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The1916 United States presidential election in Maryland took place onNovember7,1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
With its history as aslave state and substantial historicsecessionist support,Maryland had been strongly Democratic during theThird Party System despite havingFederalist andWhig tendencies under previous systems.[1] However, hostility towardsWilliam Jennings Bryan’s free silver andPopulist tendencies in the cities meant that the state shifted Republican in1896[2] and became very close in subsequent elections during the “System of 1896”. Unlike formerConfederate states andOklahoma, Maryland did not succeed in disenfranchising its large black population despite several attempts,[3] which helped the Republicans remain highly competitive in early twentieth-century state elections.
The previous three elections had seen Maryland as the strongest Democratic state outside the former Confederacy. Despite this, and the fact that four members of the state’s Progressive Party committee refused to endorse the reunified Republicans underCharles Evans Hughes,[4] leading GOP SenatorReed Smoot said late in September that he was confident Maryland could go Republican, although the poll still suggested Wilson would win narrowly.[5] Wilson did not campaign in the state at all, but Hughes’ campaign made a brief visit during the second week of October, which was not regarded as successful.[6]
Two days before the poll, Maryland was regarded as doubtful,[7] although there had been reports of a continued swing to Wilson a week previously.[8] As it turned out, the earlier prediction proved the better guide, with Wilson winning by 8.02 percent for his strongest performance in any antebellumUnion state, and becoming the first Democrat to win an absolute majority in Maryland sinceGrover Cleveland in1892.[9] In this election, Maryland voted 4.9% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[10]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson ofNew Jersey(incumbent) | Thomas R. Marshall(incumbent) | Democratic | 8[11] | 138,359 | 52.80% |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 0 | 117,347 | 44.78% |
| Frank Hanly | Ira Landrith | Prohibition | 0 | 2,903 | 1.11% |
| Allan L. Benson | George Ross Kirkpatrick | Socialist | 0 | 2,674 | 1.02% |
| Arthur E. Reimer | Caleb Harrison | Labor | 0 | 756 | 0.29% |
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | Arthur Elmer Reimer Labor | Margin | Total votes cast[12] | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 4,859 | 43.49% | 5,760 | 51.56% | 147 | 1.32% | 377 | 3.37% | 29 | 0.26% | -901 | -8.06% | 11,172 |
| Anne Arundel | 4,111 | 57.77% | 2,705 | 38.01% | 134 | 1.88% | 137 | 1.93% | 29 | 0.41% | 1,406 | 19.76% | 7,116 |
| Baltimore | 15,226 | 53.60% | 12,633 | 44.47% | 336 | 1.18% | 158 | 0.56% | 53 | 0.19% | 2,593 | 9.13% | 28,406 |
| Baltimore City | 60,226 | 53.58% | 49,805 | 44.31% | 836 | 0.74% | 1,216 | 1.08% | 330 | 0.29% | 10,421 | 9.27% | 112,413 |
| Calvert | 910 | 46.50% | 975 | 49.82% | 37 | 1.89% | 27 | 1.38% | 8 | 0.41% | -65 | -3.32% | 1,957 |
| Caroline | 1,965 | 52.94% | 1,666 | 44.88% | 55 | 1.48% | 7 | 0.19% | 19 | 0.51% | 299 | 8.05% | 3,712 |
| Carroll | 4,016 | 51.66% | 3,602 | 46.33% | 108 | 1.39% | 16 | 0.21% | 32 | 0.41% | 414 | 5.33% | 7,774 |
| Cecil | 2,587 | 55.91% | 1,959 | 42.34% | 42 | 0.91% | 13 | 0.28% | 26 | 0.56% | 628 | 13.57% | 4,627 |
| Charles | 1,363 | 47.67% | 1,374 | 48.06% | 80 | 2.80% | 9 | 0.31% | 33 | 1.15% | -11 | -0.38% | 2,859 |
| Dorchester | 2,750 | 51.69% | 2,468 | 46.39% | 76 | 1.43% | 11 | 0.21% | 15 | 0.28% | 282 | 5.30% | 5,320 |
| Frederick | 6,094 | 50.67% | 5,725 | 47.61% | 119 | 0.99% | 75 | 0.62% | 13 | 0.11% | 369 | 3.07% | 12,026 |
| Garrett | 1,031 | 34.90% | 1,808 | 61.21% | 35 | 1.18% | 67 | 2.27% | 13 | 0.44% | -777 | -26.30% | 2,954 |
| Harford | 3,345 | 58.36% | 2,302 | 40.16% | 60 | 1.05% | 16 | 0.28% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,043 | 18.20% | 5,732 |
| Howard | 1,913 | 57.57% | 1,346 | 40.51% | 35 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.33% | 18 | 0.54% | 567 | 17.06% | 3,323 |
| Kent | 1,886 | 52.29% | 1,673 | 46.38% | 20 | 0.55% | 12 | 0.33% | 16 | 0.44% | 213 | 5.91% | 3,607 |
| Montgomery | 3,805 | 55.52% | 2,913 | 42.50% | 85 | 1.24% | 43 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.12% | 892 | 13.01% | 6,854 |
| Prince George's | 3,493 | 51.87% | 3,058 | 45.41% | 76 | 1.13% | 83 | 1.23% | 24 | 0.36% | 435 | 6.46% | 6,734 |
| Queen Anne's | 2,206 | 63.05% | 1,242 | 35.50% | 43 | 1.23% | 3 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.14% | 964 | 27.55% | 3,499 |
| Somerset | 1,885 | 42.81% | 2,364 | 53.69% | 105 | 2.38% | 38 | 0.86% | 11 | 0.25% | -479 | -10.88% | 4,403 |
| St. Mary's | 1,443 | 55.27% | 1,064 | 40.75% | 57 | 2.18% | 33 | 1.26% | 14 | 0.54% | 379 | 14.52% | 2,611 |
| Talbot | 2,180 | 53.29% | 1,753 | 42.85% | 131 | 3.20% | 19 | 0.46% | 8 | 0.20% | 427 | 10.44% | 4,091 |
| Washington | 5,642 | 50.83% | 5,093 | 45.88% | 91 | 0.82% | 267 | 2.41% | 7 | 0.06% | 549 | 4.95% | 11,100 |
| Wicomico | 3,285 | 55.47% | 2,539 | 42.87% | 88 | 1.49% | 5 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.08% | 746 | 12.60% | 5,922 |
| Worcester | 2,138 | 55.87% | 1,520 | 39.72% | 107 | 2.80% | 31 | 0.81% | 31 | 0.81% | 618 | 16.15% | 3,827 |
| Totals | 138,359 | 52.80% | 117,347 | 44.78% | 2,903 | 1.11% | 2,674 | 1.02% | 756 | 0.29% | 21,012 | 8.02% | 262,039 |
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