1916 United States presidential election in Iowa

Summary

The 1916 United States presidential election in Iowa 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 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1916 United States presidential election in Iowa

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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 13 0
Popular vote 280,439 221,699
Percentage 54.25% 42.89%

County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Iowa was won by Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. They defeated Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.

Hughes won the state by a margin of 11.36%.

With 54.25% of the vote, Iowa would prove to be Hughes' fourth strongest state in terms of popular votes percentage after Vermont, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.[1]

This election was won of only three elections in the state’s history that it voted against the winning incumbent as Woodrow Wilson was the first presidential incumbent to secure a second consecutive term in office without carrying the state until FDR in 1940 who lost it in his third and then fourth presidential victory in 1944. They are currently the only Presidents in history to have carried the state upon winning the White House and lost it upon winning re-election.

Results edit

1916 United States presidential election in Iowa[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Charles Evans Hughes of New York Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana 280,439 54.25% 13 100.00%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 221,699 42.89% 0 0.00%
Socialist Allan Louis Benson of New York George Ross Kirkpatrick of New Jersey 10,976 2.12% 0 0.00%
Prohibition James Franklin Hanly of Indiana Ira Landrith of Tennessee 3,371 0.65% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer of Massachusetts Caleb Harrison of Illinois 459 0.09% 0 0.00%
Total 516,944 100.00% 13 100.00%

Results by county edit

County[3] 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
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,922 53.87% 1,619 45.38% 17 0.48% 10 0.28% 0 0.00% 303 8.49% 3,568
Adams 1,401 50.20% 1,365 48.91% 16 0.57% 9 0.32% 0 0.00% 36 1.29% 2,791
Allamakee 2,411 57.97% 1,714 41.21% 24 0.58% 8 0.19% 2 0.05% 697 16.76% 4,159
Appanoose 3,327 52.43% 2,510 39.55% 461 7.26% 32 0.50% 16 0.25% 817 12.87% 6,346
Audubon 1,581 55.61% 1,247 43.86% 7 0.25% 6 0.21% 2 0.07% 334 11.75% 2,843
Benton 3,189 54.16% 2,556 43.41% 106 1.80% 29 0.49% 8 0.14% 633 10.75% 5,888
Black Hawk 6,742 59.34% 4,270 37.58% 247 2.17% 79 0.70% 23 0.20% 2,472 21.76% 11,361
Boone 2,955 52.41% 2,338 41.47% 256 4.54% 70 1.24% 19 0.34% 617 10.94% 5,638
Bremer 2,684 69.77% 1,132 29.43% 19 0.49% 11 0.29% 1 0.03% 1,552 40.34% 3,847
Buchanan 3,000 61.79% 1,808 37.24% 23 0.47% 24 0.49% 0 0.00% 1,192 24.55% 4,855
Buena Vista 2,045 57.38% 1,454 40.80% 48 1.35% 17 0.48% 0 0.00% 591 16.58% 3,564
Butler 2,722 72.45% 977 26.00% 40 1.06% 18 0.48% 0 0.00% 1,745 46.45% 3,757
Calhoun 2,276 58.34% 1,515 38.84% 66 1.69% 42 1.08% 2 0.05% 761 19.51% 3,901
Carroll 2,408 53.10% 2,085 45.98% 18 0.40% 22 0.49% 2 0.04% 323 7.12% 4,535
Cass 2,763 59.75% 1,801 38.95% 51 1.10% 8 0.17% 1 0.02% 962 20.80% 4,624
Cedar 2,862 63.56% 1,595 35.42% 30 0.67% 14 0.31% 2 0.04% 1,267 28.14% 4,503
Cerro Gordo 3,556 59.28% 2,289 38.16% 105 1.75% 49 0.82% 0 0.00% 1,267 21.12% 5,999
Cherokee 1,578 48.26% 1,646 50.34% 22 0.67% 24 0.73% 0 0.00% -68 -2.08% 3,270
Chickasaw 1,999 53.61% 1,697 45.51% 20 0.54% 13 0.35% 0 0.00% 302 8.10% 3,729
Clarke 1,507 55.10% 1,175 42.96% 19 0.69% 33 1.21% 1 0.04% 332 12.14% 2,735
Clay 1,649 55.41% 1,234 41.47% 75 2.52% 17 0.57% 1 0.03% 415 13.94% 2,976
Clayton 3,347 57.54% 2,379 40.90% 72 1.24% 17 0.29% 2 0.03% 968 16.64% 5,817
Clinton 5,576 56.61% 3,903 39.62% 291 2.95% 69 0.70% 11 0.11% 1,673 16.98% 9,850
Crawford 2,756 58.27% 1,919 40.57% 44 0.93% 11 0.23% 0 0.00% 837 17.70% 4,730
Dallas 2,900 52.37% 2,495 45.05% 95 1.72% 40 0.72% 8 0.14% 405 7.31% 5,538
Davis 1,476 44.14% 1,811 54.16% 39 1.17% 18 0.54% 0 0.00% -335 -10.02% 3,344
Decatur 1,962 47.45% 2,111 51.05% 36 0.87% 24 0.58% 2 0.05% -149 -3.60% 4,135
Delaware 2,827 66.78% 1,332 31.47% 49 1.16% 22 0.52% 3 0.07% 1,495 35.32% 4,233
Des Moines 4,132 49.51% 3,827 45.86% 292 3.50% 73 0.87% 21 0.25% 305 3.65% 8,345
Dickinson 1,249 57.24% 893 40.93% 35 1.60% 5 0.23% 0 0.00% 356 16.32% 2,182
Dubuque 5,772 47.22% 6,063 49.60% 372 3.04% 11 0.09% 5 0.04% -291 -2.38% 12,223
Emmet 1,409 62.37% 809 35.81% 34 1.51% 7 0.31% 0 0.00% 600 26.56% 2,259
Fayette 3,872 60.81% 2,311 36.30% 140 2.20% 39 0.61% 5 0.08% 1,561 24.52% 6,367
Floyd 2,691 66.10% 1,250 30.70% 99 2.43% 25 0.61% 6 0.15% 1,441 35.40% 4,071
Franklin 2,464 77.24% 691 21.66% 22 0.69% 11 0.34% 2 0.06% 1,773 55.58% 3,190
Fremont 1,732 44.38% 2,085 53.42% 45 1.15% 35 0.90% 6 0.15% -353 -9.04% 3,903
Greene 2,345 60.85% 1,455 37.75% 8 0.21% 41 1.06% 5 0.13% 890 23.09% 3,854
Grundy 2,127 67.23% 1,015 32.08% 14 0.44% 6 0.19% 2 0.06% 1,112 35.15% 3,164
Guthrie 2,316 55.30% 1,805 43.10% 37 0.88% 28 0.67% 2 0.05% 511 12.20% 4,188
Hamilton 3,037 70.94% 1,125 26.28% 78 1.82% 39 0.91% 2 0.05% 1,912 44.66% 4,281
Hancock 1,726 64.43% 913 34.08% 24 0.90% 15 0.56% 1 0.04% 813 30.35% 2,679
Hardin 3,335 67.72% 1,481 30.07% 46 0.93% 56 1.14% 7 0.14% 1,854 37.64% 4,925
Harrison 2,610 45.88% 2,932 51.54% 96 1.69% 49 0.86% 2 0.04% -322 -5.66% 5,689
Henry 2,470 57.99% 1,728 40.57% 24 0.56% 31 0.73% 6 0.14% 742 17.42% 4,259
Howard 1,562 48.86% 1,560 48.80% 34 1.06% 38 1.19% 3 0.09% 2 0.06% 3,197
Humboldt 1,676 66.69% 809 32.19% 20 0.80% 8 0.32% 0 0.00% 867 34.50% 2,513
Ida 1,412 51.12% 1,244 45.04% 92 3.33% 14 0.51% 0 0.00% 168 6.08% 2,762
Iowa 2,484 57.90% 1,763 41.10% 18 0.42% 23 0.54% 2 0.05% 721 16.81% 4,290
Jackson 2,533 52.63% 2,186 45.42% 66 1.37% 22 0.46% 6 0.12% 347 7.21% 4,813
Jasper 3,092 47.08% 3,282 49.97% 141 2.15% 48 0.73% 5 0.08% -190 -2.89% 6,568
Jefferson 2,167 54.61% 1,734 43.70% 29 0.73% 37 0.93% 1 0.03% 433 10.91% 3,968
Johnson 2,704 42.23% 3,650 57.00% 32 0.50% 15 0.23% 2 0.03% -946 -14.77% 6,403
Jones 2,848 58.62% 1,966 40.47% 26 0.54% 18 0.37% 0 0.00% 882 18.16% 4,858
Keokuk 2,822 52.18% 2,486 45.97% 51 0.94% 48 0.89% 1 0.02% 336 6.21% 5,408
Kossuth 2,647 59.63% 1,748 39.38% 26 0.59% 16 0.36% 2 0.05% 899 20.25% 4,439
Lee 4,395 51.18% 3,993 46.50% 139 1.62% 49 0.57% 11 0.13% 402 4.68% 8,587
Linn 8,212 55.67% 6,131 41.56% 278 1.88% 119 0.81% 11 0.07% 2,081 14.11% 14,751
Louisa 1,876 62.26% 1,081 35.88% 37 1.23% 16 0.53% 3 0.10% 795 26.39% 3,013
Lucas 1,672 47.91% 1,536 44.01% 234 6.70% 40 1.15% 8 0.23% 136 3.90% 3,490
Lyon 1,760 59.78% 1,137 38.62% 46 1.56% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 623 21.16% 2,944
Madison 1,871 51.26% 1,711 46.88% 25 0.68% 39 1.07% 4 0.11% 160 4.38% 3,650
Mahaska 3,143 48.14% 3,151 48.26% 98 1.50% 133 2.04% 4 0.06% -8 -0.12% 6,529
Marion 2,459 42.90% 3,094 53.98% 145 2.53% 31 0.54% 3 0.05% -635 -11.08% 5,732
Marshall 4,172 60.32% 2,414 34.90% 224 3.24% 101 1.46% 5 0.07% 1,758 25.42% 6,916
Mills 1,707 50.58% 1,600 47.41% 38 1.13% 27 0.80% 3 0.09% 107 3.17% 3,375
Mitchell 1,963 64.38% 1,033 33.88% 37 1.21% 16 0.52% 0 0.00% 930 30.50% 3,049
Monona 1,777 47.87% 1,910 51.45% 25 0.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -133 -3.58% 3,712
Monroe 2,144 45.15% 2,095 44.11% 451 9.50% 47 0.99% 12 0.25% 49 1.03% 4,749
Montgomery 2,333 60.33% 1,431 37.01% 82 2.12% 18 0.47% 3 0.08% 902 23.33% 3,867
Muscatine 3,929 54.25% 2,694 37.20% 573 7.91% 34 0.47% 12 0.17% 1,235 17.05% 7,242
O'Brien 2,021 52.53% 1,787 46.45% 29 0.75% 10 0.26% 0 0.00% 234 6.08% 3,847
Osceola 1,258 58.05% 874 40.33% 28 1.29% 7 0.32% 0 0.00% 384 17.72% 2,167
Page 2,993 60.87% 1,747 35.53% 106 2.16% 68 1.38% 3 0.06% 1,246 25.34% 4,917
Palo Alto 1,594 48.49% 1,630 49.59% 40 1.22% 22 0.67% 1 0.03% -36 -1.10% 3,287
Plymouth 2,666 53.14% 2,258 45.01% 30 0.60% 62 1.24% 1 0.02% 408 8.13% 5,017
Pocahontas 1,808 51.29% 1,658 47.04% 37 1.05% 18 0.51% 4 0.11% 150 4.26% 3,525
Polk 11,295 45.81% 12,327 50.00% 764 3.10% 211 0.86% 59 0.24% -1,032 -4.19% 24,656
Pottawattamie 5,992 47.83% 6,263 49.99% 187 1.49% 78 0.62% 9 0.07% -271 -2.16% 12,529
Poweshiek 2,748 57.39% 1,880 39.26% 99 2.07% 61 1.27% 0 0.00% 868 18.13% 4,788
Ringgold 1,733 55.46% 1,351 43.23% 25 0.80% 15 0.48% 1 0.03% 382 12.22% 3,125
Sac 2,057 55.03% 1,629 43.58% 35 0.94% 16 0.43% 1 0.03% 428 11.45% 3,738
Scott 8,329 56.39% 5,212 35.29% 1,143 7.74% 40 0.27% 46 0.31% 3,117 21.10% 14,770
Shelby 1,898 47.50% 2,060 51.55% 25 0.63% 12 0.30% 1 0.03% -162 -4.05% 3,996
Sioux 2,261 51.89% 2,049 47.03% 37 0.85% 7 0.16% 3 0.07% 212 4.87% 4,357
Story 3,722 66.18% 1,772 31.51% 49 0.87% 76 1.35% 5 0.09% 1,950 34.67% 5,624
Tama 3,061 53.37% 2,572 44.85% 57 0.99% 40 0.70% 5 0.09% 489 8.53% 5,735
Taylor 2,219 54.70% 1,775 43.75% 44 1.08% 18 0.44% 1 0.02% 444 10.94% 4,057
Union 2,050 49.95% 1,985 48.37% 30 0.73% 37 0.90% 2 0.05% 65 1.58% 4,104
Van Buren 1,994 52.52% 1,735 45.69% 32 0.84% 32 0.84% 4 0.11% 259 6.82% 3,797
Wapello 4,398 47.65% 3,994 43.28% 786 8.52% 41 0.44% 10 0.11% 404 4.38% 9,229
Warren 2,182 52.21% 1,910 45.70% 30 0.72% 55 1.32% 2 0.05% 272 6.51% 4,179
Washington 2,745 55.31% 2,139 43.10% 34 0.69% 44 0.89% 1 0.02% 606 12.21% 4,963
Wayne 1,936 48.68% 1,935 48.65% 71 1.79% 32 0.80% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% 3,977
Webster 3,917 53.50% 3,196 43.66% 151 2.06% 52 0.71% 5 0.07% 721 9.85% 7,321
Winnebago 1,713 72.92% 584 24.86% 23 0.98% 29 1.23% 0 0.00% 1,129 48.06% 2,349
Winneshiek 2,876 57.87% 1,956 39.36% 121 2.43% 15 0.30% 2 0.04% 920 18.51% 4,970
Woodbury 5,735 38.61% 8,819 59.38% 212 1.43% 79 0.53% 8 0.05% -3,084 -20.76% 14,853
Worth 1,463 70.44% 566 27.25% 34 1.64% 12 0.58% 2 0.10% 897 43.19% 2,077
Wright 2,599 68.22% 1,135 29.79% 65 1.71% 11 0.29% 0 0.00% 1,464 38.43% 3,810
Soldier's Vote 1,108 49.44% 1,102 49.17% 23 1.03% 6 0.27% 2 0.09% 6 0.27% 2,241
Totals 280,439 54.25% 221,699 42.89% 10,976 2.12% 3,371 0.65% 459 0.09% 58,740 11.36% 516,944

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Iowa Secretary of State; ‘General Election Comparative Vote Cast for President at General Election of 1916 and 1912 by Counties Official Canvass’; State of Iowa 1917-18 Official Register