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1916 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1916 United States presidential election in Indiana

← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
 
Nominee Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 341,005 334,063
Percentage 47.44% 46.47%

County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ever since the Civil War, partisan alliances in Indiana had been related to history of White settlement, with most of Southern Indiana and German-settled counties voting strongly Democratic, opposed to Yankee-settled Northern Indiana which voted Republican.[1] Between the end of the Civil War and the end of the Third Party System, elections in the state were always very close; although the state become more Republican when William Jennings Bryan’s free silver policy drove conservative Democrats to the Republican party for the following two decades.[2] However, only Alton B. Parker would lose the state by more than five percentage points as its strong Southern leanings meant its Democratic counties remained very loyal.[3]

After being won by Woodrow Wilson and running mate Thomas R. Marshall over divided Republican opposition in 1912, Indiana would be won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Wilson and Vice President Marshall by a narrow margin of 0.97 percentage points.

Indiana was the home state of Marshall, and alongside Wilson's loss in New Jersey, this election, along with 1968, is the only time a winning presidential and vice presidential candidate lost both of their home states.

This was the first time since 1876 that Indiana voted for the losing candidate, and the first since 1836 that a Democrat won without the state. The election marked the beginning of a trend in which the state was more Republican than the nation as a whole. Before 1916, all but one winning Democrat as well as one losing Democrat had carried the state. Beginning with 1916, the Democratic party has won 14 elections as of 2022, and in only four of these elections did it carry Indiana. Furthermore, three of those four victories were in landslide elections with double-digit margins: 1932, 1936, and 1964.

Results

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1916 United States presidential election in Indiana[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 341,005 47.44% 15
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 334,063 46.47% 0
Socialist Allan L. Benson 21,855 3.04% 0
Prohibition Frank Hanly 16,368 2.28% 0
Progressive No candidate 3,998 0.54% 0
Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 1,659 0.23% 0
Totals 718,848 100.00% 15

Results by county

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1916 United States presidential election in Indiana by county
County Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,796 36.83% 2,875 58.96% 23 0.47% 171 3.51% 11 0.23% -1,079 -22.13% 4,876
Allen 10,169 46.03% 9,470 42.87% 1,003 4.54% 421 1.91% 1,027 4.65% 699 3.16% 22,090
Bartholomew 3,287 47.08% 3,441 49.29% 66 0.95% 145 2.08% 42 0.60% -154 -2.21% 6,981
Benton 1,872 54.17% 1,502 43.46% 23 0.67% 53 1.53% 6 0.17% 370 10.71% 3,456
Blackford 1,595 43.04% 1,867 50.38% 105 2.83% 126 3.40% 13 0.35% -272 -7.34% 3,706
Boone 3,333 46.97% 3,513 49.51% 82 1.16% 125 1.76% 43 0.61% -180 -2.54% 7,096
Brown 506 31.72% 1,046 65.58% 10 0.63% 31 1.94% 2 0.13% -540 -33.86% 1,595
Carroll 2,468 49.09% 2,401 47.75% 34 0.68% 118 2.35% 7 0.14% 67 1.33% 5,028
Cass 4,879 47.08% 5,140 49.60% 121 1.17% 200 1.93% 23 0.22% -261 -2.52% 10,363
Clark 3,173 46.15% 3,572 51.95% 73 1.06% 43 0.63% 15 0.22% -399 -5.80% 6,876
Clay 3,102 42.82% 3,435 47.42% 562 7.76% 119 1.64% 26 0.36% -333 -4.60% 7,244
Clinton 3,638 47.76% 3,662 48.07% 119 1.56% 184 2.42% 15 0.20% -24 -0.32% 7,618
Crawford 1,201 41.05% 1,508 51.54% 58 1.98% 152 5.19% 7 0.24% -307 -10.49% 2,926
Daviess 3,191 47.56% 3,143 46.84% 210 3.13% 128 1.91% 38 0.57% 48 0.72% 6,710
Dearborn 2,318 42.18% 3,010 54.78% 62 1.13% 97 1.77% 8 0.15% -692 -12.59% 5,495
Decatur 2,717 51.39% 2,374 44.90% 69 1.31% 109 2.06% 18 0.34% 343 6.49% 5,287
DeKalb 2,898 43.53% 3,372 50.65% 136 2.04% 232 3.49% 19 0.29% -474 -7.12% 6,657
Delaware 6,919 50.24% 5,946 43.18% 432 3.14% 407 2.96% 67 0.49% 973 7.07% 13,771
Dubois 1,492 32.07% 3,072 66.02% 19 0.41% 55 1.18% 15 0.32% -1,580 -33.96% 4,653
Elkhart 5,850 45.21% 5,723 44.22% 708 5.47% 603 4.66% 57 0.44% 127 0.98% 12,941
Fayette 2,360 51.51% 2,074 45.26% 58 1.27% 64 1.40% 26 0.57% 286 6.24% 4,582
Floyd 3,200 43.99% 3,850 52.92% 140 1.92% 68 0.93% 17 0.23% -650 -8.93% 7,275
Fountain 2,634 48.36% 2,437 44.74% 130 2.39% 88 1.62% 158 2.90% 197 3.62% 5,447
Franklin 1,495 37.24% 2,426 60.42% 8 0.20% 73 1.82% 13 0.32% -931 -23.19% 4,015
Fulton 2,325 48.72% 2,231 46.75% 33 0.69% 63 1.32% 120 2.51% 94 1.97% 4,772
Gibson 3,576 45.84% 3,765 48.26% 201 2.58% 226 2.90% 33 0.42% -189 -2.42% 7,801
Grant 6,059 43.38% 5,827 41.72% 1,019 7.30% 980 7.02% 82 0.59% 232 1.66% 13,967
Greene 3,878 43.33% 3,990 44.59% 833 9.31% 199 2.22% 49 0.55% -112 -1.25% 8,949
Hamilton 3,951 54.78% 2,799 38.81% 72 1.00% 362 5.02% 28 0.39% 1,152 15.97% 7,212
Hancock 2,138 41.56% 2,779 54.02% 47 0.91% 166 3.23% 14 0.27% -641 -12.46% 5,144
Harrison 2,086 44.97% 2,373 51.15% 64 1.38% 98 2.11% 18 0.39% -287 -6.19% 4,639
Hendricks 3,046 53.13% 2,453 42.79% 88 1.53% 118 2.06% 28 0.49% 593 10.34% 5,733
Henry 4,386 50.01% 3,560 40.59% 265 3.02% 378 4.31% 182 2.08% 826 9.42% 8,771
Howard 4,777 47.38% 3,934 39.02% 840 8.33% 456 4.52% 75 0.74% 843 8.36% 10,082
Huntington 3,761 45.73% 3,833 46.60% 149 1.81% 450 5.47% 32 0.39% -72 -0.88% 8,225
Jackson 2,422 40.65% 3,312 55.59% 74 1.24% 139 2.33% 11 0.18% -890 -14.94% 5,958
Jasper 1,995 56.50% 1,488 42.14% 10 0.28% 33 0.93% 5 0.14% 507 14.36% 3,531
Jay 3,075 46.49% 3,070 46.41% 109 1.65% 348 5.26% 13 0.20% 5 0.08% 6,615
Jefferson 2,675 49.76% 2,518 46.84% 56 1.04% 113 2.10% 14 0.26% 157 2.92% 5,376
Jennings 1,791 50.01% 1,686 47.08% 34 0.95% 60 1.68% 10 0.28% 105 2.93% 3,581
Johnson 2,428 42.32% 3,108 54.17% 53 0.92% 107 1.87% 41 0.71% -680 -11.85% 5,737
Knox 4,805 42.28% 5,380 47.34% 923 8.12% 142 1.25% 114 1.00% -575 -5.06% 11,364
Kosciusko 4,025 51.18% 3,447 43.83% 134 1.70% 232 2.95% 27 0.34% 578 7.35% 7,865
LaGrange 1,958 54.09% 1,512 41.77% 43 1.19% 93 2.57% 14 0.39% 446 12.32% 3,620
Lake 13,262 55.00% 9,946 41.25% 651 2.70% 108 0.45% 144 0.60% 3,316 13.75% 24,111
LaPorte 5,726 50.29% 5,276 46.33% 240 2.11% 83 0.73% 62 0.54% 450 3.95% 11,387
Lawrence 3,813 52.55% 3,108 42.83% 246 3.39% 66 0.91% 23 0.32% 705 9.72% 7,256
Madison 7,449 41.96% 8,106 45.66% 1,579 8.89% 484 2.73% 134 0.75% -657 -3.70% 17,752
Marion 40,699 51.50% 35,043 44.34% 2,224 2.81% 744 0.94% 320 0.40% 5,656 7.16% 79,030
Marshall 2,855 44.64% 3,221 50.36% 77 1.20% 216 3.38% 27 0.42% -366 -5.72% 6,396
Martin 1,534 48.93% 1,549 49.41% 26 0.83% 22 0.70% 4 0.13% -15 -0.48% 3,135
Miami 3,390 43.16% 3,854 49.07% 303 3.86% 214 2.72% 93 1.18% -464 -5.91% 7,854
Monroe 3,033 50.31% 2,796 46.38% 58 0.96% 105 1.74% 37 0.61% 237 3.93% 6,029
Montgomery 4,300 49.36% 4,107 47.15% 147 1.69% 106 1.22% 51 0.59% 193 2.22% 8,711
Morgan 2,860 50.06% 2,616 45.79% 113 1.98% 94 1.65% 30 0.53% 244 4.27% 5,713
Newton 1,377 47.58% 1,278 44.16% 36 1.24% 43 1.49% 160 5.53% 99 3.42% 2,894
Noble 3,417 51.33% 3,069 46.10% 35 0.53% 130 1.95% 6 0.09% 348 5.23% 6,657
Ohio 597 47.46% 632 50.24% 3 0.24% 25 1.99% 1 0.08% -35 -2.78% 1,258
Orange 2,481 52.94% 2,091 44.62% 52 1.11% 42 0.90% 20 0.43% 390 8.32% 4,686
Owen 1,585 44.67% 1,812 51.07% 95 2.68% 42 1.18% 14 0.39% -227 -6.40% 3,548
Parke 2,598 48.52% 2,329 43.50% 212 3.96% 184 3.44% 31 0.58% 269 5.02% 5,354
Perry 1,762 45.11% 2,089 53.48% 28 0.72% 15 0.38% 12 0.31% -327 -8.37% 3,906
Pike 2,172 46.71% 2,212 47.57% 187 4.02% 59 1.27% 20 0.43% -40 -0.86% 4,650
Porter 2,913 59.22% 1,871 38.04% 76 1.55% 37 0.75% 22 0.45% 1,042 21.18% 4,919
Posey 2,291 42.97% 2,922 54.80% 26 0.49% 86 1.61% 7 0.13% -631 -11.83% 5,332
Pulaski 1,474 46.79% 1,387 44.03% 27 0.86% 58 1.84% 204 6.48% 87 2.76% 3,150
Putnam 2,453 43.28% 2,965 52.31% 132 2.33% 86 1.52% 32 0.56% -512 -9.03% 5,668
Randolph 4,054 54.31% 2,682 35.93% 128 1.71% 525 7.03% 75 1.00% 1,372 18.38% 7,464
Ripley 2,686 49.88% 2,549 47.34% 67 1.24% 67 1.24% 16 0.30% 137 2.54% 5,385
Rush 2,950 51.22% 2,569 44.60% 57 0.99% 160 2.78% 24 0.42% 381 6.61% 5,760
St. Joseph 7,961 43.02% 9,709 52.47% 24 0.13% 436 2.36% 375 2.03% -1,748 -9.45% 18,505
Scott 802 41.99% 1,068 55.92% 4 0.21% 31 1.62% 5 0.26% -266 -13.93% 1,910
Shelby 3,201 42.90% 3,900 52.27% 81 1.09% 242 3.24% 37 0.50% -699 -9.37% 7,461
Spencer 2,560 50.34% 2,335 45.92% 50 0.98% 122 2.40% 18 0.35% 225 4.42% 5,085
Starke 1,550 52.21% 1,334 44.93% 44 1.48% 35 1.18% 6 0.20% 216 7.28% 2,969
Steuben 2,418 50.72% 1,427 29.93% 657 13.78% 255 5.35% 10 0.21% 991 20.79% 4,767
Sullivan 2,630 35.24% 3,880 51.99% 667 8.94% 205 2.75% 81 1.09% -1,250 -16.75% 7,463
Switzerland 1,214 44.05% 1,446 52.47% 36 1.31% 58 2.10% 2 0.07% -232 -8.42% 2,756
Tippecanoe 6,386 54.73% 4,918 42.15% 108 0.93% 208 1.78% 49 0.42% 1,468 12.58% 11,669
Tipton 2,166 45.32% 2,337 48.90% 62 1.30% 203 4.25% 11 0.23% -171 -3.58% 4,779
Union 997 52.95% 826 43.87% 19 1.01% 38 2.02% 3 0.16% 171 9.08% 1,883
Vanderburgh 9,966 47.52% 10,028 47.81% 717 3.42% 185 0.88% 77 0.37% -62 -0.30% 20,973
Vermillion 2,607 43.61% 2,343 39.19% 771 12.90% 133 2.22% 124 2.07% 264 4.42% 5,978
Vigo 8,934 39.71% 11,165 49.63% 1,677 7.45% 516 2.29% 204 0.91% -2,231 -9.92% 22,496
Wabash 3,849 50.37% 3,168 41.46% 277 3.63% 293 3.83% 54 0.71% 681 8.91% 7,641
Warren 1,823 61.67% 1,011 34.20% 45 1.52% 67 2.27% 10 0.34% 812 27.47% 2,956
Warrick 2,396 48.41% 2,244 45.34% 57 1.15% 88 1.78% 164 3.31% 152 3.07% 4,949
Washington 1,871 42.80% 2,414 55.23% 29 0.66% 48 1.10% 9 0.21% -543 -12.42% 4,371
Wayne 6,112 51.84% 5,007 42.46% 295 2.50% 303 2.57% 74 0.63% 1,105 9.37% 11,791
Wells 1,947 37.26% 2,928 56.03% 56 1.07% 285 5.45% 10 0.19% -981 -18.77% 5,226
White 2,442 50.66% 2,262 46.93% 35 0.73% 71 1.47% 10 0.21% 180 3.73% 4,820
Whitley 2,191 44.69% 2,510 51.19% 26 0.53% 170 3.47% 6 0.12% -319 -6.51% 4,903
Totals 341,005 47.44% 334,063 46.47% 21,855 3.04% 16,368 2.28% 5,557 0.77% 6,942 0.97% 718,848

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 343 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 352
  3. ^ Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. p. 37. ISBN 0786422173.
  4. ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results — Indiana". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  5. ^ Indiana Secretary of State, ‘Vote by Counties for Presidential Electors First Elector,’ Biennial Report of Homer L. Cook Secretary of State of the State of Indiana for the Fiscal Term Ending September 30, 1916 (Indianapolis, 1916)