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The1916 United States presidential election in Kansas was held onNovember7,1916. Kansas voters chose ten electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas voted for theDemocratic nominee, incumbentPresidentWoodrow Wilson, over theRepublican nominee,U.S. Supreme Court Justice and formerNew York GovernorCharles Evans Hughes. Wilson won Kansas by a margin of 5.86 percentage points.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichOsborne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Johnson County would not vote for a Democrat for President again untilJoe Bidenwon it in 2020.[1] The 1916 election was the second and last time that Kansas has voted more Democratic than the nation (the first being the1896 election), the last time it voted more Democratic thanNew Mexico orOregon, and the only time until 2020 that it voted more Democratic than neighboring Missouri.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson ofNew Jersey | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | 10[2] | 314,588 | 49.95% |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 0 | 277,658 | 44.09% |
| Allan L. Benson | George Ross Kirkpatrick | Socialist | 0 | 24,685 | 3.92% |
| Frank Hanly | Ira Landrith | Prohibition | 0 | 12,882 | 2.05% |
| 1916 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 4,053 | 46.90% | 4,129 | 47.78% | 354 | 4.10% | 105 | 1.22% | -76 | -0.88% | 8,641 |
| Anderson | 2,739 | 50.45% | 2,386 | 43.95% | 227 | 4.18% | 77 | 1.42% | 353 | 6.50% | 5,429 |
| Atchison | 4,634 | 48.72% | 4,624 | 48.61% | 101 | 1.06% | 153 | 1.61% | 10 | 0.11% | 9,512 |
| Barber | 2,061 | 51.74% | 1,632 | 40.97% | 172 | 4.32% | 118 | 2.96% | 429 | 10.77% | 3,983 |
| Barton | 3,292 | 50.63% | 2,891 | 44.46% | 212 | 3.26% | 107 | 1.65% | 401 | 6.17% | 6,502 |
| Bourbon | 5,209 | 58.09% | 3,370 | 37.58% | 302 | 3.37% | 86 | 0.96% | 1,839 | 20.51% | 8,967 |
| Brown | 3,503 | 43.25% | 4,282 | 52.86% | 190 | 2.35% | 125 | 1.54% | -779 | -9.62% | 8,100 |
| Butler | 4,248 | 50.73% | 3,614 | 43.16% | 296 | 3.54% | 215 | 2.57% | 634 | 7.57% | 8,373 |
| Chase | 1,584 | 51.56% | 1,356 | 44.14% | 80 | 2.60% | 52 | 1.69% | 228 | 7.42% | 3,072 |
| Chautauqua | 1,737 | 41.40% | 2,085 | 49.69% | 345 | 8.22% | 29 | 0.69% | -348 | -8.29% | 4,196 |
| Cherokee | 6,188 | 53.41% | 4,350 | 37.55% | 931 | 8.04% | 116 | 1.00% | 1,838 | 15.87% | 11,585 |
| Cheyenne | 787 | 50.22% | 498 | 31.78% | 177 | 11.30% | 105 | 6.70% | 289 | 18.44% | 1,567 |
| Clark | 1,102 | 58.03% | 653 | 34.39% | 59 | 3.11% | 85 | 4.48% | 449 | 23.64% | 1,899 |
| Clay | 2,632 | 46.63% | 2,692 | 47.70% | 227 | 4.02% | 93 | 1.65% | -60 | -1.06% | 5,644 |
| Cloud | 3,837 | 53.37% | 2,870 | 39.92% | 189 | 2.63% | 294 | 4.09% | 967 | 13.45% | 7,190 |
| Coffey | 3,121 | 50.81% | 2,799 | 45.57% | 161 | 2.62% | 61 | 0.99% | 322 | 5.24% | 6,142 |
| Comanche | 963 | 50.71% | 732 | 38.55% | 111 | 5.85% | 93 | 4.90% | 231 | 12.16% | 1,899 |
| Cowley | 5,962 | 49.37% | 5,297 | 43.87% | 612 | 5.07% | 204 | 1.69% | 665 | 5.51% | 12,075 |
| Crawford | 8,064 | 43.50% | 7,067 | 38.12% | 3,279 | 17.69% | 129 | 0.70% | 997 | 5.38% | 18,539 |
| Decatur | 2,431 | 66.95% | 1,007 | 27.73% | 146 | 4.02% | 47 | 1.29% | 1,424 | 39.22% | 3,631 |
| Dickinson | 4,974 | 51.85% | 4,323 | 45.06% | 180 | 1.88% | 116 | 1.21% | 651 | 6.79% | 9,593 |
| Doniphan | 1,916 | 39.36% | 2,826 | 58.05% | 91 | 1.87% | 35 | 0.72% | -910 | -18.69% | 4,868 |
| Douglas | 3,834 | 41.52% | 4,975 | 53.87% | 171 | 1.85% | 255 | 2.76% | -1,141 | -12.36% | 9,235 |
| Edwards | 1,431 | 50.42% | 1,158 | 40.80% | 90 | 3.17% | 159 | 5.60% | 273 | 9.62% | 2,838 |
| Elk | 2,053 | 50.99% | 1,769 | 43.94% | 163 | 4.05% | 41 | 1.02% | 284 | 7.05% | 4,026 |
| Ellis | 2,335 | 64.72% | 1,186 | 32.87% | 55 | 1.52% | 32 | 0.89% | 1,149 | 31.85% | 3,608 |
| Ellsworth | 1,936 | 48.11% | 1,945 | 48.33% | 74 | 1.84% | 69 | 1.71% | -9 | -0.22% | 4,024 |
| Finney | 1,370 | 47.31% | 1,238 | 42.75% | 185 | 6.39% | 103 | 3.56% | 132 | 4.56% | 2,896 |
| Ford | 3,044 | 52.47% | 2,337 | 40.29% | 185 | 3.19% | 235 | 4.05% | 707 | 12.19% | 5,801 |
| Franklin | 4,128 | 47.99% | 3,885 | 45.17% | 304 | 3.53% | 284 | 3.30% | 243 | 2.83% | 8,601 |
| Geary | 1,740 | 48.45% | 1,731 | 48.20% | 97 | 2.70% | 23 | 0.64% | 9 | 0.25% | 3,591 |
| Gove | 862 | 53.81% | 642 | 40.07% | 55 | 3.43% | 43 | 2.68% | 220 | 13.73% | 1,602 |
| Graham | 1,801 | 55.79% | 1,150 | 35.63% | 241 | 7.47% | 36 | 1.12% | 651 | 20.17% | 3,228 |
| Grant | 208 | 46.33% | 200 | 44.54% | 32 | 7.13% | 9 | 2.00% | 8 | 1.78% | 449 |
| Gray | 889 | 52.08% | 660 | 38.66% | 90 | 5.27% | 68 | 3.98% | 229 | 13.42% | 1,707 |
| Greeley | 168 | 34.85% | 210 | 43.57% | 69 | 14.32% | 35 | 7.26% | -42 | -8.71% | 482 |
| Greenwood | 2,956 | 48.03% | 2,971 | 48.28% | 174 | 2.83% | 53 | 0.86% | -15 | -0.24% | 6,154 |
| Hamilton | 522 | 45.00% | 511 | 44.05% | 101 | 8.71% | 26 | 2.24% | 11 | 0.95% | 1,160 |
| Harper | 2,648 | 54.22% | 1,797 | 36.79% | 195 | 3.99% | 244 | 5.00% | 851 | 17.42% | 4,884 |
| Harvey | 3,131 | 44.08% | 3,479 | 48.98% | 332 | 4.67% | 161 | 2.27% | -348 | -4.90% | 7,103 |
| Haskell | 349 | 50.95% | 248 | 36.20% | 57 | 8.32% | 31 | 4.53% | 101 | 14.74% | 685 |
| Hodgeman | 761 | 50.53% | 564 | 37.45% | 45 | 2.99% | 136 | 9.03% | 197 | 13.08% | 1,506 |
| Jackson | 2,914 | 45.12% | 3,451 | 53.43% | 34 | 0.53% | 60 | 0.93% | -537 | -8.31% | 6,459 |
| Jefferson | 2,919 | 46.44% | 3,174 | 50.49% | 116 | 1.85% | 77 | 1.22% | -255 | -4.06% | 6,286 |
| Jewell | 4,180 | 55.11% | 3,022 | 39.84% | 135 | 1.78% | 248 | 3.27% | 1,158 | 15.27% | 7,585 |
| Johnson | 3,928 | 49.72% | 3,767 | 47.68% | 137 | 1.73% | 68 | 0.86% | 161 | 2.04% | 7,900 |
| Kearny | 490 | 41.25% | 538 | 45.29% | 109 | 9.18% | 51 | 4.29% | -48 | -4.04% | 1,188 |
| Kingman | 2,626 | 53.13% | 1,891 | 38.26% | 167 | 3.38% | 259 | 5.24% | 735 | 14.87% | 4,943 |
| Kiowa | 956 | 43.47% | 901 | 40.97% | 40 | 1.82% | 302 | 13.73% | 55 | 2.50% | 2,199 |
| Labette | 6,421 | 51.35% | 5,328 | 42.61% | 656 | 5.25% | 99 | 0.79% | 1,093 | 8.74% | 12,504 |
| Lane | 659 | 58.22% | 363 | 32.07% | 81 | 7.16% | 29 | 2.56% | 296 | 26.15% | 1,132 |
| Leavenworth | 6,002 | 49.29% | 5,536 | 45.46% | 536 | 4.40% | 104 | 0.85% | 466 | 3.83% | 12,178 |
| Lincoln | 2,106 | 53.45% | 1,716 | 43.55% | 54 | 1.37% | 64 | 1.62% | 390 | 9.90% | 3,940 |
| Linn | 2,930 | 49.36% | 2,699 | 45.47% | 256 | 4.31% | 51 | 0.86% | 231 | 3.89% | 5,936 |
| Logan | 709 | 50.36% | 592 | 42.05% | 70 | 4.97% | 37 | 2.63% | 117 | 8.31% | 1,408 |
| Lyon | 5,584 | 53.36% | 4,215 | 40.28% | 357 | 3.41% | 308 | 2.94% | 1,369 | 13.08% | 10,464 |
| Marion | 2,790 | 42.13% | 3,453 | 52.14% | 274 | 4.14% | 105 | 1.59% | -663 | -10.01% | 6,622 |
| Marshall | 4,275 | 46.74% | 4,581 | 50.08% | 185 | 2.02% | 106 | 1.16% | -306 | -3.35% | 9,147 |
| McPherson | 3,737 | 46.75% | 3,806 | 47.61% | 238 | 2.98% | 213 | 2.66% | -69 | -0.86% | 7,994 |
| Meade | 977 | 45.15% | 973 | 44.96% | 71 | 3.28% | 143 | 6.61% | 4 | 0.18% | 2,164 |
| Miami | 4,047 | 54.74% | 3,086 | 41.74% | 199 | 2.69% | 61 | 0.83% | 961 | 13.00% | 7,393 |
| Mitchell | 3,197 | 54.88% | 2,413 | 41.42% | 137 | 2.35% | 78 | 1.34% | 784 | 13.46% | 5,825 |
| Montgomery | 8,059 | 52.44% | 6,371 | 41.45% | 764 | 4.97% | 175 | 1.14% | 1,688 | 10.98% | 15,369 |
| Morris | 2,577 | 51.48% | 2,289 | 45.73% | 87 | 1.74% | 53 | 1.06% | 288 | 5.75% | 5,006 |
| Morton | 457 | 47.85% | 405 | 42.41% | 51 | 5.34% | 42 | 4.40% | 52 | 5.45% | 955 |
| Nemaha | 3,579 | 49.03% | 3,591 | 49.19% | 61 | 0.84% | 69 | 0.95% | -12 | -0.16% | 7,300 |
| Neosho | 4,891 | 52.94% | 4,053 | 43.87% | 238 | 2.58% | 57 | 0.62% | 838 | 9.07% | 9,239 |
| Ness | 1,213 | 49.23% | 927 | 37.62% | 177 | 7.18% | 147 | 5.97% | 286 | 11.61% | 2,464 |
| Norton | 2,876 | 61.01% | 1,616 | 34.28% | 173 | 3.67% | 49 | 1.04% | 1,260 | 26.73% | 4,714 |
| Osage | 4,276 | 50.69% | 3,770 | 44.69% | 287 | 3.40% | 103 | 1.22% | 506 | 6.00% | 8,436 |
| Osborne | 2,621 | 51.58% | 2,149 | 42.29% | 82 | 1.61% | 229 | 4.51% | 472 | 9.29% | 5,081 |
| Ottawa | 2,711 | 54.61% | 2,013 | 40.55% | 117 | 2.36% | 123 | 2.48% | 698 | 14.06% | 4,964 |
| Pawnee | 2,131 | 55.05% | 1,499 | 38.72% | 120 | 3.10% | 121 | 3.13% | 632 | 16.33% | 3,871 |
| Phillips | 2,912 | 53.65% | 2,271 | 41.84% | 149 | 2.75% | 96 | 1.77% | 641 | 11.81% | 5,428 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,834 | 42.77% | 3,688 | 55.66% | 61 | 0.92% | 43 | 0.65% | -854 | -12.89% | 6,626 |
| Pratt | 2,607 | 54.34% | 1,820 | 37.93% | 130 | 2.71% | 241 | 5.02% | 787 | 16.40% | 4,798 |
| Rawlins | 1,271 | 55.48% | 803 | 35.05% | 165 | 7.20% | 52 | 2.27% | 468 | 20.43% | 2,291 |
| Reno | 6,683 | 44.80% | 6,870 | 46.05% | 941 | 6.31% | 425 | 2.85% | -187 | -1.25% | 14,919 |
| Republic | 3,806 | 55.00% | 2,882 | 41.65% | 147 | 2.12% | 85 | 1.23% | 924 | 13.35% | 6,920 |
| Rice | 2,801 | 47.86% | 2,494 | 42.62% | 188 | 3.21% | 369 | 6.31% | 307 | 5.25% | 5,852 |
| Riley | 2,637 | 41.57% | 3,320 | 52.34% | 299 | 4.71% | 87 | 1.37% | -683 | -10.77% | 6,343 |
| Rooks | 2,394 | 56.54% | 1,621 | 38.29% | 111 | 2.62% | 108 | 2.55% | 773 | 18.26% | 4,234 |
| Rush | 1,478 | 50.34% | 1,223 | 41.66% | 173 | 5.89% | 62 | 2.11% | 255 | 8.69% | 2,936 |
| Russell | 1,934 | 47.01% | 2,011 | 48.88% | 79 | 1.92% | 90 | 2.19% | -77 | -1.87% | 4,114 |
| Saline | 4,860 | 52.76% | 3,984 | 43.25% | 225 | 2.44% | 143 | 1.55% | 876 | 9.51% | 9,212 |
| Scott | 684 | 54.50% | 416 | 33.15% | 110 | 8.76% | 45 | 3.59% | 268 | 21.35% | 1,255 |
| Sedgwick | 13,391 | 51.34% | 10,899 | 41.79% | 868 | 3.33% | 924 | 3.54% | 2,492 | 9.55% | 26,082 |
| Seward | 1,105 | 56.26% | 678 | 34.52% | 97 | 4.94% | 84 | 4.28% | 427 | 21.74% | 1,964 |
| Shawnee | 9,468 | 41.14% | 12,634 | 54.90% | 510 | 2.22% | 402 | 1.75% | -3,166 | -13.76% | 23,014 |
| Sheridan | 1,189 | 58.66% | 760 | 37.49% | 55 | 2.71% | 23 | 1.13% | 429 | 21.16% | 2,027 |
| Sherman | 1,196 | 63.35% | 582 | 30.83% | 87 | 4.61% | 23 | 1.22% | 614 | 32.52% | 1,888 |
| Smith | 3,431 | 54.10% | 2,605 | 41.08% | 175 | 2.76% | 131 | 2.07% | 826 | 13.02% | 6,342 |
| Stafford | 2,148 | 49.63% | 1,812 | 41.87% | 174 | 4.02% | 194 | 4.48% | 336 | 7.76% | 4,328 |
| Stanton | 170 | 42.08% | 180 | 44.55% | 22 | 5.45% | 32 | 7.92% | -10 | -2.48% | 404 |
| Stevens | 646 | 55.31% | 391 | 33.48% | 46 | 3.94% | 85 | 7.28% | 255 | 21.83% | 1,168 |
| Sumner | 5,519 | 53.27% | 4,079 | 39.37% | 458 | 4.42% | 305 | 2.94% | 1,440 | 13.90% | 10,361 |
| Thomas | 1,299 | 63.03% | 642 | 31.15% | 101 | 4.90% | 19 | 0.92% | 657 | 31.88% | 2,061 |
| Trego | 1,094 | 53.08% | 867 | 42.07% | 68 | 3.30% | 32 | 1.55% | 227 | 11.01% | 2,061 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,706 | 38.10% | 2,640 | 58.95% | 89 | 1.99% | 43 | 0.96% | -934 | -20.86% | 4,478 |
| Wallace | 497 | 51.50% | 381 | 39.48% | 79 | 8.19% | 8 | 0.83% | 116 | 12.02% | 965 |
| Washington | 3,316 | 45.54% | 3,766 | 51.72% | 127 | 1.74% | 73 | 1.00% | -450 | -6.18% | 7,282 |
| Wichita | 333 | 46.12% | 318 | 44.04% | 43 | 5.96% | 28 | 3.88% | 15 | 2.08% | 722 |
| Wilson | 3,494 | 49.18% | 2,970 | 41.81% | 553 | 7.78% | 87 | 1.22% | 524 | 7.38% | 7,104 |
| Woodson | 1,794 | 46.48% | 1,861 | 48.21% | 161 | 4.17% | 44 | 1.14% | -67 | -1.74% | 3,860 |
| Wyandotte | 17,850 | 53.89% | 13,863 | 41.86% | 1,028 | 3.10% | 380 | 1.15% | 3,987 | 12.04% | 33,121 |
| Totals | 314,588 | 49.95% | 277,658 | 44.09% | 24,685 | 3.92% | 12,882 | 2.05% | 36,930 | 5.86% | 629,813 |
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