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The1916 United States presidential election in New York took place onNovember 7,1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
New York was won by theRepublican nominee,U.S. Supreme Court JusticeCharles Evans Hughes ofNew York, and his running mateIndiana SenatorCharles W. Fairbanks. Hughes and Fairbanks defeated theDemocratic nominees, incumbent DemocraticPresidentWoodrow Wilson andVice PresidentThomas R. Marshall.
A formerGovernor of New York, Hughes won his home state fairly comfortably, taking 51.53% of the vote to Wilson's 44.51%, a victory margin of 7.02%. Coming in a distant third wasSocialist candidateAllan L. Benson, who took 2.69%, with a sizeable number of Benson's voters in the state beingJewish Americans in New York City.[2]
New York during theFourth Party System was usually a Republican state in presidential elections; however in1912, a strongthird party run by former Republican PresidentTheodore Roosevelt against the incumbent Republican PresidentWilliam Howard Taft had split the Republican vote, and had enabled Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic candidate to win New York State's electoral votes in 1912 with a plurality of only 41%. With the Republicans re-united behind Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, and criticism of Wilson's policies already emanating from the Democrats'Irish-American base,[3] New York returned to the Republican column, and delivered a fairly comfortable win to Hughes even as Wilson won re-election nationwide. Hughes' 7% margin of victory made New York State a strong 10% more Republican than the national average in the 1916 election.
Nonetheless, this was the last occasion until1964 that the Democratic Party carriedHamilton County,Schoharie County,Otsego County andChemung County.[4] With the exception of Chemung, these were historically German orDutch[5] and usually Democratic rural counties that would turn permanently to the GOP amidst the fallout fromWorld War I.[6]
Hughes' victory in the state made him the second Republican presidential candidate to win New York without winning the election, the first wasJohn C. Frémont in1856 and the third wasThomas E. Dewey in1948. Hughes also became the first losing candidate to win the state sinceSamuel J. Tilden in1876.
| 1916 United States presidential election in New York[7] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 879,238 | 51.53% | 45 | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 759,426 | 44.51% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 45,944 | 2.69% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 19,031 | 1.12% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 2,666 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,706,305 | 100.0% | 45 | ||
| 1916 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | |||
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 139,547 | 47,870 | 125,625 | 31,350 | 8,843 | 353,235 | 50.15% | |
| 52.55% | 49.76% | 48.79% | 45.70% | 53.60% | |||||
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 113,254 | 40,938 | 120,752 | 34,670 | 7,319 | 316,933 | 45.00% | |
| 42.65% | 42.55% | 46.90% | 50.54% | 44.36% | |||||
| Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 12,013 | 6,995 | 10,220 | 2,356 | 204 | 31,788 | 4.51% | |
| 4.52% | 7.27% | 3.97% | 3.43% | 1.24% | |||||
| Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 485 | 306 | 415 | 104 | 23 | 1,333 | 0.19% | |
| 0.18% | 0.32% | 0.16% | 0.15% | 0.14% | |||||
| Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 261 | 95 | 445 | 115 | 109 | 1,025 | 0.15% | |
| 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.66% | |||||
| TOTAL | 265,560 | 96,204 | 257,457 | 68,595 | 16,498 | 704,314 | 100.00% | ||
| County | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast[8] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 26,628 | 58.00% | 18,799 | 40.95% | 285 | 0.62% | 159 | 0.35% | 41 | 0.09% | 7,829 | 17.05% | 45,912 |
| Allegany | 6,308 | 62.57% | 3,191 | 31.65% | 94 | 0.93% | 486 | 4.82% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,117 | 30.92% | 10,081 |
| Bronx | 40,938 | 42.55% | 47,870 | 49.76% | 6,995 | 7.27% | 95 | 0.10% | 306 | 0.32% | -6,932 | -7.21% | 96,204 |
| Broome | 11,445 | 53.34% | 8,906 | 41.51% | 209 | 0.97% | 883 | 4.12% | 13 | 0.06% | 2,539 | 11.83% | 21,456 |
| Cattaraugus | 8,825 | 54.49% | 6,565 | 40.53% | 377 | 2.33% | 421 | 2.60% | 9 | 0.06% | 2,260 | 13.95% | 16,197 |
| Cayuga | 7,831 | 53.31% | 6,391 | 43.51% | 117 | 0.80% | 336 | 2.29% | 14 | 0.10% | 1,440 | 9.80% | 14,689 |
| Chautauqua | 14,782 | 62.19% | 7,153 | 30.09% | 924 | 3.89% | 864 | 3.63% | 47 | 0.20% | 7,629 | 32.10% | 23,770 |
| Chemung | 6,409 | 43.59% | 7,461 | 50.74% | 220 | 1.50% | 609 | 4.14% | 5 | 0.03% | -1,052 | -7.15% | 14,704 |
| Chenango | 5,198 | 54.77% | 3,887 | 40.96% | 54 | 0.57% | 345 | 3.64% | 6 | 0.06% | 1,311 | 13.81% | 9,490 |
| Clinton | 4,986 | 53.68% | 4,130 | 44.47% | 21 | 0.23% | 148 | 1.59% | 3 | 0.03% | 856 | 9.22% | 9,288 |
| Columbia | 5,314 | 51.35% | 4,938 | 47.71% | 24 | 0.23% | 71 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.02% | 376 | 3.63% | 10,349 |
| Cortland | 4,521 | 59.21% | 2,693 | 35.27% | 105 | 1.38% | 314 | 4.11% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,828 | 23.94% | 7,636 |
| Delaware | 6,266 | 53.74% | 4,986 | 42.76% | 153 | 1.31% | 248 | 2.13% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,280 | 10.98% | 11,660 |
| Dutchess | 11,082 | 54.60% | 8,906 | 43.88% | 133 | 0.66% | 151 | 0.74% | 26 | 0.13% | 2,176 | 10.72% | 20,298 |
| Erie | 53,638 | 52.35% | 45,622 | 44.53% | 2,305 | 2.25% | 447 | 0.44% | 448 | 0.44% | 8,016 | 7.82% | 102,460 |
| Essex | 4,643 | 65.39% | 2,373 | 33.42% | 21 | 0.30% | 62 | 0.87% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,270 | 31.97% | 7,100 |
| Franklin | 5,146 | 57.59% | 3,593 | 40.21% | 17 | 0.19% | 172 | 1.92% | 8 | 0.09% | 1,553 | 17.38% | 8,936 |
| Fulton | 5,756 | 54.35% | 4,085 | 38.57% | 425 | 4.01% | 297 | 2.80% | 28 | 0.26% | 1,671 | 15.78% | 10,591 |
| Genesee | 5,590 | 64.39% | 2,802 | 32.27% | 19 | 0.22% | 267 | 3.08% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,788 | 32.11% | 8,682 |
| Greene | 3,649 | 49.06% | 3,622 | 48.70% | 59 | 0.79% | 104 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.05% | 27 | 0.36% | 7,438 |
| Hamilton | 612 | 48.96% | 623 | 49.84% | 3 | 0.24% | 11 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.08% | -11 | -0.88% | 1,250 |
| Herkimer | 7,934 | 54.42% | 6,271 | 43.01% | 188 | 1.29% | 176 | 1.21% | 11 | 0.08% | 1,663 | 11.41% | 14,580 |
| Jefferson | 11,197 | 58.68% | 7,089 | 37.15% | 324 | 1.70% | 454 | 2.38% | 17 | 0.09% | 4,108 | 21.53% | 19,081 |
| Kings | 120,752 | 46.90% | 125,625 | 48.79% | 10,220 | 3.97% | 445 | 0.17% | 415 | 0.16% | -4,873 | -1.89% | 257,457 |
| Lewis | 3,418 | 54.90% | 2,675 | 42.96% | 12 | 0.19% | 120 | 1.93% | 1 | 0.02% | 743 | 11.93% | 6,226 |
| Livingston | 5,211 | 57.66% | 3,608 | 39.92% | 18 | 0.20% | 196 | 2.17% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,603 | 17.74% | 9,038 |
| Madison | 5,881 | 57.56% | 3,937 | 38.53% | 126 | 1.23% | 260 | 2.54% | 13 | 0.13% | 1,944 | 19.03% | 10,217 |
| Monroe | 39,393 | 61.68% | 21,782 | 34.11% | 1,444 | 2.26% | 1,110 | 1.74% | 134 | 0.21% | 17,611 | 27.58% | 63,863 |
| Montgomery | 6,704 | 54.57% | 5,347 | 43.52% | 112 | 0.91% | 104 | 0.85% | 18 | 0.15% | 1,357 | 11.05% | 12,285 |
| Nassau | 13,910 | 61.67% | 8,430 | 37.38% | 127 | 0.56% | 73 | 0.32% | 15 | 0.07% | 5,480 | 24.30% | 22,555 |
| New York | 113,254 | 42.65% | 139,547 | 52.55% | 12,013 | 4.52% | 261 | 0.10% | 485 | 0.18% | -26,293 | -9.90% | 265,560 |
| Niagara | 12,212 | 57.54% | 8,367 | 39.42% | 317 | 1.49% | 312 | 1.47% | 16 | 0.08% | 3,845 | 18.12% | 21,224 |
| Oneida | 18,813 | 52.54% | 16,070 | 44.88% | 367 | 1.02% | 525 | 1.47% | 30 | 0.08% | 2,743 | 7.66% | 35,805 |
| Onondaga | 27,815 | 55.35% | 19,892 | 39.58% | 1,113 | 2.21% | 1,369 | 2.72% | 64 | 0.13% | 7,923 | 15.77% | 50,253 |
| Ontario | 7,491 | 56.82% | 5,286 | 40.10% | 53 | 0.40% | 349 | 2.65% | 4 | 0.03% | 2,205 | 16.73% | 13,183 |
| Orange | 13,619 | 56.06% | 10,198 | 41.98% | 238 | 0.98% | 217 | 0.89% | 23 | 0.09% | 3,421 | 14.08% | 24,295 |
| Orleans | 4,903 | 64.41% | 2,529 | 33.22% | 19 | 0.25% | 159 | 2.09% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,374 | 31.19% | 7,612 |
| Oswego | 9,854 | 57.72% | 6,210 | 36.38% | 46 | 0.27% | 959 | 5.62% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,644 | 21.34% | 17,072 |
| Otsego | 5,926 | 48.16% | 5,975 | 48.56% | 74 | 0.60% | 326 | 2.65% | 3 | 0.02% | -49 | -0.40% | 12,304 |
| Putnam | 1,717 | 56.67% | 1,290 | 42.57% | 5 | 0.17% | 18 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 427 | 14.09% | 3,030 |
| Queens | 34,670 | 50.54% | 31,350 | 45.70% | 2,356 | 3.43% | 115 | 0.17% | 104 | 0.15% | 3,320 | 4.84% | 68,595 |
| Rensselaer | 14,968 | 51.21% | 13,822 | 47.29% | 213 | 0.73% | 201 | 0.69% | 26 | 0.09% | 1,146 | 3.92% | 29,230 |
| Richmond | 7,319 | 44.36% | 8,843 | 53.60% | 204 | 1.24% | 109 | 0.66% | 23 | 0.14% | -1,524 | -9.24% | 16,498 |
| Rockland | 5,041 | 52.19% | 4,469 | 46.27% | 85 | 0.88% | 55 | 0.57% | 9 | 0.09% | 572 | 5.92% | 9,659 |
| Saratoga | 8,062 | 53.00% | 6,711 | 44.12% | 154 | 1.01% | 280 | 1.84% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,351 | 8.88% | 15,211 |
| Schenectady | 9,759 | 47.45% | 8,962 | 43.58% | 1,446 | 7.03% | 328 | 1.59% | 71 | 0.35% | 797 | 3.88% | 20,566 |
| Schoharie | 2,851 | 43.50% | 3,457 | 52.75% | 11 | 0.17% | 233 | 3.56% | 2 | 0.03% | -606 | -9.25% | 6,554 |
| Schuyler | 1,956 | 52.38% | 1,629 | 43.63% | 13 | 0.35% | 136 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 327 | 8.76% | 3,734 |
| Seneca | 3,307 | 50.84% | 2,845 | 43.74% | 25 | 0.38% | 327 | 5.03% | 1 | 0.02% | 462 | 7.10% | 6,505 |
| St. Lawrence | 13,142 | 66.77% | 6,056 | 30.77% | 67 | 0.34% | 407 | 2.07% | 11 | 0.06% | 7,086 | 36.00% | 19,683 |
| Steuben | 10,424 | 53.99% | 8,032 | 41.60% | 196 | 1.02% | 645 | 3.34% | 11 | 0.06% | 2,392 | 12.39% | 19,308 |
| Suffolk | 12,742 | 59.20% | 8,422 | 39.13% | 168 | 0.78% | 174 | 0.81% | 16 | 0.07% | 4,320 | 20.07% | 21,522 |
| Sullivan | 4,340 | 53.05% | 3,659 | 44.73% | 110 | 1.34% | 65 | 0.79% | 7 | 0.09% | 681 | 8.32% | 8,181 |
| Tioga | 3,376 | 52.78% | 2,748 | 42.96% | 94 | 1.47% | 172 | 2.69% | 6 | 0.09% | 628 | 9.82% | 6,396 |
| Tompkins | 4,736 | 54.83% | 3,455 | 40.00% | 121 | 1.40% | 316 | 3.66% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,281 | 14.83% | 8,638 |
| Ulster | 10,734 | 56.58% | 7,807 | 41.15% | 71 | 0.37% | 354 | 1.87% | 5 | 0.03% | 2,927 | 15.43% | 18,971 |
| Warren | 4,880 | 61.47% | 2,825 | 35.58% | 126 | 1.59% | 97 | 1.22% | 11 | 0.14% | 2,055 | 25.88% | 7,939 |
| Washington | 7,310 | 63.77% | 3,907 | 34.08% | 108 | 0.94% | 135 | 1.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 3,403 | 29.69% | 11,463 |
| Wayne | 7,465 | 58.72% | 4,797 | 37.73% | 22 | 0.17% | 427 | 3.36% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,668 | 20.99% | 12,713 |
| Westchester | 34,693 | 59.43% | 22,457 | 38.47% | 932 | 1.60% | 195 | 0.33% | 103 | 0.18% | 12,236 | 20.96% | 58,380 |
| Wyoming | 4,952 | 62.14% | 2,783 | 34.92% | 22 | 0.28% | 208 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,169 | 27.22% | 7,969 |
| Yates | 2,940 | 61.78% | 1,666 | 35.01% | 24 | 0.50% | 129 | 2.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,274 | 26.77% | 4,759 |
| Totals | 879,238 | 51.53% | 759,426 | 44.51% | 45,944 | 2.69% | 19,031 | 1.12% | 2,666 | 0.16% | 119,812 | 7.02% | 1,706,305 |
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