1916 United States presidential election in Georgia explained

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Election Name:	1916 United States presidential election in Georgia
Country:	Georgia (U.S. state)
Flag Year:	1906
Type:	presidential
Vote Type:	Popular
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1912 United States presidential election in Georgia
Previous Year:	1912
Next Election:	1920 United States presidential election in Georgia
Next Year:	1920
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:	14
Popular Vote1:	127,754
Percentage1:	79.51%
Nominee2:	No candidate
Party2:	Progressive
Color2:	A2ED70
Home State2:	N/A
Running Mate2:	John M. Parker
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	20,692
Percentage2:	12.88%
Image3:	Governor Charles Evans Hughes (cropped).jpg
Nominee3:	Charles Evans Hughes
Party3:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State3:	New York
Running Mate3:	Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral Vote3:	0
Popular Vote3:	11,294
Percentage3:	7.03%
Map Size:	x300px
President
Before Election:	Woodrow Wilson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
Posttitle:	Elected President
After Election:	Woodrow Wilson
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1916 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,^[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.^[2]

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Georgia^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson (incumbent)	127,754	79.51%	14
	Progressive	No candidate	20,692	12.88%	0
	Republican	Charles E. Hughes	11,294	7.03%	0
	Socialist	Allan Benson	941	0.59%	0

Results by county

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		Charles Evans Hughes Republican		No candidate Progressive "Bull Moose"		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
		%		%		%		%
	Appling		413		71.95%		44		7.67%		117		20.38%		296		51.57%		574
	Bacon		287		86.19%		46		13.81%		0		0.00%		241		72.37%		333
	Baker		435		82.23%		0		0.00%		94		17.77%		341		64.46%		529
	Baldwin		579		84.40%		65		9.48%		42		6.12%		514		74.93%		686
	Banks		989		80.21%		126		10.22%		118		9.57%		863		69.99%		1,233
	Barrow		712		74.01%		148		15.38%		102		10.60%		564		58.63%		962
	Bartow		1,325		76.02%		92		5.28%		326		18.70%		999		57.31%		1,743
	Ben Hill		627		81.53%		8		1.04%		134		17.43%		493		64.11%		769
	Berrien		2,102		96.29%		32		1.47%		49		2.24%		2,053		94.04%		2,183
	Bibb		2,048		88.77%		201		8.71%		58		2.51%		1,847		80.06%		2,307
	Bleckley		362		94.76%		6		1.57%		14		3.66%		348		91.10%		382
	Brooks		969		88.33%		103		9.39%		25		2.28%		866		78.94%		1,097
	Bryan		295		91.90%		17		5.30%		9		2.80%		278		86.60%		321
	Bulloch		1,410		92.40%		29		1.90%		87		5.70%		1,323		86.70%		1,526
	Burke		673		95.33%		19		2.69%		14		1.98%		654		92.63%		706
	Butts		595		88.28%		52		7.72%		27		4.01%		543		80.56%		674
	Calhoun		265		96.01%		9		3.26%		2		0.72%		256		92.75%		276
	Camden		251		96.91%		4		1.54%		4		1.54%		247		95.37%		259
	Campbell		508		78.03%		77		11.83%		66		10.14%		431		66.21%		651
	Candler		442		94.04%		0		0.00%		28		5.96%		414		88.09%		470
	Carroll		1,621		75.33%		118		5.48%		413		19.19%		1,208		56.13%		2,152
	Catoosa		624		72.06%		32		3.70%		210		24.25%		414		47.81%		866
	Charlton		169		72.84%		52		22.41%		11		4.74%		117		50.43%		232
	Chatham		3,797		79.42%		368		7.70%		616		12.88%		3,181		66.53%		4,781
	Chattahoochee		156		94.55%		5		3.03%		4		2.42%		151		91.52%		165
	Chattooga		1,006		79.46%		20		1.58%		240		18.96%		766		60.51%		1,266
	Cherokee		855		53.17%		292		18.16%		461		28.67%		394		24.50%		1,608
	Clarke		1,036		87.80%		113		9.58%		31		2.63%		923		78.22%		1,180
	Clay		225		92.21%		9		3.69%		10		4.10%		215		88.11%		244
	Clayton		517		86.89%		3		0.50%		75		12.61%		442		74.29%		595
	Clinch		374		85.98%		53		12.18%		8		1.84%		321		73.79%		435
	Cobb		1,750		75.40%		137		5.90%		434		18.70%		1,316		56.70%		2,321
	Coffee		2,091		93.35%		120		5.36%		29		1.29%		1,971		87.99%		2,240
	Colquitt		1,305		85.35%		53		3.47%		171		11.18%		1,134		74.17%		1,529
	Columbia		521		95.60%		6		1.10%		18		3.30%		503		92.29%		545
	Coweta		1,179		91.40%		85		6.59%		26		2.02%		1,094		84.81%		1,290
	Crawford		411		98.56%		2		0.48%		4		0.96%		407		97.60%		417
	Crisp		577		84.73%		4		0.59%		100		14.68%		477		70.04%		681
	Dade		616		88.89%		25		3.61%		52		7.50%		564		81.39%		693
	Dawson		440		59.30%		273		36.79%		29		3.91%		167		22.51%		742
	Decatur		1,147		88.37%		35		2.70%		116		8.94%		1,031		79.43%		1,298
	DeKalb		1,690		88.99%		12		0.63%		197		10.37%		1,493		78.62%		1,899
	Dodge		788		88.84%		64		7.22%		35		3.95%		724		81.62%		887
	Dooly		737		95.96%		0		0.00%		31		4.04%		706		91.93%		768
	Dougherty		836		93.93%		37		4.16%		17		1.91%		799		89.78%		890
	Douglas		416		74.95%		61		10.99%		78		14.05%		338		60.90%		555
	Early		442		97.14%		4		0.88%		9		1.98%		433		95.16%		455
	Echols		173		100.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		173		100.00%		173
	Effingham		450		86.21%		8		1.53%		64		12.26%		386		73.95%		522
	Elbert		1,756		90.56%		0		0.00%		183		9.44%		1,573		81.12%		1,939
	Emanuel		1,500		83.61%		28		1.56%		266		14.83%		1,234		68.78%		1,794
	Evans		334		78.40%		34		7.98%		58		13.62%		276		64.79%		426
	Fannin		720		39.58%		166		9.13%		933		51.29%		-213		-11.71%		1,819
	Fayette		494		83.87%		25		4.24%		70		11.88%		424		71.99%		589
	Floyd		2,137		83.05%		50		1.94%		386		15.00%		1,751		68.05%		2,573
	Forsyth		1,146		74.03%		166		10.72%		236		15.25%		910		58.79%		1,548
	Franklin		1,540		86.03%		44		2.46%		206		11.51%		1,334		74.53%		1,790
	Fulton		8,945		79.19%		1,311		11.61%		1,040		9.21%		7,634		67.58%		11,296
	Gilmer		742		47.56%		258		16.54%		560		35.90%		182		11.67%		1,560
	Glascock		126		43.45%		8		2.76%		156		53.79%		-30		-10.34%		290
	Glynn		477		85.48%		45		8.06%		36		6.45%		432		77.42%		558
	Gordon		1,010		70.04%		190		13.18%		242		16.78%		768		53.26%		1,442
	Grady		675		84.59%		39		4.89%		84		10.53%		591		74.06%		798
	Greene		676		76.64%		53		6.01%		153		17.35%		523		59.30%		882
	Gwinnett		1,528		75.64%		222		10.99%		270		13.37%		1,258		62.28%		2,020
	Habersham		1,032		69.45%		48		3.23%		406		27.32%		626		42.13%		1,486
	Hall		1,662		76.59%		141		6.50%		367		16.91%		1,295		59.68%		2,170
	Hancock		562		91.53%		30		4.89%		22		3.58%		532		86.64%		614
	Haralson		837		47.75%		137		7.82%		779		44.44%		58		3.31%		1,753
	Harris		550		91.06%		23		3.81%		31		5.13%		519		85.93%		604
	Hart		750		74.33%		22		2.18%		237		23.49%		513		50.84%		1,009
	Heard		439		85.74%		11		2.15%		62		12.11%		377		73.63%		512
	Henry		868		83.86%		78		7.54%		89		8.60%		779		75.27%		1,035
	Houston		806		92.64%		52		5.98%		12		1.38%		754		86.67%		870
	Irwin		503		90.14%		31		5.56%		24		4.30%		472		84.59%		558
	Jackson		1,185		87.26%		71		5.23%		102		7.51%		1,083		79.75%		1,358
	Jasper		537		96.41%		14		2.51%		6		1.08%		523		93.90%		557
	Jeff Davis		299		81.03%		14		3.79%		56		15.18%		243		65.85%		369
	Jefferson		588		73.87%		63		7.91%		145		18.22%		443		55.65%		796
	Jenkins		402		93.71%		7		1.63%		20		4.66%		382		89.04%		429
	Johnson		715		80.79%		20		2.26%		150		16.95%		565		63.84%		885
	Jones		398		92.34%		27		6.26%		6		1.39%		371		86.08%		431
	Laurens		1,269		85.98%		64		4.34%		143		9.69%		1,126		76.29%		1,476
	Lee		316		97.83%		3		0.93%		4		1.24%		312		96.59%		323
	Liberty		245		65.51%		26		6.95%		103		27.54%		142		37.97%		374
	Lincoln		333		84.52%		5		1.27%		56		14.21%		277		70.30%		394
	Lowndes		1,870		92.67%		60		2.97%		88		4.36%		1,782		88.31%		2,018
	Lumpkin		455		66.81%		55		8.08%		171		25.11%		284		41.70%		681
	Macon		440		78.85%		21		3.76%		97		17.38%		343		61.47%		558
	Madison		1,241		86.12%		19		1.32%		181		12.56%		1,060		73.56%		1,441
	Marion		330		70.51%		42		8.97%		96		20.51%		234		50.00%		468
	McDuffie		466		77.54%		70		11.65%		65		10.82%		396		65.89%		601
	McIntosh		114		82.61%		20		14.49%		4		2.90%		94		68.12%		138
	Meriwether		1,118		89.44%		36		2.88%		96		7.68%		1,022		81.76%		1,250
	Miller		464		95.47%		15		3.09%		7		1.44%		449		92.39%		486
	Milton		462		81.77%		11		1.95%		92		16.28%		370		65.49%		565
	Mitchell		921		87.05%		41		3.88%		96		9.07%		825		77.98%		1,058
	Monroe		721		86.04%		52		6.21%		65		7.76%		656		78.28%		838
	Montgomery		1,002		92.01%		21		1.93%		66		6.06%		936		85.95%		1,089
	Morgan		643		84.61%		59		7.76%		58		7.63%		584		76.84%		760
	Murray		1,162		72.67%		301		18.82%		136		8.51%		861		53.85%		1,599
	Muscogee		1,833		92.25%		110		5.54%		44		2.21%		1,723		86.71%		1,987
	Newton		943		86.99%		102		9.41%		39		3.60%		841		77.58%		1,084
	Oconee		497		74.96%		0		0.00%		166		25.04%		331		49.92%		663
	Oglethorpe		657		91.63%		18		2.51%		42		5.86%		615		85.77%		717
	Paulding		670		45.80%		10		0.68%		783		53.52%		-113		-7.72%		1,463
	Pickens		497		39.41%		420		33.31%		344		27.28%		77		6.11%		1,261
	Pierce		489		81.64%		85		14.19%		25		4.17%		404		67.45%		599
	Pike		766		81.75%		65		6.94%		106		11.31%		660		70.44%		937
	Polk		1,172		62.18%		0		0.00%		713		37.82%		459		24.35%		1,885
	Pulaski		383		91.41%		13		3.10%		23		5.49%		360		85.92%		419
	Putnam		462		98.30%		8		1.70%		0		0.00%		454		96.60%		470
	Quitman		125		88.03%		2		1.41%		15		10.56%		110		77.46%		142
	Rabun		633		70.26%		87		9.66%		181		20.09%		452		50.17%		901
	Randolph		645		90.72%		43		6.05%		23		3.23%		602		84.67%		711
	Richmond		2,708		78.04%		238		6.86%		524		15.10%		2,184		62.94%		3,470
	Rockdale		490		79.16%		73		11.79%		56		9.05%		417		67.37%		619
	Schley		222		85.71%		2		0.77%		35		13.51%		187		72.20%		259
	Screven		625		82.35%		36		4.74%		98		12.91%		527		69.43%		759
	Spalding		835		81.23%		41		3.99%		152		14.79%		683		66.44%		1,028
	Stephens		500		86.96%		15		2.61%		60		10.43%		440		76.52%		575
	Stewart		474		92.76%		23		4.50%		14		2.74%		451		88.26%		511
	Sumter		1,065		93.18%		38		3.32%		40		3.50%		1,025		89.68%		1,143
	Talbot		511		94.28%		17		3.14%		14		2.58%		494		91.14%		542
	Taliaferro		255		92.39%		7		2.54%		14		5.07%		241		87.32%		276
	Tattnall		574		69.74%		49		5.95%		200		24.30%		374		45.44%		823
	Taylor		405		70.43%		57		9.91%		113		19.65%		292		50.78%		575
	Telfair		773		93.47%		25		3.02%		29		3.51%		744		89.96%		827
	Terrell		677		92.74%		40		5.48%		13		1.78%		637		87.26%		730
	Thomas		1,298		85.79%		42		2.78%		173		11.43%		1,125		74.36%		1,513
	Tift		1,034		82.79%		42		3.36%		173		13.85%		861		68.94%		1,249
	Toombs		425		78.13%		33		6.07%		86		15.81%		339		62.32%		544
	Towns		358		42.37%		481		56.92%		6		0.71%		-123		-14.56%		845
	Troup		1,227		81.53%		38		2.52%		240		15.95%		987		65.58%		1,505
	Turner		400		55.79%		145		20.22%		172		23.99%		228		31.80%		717
	Twiggs		365		91.25%		20		5.00%		15		3.75%		345		86.25%		400
	Union		532		50.43%		523		49.57%		0		0.00%		9		0.85%		1,055
	Upson		734		72.60%		18		1.78%		259		25.62%		475		46.98%		1,011
	Walker		1,883		71.82%		439		16.74%		300		11.44%		1,444		55.07%		2,622
	Walton		1,305		88.24%		83		5.61%		91		6.15%		1,214		82.08%		1,479
	Ware		1,066		84.74%		133		10.57%		59		4.69%		933		74.17%		1,258
	Warren		292		68.22%		47		10.98%		89		20.79%		203		47.43%		428
	Washington		954		84.57%		18		1.60%		156		13.83%		798		70.74%		1,128
	Wayne		460		89.49%		29		5.64%		25		4.86%		431		83.85%		514
	Webster		248		87.63%		20		7.07%		15		5.30%		228		80.57%		283
	Wheeler		372		83.97%		31		7.00%		40		9.03%		332		74.94%		443
	White		639		75.62%		6		0.71%		200		23.67%		439		51.95%		845
	Whitfield		1,093		60.19%		16		0.88%		707		38.93%		386		21.26%		1,816
	Wilcox		590		89.39%		12		1.82%		58		8.79%		532		80.61%		660
	Wilkes		785		91.92%		17		1.99%		52		6.09%		733		85.83%		854
	Wilkinson		371		88.54%		28		6.68%		20		4.77%		343		81.86%		419
	Worth		690		87.45%		31		3.93%		68		8.62%		622		78.83%		789
Totals	127,754	79.51%	11,294	7.03%	20,692	12.88%	107,062	66.63%	160,681

See also

• United States presidential elections in Georgia

Notes and References

1. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
2. Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155
3. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1916 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia
4. Web site: Popular Vote at The Presidential Election of 1916. Géoelections.