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. 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 percentage points.
With 56.26% of the vote, Pennsylvania would proved to be Hughes' third strongest state in terms of popular votes percentage after Vermont and neighboring New Jersey.[1]
Results[edit]
| United States presidential in Pennsylvania, 1916[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 703,823 | 54.26% | 38 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 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]
| 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] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
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 |
References[edit]
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^ David Leip. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
^ 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,’
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