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The1916 United States presidential election inFlorida took place onNovember7,1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the1916 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose six electors to theElectoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.
Despite a rare four-way contest, the state was won handily by theincumbentDemocraticPresidentWoodrow Wilson. He garnered 69.34% of the vote, winning against the Republican nomineeCharles Evans Hughes by a margin of 51.24%. He also won againstSocialist candidateAllan L. Benson andProhibition candidateFrank Hanly.[1]
| 1916 United States presidential election in Florida | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | Thomas R. Marshall | 55,984 | 69.34% | 6 | |
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | 14,611 | 18.10% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Allan L. Benson | George Ross Kirkpatrick | 5,353 | 6.63% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Frank Hanly | Ira Landrith | 4,786 | 5.93% | 0 | |
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
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| #[a] | % | #[a] | % | #[a] | % | #[a] | % | ||
| Alachua | 2,030 | 79.76% | 440 | 17.29% | 33 | 1.30% | 42 | 1.65% | 2,545 |
| Baker | 439 | 78.11% | 52 | 9.25% | 30 | 5.34% | 41 | 7.30% | 562 |
| Bay | 725 | 61.44% | 279 | 23.64% | 99 | 8.39% | 77 | 6.53% | 1,180 |
| Bradford | 1,302 | 87.44% | 153 | 10.28% | 13 | 0.87% | 21 | 1.41% | 1,489 |
| Brevard | 599 | 65.25% | 174 | 18.95% | 76 | 8.28% | 69 | 7.52% | 918 |
| Broward | 382 | 54.57% | 158 | 22.57% | 110 | 15.71% | 50 | 7.14% | 700 |
| Calhoun | 539 | 64.09% | 209 | 24.85% | 68 | 8.09% | 25 | 2.97% | 841 |
| Citrus | 601 | 86.47% | 46 | 6.62% | 25 | 3.60% | 23 | 3.31% | 695 |
| Clay | 380 | 68.72% | 79 | 14.29% | 47 | 8.50% | 47 | 8.50% | 553 |
| Columbia | 861 | 72.60% | 226 | 19.06% | 28 | 2.36% | 71 | 5.99% | 1,186 |
| Dade | 1,654 | 57.69% | 629 | 21.94% | 301 | 10.50% | 283 | 9.87% | 2,867 |
| DeSoto | 1,755 | 68.13% | 385 | 14.95% | 228 | 8.85% | 208 | 8.07% | 2,576 |
| Duval | 5,456 | 68.57% | 1,339 | 16.83% | 581 | 7.30% | 581 | 7.30% | 7,957 |
| Escambia | 2,183 | 78.95% | 416 | 15.05% | 99 | 3.58% | 67 | 2.42% | 2,765 |
| Franklin | 312 | 64.73% | 81 | 16.80% | 32 | 6.64% | 57 | 11.83% | 482 |
| Gadsden | 875 | 84.95% | 57 | 5.53% | 40 | 3.88% | 58 | 5.63% | 1,030 |
| Hamilton | 675 | 83.13% | 113 | 13.92% | 15 | 1.85% | 9 | 1.11% | 812 |
| Hernando | 446 | 79.64% | 38 | 6.79% | 38 | 6.79% | 38 | 6.79% | 560 |
| Hillsborough | 4,627 | 69.95% | 691 | 10.45% | 622 | 9.40% | 675 | 10.20% | 6,615 |
| Holmes | 763 | 51.52% | 427 | 28.83% | 182 | 12.29% | 109 | 7.36% | 1,481 |
| Jackson | 1,975 | 79.60% | 410 | 16.53% | 34 | 1.37% | 62 | 2.50% | 2,481 |
| Jefferson | 646 | 85.11% | 104 | 13.70% | 4 | 0.53% | 5 | 0.66% | 759 |
| Lafayette | 849 | 89.27% | 45 | 4.73% | 30 | 3.15% | 27 | 2.84% | 951 |
| Lake | 886 | 67.79% | 330 | 25.25% | 68 | 5.20% | 23 | 1.76% | 1,307 |
| Lee | 751 | 66.34% | 167 | 14.75% | 135 | 11.93% | 79 | 6.98% | 1,132 |
| Leon | 875 | 74.79% | 191 | 16.32% | 42 | 3.59% | 62 | 5.30% | 1,170 |
| Levy | 712 | 73.48% | 216 | 22.29% | 25 | 2.58% | 16 | 1.65% | 969 |
| Liberty | 280 | 71.98% | 57 | 14.65% | 14 | 3.60% | 38 | 9.77% | 389 |
| Madison | 721 | 89.79% | 22 | 2.74% | 22 | 2.74% | 38 | 4.73% | 803 |
| Manatee | 1,033 | 66.73% | 289 | 18.67% | 116 | 7.49% | 110 | 7.11% | 1,548 |
| Marion | 1,567 | 66.15% | 462 | 19.50% | 151 | 6.37% | 189 | 7.98% | 2,369 |
| Monroe | 730 | 51.01% | 345 | 24.11% | 249 | 17.40% | 107 | 7.48% | 1,431 |
| Nassau | 420 | 70.35% | 94 | 15.75% | 40 | 6.70% | 43 | 7.20% | 597 |
| Okaloosa | 603 | 63.41% | 303 | 31.86% | 29 | 3.05% | 16 | 1.68% | 951 |
| Orange | 1,261 | 71.77% | 415 | 23.62% | 51 | 2.90% | 30 | 1.71% | 1,757 |
| Osceola | 511 | 43.98% | 453 | 38.98% | 100 | 8.61% | 98 | 8.43% | 1,162 |
| Palm Beach | 725 | 51.67% | 311 | 22.17% | 194 | 13.83% | 173 | 12.33% | 1,403 |
| Pasco | 779 | 65.41% | 236 | 19.82% | 82 | 6.88% | 94 | 7.89% | 1,191 |
| Pinellas | 1,503 | 61.90% | 555 | 22.86% | 173 | 7.13% | 197 | 8.11% | 2,428 |
| Polk | 2,574 | 76.13% | 578 | 17.10% | 158 | 4.67% | 71 | 2.10% | 3,381 |
| Putnam | 879 | 60.29% | 418 | 28.67% | 93 | 6.38% | 68 | 4.66% | 1,458 |
| St. Johns | 1,133 | 66.14% | 326 | 19.03% | 136 | 7.94% | 118 | 6.89% | 1,713 |
| St. Lucie | 703 | 68.92% | 134 | 13.14% | 110 | 10.78% | 73 | 7.16% | 1,020 |
| Santa Rosa | 896 | 82.58% | 111 | 10.23% | 19 | 1.75% | 59 | 5.44% | 1,085 |
| Seminole | 706 | 70.88% | 155 | 15.56% | 80 | 8.03% | 55 | 5.52% | 996 |
| Sumter | 599 | 80.62% | 70 | 9.42% | 30 | 4.04% | 44 | 5.92% | 743 |
| Suwannee | 1,209 | 85.14% | 56 | 3.94% | 126 | 8.87% | 29 | 2.04% | 1,420 |
| Taylor | 547 | 89.67% | 51 | 8.36% | 11 | 1.80% | 1 | 0.16% | 610 |
| Volusia | 1,541 | 58.11% | 886 | 33.41% | 109 | 4.11% | 116 | 4.37% | 2,652 |
| Wakulla | 387 | 68.74% | 121 | 21.49% | 32 | 5.68% | 23 | 4.09% | 563 |
| Walton | 753 | 50.95% | 549 | 37.14% | 79 | 5.35% | 97 | 6.56% | 1,478 |
| Washington | 626 | 62.41% | 159 | 15.85% | 144 | 14.36% | 74 | 7.38% | 1,003 |
| Totals | 55,984 | 69.34% | 14,611 | 18.10% | 5,353 | 6.63% | 4,786 | 5.93% | 79,731 |
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