1916 United States presidential election in Arkansas explained
See main article: 1916 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1916 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Flag Year: | 1913 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
| Previous Year: | 1912 |
| Next Election: | 1920 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
| Next Year: | 1920 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1916 |
| Image1: | Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New Jersey |
| Running Mate1: | Thomas R. Marshall |
| Electoral Vote1: | 9 |
| Popular Vote1: | 112,189 |
| Percentage1: | 66.64% |
| Nominee2: | Charles Evans Hughes |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Charles W. Fairbanks |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 47,153 |
| Percentage2: | 28.01% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President |
| Before Election: | Woodrow Wilson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Woodrow Wilson |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1916 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Except for the Unionist Ozark counties of Newton and Searcy where Republicans controlled local government, Arkansas since the end of Reconstruction had been a classic one-party Democratic “Solid South” state.[1] Disfranchisement during the 1890s of effectively all black people and most poor white people had meant that outside those two aberrant counties, the Republican Party was completely moribund and Democratic primaries the only competitive elections. Although the northwest of the state was to develop a strong Socialist Party movement that served as a swing vote in county elections,[2] political repression[3] and internal party divisions[4] diminished that party's strength substantially.
The Democratic Party, under the influence of future federal Senate Minority and Majority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson and demagogic Governor and Senator Jeff Davis, was to make many familiar progressive changes in railroad regulation and child labor,[5] but under the administration of George W. Donaghey – who saw his administration and Democratic primary candidacy as a fight against the “Davis Machine”[6] – more rapid development occurred, especially in abolishing convict leasing and improving bank regulation.[7]
Results
Results by county
| 60|}| 3.35%| | 506| | 28.24%| | 1,792|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Ashley| | 1,519| | 74.94%| | 463| | 22.84%|}| 45|}| 2.22%| | 1,056| | 52.43%| | 2,027|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Baxter| | 914| | 68.88%| | 318| | 23.96%|}| 95|}| 7.16%| | 596| | 44.91%| | 1,327|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Benton| | 3,105| | 66.49%| | 1,292| | 27.67%|}| 273|}| 5.85%| | 1,813| | 38.82%| | 4,670|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Boone| | 1,411| | 66.56%| | 598| | 28.21%|}| 111|}| 5.24%| | 813| | 38.35%| | 2,120|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Bradley| | 1,159| | 73.40%| | 314| | 19.89%|}| 106|}| 6.71%| | 845| | 53.51%| | 1,579|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Calhoun| | 914| | 72.25%| | 275| | 21.74%|}| 76|}| 6.01%| | 639| | 50.51%| | 1,265|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Carroll| | 1,512| | 56.71%| | 1,034| | 38.78%|}| 120|}| 4.50%| | 478| | 17.93%| | 2,666|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Chicot| | 560| | 52.43%| | 472| | 44.19%|}| 36|}| 3.37%| | 88| | 8.24%| | 1,068|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Clark| | 1,975| | 69.35%| | 824| | 28.93%|}| 49|}| 1.72%| | 1,151| | 40.41%| | 2,848|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Clay| | 1,949| | 62.99%| | 972| | 31.42%|}| 173|}| 5.59%| | 977| | 31.58%| | 3,094|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Cleburne| | 865| | 67.00%| | 271| | 20.99%|}| 155|}| 12.01%| | 594| | 46.01%| | 1,291|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Cleveland| | 1,128| | 81.74%| | 230| | 16.67%|}| 22| | 1.59%| | 898| | 65.07%| | 1,380|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Columbia| | 2,074| | 73.44%| | 720| | 25.50%| | 30| | 1.06%| | 1,354| | 47.95%| | 2,824|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Conway| | 1,400| | 55.69%| | 1,030| | 40.97%| | 84| | 3.34%| | 370| | 14.72%| | 2,514|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Craighead| | 1,957| | 73.02%| | 543| | 20.26%| | 180| | 6.72%| | 1,414| | 52.76%| | 2,680|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Crawford| | 1,622| | 55.53%| | 1,195| | 40.91%| | 104| | 3.56%| | 427| | 14.62%| | 2,921|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Crittenden| | 562| | 84.89%| | 91| | 13.75%| | 9| | 1.36%| | 471| | 71.15%| | 662|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Cross| | 927| | 73.98%| | 252| | 20.11%| | 74| | 5.91%| | 675| | 53.87%| | 1,253|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Dallas| | 1,150| | 66.05%| | 524| | 30.10%| | 67| | 3.85%| | 626| | 35.96%| | 1,741|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Desha| | 960| | 71.11%| | 369| | 27.33%| | 21| | 1.56%| | 591| | 43.78%| | 1,350|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Drew| | 1,627| | 64.79%| | 836| | 33.29%| | 48| | 1.91%| | 791| | 31.50%| | 2,511|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Faulkner| | 2,031| | 66.94%| | 817| | 26.93%| | 186| | 6.13%| | 1,214| | 40.01%| | 3,034|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Franklin| | 1,679| | 69.35%| | 586| | 24.20%| | 156| | 6.44%| | 1,093| | 45.15%| | 2,421|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Fulton| | 1,094| | 67.36%| | 388| | 23.89%| | 142| | 8.74%| | 706| | 43.47%| | 1,624|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Garland| | 1,670| | 57.57%| | 1,055| | 36.37%| | 176| | 6.07%| | 615| | 21.20%| | 2,901|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Grant| | 957| | 80.96%| | 188| | 15.91%| | 37| | 3.13%| | 769| | 65.06%| | 1,182|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Greene| | 2,292| | 78.01%| | 529| | 18.01%| | 117| | 3.98%| | 1,763| | 60.01%| | 2,938|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Hempstead| | 2,089| | 59.40%| | 1,225| | 34.83%| | 203| | 5.77%| | 864| | 24.57%| | 3,517|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Hot Spring| | 1,429| | 66.56%| | 625| | 29.11%| | 93| | 4.33%| | 804| | 37.45%| | 2,147|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Howard| | 1,316| | 67.66%| | 545| | 28.02%| | 84| | 4.32%| | 771| | 39.64%| | 1,945|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Independence| | 1,987| | 68.35%| | 762| | 26.21%| | 158| | 5.44%| | 1,225| | 42.14%| | 2,907|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Izard| | 1,267| | 79.74%| | 285| | 17.94%| | 37| | 2.33%| | 982| | 61.80%| | 1,589|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Jackson| | 1,351| | 66.91%| | 473| | 23.43%| | 195| | 9.66%| | 878| | 43.49%| | 2,019|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Jefferson| | 2,173| | 68.18%| | 921| | 28.90%| | 93| | 2.92%| | 1,252| | 39.28%| | 3,187|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Johnson| | 1,479| | 65.91%| | 573| | 25.53%| | 192| | 8.56%| | 906| | 40.37%| | 2,244|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Lafayette| | 891| | 69.77%| | 368| | 28.82%| | 18| | 1.41%| | 523| | 40.96%| | 1,277|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Lawrence| | 1,706| | 81.05%| | 298| | 14.16%| | 101| | 4.80%| | 1,408| | 66.89%| | 2,105|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Lee| | 848| | 70.02%| | 353| | 29.15%| | 10| | 0.83%| | 495| | 40.88%| | 1,211|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Lincoln| | 887| | 65.70%| | 448| | 33.19%| | 15| | 1.11%| | 439| | 32.52%| | 1,350|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Little River| | 843| | 65.50%| | 363| | 28.21%| | 81| | 6.29%| | 480| | 37.30%| | 1,287|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Logan| | 2,015| | 59.88%| | 1,185| | 35.22%| | 165| | 4.90%| | 830| | 24.67%| | 3,365|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Lonoke| | 2,178| | 77.87%| | 515| | 18.41%| | 104| | 3.72%| | 1,663| | 59.46%| | 2,797|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Madison| | 1,456| | 50.38%| | 1,332| | 46.09%| | 102| | 3.53%| | 124| | 4.29%| | 2,890|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Marion| | 781| | 63.34%| | 274| | 22.22%| | 178| | 14.44%| | 507| | 41.12%| | 1,233|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Miller| | 1,418| | 73.36%| | 402| | 20.80%| | 113| | 5.85%| | 1,016| | 52.56%| | 1,933|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Mississippi| | 1,249| | 68.89%| | 417| | 23.00%| | 147| | 8.11%| | 832| | 45.89%| | 1,813|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Monroe| | 741| | 57.35%| | 508| | 39.32%| | 43| | 3.33%| | 233| | 18.03%| | 1,292|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Montgomery| | 939| | 58.91%| | 432| | 27.10%| | 223| | 13.99%| | 507| | 31.81%| | 1,594|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Nevada| | 1,376| | 63.62%| | 651| | 30.10%| | 136| | 6.29%| | 725| | 33.52%| | 2,163|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Newton| | 550| | 41.23%| | 675| | 50.60%| | 109| | 8.17%| | -125| | -9.37%| | 1,334|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Ouachita| | 1,390| | 58.01%| | 970| | 40.48%| | 36| | 1.50%| | 420| | 17.53%| | 2,396|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Perry| | 973| | 65.04%| | 435| | 29.08%| | 88| | 5.88%| | 538| | 35.96%| | 1,496|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Phillips| | 1,466| | 71.90%| | 552| | 27.07%| | 21| | 1.03%| | 914| | 44.83%| | 2,039|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Pike| | 1,178| | 64.16%| | 605| | 32.95%| | 53| | 2.89%| | 573| | 31.21%| | 1,836|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Poinsett| | 1,174| | 67.90%| | 511| | 29.55%| | 44| | 2.54%| | 663| | 38.35%| | 1,729|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Polk| | 1,242| | 66.03%| | 443| | 23.55%| | 196| | 10.42%| | 799| | 42.48%| | 1,881|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Pope| | 2,145| | 70.37%| | 783| | 25.69%| | 120| | 3.94%| | 1,362| | 44.69%| | 3,048|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Prairie| | 1,061| | 59.27%| | 654| | 36.54%| | 75| | 4.19%| | 407| | 22.74%| | 1,790|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Pulaski| | 6,008| | 65.26%| | 2,593| | 28.17%| | 605| | 6.57%| | 3,415| | 37.10%| | 9,206|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Randolph| | 1,553| | 74.66%| | 458| | 22.02%| | 69| | 3.32%| | 1,095| | 52.64%| | 2,080|- style="text-align:center;"| |
St. Francis| | 960| | 67.56%| | 395| | 27.80%| | 66| | 4.64%| | 565| | 39.76%| | 1,421|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Saline| | 1,567| | 81.11%| | 231| | 11.96%| | 134| | 6.94%| | 1,336| | 69.15%| | 1,932|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Scott| | 1,365| | 68.15%| | 487| | 24.31%| | 151| | 7.54%| | 878| | 43.83%| | 2,003|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Searcy| | 629| | 37.62%| | 919| | 54.96%| | 124| | 7.42%| | -290| | -17.34%| | 1,672|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Sebastian| | 3,719| | 68.14%| | 1,366| | 25.03%| | 373| | 6.83%| | 2,353| | 43.11%| | 5,458|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Sevier| | 1,265| | 73.38%| | 240| | 13.92%| | 219| | 12.70%| | 1,025| | 59.45%| | 1,724|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Sharp| | 972| | 73.58%| | 251| | 19.00%| | 98| | 7.42%| | 721| | 54.58%| | 1,321|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Stone| | 682| | 64.40%| | 298| | 28.14%| | 79| | 7.46%| | 384| | 36.26%| | 1,059|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Union| | 1,691| | 77.21%| | 273| | 12.47%| | 226| | 10.32%| | 1,418| | 64.75%| | 2,190|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Van Buren| | 1,272| | 60.26%| | 742| | 35.15%| | 97| | 4.59%| | 530| | 25.11%| | 2,111|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Washington| | 2,922| | 61.23%| | 1,625| | 34.05%| | 225| | 4.72%| | 1,297| | 27.18%| | 4,772|- style="text-align:center;"| |
White| | 2,820| | 74.27%| | 673| | 17.72%| | 304| | 8.01%| | 2,147| | 56.54%| | 3,797|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Woodruff| | 935| | 66.36%| | 438| | 31.09%| | 36| | 2.56%| | 497| | 35.27%| | 1,409|- style="text-align:center;"| |
Yell| | 2,099| | 67.67%| | 782| | 25.21%| | 221| | 7.12%| | 1,317| | 42.46%| | 3,102|- style="text-align:center;"!Totals!!112,189!!66.64%!!47,153!!28.01%!!8,999!!5.35%!!65,036!!38.63%!!168,341|}
See also
Notes and References
- See Book: Urwin, Cathy Kunzinger. Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71. 32. 1557282005.
- Book: Reed, Roy. Faubus: the Life and Times of American Prodigal. 32. 1610751485.
- Book: Green, James R.. Apocalypse and the Millennium in the American Civil War Era: Radical Movements in the Southwest, 1895-1943. 316–318. 0807107735.
- Reed. Faubus, p. 33
- Book: Moneyhon, Carl H.. Arkansas and the New South: 1874-1929. 121. 1610750284.
- Moneyhon. Arkansas and the New South, p. 122
- Book: Whayne. Jeannie M.. DeBlack. Thomas A.. Sabo. George. Arnold. Morris S.. Arkansas: A Narrative History. 302. 155728993X.
- Book: Robinson, Edgar Eugene. The Presidential Vote 1896-1932. 139–145. 9780804716963.
