1916 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1916 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and former New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes, over the Democratic nominee, President Woodrow Wilson. Hughes won Pennsylvania by a large margin of 14.04%.
With 56.26% of the vote, Pennsylvania would prove to be Hughes's third strongest state in terms of popular votes percentage after Vermont and neighboring New Jersey.[1] Wilson is one of three presidents (along with George W. Bush and Grover Cleveland) to win two terms without ever carrying the state, and the only Democrat to do so in consecutive elections (Cleveland won his terms in 1884 and 1892).
Results
[edit]1916 United States presidential in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 703,823 | 54.26% | 38 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 521,784 | 40.22% | 0 | |
Socialist | Allan Benson | 42,638 | 3.29% | 0 | |
Prohibition | James Hanly | 28,525 | 2.20% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 419 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,297,189 | 100.00% | 38 |
Results by County
[edit]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[3] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 3,290 | 43.76% | 3,963 | 52.71% | 82 | 1.09% | 184 | 2.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -673 | -8.95% | 7,519 |
Allegheny | 77,483 | 55.24% | 52,833 | 37.67% | 7,815 | 5.57% | 2,052 | 1.46% | 81 | 0.06% | 24,650 | 17.57% | 140,264 |
Armstrong | 6,024 | 58.51% | 3,590 | 34.87% | 316 | 3.07% | 364 | 3.54% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,434 | 23.64% | 10,296 |
Beaver | 6,864 | 48.67% | 5,805 | 41.16% | 904 | 6.41% | 526 | 3.73% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,059 | 7.51% | 14,103 |
Bedford | 3,729 | 50.79% | 3,263 | 44.44% | 238 | 3.24% | 112 | 1.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 466 | 6.35% | 7,342 |
Berks | 11,937 | 34.33% | 19,267 | 55.41% | 3,146 | 9.05% | 393 | 1.13% | 26 | 0.07% | -7,330 | -21.08% | 34,769 |
Blair | 9,893 | 55.16% | 7,002 | 39.04% | 491 | 2.74% | 519 | 2.89% | 30 | 0.17% | 2,891 | 16.12% | 17,935 |
Bradford | 6,178 | 57.51% | 3,655 | 34.03% | 200 | 1.86% | 707 | 6.58% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,523 | 23.49% | 10,742 |
Bucks | 9,269 | 53.97% | 7,491 | 43.62% | 238 | 1.39% | 172 | 1.00% | 4 | 0.02% | 1,778 | 10.35% | 17,174 |
Butler | 5,458 | 47.19% | 4,544 | 39.28% | 211 | 1.82% | 1,351 | 11.68% | 3 | 0.03% | 914 | 7.90% | 11,567 |
Cambria | 10,688 | 49.87% | 9,416 | 43.94% | 725 | 3.38% | 593 | 2.77% | 8 | 0.04% | 1,272 | 5.94% | 21,430 |
Cameron | 713 | 59.17% | 452 | 37.51% | 15 | 1.24% | 25 | 2.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 261 | 21.66% | 1,205 |
Carbon | 4,275 | 49.18% | 4,099 | 47.15% | 179 | 2.06% | 138 | 1.59% | 2 | 0.02% | 176 | 2.02% | 8,693 |
Centre | 4,392 | 50.02% | 4,120 | 46.92% | 122 | 1.39% | 146 | 1.66% | 1 | 0.01% | 272 | 3.10% | 8,781 |
Chester | 11,845 | 56.77% | 8,514 | 40.81% | 204 | 0.98% | 295 | 1.41% | 6 | 0.03% | 3,331 | 15.97% | 20,864 |
Clarion | 2,595 | 41.07% | 3,269 | 51.74% | 175 | 2.77% | 278 | 4.40% | 1 | 0.02% | -674 | -10.67% | 6,318 |
Clearfield | 5,676 | 42.68% | 6,180 | 46.47% | 816 | 6.14% | 624 | 4.69% | 3 | 0.02% | -504 | -3.79% | 13,299 |
Clinton | 2,794 | 45.14% | 2,967 | 47.93% | 344 | 5.56% | 82 | 1.32% | 3 | 0.05% | -173 | -2.79% | 6,190 |
Columbia | 3,013 | 32.80% | 5,785 | 62.97% | 116 | 1.26% | 272 | 2.96% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,772 | -30.17% | 9,187 |
Crawford | 5,487 | 44.18% | 5,814 | 46.81% | 526 | 4.24% | 590 | 4.75% | 3 | 0.02% | -327 | -2.63% | 12,420 |
Cumberland | 5,296 | 42.99% | 6,432 | 52.21% | 167 | 1.36% | 421 | 3.42% | 3 | 0.02% | -1,136 | -9.22% | 12,319 |
Dauphin | 13,954 | 52.16% | 11,483 | 42.92% | 841 | 3.14% | 470 | 1.76% | 4 | 0.01% | 2,471 | 9.24% | 26,752 |
Delaware | 16,315 | 65.96% | 7,742 | 31.30% | 212 | 0.86% | 464 | 1.88% | 1 | 0.00% | 8,573 | 34.66% | 24,734 |
Elk | 2,829 | 52.34% | 2,186 | 40.44% | 225 | 4.16% | 163 | 3.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 643 | 11.90% | 5,405 |
Erie | 8,933 | 43.30% | 9,641 | 46.73% | 1,000 | 4.85% | 1,035 | 5.02% | 21 | 0.10% | -708 | -3.43% | 20,630 |
Fayette | 9,838 | 45.70% | 10,416 | 48.38% | 849 | 3.94% | 425 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.00% | -578 | -2.68% | 21,529 |
Forest | 617 | 47.03% | 463 | 35.29% | 110 | 8.38% | 113 | 8.61% | 9 | 0.69% | 154 | 11.74% | 1,312 |
Franklin | 5,674 | 48.86% | 5,336 | 45.95% | 325 | 2.80% | 276 | 2.38% | 1 | 0.01% | 338 | 2.91% | 11,612 |
Fulton | 802 | 39.62% | 1,199 | 59.24% | 12 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | -397 | -19.61% | 2,024 |
Greene | 2,096 | 33.93% | 3,930 | 63.62% | 67 | 1.08% | 83 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,834 | -29.69% | 6,177 |
Huntingdon | 3,806 | 60.23% | 2,181 | 34.51% | 169 | 2.67% | 162 | 2.56% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,625 | 25.72% | 6,319 |
Indiana | 4,887 | 57.65% | 2,398 | 28.29% | 381 | 4.49% | 808 | 9.53% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,489 | 29.36% | 8,477 |
Jefferson | 4,332 | 51.74% | 3,253 | 38.85% | 445 | 5.31% | 341 | 4.07% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,079 | 12.89% | 8,373 |
Juniata | 1,254 | 44.66% | 1,497 | 53.31% | 32 | 1.14% | 24 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.04% | -243 | -8.65% | 2,808 |
Lackawanna | 17,658 | 50.80% | 15,727 | 45.25% | 598 | 1.72% | 764 | 2.20% | 11 | 0.03% | 1,931 | 5.56% | 34,758 |
Lancaster | 20,292 | 63.42% | 10,016 | 31.30% | 551 | 1.72% | 1,117 | 3.49% | 20 | 0.06% | 10,276 | 32.12% | 31,996 |
Lawrence | 5,134 | 49.44% | 3,966 | 38.19% | 602 | 5.80% | 680 | 6.55% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,168 | 11.25% | 10,385 |
Lebanon | 5,876 | 57.45% | 3,821 | 37.36% | 211 | 2.06% | 320 | 3.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,055 | 20.09% | 10,228 |
Lehigh | 10,588 | 44.67% | 11,920 | 50.29% | 890 | 3.75% | 300 | 1.27% | 4 | 0.02% | -1,332 | -5.62% | 23,702 |
Luzerne | 25,348 | 53.73% | 19,999 | 42.39% | 1,249 | 2.65% | 575 | 1.22% | 8 | 0.02% | 5,349 | 11.34% | 47,179 |
Lycoming | 6,010 | 41.53% | 6,640 | 45.88% | 1,087 | 7.51% | 728 | 5.03% | 8 | 0.06% | -630 | -4.35% | 14,473 |
McKean | 4,300 | 51.81% | 3,161 | 38.09% | 487 | 5.87% | 348 | 4.19% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,139 | 13.72% | 8,299 |
Mercer | 5,866 | 42.66% | 6,390 | 46.47% | 725 | 5.27% | 766 | 5.57% | 4 | 0.03% | -524 | -3.81% | 13,751 |
Mifflin | 2,105 | 47.38% | 1,965 | 44.23% | 277 | 6.23% | 95 | 2.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 140 | 3.15% | 4,443 |
Monroe | 1,456 | 29.80% | 3,348 | 68.52% | 17 | 0.35% | 65 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,892 | -38.72% | 4,886 |
Montgomery | 20,431 | 58.25% | 13,658 | 38.94% | 721 | 2.06% | 257 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.01% | 6,773 | 19.31% | 35,072 |
Montour | 1,068 | 40.11% | 1,530 | 57.45% | 16 | 0.60% | 48 | 1.80% | 1 | 0.04% | -462 | -17.35% | 2,663 |
Northampton | 9,610 | 44.37% | 11,000 | 50.79% | 457 | 2.11% | 588 | 2.71% | 4 | 0.02% | -1,390 | -6.42% | 21,659 |
Northumberland | 8,722 | 45.00% | 9,333 | 48.15% | 1,012 | 5.22% | 305 | 1.57% | 12 | 0.06% | -611 | -3.15% | 19,384 |
Perry | 2,575 | 51.46% | 2,348 | 46.92% | 30 | 0.60% | 50 | 1.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 227 | 4.54% | 5,004 |
Philadelphia | 194,163 | 66.81% | 90,800 | 31.25% | 4,716 | 1.62% | 874 | 0.30% | 48 | 0.02% | 103,363 | 35.57% | 290,601 |
Pike | 598 | 37.19% | 976 | 60.70% | 14 | 0.87% | 20 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -378 | -23.51% | 1,608 |
Potter | 2,386 | 52.54% | 1,733 | 38.16% | 243 | 5.35% | 179 | 3.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 653 | 14.38% | 4,541 |
Schuylkill | 17,806 | 55.03% | 13,396 | 41.40% | 909 | 2.81% | 239 | 0.74% | 7 | 0.02% | 4,410 | 13.63% | 32,357 |
Snyder | 1,797 | 57.74% | 1,247 | 40.07% | 48 | 1.54% | 20 | 0.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 550 | 17.67% | 3,112 |
Somerset | 6,008 | 61.31% | 2,957 | 30.17% | 527 | 5.38% | 306 | 3.12% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,051 | 31.13% | 9,800 |
Sullivan | 888 | 43.96% | 1,037 | 51.34% | 21 | 1.04% | 74 | 3.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -149 | -7.38% | 2,020 |
Susquehanna | 3,891 | 53.08% | 3,145 | 42.91% | 28 | 0.38% | 263 | 3.59% | 3 | 0.04% | 746 | 10.18% | 7,330 |
Tioga | 5,347 | 66.41% | 2,294 | 28.49% | 91 | 1.13% | 316 | 3.92% | 4 | 0.05% | 3,053 | 37.92% | 8,052 |
Union | 1,902 | 58.06% | 1,272 | 38.83% | 44 | 1.34% | 57 | 1.74% | 1 | 0.03% | 630 | 19.23% | 3,276 |
Venango | 3,856 | 40.98% | 3,938 | 41.85% | 553 | 5.88% | 1,060 | 11.26% | 3 | 0.03% | -82 | -0.87% | 9,410 |
Warren | 3,413 | 47.79% | 2,628 | 36.80% | 346 | 4.85% | 749 | 10.49% | 5 | 0.07% | 785 | 10.99% | 7,141 |
Washington | 10,367 | 52.47% | 7,747 | 39.21% | 1,056 | 5.34% | 587 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,620 | 13.26% | 19,759 |
Wayne | 2,869 | 55.84% | 2,019 | 39.30% | 52 | 1.01% | 197 | 3.83% | 1 | 0.02% | 850 | 16.54% | 5,138 |
Westmoreland | 15,283 | 46.68% | 13,829 | 42.24% | 2,591 | 7.91% | 1,017 | 3.11% | 17 | 0.05% | 1,454 | 4.44% | 32,737 |
Wyoming | 1,698 | 52.12% | 1,444 | 44.32% | 41 | 1.26% | 74 | 2.27% | 1 | 0.03% | 254 | 7.80% | 3,258 |
York | 12,276 | 40.12% | 16,314 | 53.32% | 730 | 2.39% | 1,268 | 4.14% | 10 | 0.03% | -4,038 | -13.20% | 30,598 |
Totals | 703,823 | 54.26% | 521,784 | 40.22% | 42,638 | 3.29% | 28,525 | 2.20% | 419 | 0.03% | 182,039 | 14.03% | 1,297,189 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ David Leip. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ Smull's Legislative Handbook and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania 1917 (Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, 1917); ‘Official Vote of Pennsylvania for Presidential Electors, November 7, 1916,’