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The1916 United States presidential election in Ohio was held onNovember7,1916. State voters chose 24 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by theDemocratic Party candidate, incumbent PresidentWoodrow Wilson, who won the state with 51.86 percent of the popular vote. TheRepublican Party candidate,Charles Evans Hughes, garnered 44.18 percent of the popular vote.[1]
As a result of his win in Ohio, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate sinceAndrew Jackson in1832 to win Ohio with a majority of the votes, although three Democrats in the intervening period – Wilson himself in1912,Franklin Pierce in1852, andLewis Cass in1848 – had won the state with pluralities.[2]
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichDelaware County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, the longest county voting streak for either party in the state.[3]
| 1916 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) | 604,161 | 51.86% | 24 | |
| Republican | Charles E. Hughes | 514,753 | 44.18% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 38,092 | 3.27% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 8,080 | 0.69% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,165,086 | 100.0% | 24 | ||
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,887 | 49.38% | 2,819 | 48.21% | 107 | 1.83% | 34 | 0.58% | 68 | 1.16% | 5,847 |
| Allen | 7,905 | 55.91% | 5,713 | 40.40% | 411 | 2.91% | 111 | 0.79% | 2,192 | 15.50% | 14,140 |
| Ashland | 4,000 | 59.89% | 2,534 | 37.94% | 97 | 1.45% | 48 | 0.72% | 1,466 | 21.95% | 6,679 |
| Ashtabula | 5,306 | 42.02% | 6,608 | 52.34% | 569 | 4.51% | 143 | 1.13% | -1,302 | -10.31% | 12,626 |
| Athens | 4,101 | 40.74% | 5,554 | 55.18% | 338 | 3.36% | 73 | 0.73% | -1,453 | -14.43% | 10,066 |
| Auglaize | 4,124 | 57.48% | 2,763 | 38.51% | 246 | 3.43% | 42 | 0.59% | 1,361 | 18.97% | 7,175 |
| Belmont | 7,911 | 46.41% | 7,526 | 44.15% | 1,387 | 8.14% | 222 | 1.30% | 385 | 2.26% | 17,046 |
| Brown | 3,959 | 63.43% | 2,227 | 35.68% | 45 | 0.72% | 11 | 0.18% | 1,732 | 27.75% | 6,242 |
| Butler | 10,806 | 58.75% | 5,850 | 31.81% | 1,625 | 8.84% | 111 | 0.60% | 4,956 | 26.95% | 18,392 |
| Carroll | 1,672 | 43.04% | 2,086 | 53.69% | 61 | 1.57% | 66 | 1.70% | -414 | -10.66% | 3,885 |
| Champaign | 3,338 | 46.80% | 3,695 | 51.80% | 70 | 0.98% | 30 | 0.42% | -357 | -5.00% | 7,133 |
| Clark | 8,848 | 48.37% | 8,715 | 47.64% | 538 | 2.94% | 192 | 1.05% | 133 | 0.73% | 18,293 |
| Clermont | 4,247 | 53.56% | 3,549 | 44.76% | 106 | 1.34% | 27 | 0.34% | 698 | 8.80% | 7,929 |
| Clinton | 2,602 | 41.83% | 3,520 | 56.58% | 52 | 0.84% | 47 | 0.76% | -918 | -14.76% | 6,221 |
| Columbiana | 7,788 | 44.95% | 8,118 | 46.85% | 999 | 5.77% | 421 | 2.43% | -330 | -1.90% | 17,326 |
| Coshocton | 4,269 | 56.60% | 2,831 | 37.53% | 284 | 3.77% | 159 | 2.11% | 1,438 | 19.06% | 7,543 |
| Crawford | 6,014 | 67.05% | 2,673 | 29.80% | 215 | 2.40% | 68 | 0.76% | 3,341 | 37.25% | 8,970 |
| Cuyahoga | 71,533 | 55.49% | 51,287 | 39.79% | 5,662 | 4.39% | 418 | 0.32% | 20,246 | 15.71% | 128,900 |
| Darke | 6,186 | 56.94% | 4,322 | 39.78% | 115 | 1.06% | 242 | 2.23% | 1,864 | 17.16% | 10,865 |
| Defiance | 3,359 | 55.47% | 2,565 | 42.36% | 97 | 1.60% | 34 | 0.56% | 794 | 13.11% | 6,055 |
| Delaware | 3,754 | 50.95% | 3,461 | 46.97% | 49 | 0.67% | 104 | 1.41% | 293 | 3.98% | 7,368 |
| Erie | 5,152 | 53.27% | 4,170 | 43.12% | 317 | 3.28% | 32 | 0.33% | 982 | 10.15% | 9,671 |
| Fairfield | 6,172 | 63.34% | 3,380 | 34.69% | 111 | 1.14% | 81 | 0.83% | 2,792 | 28.65% | 9,744 |
| Fayette | 2,616 | 47.69% | 2,772 | 50.53% | 67 | 1.22% | 31 | 0.57% | -156 | -2.84% | 5,486 |
| Franklin | 34,103 | 57.10% | 24,107 | 40.36% | 1,172 | 1.96% | 345 | 0.58% | 9,996 | 16.74% | 59,727 |
| Fulton | 2,507 | 45.28% | 2,933 | 52.97% | 69 | 1.25% | 28 | 0.51% | -426 | -7.69% | 5,537 |
| Gallia | 2,277 | 43.55% | 2,860 | 54.71% | 67 | 1.28% | 24 | 0.46% | -583 | -11.15% | 5,228 |
| Geauga | 1,345 | 41.80% | 1,806 | 56.12% | 43 | 1.34% | 24 | 0.75% | -461 | -14.33% | 3,218 |
| Greene | 2,913 | 37.86% | 4,458 | 57.93% | 209 | 2.72% | 115 | 1.49% | -1,545 | -20.08% | 7,695 |
| Guernsey | 4,312 | 45.65% | 4,228 | 44.76% | 776 | 8.22% | 130 | 1.38% | 84 | 0.89% | 9,446 |
| Hamilton | 51,990 | 43.30% | 64,030 | 53.33% | 3,739 | 3.11% | 310 | 0.26% | -12,040 | -10.03% | 120,069 |
| Hancock | 5,416 | 54.29% | 4,268 | 42.78% | 211 | 2.12% | 81 | 0.81% | 1,148 | 11.51% | 9,976 |
| Hardin | 4,304 | 50.24% | 4,119 | 48.08% | 113 | 1.32% | 31 | 0.36% | 185 | 2.16% | 8,567 |
| Harrison | 1,911 | 42.33% | 2,517 | 55.76% | 50 | 1.11% | 36 | 0.80% | -606 | -13.42% | 4,514 |
| Henry | 3,252 | 55.47% | 2,482 | 42.33% | 91 | 1.55% | 38 | 0.65% | 770 | 13.13% | 5,863 |
| Highland | 3,964 | 50.85% | 3,727 | 47.81% | 60 | 0.77% | 45 | 0.58% | 237 | 3.04% | 7,796 |
| Hocking | 2,907 | 53.59% | 2,357 | 43.45% | 134 | 2.47% | 27 | 0.50% | 550 | 10.14% | 5,425 |
| Holmes | 2,846 | 73.64% | 955 | 24.71% | 43 | 1.11% | 21 | 0.54% | 1,891 | 48.93% | 3,865 |
| Huron | 4,136 | 49.36% | 4,048 | 48.31% | 139 | 1.66% | 57 | 0.68% | 88 | 1.05% | 8,380 |
| Jackson | 2,922 | 47.11% | 3,116 | 50.23% | 127 | 2.05% | 38 | 0.61% | -194 | -3.13% | 6,203 |
| Jefferson | 5,250 | 41.94% | 6,658 | 53.19% | 500 | 3.99% | 109 | 0.87% | -1,408 | -11.25% | 12,517 |
| Knox | 4,578 | 54.61% | 3,646 | 43.49% | 96 | 1.15% | 63 | 0.75% | 932 | 11.12% | 8,383 |
| Lake | 2,596 | 46.21% | 2,887 | 51.39% | 106 | 1.89% | 29 | 0.52% | -291 | -5.18% | 5,618 |
| Lawrence | 2,821 | 38.21% | 4,363 | 59.10% | 165 | 2.24% | 33 | 0.45% | -1,542 | -20.89% | 7,382 |
| Licking | 8,183 | 56.43% | 5,935 | 40.93% | 268 | 1.85% | 114 | 0.79% | 2,248 | 15.50% | 14,500 |
| Logan | 3,483 | 43.93% | 4,345 | 54.80% | 45 | 0.57% | 56 | 0.71% | -862 | -10.87% | 7,929 |
| Lorain | 7,658 | 50.91% | 6,868 | 45.66% | 464 | 3.08% | 52 | 0.35% | 790 | 5.25% | 15,042 |
| Lucas | 30,779 | 60.80% | 16,711 | 33.01% | 3,000 | 5.93% | 136 | 0.27% | 14,068 | 27.79% | 50,626 |
| Madison | 2,667 | 48.35% | 2,809 | 50.92% | 16 | 0.29% | 24 | 0.44% | -142 | -2.57% | 5,516 |
| Mahoning | 13,013 | 51.59% | 11,256 | 44.62% | 741 | 2.94% | 215 | 0.85% | 1,757 | 6.97% | 25,225 |
| Marion | 5,273 | 53.53% | 4,264 | 43.29% | 264 | 2.68% | 49 | 0.50% | 1,009 | 10.24% | 9,850 |
| Medina | 2,984 | 50.71% | 2,754 | 46.80% | 111 | 1.89% | 36 | 0.61% | 230 | 3.91% | 5,885 |
| Meigs | 2,628 | 43.57% | 3,184 | 52.79% | 189 | 3.13% | 30 | 0.50% | -556 | -9.22% | 6,031 |
| Mercer | 3,803 | 62.27% | 2,065 | 33.81% | 55 | 0.90% | 184 | 3.01% | 1,738 | 28.46% | 6,107 |
| Miami | 5,582 | 47.01% | 5,772 | 48.61% | 433 | 3.65% | 86 | 0.72% | -190 | -1.60% | 11,873 |
| Monroe | 3,322 | 67.62% | 1,504 | 30.61% | 51 | 1.04% | 36 | 0.73% | 1,818 | 37.00% | 4,913 |
| Montgomery | 24,339 | 51.92% | 19,683 | 41.99% | 2,618 | 5.59% | 235 | 0.50% | 4,656 | 9.93% | 46,875 |
| Morgan | 1,833 | 44.26% | 2,136 | 51.58% | 105 | 2.54% | 67 | 1.62% | -303 | -7.32% | 4,141 |
| Morrow | 2,345 | 51.64% | 2,062 | 45.41% | 39 | 0.86% | 95 | 2.09% | 283 | 6.23% | 4,541 |
| Muskingum | 6,328 | 42.75% | 7,597 | 51.32% | 676 | 4.57% | 201 | 1.36% | -1,269 | -8.57% | 14,802 |
| Noble | 2,175 | 47.80% | 2,290 | 50.33% | 32 | 0.70% | 53 | 1.16% | -115 | -2.53% | 4,550 |
| Ottawa | 3,347 | 64.44% | 1,793 | 34.52% | 46 | 0.89% | 8 | 0.15% | 1,554 | 29.92% | 5,194 |
| Paulding | 2,313 | 45.64% | 2,647 | 52.23% | 85 | 1.68% | 23 | 0.45% | -334 | -6.59% | 5,068 |
| Perry | 3,860 | 46.73% | 3,953 | 47.85% | 381 | 4.61% | 67 | 0.81% | -93 | -1.13% | 8,261 |
| Pickaway | 3,820 | 58.66% | 2,629 | 40.37% | 21 | 0.32% | 42 | 0.64% | 1,191 | 18.29% | 6,512 |
| Pike | 2,091 | 55.72% | 1,616 | 43.06% | 29 | 0.77% | 17 | 0.45% | 475 | 12.66% | 3,753 |
| Portage | 4,269 | 55.56% | 3,142 | 40.90% | 215 | 2.80% | 57 | 0.74% | 1,127 | 14.67% | 7,683 |
| Preble | 3,387 | 53.09% | 2,881 | 45.16% | 59 | 0.92% | 53 | 0.83% | 506 | 7.93% | 6,380 |
| Putnam | 4,294 | 64.79% | 2,243 | 33.84% | 53 | 0.80% | 38 | 0.57% | 2,051 | 30.94% | 6,628 |
| Richland | 6,985 | 56.87% | 4,886 | 39.78% | 343 | 2.79% | 69 | 0.56% | 2,099 | 17.09% | 12,283 |
| Ross | 5,154 | 50.68% | 4,857 | 47.76% | 109 | 1.07% | 50 | 0.49% | 297 | 2.92% | 10,170 |
| Sandusky | 5,264 | 58.25% | 3,557 | 39.36% | 132 | 1.46% | 84 | 0.93% | 1,707 | 18.89% | 9,037 |
| Scioto | 4,808 | 40.71% | 6,356 | 53.82% | 521 | 4.41% | 124 | 1.05% | -1,548 | -13.11% | 11,809 |
| Seneca | 6,451 | 57.80% | 4,301 | 38.54% | 320 | 2.87% | 89 | 0.80% | 2,150 | 19.26% | 11,161 |
| Shelby | 3,801 | 60.32% | 2,352 | 37.33% | 110 | 1.75% | 38 | 0.60% | 1,449 | 23.00% | 6,301 |
| Stark | 15,316 | 48.93% | 14,159 | 45.23% | 1,506 | 4.81% | 322 | 1.03% | 1,157 | 3.70% | 31,303 |
| Summit | 19,343 | 59.45% | 11,593 | 35.63% | 1,260 | 3.87% | 343 | 1.05% | 7,750 | 23.82% | 32,539 |
| Trumbull | 6,091 | 46.57% | 6,167 | 47.15% | 684 | 5.23% | 138 | 1.06% | -76 | -0.58% | 13,080 |
| Tuscarawas | 7,608 | 54.84% | 5,404 | 38.96% | 806 | 5.81% | 54 | 0.39% | 2,204 | 15.89% | 13,872 |
| Union | 2,747 | 45.73% | 3,182 | 52.97% | 47 | 0.78% | 31 | 0.52% | -435 | -7.24% | 6,007 |
| Van Wert | 3,753 | 48.56% | 3,802 | 49.19% | 131 | 1.69% | 43 | 0.56% | -49 | -0.63% | 7,729 |
| Vinton | 1,433 | 49.19% | 1,420 | 48.75% | 53 | 1.82% | 7 | 0.24% | 13 | 0.45% | 2,913 |
| Warren | 2,937 | 44.22% | 3,610 | 54.35% | 60 | 0.90% | 35 | 0.53% | -673 | -10.13% | 6,642 |
| Washington | 5,267 | 50.43% | 4,745 | 45.43% | 335 | 3.21% | 97 | 0.93% | 522 | 5.00% | 10,444 |
| Wayne | 5,930 | 60.22% | 3,676 | 37.33% | 135 | 1.37% | 106 | 1.08% | 2,254 | 22.89% | 9,847 |
| Williams | 3,552 | 51.68% | 3,132 | 45.57% | 131 | 1.91% | 58 | 0.84% | 420 | 6.11% | 6,873 |
| Wood | 5,796 | 52.18% | 5,034 | 45.32% | 202 | 1.82% | 76 | 0.68% | 762 | 6.86% | 11,108 |
| Wyandot | 3,250 | 60.50% | 2,078 | 38.68% | 33 | 0.61% | 11 | 0.20% | 1,172 | 21.82% | 5,372 |
| Totals | 604,161 | 51.84% | 514,753 | 44.17% | 38,392 | 3.29% | 8,080 | 0.69% | 89,408 | 7.67% | 1,165,386 |
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