1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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The 1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ever since the decline of
At the turn of the decade, the Democratic Party underwent a brief revival, as it made significant gains upon its small share of state legislative seats and many people in the state saw in
During his term, however, Wisconsin's heavily
Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes campaigned in the state during September,[6] but President Wilson did not campaign in the state, although it was viewed as doubtful in September despite strong feelings that German-American opposition would eliminate Wilson's chance.[7] Near the end of October, a Tennessean polls suggested that Wilson would carry the state due to his anti-war sentiment,[8] but the Los Angeles Times said Hughes would carry the state by a "moderate margin" despite a straw poll in favour of Wilson.[9] The Oshkosh Northwestern on October 26 viewed the state as "doubtful", but said their polls indicated Hughes would win by around fifteen thousand votes.[10]
As things turned out, Wisconsin would be comfortably, if not overwhelmingly, carried by Republican nominee Hughes, who won the state by 6.59 percentage points. Sign of the collapse of German Catholic Democratic loyalties was seen in Hughes carrying
Results
1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin[12] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 220,822 | 49.39% | 13 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 191,363 | 42.8% | 0 | |
Socialist | Allan Benson
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27,631 | 6.18% | 0 | |
Prohibition | James Hanly
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7,318 | 1.64% | 0 | |
Totals | 447,134 | 100.0% | 13 |
Results by county
County | Charles Evans Hughes Republican |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Allan Louis Benson Socialist |
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 957 | 51.15% | 824 | 44.04% | 48 | 2.57% | 42 | 2.24% | 133 | 7.11% | 1,871 |
Ashland | 1,998 | 51.98% | 1,582 | 41.16% | 187 | 4.86% | 77 | 2.00% | 416 | 10.82% | 3,844 |
Barron | 2,746 | 54.95% | 1,863 | 37.28% | 138 | 2.76% | 250 | 5.00% | 883 | 17.67% | 4,997 |
Bayfield | 1,320 | 51.10% | 996 | 38.56% | 226 | 8.75% | 41 | 1.59% | 324 | 12.54% | 2,583 |
Brown | 4,132 | 40.02% | 5,771 | 55.90% | 220 | 2.13% | 201 | 1.95% | -1,639 | -15.88% | 10,324 |
Buffalo | 1,492 | 56.54% | 1,043 | 39.52% | 65 | 2.46% | 39 | 1.48% | 449 | 17.01% | 2,639 |
Burnett | 1,007 | 53.97% | 638 | 34.19% | 169 | 9.06% | 52 | 2.79% | 369 | 19.77% | 1,866 |
Calumet | 1,979 | 57.18% | 1,382 | 39.93% | 76 | 2.20% | 24 | 0.69% | 597 | 17.25% | 3,461 |
Chippewa | 3,324 | 58.15% | 2,233 | 39.07% | 71 | 1.24% | 88 | 1.54% | 1,091 | 19.09% | 5,716 |
Clark | 3,371 | 64.84% | 1,614 | 31.04% | 130 | 2.50% | 84 | 1.62% | 1,757 | 33.79% | 5,199 |
Columbia | 3,395 | 57.52% | 2,299 | 38.95% | 82 | 1.39% | 126 | 2.13% | 1,096 | 18.57% | 5,902 |
Crawford | 1,883 | 50.63% | 1,764 | 47.43% | 34 | 0.91% | 38 | 1.02% | 119 | 3.20% | 3,719 |
Dane | 6,931 | 40.13% | 9,859 | 57.08% | 192 | 1.11% | 291 | 1.68% | -2,928 | -16.95% | 17,273 |
Dodge | 4,887 | 50.66% | 4,519 | 46.85% | 112 | 1.16% | 128 | 1.33% | 368 | 3.82% | 9,646 |
Door | 1,656 | 56.25% | 1,204 | 40.90% | 39 | 1.32% | 45 | 1.53% | 452 | 15.35% | 2,944 |
Douglas | 3,007 | 43.57% | 2,940 | 42.60% | 801 | 11.61% | 154 | 2.23% | 67 | 0.97% | 6,902 |
Dunn | 2,556 | 60.04% | 1,447 | 33.99% | 171 | 4.02% | 83 | 1.95% | 1,109 | 26.05% | 4,257 |
Eau Claire | 2,922 | 53.00% | 2,290 | 41.54% | 187 | 3.39% | 114 | 2.07% | 632 | 11.46% | 5,513 |
Florence | 412 | 69.36% | 162 | 27.27% | 9 | 1.52% | 11 | 1.85% | 250 | 42.09% | 594 |
Fond du Lac | 5,781 | 52.16% | 5,021 | 45.30% | 128 | 1.15% | 154 | 1.39% | 760 | 6.86% | 11,084 |
Forest | 738 | 52.19% | 637 | 45.05% | 17 | 1.20% | 22 | 1.56% | 101 | 7.14% | 1,414 |
Grant | 4,718 | 56.29% | 3,459 | 41.27% | 72 | 0.86% | 133 | 1.59% | 1,259 | 15.02% | 8,382 |
Green | 2,422 | 55.77% | 1,687 | 38.84% | 66 | 1.52% | 168 | 3.87% | 735 | 16.92% | 4,343 |
Green Lake | 1,647 | 53.47% | 1,352 | 43.90% | 34 | 1.10% | 47 | 1.53% | 295 | 9.58% | 3,080 |
Iowa | 2,271 | 48.78% | 2,230 | 47.90% | 20 | 0.43% | 135 | 2.90% | 41 | 0.88% | 4,656 |
Iron | 672 | 54.63% | 475 | 38.62% | 43 | 3.50% | 40 | 3.25% | 197 | 16.02% | 1,230 |
Jackson | 1,866 | 64.17% | 963 | 33.12% | 50 | 1.72% | 29 | 1.00% | 903 | 31.05% | 2,908 |
Jefferson | 3,785 | 49.57% | 3,645 | 47.73% | 86 | 1.13% | 120 | 1.57% | 140 | 1.83% | 7,636 |
Juneau | 2,292 | 58.65% | 1,442 | 36.90% | 109 | 2.79% | 65 | 1.66% | 850 | 21.75% | 3,908 |
Kenosha | 3,537 | 50.99% | 2,813 | 40.55% | 501 | 7.22% | 86 | 1.24% | 724 | 10.44% | 6,937 |
Kewaunee | 1,104 | 35.07% | 2,011 | 63.88% | 17 | 0.54% | 16 | 0.51% | -907 | -28.81% | 3,148 |
La Crosse | 3,597 | 44.37% | 4,123 | 50.86% | 278 | 3.43% | 108 | 1.33% | -526 | -6.49% | 8,106 |
Lafayette | 2,544 | 54.07% | 2,059 | 43.76% | 19 | 0.40% | 83 | 1.76% | 485 | 10.31% | 4,705 |
Langlade | 1,538 | 45.09% | 1,755 | 51.45% | 81 | 2.37% | 37 | 1.08% | -217 | -6.36% | 3,411 |
Lincoln | 2,189 | 60.69% | 1,282 | 35.54% | 100 | 2.77% | 36 | 1.00% | 907 | 25.15% | 3,607 |
Manitowoc | 4,224 | 46.46% | 4,338 | 47.72% | 459 | 5.05% | 70 | 0.77% | -114 | -1.25% | 9,091 |
Marathon | 5,838 | 57.03% | 3,677 | 35.92% | 607 | 5.93% | 115 | 1.12% | 2,161 | 21.11% | 10,237 |
Marinette | 2,767 | 53.12% | 2,205 | 42.33% | 145 | 2.78% | 92 | 1.77% | 562 | 10.79% | 5,209 |
Marquette | 1,377 | 58.75% | 923 | 39.38% | 15 | 0.64% | 29 | 1.24% | 454 | 19.37% | 2,344 |
Milwaukee | 27,831 | 34.78% | 34,812 | 43.51% | 16,943 | 21.18% | 425 | 0.53% | -6,981 | -8.73% | 80,011 |
Monroe | 3,013 | 57.58% | 1,991 | 38.05% | 123 | 2.35% | 106 | 2.03% | 1,022 | 19.53% | 5,233 |
Oconto | 2,570 | 56.21% | 1,892 | 41.38% | 70 | 1.53% | 40 | 0.87% | 678 | 14.83% | 4,572 |
Oneida | 1,089 | 45.19% | 1,054 | 43.73% | 254 | 10.54% | 13 | 0.54% | 35 | 1.45% | 2,410 |
Outagamie | 5,302 | 52.97% | 4,442 | 44.38% | 164 | 1.64% | 101 | 1.01% | 860 | 8.59% | 10,009 |
Ozaukee | 1,610 | 49.42% | 1,577 | 48.40% | 51 | 1.57% | 20 | 0.61% | 33 | 1.01% | 3,258 |
Pepin | 766 | 53.23% | 622 | 43.22% | 25 | 1.74% | 26 | 1.81% | 144 | 10.01% | 1,439 |
Pierce | 1,945 | 51.88% | 1,650 | 44.01% | 73 | 1.95% | 81 | 2.16% | 295 | 7.87% | 3,749 |
Polk | 2,080 | 51.21% | 1,713 | 42.17% | 195 | 4.80% | 74 | 1.82% | 367 | 9.03% | 4,062 |
Portage | 2,520 | 44.52% | 3,000 | 53.00% | 71 | 1.25% | 69 | 1.22% | -480 | -8.48% | 5,660 |
Price | 1,620 | 56.39% | 1,049 | 36.51% | 147 | 5.12% | 57 | 1.98% | 571 | 19.87% | 2,873 |
Racine | 5,081 | 47.77% | 4,495 | 42.26% | 455 | 4.28% | 606 | 5.70% | 586 | 5.51% | 10,637 |
Richland | 2,051 | 48.56% | 1,845 | 43.68% | 89 | 2.11% | 239 | 5.66% | 206 | 4.88% | 4,224 |
Rock | 7,011 | 61.09% | 4,015 | 34.98% | 224 | 1.95% | 227 | 1.98% | 2,996 | 26.10% | 11,477 |
Rusk | 989 | 47.59% | 926 | 44.56% | 115 | 5.53% | 48 | 2.31% | 63 | 3.03% | 2,078 |
St. Croix | 2,731 | 51.09% | 2,352 | 44.00% | 178 | 3.33% | 84 | 1.57% | 379 | 7.09% | 5,345 |
Sauk | 3,779 | 59.66% | 2,257 | 35.63% | 43 | 0.68% | 255 | 4.03% | 1,522 | 24.03% | 6,334 |
Sawyer | 550 | 46.57% | 562 | 47.59% | 52 | 4.40% | 17 | 1.44% | -12 | -1.02% | 1,181 |
Shawano | 3,415 | 68.71% | 1,367 | 27.51% | 131 | 2.64% | 57 | 1.15% | 2,048 | 41.21% | 4,970 |
Sheboygan | 5,562 | 52.92% | 3,885 | 36.96% | 983 | 9.35% | 80 | 0.76% | 1,677 | 15.96% | 10,510 |
Taylor | 1,544 | 60.22% | 845 | 32.96% | 135 | 5.27% | 40 | 1.56% | 699 | 27.26% | 2,564 |
Trempealeau | 2,138 | 56.04% | 1,578 | 41.36% | 29 | 0.76% | 70 | 1.83% | 560 | 14.68% | 3,815 |
Vernon | 2,912 | 58.63% | 1,830 | 36.84% | 49 | 0.99% | 176 | 3.54% | 1,082 | 21.78% | 4,967 |
Vilas | 531 | 48.45% | 467 | 42.61% | 82 | 7.48% | 16 | 1.46% | 64 | 5.84% | 1,096 |
Walworth | 3,988 | 59.66% | 2,440 | 36.50% | 58 | 0.87% | 199 | 2.98% | 1,548 | 23.16% | 6,685 |
Washburn | 938 | 55.37% | 644 | 38.02% | 78 | 4.60% | 34 | 2.01% | 294 | 17.36% | 1,694 |
Washington | 2,892 | 50.30% | 2,732 | 47.52% | 76 | 1.32% | 49 | 0.85% | 160 | 2.78% | 5,749 |
Waukesha | 3,768 | 45.21% | 4,192 | 50.29% | 151 | 1.81% | 224 | 2.69% | -424 | -5.09% | 8,335 |
Waupaca | 4,492 | 69.85% | 1,720 | 26.75% | 99 | 1.54% | 120 | 1.87% | 2,772 | 43.10% | 6,431 |
Waushara | 2,345 | 67.31% | 1,015 | 29.13% | 78 | 2.24% | 46 | 1.32% | 1,330 | 38.17% | 3,484 |
Winnebago | 5,923 | 50.49% | 5,242 | 44.69% | 406 | 3.46% | 160 | 1.36% | 681 | 5.81% | 11,731 |
Wood | 2,954 | 50.37% | 2,625 | 44.76% | 200 | 3.41% | 86 | 1.47% | 329 | 5.61% | 5,865 |
Totals | 220,822 | 49.39% | 191,363 | 42.80% | 27,631 | 6.18% | 7,318 | 1.64% | 29,459 | 6.59% | 447,134 |
See also
References
- ISBN 0-313-21379-8
- ISBN 0-8157-1909-4
- ISBN 978-1-107-09509-0
- ^ Crews, Kenneth D.; 'Woodrow Wilson, Wisconsin, and the Election of 1912'; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3: 'Presidents, Vice Presidents and Political Parties: Performance and Prospects' (Summer, 1982), pp. 369-376
- ^ a b Leary, William M. (jr.); 'Woodrow Wilson, Irish Americans, and the Election of 1916'; The Journal of American History, Vol. 54, No. 1 (June 1967), pp. 57-72
- ^ 'The Barometer of Public Opinion'; The Watertown News (Watertown, Wisconsin), September 27, 1916, p. 4
- ^ 'Hughes or Wilson in Wisconsin?'; The La Crosse Tribunal, September 15, 1916, p. 3
- ^ 'Drift Continues Unmistakably to Wilson; Republicans Are Still Striving to Stem the Swelling Tide of Defeat'; The Tennessean, October 29, 1916, p. 11
- ^ Tribunes Poll'; Los Angeles Times, October 29, 1916, p. 4
- ^ 'Wisconsin Is Doubtful: One Summary of State'; Oshkosh Northwestern, October 26, 1916, p. 11
- ISBN 0-7864-2217-3
- ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin". Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ^ "Summary of Vote for President, November 7, 1916, By Counties". Wisconsin Blue Book. Industrial Commission of Wisconsin. 1917. p. 238.