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Apresidential election was held inIndiana on November 7, 1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election. TheRepublican ticket of the formerassociate justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesCharles Evans Hughes and the formervice president of the United StatesCharles W. Fairbanks defeated theDemocratic ticket of the incumbentpresident of the United StatesWoodrow Wilson and the incumbent vice presidentThomas R. Marshall. Wilson defeated Hughes in the national election with 277electoral votes.[2]
Partisan coalitions in Indiana at the turn of the century reflected the regional, ethnic, and religious roots of the settler population, with the descendants ofWhite Southerners,German Americans, andIrish Americans (especiallyCatholics) voting reliably Democratic, whileYankees,Nordic and Scandinavian Americans, andBritish Americans favored the Republican Party.Southern Indiana leaned Democratic andNorthern Indiana leaned Republican, in line with the loose correlation between ethnicity and geography. The state's notable concentration of German Catholics contributed to its closeness in presidential elections during theThird Party System relative to other Lower North states.William Jennings Bryan's1896 presidential campaign saw the state move more securely into the Republican column, as German Catholics alienated by Bryan's outspokenEvangelicalism, conservatives unnerved by the candidate'sagrarianradicalism, and urban workers frightened by threats of mass layoffs in the event of a Bryan victory voted Republican for the first time. Following thispolitical realignment, Wilson became the only Democrat to carry Indiana during theFourth Party System (1896–1932) in1912. Republican strength remained greater inurban areas than inrural areas based on the strength of Republican urbanpolitical machines.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles W. Fairbanks | 176,078 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 176,078 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 160,423 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 160,423 | 100.00 | ||
No candidates filed to run in the Indiana Progressivepresidential primary, and consequently noprimary election was held.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 727 | 77.18 | |
| Socialist | James H. Maurer | 190 | 20.17 | |
| Socialist | Arthur LeSueur | 25 | 2.65 | |
| Total votes | 942 | 100.00 | ||
Indiana chose 15 electors on a statewidegeneral ticket. State law required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group.[7] This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.[8] The following table quotes the official returns published by thesecretary of state of Indiana, which list the votes for the first elector on each ticket.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes Charles W. Fairbanks | 341,004 | 47.43 | 24.32 | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall | 334,263 | 46.49 | 3.42 | |
| Socialist | Allan L. Benson George Ross Kirkpatrick | 21,860 | 3.04 |  2.60 | |
| Prohibition | Frank Hanly Ira Landrith | 16,368 | 2.28 | 0.66 | |
| Progressive | N/A[a] John M. Parker | 3,898 | 0.54 | 24.21 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer Caleb Harrison | 1,593 | 0.22 | 0.26 | |
| Total votes | 718,986 | 100.00 | |||
| County | Charles E. Hughes Republican | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Allan L. Benson Socialist | Frank Hanly Prohibition | Others | Margin | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Adams | 1,796 | 36.83% | 2,875 | 58.96% | 23 | 0.47% | 171 | 3.51% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,079 | -22.13% | 4,876 |
| Allen | 10,169 | 46.03% | 9,470 | 42.87% | 1,003 | 4.54% | 421 | 1.91% | 1,027 | 4.65% | 699 | 3.16% | 22,090 |
| Bartholomew | 3,287 | 47.08% | 3,441 | 49.29% | 66 | 0.95% | 145 | 2.08% | 42 | 0.60% | -154 | -2.21% | 6,981 |
| Benton | 1,872 | 54.17% | 1,502 | 43.46% | 23 | 0.67% | 53 | 1.53% | 6 | 0.17% | 370 | 10.71% | 3,456 |
| Blackford | 1,595 | 43.04% | 1,867 | 50.38% | 105 | 2.83% | 126 | 3.40% | 13 | 0.35% | -272 | -7.34% | 3,706 |
| Boone | 3,333 | 46.97% | 3,513 | 49.51% | 82 | 1.16% | 125 | 1.76% | 43 | 0.61% | -180 | -2.54% | 7,096 |
| Brown | 506 | 31.72% | 1,046 | 65.58% | 10 | 0.63% | 31 | 1.94% | 2 | 0.13% | -540 | -33.86% | 1,595 |
| Carroll | 2,468 | 49.09% | 2,401 | 47.75% | 34 | 0.68% | 118 | 2.35% | 7 | 0.14% | 67 | 1.33% | 5,028 |
| Cass | 4,879 | 47.08% | 5,140 | 49.60% | 121 | 1.17% | 200 | 1.93% | 23 | 0.22% | -261 | -2.52% | 10,363 |
| Clark | 3,173 | 46.15% | 3,572 | 51.95% | 73 | 1.06% | 43 | 0.63% | 15 | 0.22% | -399 | -5.80% | 6,876 |
| Clay | 3,102 | 42.82% | 3,435 | 47.42% | 562 | 7.76% | 119 | 1.64% | 26 | 0.36% | -333 | -4.60% | 7,244 |
| Clinton | 3,638 | 47.76% | 3,662 | 48.07% | 119 | 1.56% | 184 | 2.42% | 15 | 0.20% | -24 | -0.32% | 7,618 |
| Crawford | 1,201 | 41.05% | 1,508 | 51.54% | 58 | 1.98% | 152 | 5.19% | 7 | 0.24% | -307 | -10.49% | 2,926 |
| Daviess | 3,191 | 47.56% | 3,143 | 46.84% | 210 | 3.13% | 128 | 1.91% | 38 | 0.57% | 48 | 0.72% | 6,710 |
| Dearborn | 2,318 | 42.18% | 3,010 | 54.78% | 62 | 1.13% | 97 | 1.77% | 8 | 0.15% | -692 | -12.59% | 5,495 |
| Decatur | 2,717 | 51.39% | 2,374 | 44.90% | 69 | 1.31% | 109 | 2.06% | 18 | 0.34% | 343 | 6.49% | 5,287 |
| DeKalb | 2,898 | 43.53% | 3,372 | 50.65% | 136 | 2.04% | 232 | 3.49% | 19 | 0.29% | -474 | -7.12% | 6,657 |
| Delaware | 6,919 | 50.24% | 5,946 | 43.18% | 432 | 3.14% | 407 | 2.96% | 67 | 0.49% | 973 | 7.07% | 13,771 |
| Dubois | 1,492 | 32.07% | 3,072 | 66.02% | 19 | 0.41% | 55 | 1.18% | 15 | 0.32% | -1,580 | -33.96% | 4,653 |
| Elkhart | 5,850 | 45.21% | 5,723 | 44.22% | 708 | 5.47% | 603 | 4.66% | 57 | 0.44% | 127 | 0.98% | 12,941 |
| Fayette | 2,360 | 51.51% | 2,074 | 45.26% | 58 | 1.27% | 64 | 1.40% | 26 | 0.57% | 286 | 6.24% | 4,582 |
| Floyd | 3,200 | 43.99% | 3,850 | 52.92% | 140 | 1.92% | 68 | 0.93% | 17 | 0.23% | -650 | -8.93% | 7,275 |
| Fountain | 2,634 | 48.36% | 2,437 | 44.74% | 130 | 2.39% | 88 | 1.62% | 158 | 2.90% | 197 | 3.62% | 5,447 |
| Franklin | 1,495 | 37.24% | 2,426 | 60.42% | 8 | 0.20% | 73 | 1.82% | 13 | 0.32% | -931 | -23.19% | 4,015 |
| Fulton | 2,325 | 48.72% | 2,231 | 46.75% | 33 | 0.69% | 63 | 1.32% | 120 | 2.51% | 94 | 1.97% | 4,772 |
| Gibson | 3,576 | 45.84% | 3,765 | 48.26% | 201 | 2.58% | 226 | 2.90% | 33 | 0.42% | -189 | -2.42% | 7,801 |
| Grant | 6,059 | 43.38% | 5,827 | 41.72% | 1,019 | 7.30% | 980 | 7.02% | 82 | 0.59% | 232 | 1.66% | 13,967 |
| Greene | 3,878 | 43.33% | 3,990 | 44.59% | 833 | 9.31% | 199 | 2.22% | 49 | 0.55% | -112 | -1.25% | 8,949 |
| Hamilton | 3,951 | 54.78% | 2,799 | 38.81% | 72 | 1.00% | 362 | 5.02% | 28 | 0.39% | 1,152 | 15.97% | 7,212 |
| Hancock | 2,138 | 41.56% | 2,779 | 54.02% | 47 | 0.91% | 166 | 3.23% | 14 | 0.27% | -641 | -12.46% | 5,144 |
| Harrison | 2,086 | 44.97% | 2,373 | 51.15% | 64 | 1.38% | 98 | 2.11% | 18 | 0.39% | -287 | -6.19% | 4,639 |
| Hendricks | 3,046 | 53.13% | 2,453 | 42.79% | 88 | 1.53% | 118 | 2.06% | 28 | 0.49% | 593 | 10.34% | 5,733 |
| Henry | 4,386 | 50.01% | 3,560 | 40.59% | 265 | 3.02% | 378 | 4.31% | 182 | 2.08% | 826 | 9.42% | 8,771 |
| Howard | 4,777 | 47.38% | 3,934 | 39.02% | 840 | 8.33% | 456 | 4.52% | 75 | 0.74% | 843 | 8.36% | 10,082 |
| Huntington | 3,761 | 45.73% | 3,833 | 46.60% | 149 | 1.81% | 450 | 5.47% | 32 | 0.39% | -72 | -0.88% | 8,225 |
| Jackson | 2,422 | 40.65% | 3,312 | 55.59% | 74 | 1.24% | 139 | 2.33% | 11 | 0.18% | -890 | -14.94% | 5,958 |
| Jasper | 1,995 | 56.50% | 1,488 | 42.14% | 10 | 0.28% | 33 | 0.93% | 5 | 0.14% | 507 | 14.36% | 3,531 |
| Jay | 3,075 | 46.49% | 3,070 | 46.41% | 109 | 1.65% | 348 | 5.26% | 13 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.08% | 6,615 |
| Jefferson | 2,675 | 49.76% | 2,518 | 46.84% | 56 | 1.04% | 113 | 2.10% | 14 | 0.26% | 157 | 2.92% | 5,376 |
| Jennings | 1,791 | 50.01% | 1,686 | 47.08% | 34 | 0.95% | 60 | 1.68% | 10 | 0.28% | 105 | 2.93% | 3,581 |
| Johnson | 2,428 | 42.32% | 3,108 | 54.17% | 53 | 0.92% | 107 | 1.87% | 41 | 0.71% | -680 | -11.85% | 5,737 |
| Knox | 4,805 | 42.28% | 5,380 | 47.34% | 923 | 8.12% | 142 | 1.25% | 114 | 1.00% | -575 | -5.06% | 11,364 |
| Kosciusko | 4,025 | 51.18% | 3,447 | 43.83% | 134 | 1.70% | 232 | 2.95% | 27 | 0.34% | 578 | 7.35% | 7,865 |
| LaGrange | 1,958 | 54.09% | 1,512 | 41.77% | 43 | 1.19% | 93 | 2.57% | 14 | 0.39% | 446 | 12.32% | 3,620 |
| Lake | 13,262 | 55.00% | 9,946 | 41.25% | 651 | 2.70% | 108 | 0.45% | 144 | 0.60% | 3,316 | 13.75% | 24,111 |
| LaPorte | 5,726 | 50.29% | 5,276 | 46.33% | 240 | 2.11% | 83 | 0.73% | 62 | 0.54% | 450 | 3.95% | 11,387 |
| Lawrence | 3,813 | 52.55% | 3,108 | 42.83% | 246 | 3.39% | 66 | 0.91% | 23 | 0.32% | 705 | 9.72% | 7,256 |
| Madison | 7,449 | 41.96% | 8,106 | 45.66% | 1,579 | 8.89% | 484 | 2.73% | 134 | 0.75% | -657 | -3.70% | 17,752 |
| Marion | 40,699 | 51.50% | 35,043 | 44.34% | 2,224 | 2.81% | 744 | 0.94% | 320 | 0.40% | 5,656 | 7.16% | 79,030 |
| Marshall | 2,855 | 44.64% | 3,221 | 50.36% | 77 | 1.20% | 216 | 3.38% | 27 | 0.42% | -366 | -5.72% | 6,396 |
| Martin | 1,534 | 48.93% | 1,549 | 49.41% | 26 | 0.83% | 22 | 0.70% | 4 | 0.13% | -15 | -0.48% | 3,135 |
| Miami | 3,390 | 43.16% | 3,854 | 49.07% | 303 | 3.86% | 214 | 2.72% | 93 | 1.18% | -464 | -5.91% | 7,854 |
| Monroe | 3,033 | 50.31% | 2,796 | 46.38% | 58 | 0.96% | 105 | 1.74% | 37 | 0.61% | 237 | 3.93% | 6,029 |
| Montgomery | 4,300 | 49.36% | 4,107 | 47.15% | 147 | 1.69% | 106 | 1.22% | 51 | 0.59% | 193 | 2.22% | 8,711 |
| Morgan | 2,860 | 50.06% | 2,616 | 45.79% | 113 | 1.98% | 94 | 1.65% | 30 | 0.53% | 244 | 4.27% | 5,713 |
| Newton | 1,377 | 47.58% | 1,278 | 44.16% | 36 | 1.24% | 43 | 1.49% | 160 | 5.53% | 99 | 3.42% | 2,894 |
| Noble | 3,417 | 51.33% | 3,069 | 46.10% | 35 | 0.53% | 130 | 1.95% | 6 | 0.09% | 348 | 5.23% | 6,657 |
| Ohio | 597 | 47.46% | 632 | 50.24% | 3 | 0.24% | 25 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.08% | -35 | -2.78% | 1,258 |
| Orange | 2,481 | 52.94% | 2,091 | 44.62% | 52 | 1.11% | 42 | 0.90% | 20 | 0.43% | 390 | 8.32% | 4,686 |
| Owen | 1,585 | 44.67% | 1,812 | 51.07% | 95 | 2.68% | 42 | 1.18% | 14 | 0.39% | -227 | -6.40% | 3,548 |
| Parke | 2,598 | 48.52% | 2,329 | 43.50% | 212 | 3.96% | 184 | 3.44% | 31 | 0.58% | 269 | 5.02% | 5,354 |
| Perry | 1,762 | 45.11% | 2,089 | 53.48% | 28 | 0.72% | 15 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.31% | -327 | -8.37% | 3,906 |
| Pike | 2,172 | 46.71% | 2,212 | 47.57% | 187 | 4.02% | 59 | 1.27% | 20 | 0.43% | -40 | -0.86% | 4,650 |
| Porter | 2,913 | 59.22% | 1,871 | 38.04% | 76 | 1.55% | 37 | 0.75% | 22 | 0.45% | 1,042 | 21.18% | 4,919 |
| Posey | 2,291 | 42.97% | 2,922 | 54.80% | 26 | 0.49% | 86 | 1.61% | 7 | 0.13% | -631 | -11.83% | 5,332 |
| Pulaski | 1,474 | 46.79% | 1,387 | 44.03% | 27 | 0.86% | 58 | 1.84% | 204 | 6.48% | 87 | 2.76% | 3,150 |
| Putnam | 2,453 | 43.28% | 2,965 | 52.31% | 132 | 2.33% | 86 | 1.52% | 32 | 0.56% | -512 | -9.03% | 5,668 |
| Randolph | 4,054 | 54.31% | 2,682 | 35.93% | 128 | 1.71% | 525 | 7.03% | 75 | 1.00% | 1,372 | 18.38% | 7,464 |
| Ripley | 2,686 | 49.88% | 2,549 | 47.34% | 67 | 1.24% | 67 | 1.24% | 16 | 0.30% | 137 | 2.54% | 5,385 |
| Rush | 2,950 | 51.22% | 2,569 | 44.60% | 57 | 0.99% | 160 | 2.78% | 24 | 0.42% | 381 | 6.61% | 5,760 |
| St. Joseph | 7,961 | 43.02% | 9,709 | 52.47% | 24 | 0.13% | 436 | 2.36% | 375 | 2.03% | -1,748 | -9.45% | 18,505 |
| Scott | 802 | 41.99% | 1,068 | 55.92% | 4 | 0.21% | 31 | 1.62% | 5 | 0.26% | -266 | -13.93% | 1,910 |
| Shelby | 3,201 | 42.90% | 3,900 | 52.27% | 81 | 1.09% | 242 | 3.24% | 37 | 0.50% | -699 | -9.37% | 7,461 |
| Spencer | 2,560 | 50.34% | 2,335 | 45.92% | 50 | 0.98% | 122 | 2.40% | 18 | 0.35% | 225 | 4.42% | 5,085 |
| Starke | 1,550 | 52.21% | 1,334 | 44.93% | 44 | 1.48% | 35 | 1.18% | 6 | 0.20% | 216 | 7.28% | 2,969 |
| Steuben | 2,418 | 50.72% | 1,427 | 29.93% | 657 | 13.78% | 255 | 5.35% | 10 | 0.21% | 991 | 20.79% | 4,767 |
| Sullivan | 2,630 | 35.24% | 3,880 | 51.99% | 667 | 8.94% | 205 | 2.75% | 81 | 1.09% | -1,250 | -16.75% | 7,463 |
| Switzerland | 1,214 | 44.05% | 1,446 | 52.47% | 36 | 1.31% | 58 | 2.10% | 2 | 0.07% | -232 | -8.42% | 2,756 |
| Tippecanoe | 6,386 | 54.73% | 4,918 | 42.15% | 108 | 0.93% | 208 | 1.78% | 49 | 0.42% | 1,468 | 12.58% | 11,669 |
| Tipton | 2,166 | 45.32% | 2,337 | 48.90% | 62 | 1.30% | 203 | 4.25% | 11 | 0.23% | -171 | -3.58% | 4,779 |
| Union | 997 | 52.95% | 826 | 43.87% | 19 | 1.01% | 38 | 2.02% | 3 | 0.16% | 171 | 9.08% | 1,883 |
| Vanderburgh | 9,966 | 47.52% | 10,028 | 47.81% | 717 | 3.42% | 185 | 0.88% | 77 | 0.37% | -62 | -0.30% | 20,973 |
| Vermillion | 2,607 | 43.61% | 2,343 | 39.19% | 771 | 12.90% | 133 | 2.22% | 124 | 2.07% | 264 | 4.42% | 5,978 |
| Vigo | 8,934 | 39.71% | 11,165 | 49.63% | 1,677 | 7.45% | 516 | 2.29% | 204 | 0.91% | -2,231 | -9.92% | 22,496 |
| Wabash | 3,849 | 50.37% | 3,168 | 41.46% | 277 | 3.63% | 293 | 3.83% | 54 | 0.71% | 681 | 8.91% | 7,641 |
| Warren | 1,823 | 61.67% | 1,011 | 34.20% | 45 | 1.52% | 67 | 2.27% | 10 | 0.34% | 812 | 27.47% | 2,956 |
| Warrick | 2,396 | 48.41% | 2,244 | 45.34% | 57 | 1.15% | 88 | 1.78% | 164 | 3.31% | 152 | 3.07% | 4,949 |
| Washington | 1,871 | 42.80% | 2,414 | 55.23% | 29 | 0.66% | 48 | 1.10% | 9 | 0.21% | -543 | -12.42% | 4,371 |
| Wayne | 6,112 | 51.84% | 5,007 | 42.46% | 295 | 2.50% | 303 | 2.57% | 74 | 0.63% | 1,105 | 9.37% | 11,791 |
| Wells | 1,947 | 37.26% | 2,928 | 56.03% | 56 | 1.07% | 285 | 5.45% | 10 | 0.19% | -981 | -18.77% | 5,226 |
| White | 2,442 | 50.66% | 2,262 | 46.93% | 35 | 0.73% | 71 | 1.47% | 10 | 0.21% | 180 | 3.73% | 4,820 |
| Whitley | 2,191 | 44.69% | 2,510 | 51.19% | 26 | 0.53% | 170 | 3.47% | 6 | 0.12% | -319 | -6.51% | 4,903 |
| TOTAL | 341,004 | 47.43% | 334,263 | 46.49% | 21,855 | 3.04% | 16,368 | 2.28% | 5,491 | 0.76% | 6,741 | 0.94 | 718,986 |
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