 63.77% | 3,907 | 34.08% | 108 | 0.94% | 135 | 1.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,403 | 29.69% | 11,463 |
Wayne | 7,465 | 58.72% | 4,797 | 37.73% | 22 | 0.17% | 427 | 3.36% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,668 | 20.99% | 12,713 |
Westchester | 34,693 | 59.43% | 22,457 | 38.47% | 932 | 1.60% | 195 | 0.33% | 103 | 0.18% | 12,236 | 20.96% | 58,380 |
Wyoming | 4,952 | 62.14% | 2,783 | 34.92% | 22 | 0.28% | 208 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,169 | 27.22% | 7,969 |
Yates | 2,940 | 61.78% | 1,666 | 35.01% | 24 | 0.50% | 129 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,274 | 26.77% | 4,759 |
Totals | 879,238 | 51.53% | 759,426 | 44.51% | 45,944 | 2.69% | 19,031 | 1.12% | 2,666 | 0.16% | 119,812 | 7.02% | 1,706,305 |
See also
References
- ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
- ISBN 0253346185
- ISBN 0739101269
- ISBN 0786422173
- ISBN 9780691163246
- ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 132
- ^ "1916 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ New York State Board of Elections; 'Vote for Electors of President in 1916'; New York Red Book (1917), p. 480