See main article: 1916 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1916 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
Country: | Mississippi |
Flag Year: | 1894 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1912 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
Previous Year: | 1912 |
Next Election: | 1920 United States presidential election in Mississippi |
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: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 80,422 |
Percentage1: | 92.78% |
Nominee2: | Charles Evans Hughes |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State2: | New York |
Running Mate2: | Charles W. Fairbanks |
Popular Vote2: | 4,253 |
Percentage2: | 4.91% |
Map Size: | 305px |
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 Mississippi 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 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In Mississippi, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.
Mississippi was won by the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. They defeated Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana.
Wilson won Mississippi by a landslide margin of 87.87%.
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | W. A. Henry | 80,422 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | E. C. Sharp | 80,363 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | J. L. Byrd | 80,354 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | James McClure | 80,294 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | S. Joe Owen | 80,226 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | James R. McDowell | 80,194 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Hugh M. Badley | 80,172 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | J. D. Donald | 80,168 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | J. D. Jones | 80,112 | |
bgcolor= | Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Rogert Montgomery | 80,058 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | S. S. Matthews | 4,253 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | J. A. Toler | 4,224 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | Percy A. Matthews | 4,199 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | L. R. Collins | 4,197 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | H. E. Fitts | 4,196 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | C. H. Thomas | 4,187 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | Lamar Callicott | 4,158 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | J. Jay White | 4,151 | |
bgcolor= | Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | S. T. Walls | 4,146 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | G. W. Powell | 1,484 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | E. F. Millar | 1,482 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | D. R. Hearne | 1,469 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | R. B. Edwards | 1,456 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | W. C. Kennedy | 1,452 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | A. H. Lampe | 1,440 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | J. B. Praytor | 1,428 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | E. E. Champion | 1,426 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | J. C. Shankle | 1,424 | |
bgcolor= | Socialist Party of America | Allan Louis Benson | V. L. Egger | 1,419 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | J. H. Cook | 520 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | T. W. Collins | 502 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | B. F. Fridge | 498 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | J. M. Moore | 485 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | M. S. McLean | 480 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | S. S. Coleman | 479 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | P. C. Lewis | 478 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | J. M. Wingo | 474 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | A. V. Hiler | 451 | |
bgcolor= | Progressive Party | Unpledged | G. H. Sager | 437 | |
Total votes | 86,679 |
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