1916 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:1916 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:Iowa
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1912 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:1912
Next Election:1920 United States presidential election in Iowa
Next Year:1920
Election Date:November 7, 1916
Image1:Governor Charles Evans Hughes (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Charles Evans Hughes
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral Vote1:13
Popular Vote1:280,439
Percentage1:54.25%
Nominee2:Woodrow Wilson
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:New Jersey
Running Mate2:Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:221,699
Percentage2:42.89%
Map Size:312px
President
Before Election:Woodrow Wilson
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Woodrow Wilson
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Flag Year:1909

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.

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

Results by county

County[2] Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
Arthur Elmer Reimer
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adair1,92253.87%1,61945.38%170.48%100.28%00.00%3038.49%3,568
Adams1,40150.20%1,36548.91%160.57%90.32%00.00%361.29%2,791
Allamakee2,41157.97%1,71441.21%240.58%80.19%20.05%69716.76%4,159
Appanoose3,32752.43%2,51039.55%4617.26%320.50%160.25%81712.87%6,346
Audubon1,58155.61%1,24743.86%70.25%60.21%20.07%33411.75%2,843
Benton3,18954.16%2,55643.41%1061.80%290.49%80.14%63310.75%5,888
Black Hawk6,74259.34%4,27037.58%2472.17%790.70%230.20%2,47221.76%11,361
Boone2,95552.41%2,33841.47%2564.54%701.24%190.34%61710.94%5,638
Bremer2,68469.77%1,13229.43%190.49%110.29%10.03%1,55240.34%3,847
Buchanan3,00061.79%1,80837.24%230.47%240.49%00.00%1,19224.55%4,855
Buena Vista2,04557.38%1,45440.80%481.35%170.48%00.00%59116.58%3,564
Butler2,72272.45%97726.00%401.06%180.48%00.00%1,74546.45%3,757
Calhoun2,27658.34%1,51538.84%661.69%421.08%20.05%76119.51%3,901
Carroll2,40853.10%2,08545.98%180.40%220.49%20.04%3237.12%4,535
Cass2,76359.75%1,80138.95%511.10%80.17%10.02%96220.80%4,624
Cedar2,86263.56%1,59535.42%300.67%140.31%20.04%1,26728.14%4,503
Cerro Gordo3,55659.28%2,28938.16%1051.75%490.82%00.00%1,26721.12%5,999
Cherokee1,57848.26%1,64650.34%220.67%240.73%00.00%-68-2.08%3,270
Chickasaw1,99953.61%1,69745.51%200.54%130.35%00.00%3028.10%3,729
Clarke1,50755.10%1,17542.96%190.69%331.21%10.04%33212.14%2,735
Clay1,64955.41%1,23441.47%752.52%170.57%10.03%41513.94%2,976
Clayton3,34757.54%2,37940.90%721.24%170.29%20.03%96816.64%5,817
Clinton5,57656.61%3,90339.62%2912.95%690.70%110.11%1,67316.98%9,850
Crawford2,75658.27%1,91940.57%440.93%110.23%00.00%83717.70%4,730
Dallas2,90052.37%2,49545.05%951.72%400.72%80.14%4057.31%5,538
Davis1,47644.14%1,81154.16%391.17%180.54%00.00%-335-10.02%3,344
Decatur1,96247.45%2,11151.05%360.87%240.58%20.05%-149-3.60%4,135
Delaware2,82766.78%1,33231.47%491.16%220.52%30.07%1,49535.32%4,233
Des Moines4,13249.51%3,82745.86%2923.50%730.87%210.25%3053.65%8,345
Dickinson1,24957.24%89340.93%351.60%50.23%00.00%35616.32%2,182
Dubuque5,77247.22%6,06349.60%3723.04%110.09%50.04%-291-2.38%12,223
Emmet1,40962.37%80935.81%341.51%70.31%00.00%60026.56%2,259
Fayette3,87260.81%2,31136.30%1402.20%390.61%50.08%1,56124.52%6,367
Floyd2,69166.10%1,25030.70%992.43%250.61%60.15%1,44135.40%4,071
Franklin2,46477.24%69121.66%220.69%110.34%20.06%1,77355.58%3,190
Fremont1,73244.38%2,08553.42%451.15%350.90%60.15%-353-9.04%3,903
Greene2,34560.85%1,45537.75%80.21%411.06%50.13%89023.09%3,854
Grundy2,12767.23%1,01532.08%140.44%60.19%20.06%1,11235.15%3,164
Guthrie2,31655.30%1,80543.10%370.88%280.67%20.05%51112.20%4,188
Hamilton3,03770.94%1,12526.28%781.82%390.91%20.05%1,91244.66%4,281
Hancock1,72664.43%91334.08%240.90%150.56%10.04%81330.35%2,679
Hardin3,33567.72%1,48130.07%460.93%561.14%70.14%1,85437.64%4,925
Harrison2,61045.88%2,93251.54%961.69%490.86%20.04%-322-5.66%5,689
Henry2,47057.99%1,72840.57%240.56%310.73%60.14%74217.42%4,259
Howard1,56248.86%1,56048.80%341.06%381.19%30.09%20.06%3,197
Humboldt1,67666.69%80932.19%200.80%80.32%00.00%86734.50%2,513
Ida1,41251.12%1,24445.04%923.33%140.51%00.00%1686.08%2,762
Iowa2,48457.90%1,76341.10%180.42%230.54%20.05%72116.81%4,290
Jackson2,53352.63%2,18645.42%661.37%220.46%60.12%3477.21%4,813
Jasper3,09247.08%3,28249.97%1412.15%480.73%50.08%-190-2.89%6,568
Jefferson2,16754.61%1,73443.70%290.73%370.93%10.03%43310.91%3,968
Johnson2,70442.23%3,65057.00%320.50%150.23%20.03%-946-14.77%6,403
Jones2,84858.62%1,96640.47%260.54%180.37%00.00%88218.16%4,858
Keokuk2,82252.18%2,48645.97%510.94%480.89%10.02%3366.21%5,408
Kossuth2,64759.63%1,74839.38%260.59%160.36%20.05%89920.25%4,439
Lee4,39551.18%3,99346.50%1391.62%490.57%110.13%4024.68%8,587
Linn8,21255.67%6,13141.56%2781.88%1190.81%110.07%2,08114.11%14,751
Louisa1,87662.26%1,08135.88%371.23%160.53%30.10%79526.39%3,013
Lucas1,67247.91%1,53644.01%2346.70%401.15%80.23%1363.90%3,490
Lyon1,76059.78%1,13738.62%461.56%10.03%00.00%62321.16%2,944
Madison1,87151.26%1,71146.88%250.68%391.07%40.11%1604.38%3,650
Mahaska3,14348.14%3,15148.26%981.50%1332.04%40.06%-8-0.12%6,529
Marion2,45942.90%3,09453.98%1452.53%310.54%30.05%-635-11.08%5,732
Marshall4,17260.32%2,41434.90%2243.24%1011.46%50.07%1,75825.42%6,916
Mills1,70750.58%1,60047.41%381.13%270.80%30.09%1073.17%3,375
Mitchell1,96364.38%1,03333.88%371.21%160.52%00.00%93030.50%3,049
Monona1,77747.87%1,91051.45%250.67%00.00%00.00%-133-3.58%3,712
Monroe2,14445.15%2,09544.11%4519.50%470.99%120.25%491.03%4,749
Montgomery2,33360.33%1,43137.01%822.12%180.47%30.08%90223.33%3,867
Muscatine3,92954.25%2,69437.20%5737.91%340.47%120.17%1,23517.05%7,242
O'Brien2,02152.53%1,78746.45%290.75%100.26%00.00%2346.08%3,847
Osceola1,25858.05%87440.33%281.29%70.32%00.00%38417.72%2,167
Page2,99360.87%1,74735.53%1062.16%681.38%30.06%1,24625.34%4,917
Palo Alto1,59448.49%1,63049.59%401.22%220.67%10.03%-36-1.10%3,287
Plymouth2,66653.14%2,25845.01%300.60%621.24%10.02%4088.13%5,017
Pocahontas1,80851.29%1,65847.04%371.05%180.51%40.11%1504.26%3,525
Polk11,29545.81%12,32750.00%7643.10%2110.86%590.24%-1,032-4.19%24,656
Pottawattamie5,99247.83%6,26349.99%1871.49%780.62%90.07%-271-2.16%12,529
Poweshiek2,74857.39%1,88039.26%992.07%611.27%00.00%86818.13%4,788
Ringgold1,73355.46%1,35143.23%250.80%150.48%10.03%38212.22%3,125
Sac2,05755.03%1,62943.58%350.94%160.43%10.03%42811.45%3,738
Scott8,32956.39%5,21235.29%1,1437.74%400.27%460.31%3,11721.10%14,770
Shelby1,89847.50%2,06051.55%250.63%120.30%10.03%-162-4.05%3,996
Sioux2,26151.89%2,04947.03%370.85%70.16%30.07%2124.87%4,357
Story3,72266.18%1,77231.51%490.87%761.35%50.09%1,95034.67%5,624
Tama3,06153.37%2,57244.85%570.99%400.70%50.09%4898.53%5,735
Taylor2,21954.70%1,77543.75%441.08%180.44%10.02%44410.94%4,057
Union2,05049.95%1,98548.37%300.73%370.90%20.05%651.58%4,104
Van Buren1,99452.52%1,73545.69%320.84%320.84%40.11%2596.82%3,797
Wapello4,39847.65%3,99443.28%7868.52%410.44%100.11%4044.38%9,229
Warren2,18252.21%1,91045.70%300.72%551.32%20.05%2726.51%4,179
Washington2,74555.31%2,13943.10%340.69%440.89%10.02%60612.21%4,963
Wayne1,93648.68%1,93548.65%711.79%320.80%30.08%10.03%3,977
Webster3,91753.50%3,19643.66%1512.06%520.71%50.07%7219.85%7,321
Winnebago1,71372.92%58424.86%230.98%291.23%00.00%1,12948.06%2,349
Winneshiek2,87657.87%1,95639.36%1212.43%150.30%20.04%92018.51%4,970
Woodbury5,73538.61%8,81959.38%2121.43%790.53%80.05%-3,084-20.76%14,853
Worth1,46370.44%56627.25%341.64%120.58%20.10%89743.19%2,077
Wright2,59968.22%1,13529.79%651.71%110.29%00.00%1,46438.43%3,810
Soldier's Vote1,10849.44%1,10249.17%231.03%60.27%20.09%60.27%2,241
Totals280,43954.25%221,69942.89%10,9762.12%3,3710.65%4590.09%58,74011.36%516,944

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1916 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
  2. 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