1916 United States presidential election

The 1916 United States presidential election was the 34th election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 7, 1916. This election was between Incumbent President since 1913, Woodrow Wilson from New Jersey and former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from New York Charles E. Hughes. Wilson won the election by a close margin gaining 277 electoral votes. Charles E. Hughes got 254 electoral votes.

1916 United States presidential election

← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	61.8%[1] 2.8 pp
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Party Democratic Republican Home state New Jersey New York Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks Electoral vote 277 254 States carried 30 28 Popular vote 9,126,868 8,548,728 Percentage 49.2% 46.1%
File:ElectoralCollege1916.svg Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Wilson/Marshall, red denotes those won by Hughes/Fairbanks. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

This election was the closest for any President since the election of 1876 between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J, Tilden. If Hughes had won either California or Missouri, he would have become the 29th President.

Candidates

Republican Party

• Charles E. Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from New York (1910-1916) (Nominee)
• John W. Weeks, Senator from Massachusetts (1913-1919)
• Elihu Root, Former Senator from New York (1909-1915)
• Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909)
• Robert M. La Follette, Senator from Wisconsin (1906-1924)
• Albert M. Cummings, Senator from Iowa (1908-1926)
• Theodore Burton, Former Senator from Ohio (1909-1915)
• Charles W. Fairbanks. 26th Vice-President of the United States from Indiana (1905-1909) (Vice-Presidential Nominee)
• Martin G. Brumbaugh, Governor of Pennsylvania (1915-1919) (Favorite son Candidate)
• Lawrence Y. Sherman, Senator from Illinois (1913-1921) (Favorite son Candidate)
• Henry Ford, businessman, industrailist, peace activist, and philanthropist from Michigan (1891-1945) (Favorite son Candidate)

Democratic Party

• Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1913-1921) (Incumbent) (Nominee) (Unopposed)