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The1916 United States presidential election in Maine took place onNovember7,1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election, held throughout all the contemporary 48 states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Maine was won by theRepublican nominee,U.S. Supreme Court JusticeCharles Evans Hughes ofNew York, and his running mateSenatorCharles W. Fairbanks ofIndiana. They defeatedDemocratic nominees, incumbent DemocraticPresidentWoodrow Wilson andVice PresidentThomas R. Marshall.
Hughes won Maine by a narrow margin of 4.02 percentage points. Nevertheless, Wilson won the election nationally by a narrow margin of 23 electoral votes. This was the last time until 1932 in which a county in Maine voted for a Democrat.
| 1916 United States presidential election in Maine[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Charles Evans Hughes ofNew York | Charles Warren Fairbanks ofIndiana | 69,508 | 50.99% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson ofNew Jersey | Thomas Riley Marshall ofIndiana | 64,033 | 46.97% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Allan Louis Benson ofNew York | George Ross Kirkpatrick ofNew Jersey | 2,177 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | James Franklin Hanly ofIndiana | Ira Landrith ofTennessee | 596 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 136,314 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 4,496 | 43.71% | 5,464 | 53.12% | 279 | 2.71% | 47 | 0.46% | -968 | -9.41% | 10,286 |
| Aroostook | 5,770 | 69.58% | 2,425 | 29.24% | 48 | 0.58% | 50 | 0.60% | 3,345 | 40.34% | 8,293 |
| Cumberland | 11,768 | 53.59% | 9,795 | 44.60% | 321 | 1.46% | 77 | 0.35% | 1,973 | 8.98% | 21,961 |
| Franklin | 1,988 | 49.89% | 1,908 | 47.88% | 63 | 1.58% | 26 | 0.65% | 80 | 2.01% | 3,985 |
| Hancock | 3,192 | 48.14% | 3,303 | 49.81% | 115 | 1.73% | 21 | 0.32% | -111 | -1.67% | 6,631 |
| Kennebec | 6,731 | 53.71% | 5,527 | 44.11% | 223 | 1.78% | 50 | 0.40% | 1,204 | 9.61% | 12,531 |
| Knox | 2,211 | 37.82% | 3,434 | 58.74% | 179 | 3.06% | 22 | 0.38% | -1,223 | -20.92% | 5,846 |
| Lincoln | 1,781 | 49.97% | 1,718 | 48.20% | 51 | 1.43% | 14 | 0.39% | 63 | 1.77% | 3,564 |
| Oxford | 4,026 | 51.73% | 3,625 | 46.58% | 98 | 1.26% | 33 | 0.42% | 401 | 5.15% | 7,782 |
| Penobscot | 7,324 | 49.41% | 7,294 | 49.21% | 135 | 0.91% | 70 | 0.47% | 30 | 0.20% | 14,823 |
| Piscataquis | 2,142 | 54.16% | 1,763 | 44.58% | 30 | 0.76% | 20 | 0.51% | 379 | 9.58% | 3,955 |
| Sagadahoc | 1,828 | 49.01% | 1,791 | 48.02% | 91 | 2.44% | 20 | 0.54% | 37 | 0.99% | 3,730 |
| Somerset | 3,567 | 51.24% | 3,134 | 45.02% | 236 | 3.39% | 24 | 0.34% | 433 | 6.22% | 6,961 |
| Waldo | 2,418 | 47.58% | 2,539 | 49.96% | 104 | 2.05% | 21 | 0.41% | -121 | -2.38% | 5,082 |
| Washington | 3,891 | 52.24% | 3,459 | 46.44% | 62 | 0.83% | 37 | 0.50% | 432 | 5.80% | 7,449 |
| York | 6,375 | 47.45% | 6,854 | 51.02% | 142 | 1.06% | 64 | 0.48% | -479 | -3.57% | 13,435 |
| Totals | 69,508 | 50.99% | 64,033 | 46.97% | 2,177 | 1.60% | 596 | 0.44% | 5,475 | 4.02% | 136,314 |
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