1916 United States presidential election in Kansas
1916 United States presidential election in Kansas
County Results
Wilson
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Hughes
40-50%
50-60%
The 1916 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on November 7 , 1916 . Kansas voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Kansas voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Woodrow Wilson , over the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and former New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes . Wilson won Kansas by a margin of 5.86 percentage points.
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Osborne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Johnson County would not vote for a Democrat for President again until Joe Biden won it in 2020 .[ 1] 1916 was the second and last time that Kansas has voted more Democratic than the nation (the first being 1896 ), the last time it voted more Democratic than New Mexico or Oregon , and the only time until 2020 that it voted more Democratic than neighboring Missouri.
Results
Results by county
1916 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[ 3]
County
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes Republican
Allan Louis Benson Socialist
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Allen
4,053
46.90%
4,129
47.78%
354
4.10%
105
1.22%
-76
-0.88%
8,641
Anderson
2,739
50.45%
2,386
43.95%
227
4.18%
77
1.42%
353
6.50%
5,429
Atchison
4,634
48.72%
4,624
48.61%
101
1.06%
153
1.61%
10
0.11%
9,512
Barber
2,061
51.74%
1,632
40.97%
172
4.32%
118
2.96%
429
10.77%
3,983
Barton
3,292
50.63%
2,891
44.46%
212
3.26%
107
1.65%
401
6.17%
6,502
Bourbon
5,209
58.09%
3,370
37.58%
302
3.37%
86
0.96%
1,839
20.51%
8,967
Brown
3,503
43.25%
4,282
52.86%
190
2.35%
125
1.54%
-779
-9.62%
8,100
Butler
4,248
50.73%
3,614
43.16%
296
3.54%
215
2.57%
634
7.57%
8,373
Chase
1,584
51.56%
1,356
44.14%
80
2.60%
52
1.69%
228
7.42%
3,072
Chautauqua
1,737
41.40%
2,085
49.69%
345
8.22%
29
0.69%
-348
-8.29%
4,196
Cherokee
6,188
53.41%
4,350
37.55%
931
8.04%
116
1.00%
1,838
15.87%
11,585
Cheyenne
787
50.22%
498
31.78%
177
11.30%
105
6.70%
289
18.44%
1,567
Clark
1,102
58.03%
653
34.39%
59
3.11%
85
4.48%
449
23.64%
1,899
Clay
2,632
46.63%
2,692
47.70%
227
4.02%
93
1.65%
-60
-1.06%
5,644
Cloud
3,837
53.37%
2,870
39.92%
189
2.63%
294
4.09%
967
13.45%
7,190
Coffey
3,121
50.81%
2,799
45.57%
161
2.62%
61
0.99%
322
5.24%
6,142
Comanche
963
50.71%
732
38.55%
111
5.85%
93
4.90%
231
12.16%
1,899
Cowley
5,962
49.37%
5,297
43.87%
612
5.07%
204
1.69%
665
5.51%
12,075
Crawford
8,064
43.50%
7,067
38.12%
3,279
17.69%
129
0.70%
997
5.38%
18,539
Decatur
2,431
66.95%
1,007
27.73%
146
4.02%
47
1.29%
1,424
39.22%
3,631
Dickinson
4,974
51.85%
4,323
45.06%
180
1.88%
116
1.21%
651
6.79%
9,593
Doniphan
1,916
39.36%
2,826
58.05%
91
1.87%
35
0.72%
-910
-18.69%
4,868
Douglas
3,834
41.52%
4,975
53.87%
171
1.85%
255
2.76%
-1,141
-12.36%
9,235
Edwards
1,431
50.42%
1,158
40.80%
90
3.17%
159
5.60%
273
9.62%
2,838
Elk
2,053
50.99%
1,769
43.94%
163
4.05%
41
1.02%
284
7.05%
4,026
Ellis
2,335
64.72%
1,186
32.87%
55
1.52%
32
0.89%
1,149
31.85%
3,608
Ellsworth
1,936
48.11%
1,945
48.33%
74
1.84%
69
1.71%
-9
-0.22%
4,024
Finney
1,370
47.31%
1,238
42.75%
185
6.39%
103
3.56%
132
4.56%
2,896
Ford
3,044
52.47%
2,337
40.29%
185
3.19%
235
4.05%
707
12.19%
5,801
Franklin
4,128
47.99%
3,885
45.17%
304
3.53%
284
3.30%
243
2.83%
8,601
Geary
1,740
48.45%
1,731
48.20%
97
2.70%
23
0.64%
9
0.25%
3,591
Gove
862
53.81%
642
40.07%
55
3.43%
43
2.68%
220
13.73%
1,602
Graham
1,801
55.79%
1,150
35.63%
241
7.47%
36
1.12%
651
20.17%
3,228
Grant
208
46.33%
200
44.54%
32
7.13%
9
2.00%
8
1.78%
449
Gray
889
52.08%
660
38.66%
90
5.27%
68
3.98%
229
13.42%
1,707
Greeley
168
34.85%
210
43.57%
69
14.32%
35
7.26%
-42
-8.71%
482
Greenwood
2,956
48.03%
2,971
48.28%
174
2.83%
53
0.86%
-15
-0.24%
6,154
Hamilton
522
45.00%
511
44.05%
101
8.71%
26
2.24%
11
0.95%
1,160
Harper
2,648
54.22%
1,797
36.79%
195
3.99%
244
5.00%
851
17.42%
4,884
Harvey
3,131
44.08%
3,479
48.98%
332
4.67%
161
2.27%
-348
-4.90%
7,103
Haskell
349
50.95%
248
36.20%
57
8.32%
31
4.53%
101
14.74%
685
Hodgeman
761
50.53%
564
37.45%
45
2.99%
136
9.03%
197
13.08%
1,506
Jackson
2,914
45.12%
3,451
53.43%
34
0.53%
60
0.93%
-537
-8.31%
6,459
Jefferson
2,919
46.44%
3,174
50.49%
116
1.85%
77
1.22%
-255
-4.06%
6,286
Jewell
4,180
55.11%
3,022
39.84%
135
1.78%
248
3.27%
1,158
15.27%
7,585
Johnson
3,928
49.72%
3,767
47.68%
137
1.73%
68
0.86%
161
2.04%
7,900
Kearny
490
41.25%
538
45.29%
109
9.18%
51
4.29%
-48
-4.04%
1,188
Kingman
2,626
53.13%
1,891
38.26%
167
3.38%
259
5.24%
735
14.87%
4,943
Kiowa
956
43.47%
901
40.97%
40
1.82%
302
13.73%
55
2.50%
2,199
Labette
6,421
51.35%
5,328
42.61%
656
5.25%
99
0.79%
1,093
8.74%
12,504
Lane
659
58.22%
363
32.07%
81
7.16%
29
2.56%
296
26.15%
1,132
Leavenworth
6,002
49.29%
5,536
45.46%
536
4.40%
104
0.85%
466
3.83%
12,178
Lincoln
2,106
53.45%
1,716
43.55%
54
1.37%
64
1.62%
390
9.90%
3,940
Linn
2,930
49.36%
2,699
45.47%
256
4.31%
51
0.86%
231
3.89%
5,936
Logan
709
50.36%
592
42.05%
70
4.97%
37
2.63%
117
8.31%
1,408
Lyon
5,584
53.36%
4,215
40.28%
357
3.41%
308
2.94%
1,369
13.08%
10,464
Marion
2,790
42.13%
3,453
52.14%
274
4.14%
105
1.59%
-663
-10.01%
6,622
Marshall
4,275
46.74%
4,581
50.08%
185
2.02%
106
1.16%
-306
-3.35%
9,147
McPherson
3,737
46.75%
3,806
47.61%
238
2.98%
213
2.66%
-69
-0.86%
7,994
Meade
977
45.15%
973
44.96%
71
3.28%
143
6.61%
4
0.18%
2,164
Miami
4,047
54.74%
3,086
41.74%
199
2.69%
61
0.83%
961
13.00%
7,393
Mitchell
3,197
54.88%
2,413
41.42%
137
2.35%
78
1.34%
784
13.46%
5,825
Montgomery
8,059
52.44%
6,371
41.45%
764
4.97%
175
1.14%
1,688
10.98%
15,369
Morris
2,577
51.48%
2,289
45.73%
87
1.74%
53
1.06%
288
5.75%
5,006
Morton
457
47.85%
405
42.41%
51
5.34%
42
4.40%
52
5.45%
955
Nemaha
3,579
49.03%
3,591
49.19%
61
0.84%
69
0.95%
-12
-0.16%
7,300
Neosho
4,891
52.94%
4,053
43.87%
238
2.58%
57
0.62%
838
9.07%
9,239
Ness
1,213
49.23%
927
37.62%
177
7.18%
147
5.97%
286
11.61%
2,464
Norton
2,876
61.01%
1,616
34.28%
173
3.67%
49
1.04%
1,260
26.73%
4,714
Osage
4,276
50.69%
3,770
44.69%
287
3.40%
103
1.22%
506
6.00%
8,436
Osborne
2,621
51.58%
2,149
42.29%
82
1.61%
229
4.51%
472
9.29%
5,081
Ottawa
2,711
54.61%
2,013
40.55%
117
2.36%
123
2.48%
698
14.06%
4,964
Pawnee
2,131
55.05%
1,499
38.72%
120
3.10%
121
3.13%
632
16.33%
3,871
Phillips
2,912
53.65%
2,271
41.84%
149
2.75%
96
1.77%
641
11.81%
5,428
Pottawatomie
2,834
42.77%
3,688
55.66%
61
0.92%
43
0.65%
-854
-12.89%
6,626
Pratt
2,607
54.34%
1,820
37.93%
130
2.71%
241
5.02%
787
16.40%
4,798
Rawlins
1,271
55.48%
803
35.05%
165
7.20%
52
2.27%
468
20.43%
2,291
Reno
6,683
44.80%
6,870
46.05%
941
6.31%
425
2.85%
-187
-1.25%
14,919
Republic
3,806
55.00%
2,882
41.65%
147
2.12%
85
1.23%
924
13.35%
6,920
Rice
2,801
47.86%
2,494
42.62%
188
3.21%
369
6.31%
307
5.25%
5,852
Riley
2,637
41.57%
3,320
52.34%
299
4.71%
87
1.37%
-683
-10.77%
6,343
Rooks
2,394
56.54%
1,621
38.29%
111
2.62%
108
2.55%
773
18.26%
4,234
Rush
1,478
50.34%
1,223
41.66%
173
5.89%
62
2.11%
255
8.69%
2,936
Russell
1,934
47.01%
2,011
48.88%
79
1.92%
90
2.19%
-77
-1.87%
4,114
Saline
4,860
52.76%
3,984
43.25%
225
2.44%
143
1.55%
876
9.51%
9,212
Scott
684
54.50%
416
33.15%
110
8.76%
45
3.59%
268
21.35%
1,255
Sedgwick
13,391
51.34%
10,899
41.79%
868
3.33%
924
3.54%
2,492
9.55%
26,082
Seward
1,105
56.26%
678
34.52%
97
4.94%
84
4.28%
427
21.74%
1,964
Shawnee
9,468
41.14%
12,634
54.90%
510
2.22%
402
1.75%
-3,166
-13.76%
23,014
Sheridan
1,189
58.66%
760
37.49%
55
2.71%
23
1.13%
429
21.16%
2,027
Sherman
1,196
63.35%
582
30.83%
87
4.61%
23
1.22%
614
32.52%
1,888
Smith
3,431
54.10%
2,605
41.08%
175
2.76%
131
2.07%
826
13.02%
6,342
Stafford
2,148
49.63%
1,812
41.87%
174
4.02%
194
4.48%
336
7.76%
4,328
Stanton
170
42.08%
180
44.55%
22
5.45%
32
7.92%
-10
-2.48%
404
Stevens
646
55.31%
391
33.48%
46
3.94%
85
7.28%
255
21.83%
1,168
Sumner
5,519
53.27%
4,079
39.37%
458
4.42%
305
2.94%
1,440
13.90%
10,361
Thomas
1,299
63.03%
642
31.15%
101
4.90%
19
0.92%
657
31.88%
2,061
Trego
1,094
53.08%
867
42.07%
68
3.30%
32
1.55%
227
11.01%
2,061
Wabaunsee
1,706
38.10%
2,640
58.95%
89
1.99%
43
0.96%
-934
-20.86%
4,478
Wallace
497
51.50%
381
39.48%
79
8.19%
8
0.83%
116
12.02%
965
Washington
3,316
45.54%
3,766
51.72%
127
1.74%
73
1.00%
-450
-6.18%
7,282
Wichita
333
46.12%
318
44.04%
43
5.96%
28
3.88%
15
2.08%
722
Wilson
3,494
49.18%
2,970
41.81%
553
7.78%
87
1.22%
524
7.38%
7,104
Woodson
1,794
46.48%
1,861
48.21%
161
4.17%
44
1.14%
-67
-1.74%
3,860
Wyandotte
17,850
53.89%
13,863
41.86%
1,028
3.10%
380
1.15%
3,987
12.04%
33,121
Totals
314,588
49.95%
277,658
44.09%
24,685
3.92%
12,882
2.05%
36,930
5.86%
629,813
See also
References