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County Results
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The1916 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Nebraska was won by incumbentPresidentWoodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), and incumbentVice-presidentThomas R. Marshall, with 55.28% of the popular vote, against former and futureSupreme Court JusticeCharles Evans Hughes (R–New York), running with the 26thvice president of the United StatesCharles W. Fairbanks, with 40.99% of the popular vote. This made Nebraska more than 6% more Democratic than the nation as a whole, possibly as a result ofopposition to World War I. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion whenKeya Paha County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1][2]
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson ofNew Jersey | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | 8[3] | 158,827 | 55.28% |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 0 | 117,771 | 40.99% |
| Allan L. Benson | George Ross Kirkpatrick | Socialist | 0 | 7,141 | 2.49% |
| Frank Hanly | Ira Landrith | Prohibition | 0 | 2,952 | 1.03% |
| Arthur E. Reimer | Caleb Harrison | Socialist Labor | 0 | 624 | 0.22% |
| County[4] | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | Charles Evans Hughes Republican | Allan Louis Benson Socialist | James Franklin Hanly Prohibition | Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,657 | 54.58% | 2,041 | 41.93% | 98 | 2.01% | 64 | 1.31% | 8 | 0.16% | 616 | 12.65% | 4,868 |
| Antelope | 1,881 | 54.52% | 1,495 | 43.33% | 32 | 0.93% | 41 | 1.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 386 | 11.19% | 3,450 |
| Arthur | 286 | 64.27% | 143 | 32.13% | 9 | 2.02% | 3 | 0.67% | 4 | 0.90% | 143 | 32.13% | 445 |
| Banner | 166 | 50.00% | 142 | 42.77% | 17 | 5.12% | 1 | 0.30% | 6 | 1.81% | 24 | 7.23% | 332 |
| Blaine | 246 | 54.42% | 184 | 40.71% | 13 | 2.88% | 9 | 1.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 62 | 13.72% | 452 |
| Boone | 2,005 | 60.61% | 1,225 | 37.03% | 35 | 1.06% | 36 | 1.09% | 7 | 0.21% | 780 | 23.58% | 3,308 |
| Box Butte | 914 | 58.22% | 591 | 37.64% | 28 | 1.78% | 23 | 1.46% | 14 | 0.89% | 323 | 20.57% | 1,570 |
| Boyd | 852 | 49.48% | 809 | 46.98% | 47 | 2.73% | 12 | 0.70% | 2 | 0.12% | 43 | 2.50% | 1,722 |
| Brown | 901 | 59.91% | 528 | 35.11% | 42 | 2.79% | 17 | 1.13% | 16 | 1.06% | 373 | 24.80% | 1,504 |
| Buffalo | 2,877 | 54.25% | 2,216 | 41.79% | 136 | 2.56% | 63 | 1.19% | 11 | 0.21% | 661 | 12.46% | 5,303 |
| Burt | 1,425 | 47.56% | 1,508 | 50.33% | 23 | 0.77% | 24 | 0.80% | 16 | 0.53% | -83 | -2.77% | 2,996 |
| Butler | 2,332 | 66.42% | 1,120 | 31.90% | 35 | 1.00% | 21 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,212 | 34.52% | 3,511 |
| Cass | 2,595 | 54.93% | 1,927 | 40.79% | 135 | 2.86% | 61 | 1.29% | 6 | 0.13% | 668 | 14.14% | 4,724 |
| Cedar | 1,715 | 49.13% | 1,727 | 49.47% | 21 | 0.60% | 26 | 0.74% | 2 | 0.06% | -12 | -0.34% | 3,491 |
| Chase | 551 | 55.83% | 369 | 37.39% | 40 | 4.05% | 21 | 2.13% | 6 | 0.61% | 182 | 18.44% | 987 |
| Cherry | 1,734 | 57.92% | 1,091 | 36.44% | 124 | 4.14% | 34 | 1.14% | 11 | 0.37% | 643 | 21.48% | 2,994 |
| Cheyenne | 834 | 56.62% | 563 | 38.22% | 41 | 2.78% | 24 | 1.63% | 11 | 0.75% | 271 | 18.40% | 1,473 |
| Clay | 1,975 | 51.69% | 1,737 | 45.46% | 69 | 1.81% | 33 | 0.86% | 7 | 0.18% | 238 | 6.23% | 3,821 |
| Colfax | 1,628 | 63.13% | 897 | 34.78% | 47 | 1.82% | 6 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.04% | 731 | 28.34% | 2,579 |
| Cuming | 1,424 | 46.86% | 1,551 | 51.04% | 51 | 1.68% | 9 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.13% | -127 | -4.18% | 3,039 |
| Custer | 3,609 | 60.37% | 2,047 | 34.24% | 227 | 3.80% | 83 | 1.39% | 12 | 0.20% | 1,562 | 26.13% | 5,978 |
| Dakota | 1,032 | 61.47% | 612 | 36.45% | 22 | 1.31% | 10 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.18% | 420 | 25.01% | 1,679 |
| Dawes | 1,088 | 57.11% | 751 | 39.42% | 49 | 2.57% | 16 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.05% | 337 | 17.69% | 1,905 |
| Dawson | 1,989 | 56.12% | 1,444 | 40.74% | 60 | 1.69% | 42 | 1.19% | 9 | 0.25% | 545 | 15.38% | 3,544 |
| Deuel | 340 | 62.50% | 181 | 33.27% | 16 | 2.94% | 4 | 0.74% | 3 | 0.55% | 159 | 29.23% | 544 |
| Dixon | 1,350 | 51.63% | 1,208 | 46.20% | 29 | 1.11% | 28 | 1.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 142 | 5.43% | 2,615 |
| Dodge | 2,644 | 49.83% | 2,446 | 46.10% | 160 | 3.02% | 50 | 0.94% | 6 | 0.11% | 198 | 3.73% | 5,306 |
| Douglas | 24,796 | 59.84% | 14,557 | 35.13% | 1,755 | 4.24% | 294 | 0.71% | 35 | 0.08% | 10,239 | 24.71% | 41,437 |
| Dundy | 570 | 58.34% | 347 | 35.52% | 43 | 4.40% | 17 | 1.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 22.82% | 977 |
| Fillmore | 1,911 | 53.80% | 1,561 | 43.95% | 42 | 1.18% | 35 | 0.99% | 3 | 0.08% | 350 | 9.85% | 3,552 |
| Franklin | 1,345 | 53.80% | 1,081 | 43.24% | 38 | 1.52% | 26 | 1.04% | 10 | 0.40% | 264 | 10.56% | 2,500 |
| Frontier | 1,138 | 57.65% | 736 | 37.28% | 67 | 3.39% | 28 | 1.42% | 5 | 0.25% | 402 | 20.36% | 1,974 |
| Furnas | 1,607 | 55.90% | 1,163 | 40.45% | 43 | 1.50% | 53 | 1.84% | 9 | 0.31% | 444 | 15.44% | 2,875 |
| Gage | 3,385 | 48.74% | 3,383 | 48.71% | 83 | 1.20% | 74 | 1.07% | 20 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.03% | 6,945 |
| Garden | 598 | 62.55% | 306 | 32.01% | 34 | 3.56% | 15 | 1.57% | 3 | 0.31% | 292 | 30.54% | 956 |
| Garfield | 426 | 52.79% | 302 | 37.42% | 57 | 7.06% | 11 | 1.36% | 11 | 1.36% | 124 | 15.37% | 807 |
| Gosper | 617 | 56.87% | 434 | 40.00% | 20 | 1.84% | 11 | 1.01% | 3 | 0.28% | 183 | 16.87% | 1,085 |
| Grant | 241 | 59.21% | 157 | 38.57% | 6 | 1.47% | 3 | 0.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 84 | 20.64% | 407 |
| Greeley | 1,289 | 64.97% | 627 | 31.60% | 43 | 2.17% | 17 | 0.86% | 8 | 0.40% | 662 | 33.37% | 1,984 |
| Hall | 2,483 | 47.17% | 2,555 | 48.54% | 159 | 3.02% | 61 | 1.16% | 6 | 0.11% | -72 | -1.37% | 5,264 |
| Hamilton | 1,816 | 54.27% | 1,444 | 43.16% | 31 | 0.93% | 49 | 1.46% | 6 | 0.18% | 372 | 11.12% | 3,346 |
| Harlan | 1,267 | 56.94% | 834 | 37.48% | 95 | 4.27% | 27 | 1.21% | 2 | 0.09% | 433 | 19.46% | 2,225 |
| Hayes | 382 | 58.14% | 219 | 33.33% | 39 | 5.94% | 9 | 1.37% | 8 | 1.22% | 163 | 24.81% | 657 |
| Hitchcock | 733 | 60.93% | 435 | 36.16% | 25 | 2.08% | 9 | 0.75% | 1 | 0.08% | 298 | 24.77% | 1,203 |
| Holt | 2,213 | 56.73% | 1,568 | 40.19% | 77 | 1.97% | 38 | 0.97% | 5 | 0.13% | 645 | 16.53% | 3,901 |
| Hooker | 218 | 64.50% | 109 | 32.25% | 3 | 0.89% | 7 | 2.07% | 1 | 0.30% | 109 | 32.25% | 338 |
| Howard | 1,695 | 68.18% | 698 | 28.08% | 54 | 2.17% | 21 | 0.84% | 18 | 0.72% | 997 | 40.10% | 2,486 |
| Jefferson | 1,841 | 47.57% | 1,813 | 46.85% | 177 | 4.57% | 38 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.03% | 28 | 0.72% | 3,870 |
| Johnson | 1,117 | 44.26% | 1,373 | 54.40% | 14 | 0.55% | 15 | 0.59% | 5 | 0.20% | -256 | -10.14% | 2,524 |
| Kearney | 1,396 | 62.83% | 760 | 34.20% | 46 | 2.07% | 19 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.05% | 636 | 28.62% | 2,222 |
| Keith | 544 | 54.62% | 389 | 39.06% | 46 | 4.62% | 11 | 1.10% | 6 | 0.60% | 155 | 15.56% | 996 |
| Keya Paha | 401 | 50.44% | 316 | 39.75% | 40 | 5.03% | 13 | 1.64% | 25 | 3.14% | 85 | 10.69% | 795 |
| Kimball | 388 | 59.78% | 223 | 34.36% | 20 | 3.08% | 13 | 2.00% | 5 | 0.77% | 165 | 25.42% | 649 |
| Knox | 2,329 | 53.79% | 1,910 | 44.11% | 53 | 1.22% | 29 | 0.67% | 9 | 0.21% | 419 | 9.68% | 4,330 |
| Lancaster | 9,093 | 54.49% | 7,042 | 42.20% | 314 | 1.88% | 232 | 1.39% | 7 | 0.04% | 2,051 | 12.29% | 16,688 |
| Lincoln | 2,192 | 57.96% | 1,309 | 34.61% | 213 | 5.63% | 40 | 1.06% | 28 | 0.74% | 883 | 23.35% | 3,782 |
| Logan | 283 | 57.76% | 172 | 35.10% | 25 | 5.10% | 8 | 1.63% | 2 | 0.41% | 111 | 22.65% | 490 |
| Loup | 219 | 50.81% | 164 | 38.05% | 36 | 8.35% | 8 | 1.86% | 4 | 0.93% | 55 | 12.76% | 431 |
| Madison | 2,358 | 48.15% | 2,428 | 49.58% | 47 | 0.96% | 42 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.45% | -70 | -1.43% | 4,897 |
| McPherson | 184 | 57.86% | 106 | 33.33% | 15 | 4.72% | 9 | 2.83% | 4 | 1.26% | 78 | 24.53% | 318 |
| Merrick | 1,349 | 51.33% | 1,178 | 44.82% | 49 | 1.86% | 50 | 1.90% | 2 | 0.08% | 171 | 6.51% | 2,628 |
| Morrill | 888 | 62.18% | 470 | 32.91% | 57 | 3.99% | 12 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.07% | 418 | 29.27% | 1,428 |
| Nance | 1,165 | 54.57% | 930 | 43.56% | 17 | 0.80% | 18 | 0.84% | 5 | 0.23% | 235 | 11.01% | 2,135 |
| Nemaha | 1,658 | 52.15% | 1,438 | 45.23% | 46 | 1.45% | 34 | 1.07% | 3 | 0.09% | 220 | 6.92% | 3,179 |
| Nuckolls | 1,732 | 53.41% | 1,411 | 43.51% | 70 | 2.16% | 28 | 0.86% | 2 | 0.06% | 321 | 9.90% | 3,243 |
| Otoe | 2,344 | 51.34% | 2,121 | 46.45% | 53 | 1.16% | 40 | 0.88% | 8 | 0.18% | 223 | 4.88% | 4,566 |
| Pawnee | 1,171 | 47.35% | 1,228 | 49.66% | 33 | 1.33% | 41 | 1.66% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -2.30% | 2,473 |
| Perkins | 397 | 60.61% | 210 | 32.06% | 41 | 6.26% | 5 | 0.76% | 2 | 0.31% | 187 | 28.55% | 655 |
| Phelps | 1,425 | 56.66% | 971 | 38.61% | 71 | 2.82% | 42 | 1.67% | 6 | 0.24% | 454 | 18.05% | 2,515 |
| Pierce | 1,030 | 44.96% | 1,228 | 53.60% | 15 | 0.65% | 17 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.04% | -198 | -8.64% | 2,291 |
| Platte | 2,412 | 54.76% | 1,918 | 43.54% | 41 | 0.93% | 27 | 0.61% | 7 | 0.16% | 494 | 11.21% | 4,405 |
| Polk | 1,600 | 57.80% | 1,060 | 38.29% | 46 | 1.66% | 50 | 1.81% | 12 | 0.43% | 540 | 19.51% | 2,768 |
| Red Willow | 1,418 | 55.20% | 977 | 38.03% | 144 | 5.61% | 17 | 0.66% | 13 | 0.51% | 441 | 17.17% | 2,569 |
| Richardson | 2,650 | 54.98% | 2,039 | 42.30% | 64 | 1.33% | 66 | 1.37% | 1 | 0.02% | 611 | 12.68% | 4,820 |
| Rock | 449 | 51.08% | 375 | 42.66% | 46 | 5.23% | 7 | 0.80% | 2 | 0.23% | 74 | 8.42% | 879 |
| Saline | 2,646 | 63.23% | 1,469 | 35.10% | 32 | 0.76% | 27 | 0.65% | 11 | 0.26% | 1,177 | 28.12% | 4,185 |
| Sarpy | 1,320 | 58.46% | 885 | 39.19% | 33 | 1.46% | 17 | 0.75% | 3 | 0.13% | 435 | 19.26% | 2,258 |
| Saunders | 2,671 | 55.73% | 1,957 | 40.83% | 89 | 1.86% | 66 | 1.38% | 10 | 0.21% | 714 | 14.90% | 4,793 |
| Scotts Bluff | 1,587 | 54.07% | 1,144 | 38.98% | 169 | 5.76% | 30 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.17% | 443 | 15.09% | 2,935 |
| Seward | 1,797 | 48.54% | 1,855 | 50.11% | 24 | 0.65% | 22 | 0.59% | 4 | 0.11% | -58 | -1.57% | 3,702 |
| Sheridan | 1,158 | 62.02% | 604 | 32.35% | 74 | 3.96% | 27 | 1.45% | 4 | 0.21% | 554 | 29.67% | 1,867 |
| Sherman | 1,208 | 59.57% | 706 | 34.81% | 79 | 3.90% | 19 | 0.94% | 16 | 0.79% | 502 | 24.75% | 2,028 |
| Sioux | 737 | 65.34% | 344 | 30.50% | 33 | 2.93% | 14 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 393 | 34.84% | 1,128 |
| Stanton | 899 | 53.64% | 736 | 43.91% | 17 | 1.01% | 15 | 0.89% | 9 | 0.54% | 163 | 9.73% | 1,676 |
| Thayer | 1,581 | 45.73% | 1,772 | 51.26% | 74 | 2.14% | 30 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -191 | -5.53% | 3,457 |
| Thomas | 261 | 48.97% | 244 | 45.78% | 18 | 3.38% | 6 | 1.13% | 4 | 0.75% | 17 | 3.19% | 533 |
| Thurston | 1,255 | 62.47% | 717 | 35.69% | 26 | 1.29% | 11 | 0.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 538 | 26.78% | 2,009 |
| Valley | 1,388 | 60.22% | 840 | 36.44% | 51 | 2.21% | 15 | 0.65% | 11 | 0.48% | 548 | 23.77% | 2,305 |
| Washington | 1,555 | 52.71% | 1,297 | 43.97% | 76 | 2.58% | 20 | 0.68% | 2 | 0.07% | 258 | 8.75% | 2,950 |
| Wayne | 1,006 | 44.36% | 1,208 | 53.26% | 19 | 0.84% | 29 | 1.28% | 6 | 0.26% | -202 | -8.91% | 2,268 |
| Webster | 1,469 | 53.01% | 1,191 | 42.98% | 61 | 2.20% | 46 | 1.66% | 4 | 0.14% | 278 | 10.03% | 2,771 |
| Wheeler | 270 | 54.66% | 163 | 33.00% | 59 | 11.94% | 2 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 107 | 21.66% | 494 |
| York | 2,206 | 50.70% | 2,011 | 46.22% | 48 | 1.10% | 59 | 1.36% | 27 | 0.62% | 195 | 4.48% | 4,351 |
| Totals | 158,827 | 55.28% | 117,771 | 40.99% | 7,141 | 2.49% | 2,952 | 1.03% | 624 | 0.22% | 41,056 | 14.29% | 287,315 |