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The1916 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Arizona was won by Democratic incumbent PresidentWoodrow Wilson, running with incumbent Vice PresidentThomas R. Marshall, with 57.17% of the popular vote, against Republican Associate Justice of theU.S. Supreme CourtCharles Evans Hughes, running with former Vice PresidentCharles W. Fairbanks under Theodore Roosevelt's second term, with 35.37% of the popular vote.Socialist nomineeAllan L. Benson ran withGeorge Ross Kirkpatrick, finishing in a distant third place with just 5.47%, a significant decrease from 13.33% in 1912.
Despite Republican hopes of unifying the party after a catastrophic split four years prior, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was still able to win a solid majority (57.17%) improving on his 43.5% vote in 1912. Many Arizonans who voted forleft wing Socialist candidateEugene V. Debs in their first presidential election sided withprogressive Democratic President Wilson for re-election over Republican nominee Charles E. Hughes who ran as a moderate in hopes of unifying the progressive wing that had earlier split from the party by former PresidentTheodore Roosevelt and the conservative faction led by former PresidentWilliam Howard Taft.
Woodrow Wilson won every county in Arizona by a landslide except forPima County which voted for him by one of the smallest percentages in 1912.[2][3] Hughes was the only losing Republican to carry any of Arizona's counties until Richard Nixon in 1960.
This was the last election where voters in Arizona chose presidential electors directly; Arizona adopted the modern "short ballot" for the1920 election.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Lamar Cobb | 33,170 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Homer R. Wood | 33,157 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Harry E. Pickett | 33,150 | |
| Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | J. L. Hubbell | 20,524 | |
| Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | W. W. Cook | 20,522 | |
| Republican Party | Charles Evans Hughes | John C. Greenway | 20,520 | |
| Socialist Party | Allan L. Benson | Beverly Blunt | 3,174 | |
| Socialist Party | Allan L. Benson | James E. Pawley | 3,172 | |
| Socialist Party | Allan L. Benson | T. C. Pruett | 3,172 | |
| Prohibition Party | Frank Hanly | Eugene W. Chafin | 1,153 | |
| Prohibition Party | Frank Hanly | J. Stanley Howard | 1,148 | |
| Prohibition Party | Frank Hanly | O. Gibson | 1,145 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 58,021 | |||
| County | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Allan L. Benson Socialist | Frank Hanly Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 648 | 66.12% | 311 | 31.73% | 16 | 1.63% | 5 | 0.51% | 337 | 34.39% | 980 |
| Cochise | 6,115 | 60.35% | 3,203 | 31.61% | 694 | 6.85% | 120 | 1.18% | 2,912 | 28.74% | 10,132 |
| Coconino | 1,171 | 56.52% | 802 | 38.71% | 77 | 3.72% | 22 | 1.06% | 369 | 17.81% | 2,072 |
| Gila | 3,686 | 64.29% | 1,495 | 26.08% | 510 | 8.90% | 42 | 0.73% | 2,191 | 38.22% | 5,733 |
| Graham | 1,597 | 70.76% | 497 | 22.02% | 119 | 5.27% | 44 | 1.95% | 1,100 | 48.74% | 2,257 |
| Greenlee | 1,492 | 63.92% | 672 | 28.79% | 156 | 6.68% | 14 | 0.60% | 820 | 35.13% | 2,334 |
| Maricopa | 7,634 | 52.14% | 5,747 | 39.26% | 574 | 3.92% | 685 | 4.68% | 1,887 | 12.89% | 14,640 |
| Mohave | 1,335 | 59.97% | 643 | 28.89% | 243 | 10.92% | 5 | 0.22% | 692 | 31.09% | 2,226 |
| Navajo | 1,240 | 65.92% | 574 | 30.52% | 25 | 1.33% | 42 | 2.23% | 666 | 35.41% | 1,881 |
| Pima | 2,079 | 42.24% | 2,616 | 53.15% | 150 | 3.05% | 77 | 1.56% | -537 | -10.91% | 4,922 |
| Pinal | 1,232 | 56.54% | 855 | 39.24% | 60 | 2.75% | 32 | 1.47% | 377 | 17.30% | 2,179 |
| Santa Cruz | 726 | 50.35% | 666 | 46.19% | 42 | 2.91% | 8 | 0.55% | 60 | 4.16% | 1,442 |
| Yavapai | 2,893 | 58.06% | 1,716 | 34.44% | 331 | 6.64% | 43 | 0.86% | 1,177 | 23.62% | 4,983 |
| Yuma | 1,322 | 59.02% | 727 | 32.46% | 177 | 7.90% | 14 | 0.63% | 595 | 26.56% | 2,240 |
| Totals | 33,170 | 57.17% | 20,524 | 35.37% | 3,174 | 5.47% | 1,153 | 1.99% | 12,646 | 21.80% | 58,021 |
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