1916 United States presidential election in New York
1916 United States presidential election in New York Turnout 71.6%[1] 0.5 pp
County Results
Hughes
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Wilson
40–50%
50–60%
The 1916 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election . Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
New York was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York , and his running mate Indiana Senator Charles W. Fairbanks . Hughes and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall .
A former Governor of New York , Hughes won his home state fairly comfortably, taking 51.53% of the vote to Wilson's 44.51%, a victory margin of 7.02%. Coming in a distant third was Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson , who took 2.69%, with a sizeable number of Benson's voters in the state being Jewish Americans in New York City.[2]
New York during the Fourth Party System was usually a Republican state in presidential elections; however in 1912 , a strong third party run by former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt against the incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft had split the Republican vote, and had enabled Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic candidate to win New York State's electoral votes in 1912 with a plurality of only 41%. With the Republicans re-united behind Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, and criticism of Wilson's policies already emanating from the Democrats' Irish-American base,[3] New York returned to the Republican column, and delivered a fairly comfortable win to Hughes even as Wilson won re-election nationwide. Hughes' 7% margin of victory made New York State a strong 10% more Republican than the national average in the 1916 election.
Nonetheless, this was the last occasion until 1964 that the Democratic Party carried Hamilton County , Schoharie County , Otsego County and Chemung County .[4] With the exception of Chemung, these were historically German or Dutch [5] and usually Democratic rural counties that would turn permanently to the GOP amidst the fallout from World War I .[6]
Hughes' victory in the state made him the second Republican presidential candidate to win New York without winning the election, the first was John C. Frémont in 1856 and the third was Thomas E. Dewey in 1948 . Hughes also became the first losing candidate to win the state since Samuel J. Tilden in 1876 .
Results
New York City results
1916 Presidential Election in New York City
Manhattan
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Staten Island
Total
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson
139,547
47,870
125,625
31,350
8,843
353,235
50.15%
52.55%
49.76%
48.79%
45.70%
53.60%
Republican
Charles Evans Hughes
113,254
40,938
120,752
34,670
7,319
316,933
45.00%
42.65%
42.55%
46.90%
50.54%
44.36%
Socialist
Allan L. Benson
12,013
6,995
10,220
2,356
204
31,788
4.51%
4.52%
7.27%
3.97%
3.43%
1.24%
Socialist Labor
Arthur E. Reimer
485
306
415
104
23
1,333
0.19%
0.18%
0.32%
0.16%
0.15%
0.14%
Prohibition
Frank Hanly
261
95
445
115
109
1,025
0.15%
0.10%
0.10%
0.17%
0.17%
0.66%
TOTAL
265,560
96,204
257,457
68,595
16,498
704,314
100.00%
Results by county
County
Charles Evans Hughes Republican
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic
Allan Louis Benson Socialist
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition
Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor
Margin
Total votes cast[8]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Albany
26,628
58.00%
18,799
40.95%
285
0.62%
159
0.35%
41
0.09%
7,829
17.05%
45,912
Allegany
6,308
62.57%
3,191
31.65%
94
0.93%
486
4.82%
2
0.02%
3,117
30.92%
10,081
Bronx
40,938
42.55%
47,870
49.76%
6,995
7.27%
95
0.10%
306
0.32%
-6,932
-7.21%
96,204
Broome
11,445
53.34%
8,906
41.51%
209
0.97%
883
4.12%
13
0.06%
2,539
11.83%
21,456
Cattaraugus
8,825
54.49%
6,565
40.53%
377
2.33%
421
2.60%
9
0.06%
2,260
13.95%
16,197
Cayuga
7,831
53.31%
6,391
43.51%
117
0.80%
336
2.29%
14
0.10%
1,440
9.80%
14,689
Chautauqua
14,782
62.19%
7,153
30.09%
924
3.89%
864
3.63%
47
0.20%
7,629
32.10%
23,770
Chemung
6,409
43.59%
7,461
50.74%
220
1.50%
609
4.14%
5
0.03%
-1,052
-7.15%
14,704
Chenango
5,198
54.77%
3,887
40.96%
54
0.57%
345
3.64%
6
0.06%
1,311
13.81%
9,490
Clinton
4,986
53.68%
4,130
44.47%
21
0.23%
148
1.59%
3
0.03%
856
9.22%
9,288
Columbia
5,314
51.35%
4,938
47.71%
24
0.23%
71
0.69%
2
0.02%
376
3.63%
10,349
Cortland
4,521
59.21%
2,693
35.27%
105
1.38%
314
4.11%
3
0.04%
1,828
23.94%
7,636
Delaware
6,266
53.74%
4,986
42.76%
153
1.31%
248
2.13%
7
0.06%
1,280
10.98%
11,660
Dutchess
11,082
54.60%
8,906
43.88%
133
0.66%
151
0.74%
26
0.13%
2,176
10.72%
20,298
Erie
53,638
52.35%
45,622
44.53%
2,305
2.25%
447
0.44%
448
0.44%
8,016
7.82%
102,460
Essex
4,643
65.39%
2,373
33.42%
21
0.30%
62
0.87%
1
0.01%
2,270
31.97%
7,100
Franklin
5,146
57.59%
3,593
40.21%
17
0.19%
172
1.92%
8
0.09%
1,553
17.38%
8,936
Fulton
5,756
54.35%
4,085
38.57%
425
4.01%
297
2.80%
28
0.26%
1,671
15.78%
10,591
Genesee
5,590
64.39%
2,802
32.27%
19
0.22%
267
3.08%
4
0.05%
2,788
32.11%
8,682
Greene
3,649
49.06%
3,622
48.70%
59
0.79%
104
1.40%
4
0.05%
27
0.36%
7,438
Hamilton
612
48.96%
623
49.84%
3
0.24%
11
0.88%
1
0.08%
-11
-0.88%
1,250
Herkimer
7,934
54.42%
6,271
43.01%
188
1.29%
176
1.21%
11
0.08%
1,663
11.41%
14,580
Jefferson
11,197
58.68%
7,089
37.15%
324
1.70%
454
2.38%
17
0.09%
4,108
21.53%
19,081
Kings
120,752
46.90%
125,625
48.79%
10,220
3.97%
445
0.17%
415
0.16%
-4,873
-1.89%
257,457
Lewis
3,418
54.90%
2,675
42.96%
12
0.19%
120
1.93%
1
0.02%
743
11.93%
6,226
Livingston
5,211
57.66%
3,608
39.92%
18
0.20%
196
2.17%
5
0.06%
1,603
17.74%
9,038
Madison
5,881
57.56%
3,937
38.53%
126
1.23%
260
2.54%
13
0.13%
1,944
19.03%
10,217
Monroe
39,393
61.68%
21,782
34.11%
1,444
2.26%
1,110
1.74%
134
0.21%
17,611
27.58%
63,863
Montgomery
6,704
54.57%
5,347
43.52%
112
0.91%
104
0.85%
18
0.15%
1,357
11.05%
12,285
Nassau
13,910
61.67%
8,430
37.38%
127
0.56%
73
0.32%
15
0.07%
5,480
24.30%
22,555
New York
113,254
42.65%
139,547
52.55%
12,013
4.52%
261
0.10%
485
0.18%
-26,293
-9.90%
265,560
Niagara
12,212
57.54%
8,367
39.42%
317
1.49%
312
1.47%
16
0.08%
3,845
18.12%
21,224
Oneida
18,813
52.54%
16,070
44.88%
367
1.02%
525
1.47%
30
0.08%
2,743
7.66%
35,805
Onondaga
27,815
55.35%
19,892
39.58%
1,113
2.21%
1,369
2.72%
64
0.13%
7,923
15.77%
50,253
Ontario
7,491
56.82%
5,286
40.10%
53
0.40%
349
2.65%
4
0.03%
2,205
16.73%
13,183
Orange
13,619
56.06%
10,198
41.98%
238
0.98%
217
0.89%
23
0.09%
3,421
14.08%
24,295
Orleans
4,903
64.41%
2,529
33.22%
19
0.25%
159
2.09%
2
0.03%
2,374
31.19%
7,612
Oswego
9,854
57.72%
6,210
36.38%
46
0.27%
959
5.62%
3
0.02%
3,644
21.34%
17,072
Otsego
5,926
48.16%
5,975
48.56%
74
0.60%
326
2.65%
3
0.02%
-49
-0.40%
12,304
Putnam
1,717
56.67%
1,290
42.57%
5
0.17%
18
0.59%
0
0.00%
427
14.09%
3,030
Queens
34,670
50.54%
31,350
45.70%
2,356
3.43%
115
0.17%
104
0.15%
3,320
4.84%
68,595
Rensselaer
14,968
51.21%
13,822
47.29%
213
0.73%
201
0.69%
26
0.09%
1,146
3.92%
29,230
Richmond
7,319
44.36%
8,843
53.60%
204
1.24%
109
0.66%
23
0.14%
-1,524
-9.24%
16,498
Rockland
5,041
52.19%
4,469
46.27%
85
0.88%
55
0.57%
9
0.09%
572
5.92%
9,659
Saratoga
8,062
53.00%
6,711
44.12%
154
1.01%
280
1.84%
4
0.03%
1,351
8.88%
15,211
Schenectady
9,759
47.45%
8,962
43.58%
1,446
7.03%
328
1.59%
71
0.35%
797
3.88%
20,566
Schoharie
2,851
43.50%
3,457
52.75%
11
0.17%
233
3.56%
2
0.03%
-606
-9.25%
6,554
Schuyler
1,956
52.38%
1,629
43.63%
13
0.35%
136
3.64%
0
0.00%
327
8.76%
3,734
Seneca
3,307
50.84%
2,845
43.74%
25
0.38%
327
5.03%
1
0.02%
462
7.10%
6,505
St. Lawrence
13,142
66.77%
6,056
30.77%
67
0.34%
407
2.07%
11
0.06%
7,086
36.00%
19,683
Steuben
10,424
53.99%
8,032
41.60%
196
1.02%
645
3.34%
11
0.06%
2,392
12.39%
19,308
Suffolk
12,742
59.20%
8,422
39.13%
168
0.78%
174
0.81%
16
0.07%
4,320
20.07%
21,522
Sullivan
4,340
53.05%
3,659
44.73%
110
1.34%
65
0.79%
7
0.09%
681
8.32%
8,181
Tioga
3,376
52.78%
2,748
42.96%
94
1.47%
172
2.69%
6
0.09%
628
9.82%
6,396
Tompkins
4,736
54.83%
3,455
40.00%
121
1.40%
316
3.66%
10
0.12%
1,281
14.83%
8,638
Ulster
10,734
56.58%
7,807
41.15%
71
0.37%
354
1.87%
5
0.03%
2,927
15.43%
18,971
Warren
4,880
61.47%
2,825
35.58%
126
1.59%
97
1.22%
11
0.14%
2,055
25.88%
7,939
Washington
7,310
63.77%
3,907
34.08%
108
0.94%
135
1.18%
3
0.03%
3,403
29.69%
11,463
Wayne
7,465
58.72%
4,797
37.73%
22
0.17%
427
3.36%
2
0.02%
2,668
20.99%
12,713
Westchester
34,693
59.43%
22,457
38.47%
932
1.60%
195
0.33%
103
0.18%
12,236
20.96%
58,380
Wyoming
4,952
62.14%
2,783
34.92%
22
0.28%
208
2.61%
4
0.05%
2,169
27.22%
7,969
Yates
2,940
61.78%
1,666
35.01%
24
0.50%
129
2.71%
0
0.00%
1,274
26.77%
4,759
Totals
879,238
51.53%
759,426
44.51%
45,944
2.69%
19,031
1.12%
2,666
0.16%
119,812
7.02%
1,706,305
See also
References
^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 , part 2, p. 1072.
^ Sorin, Gerald; The prophetic minority: American Jewish immigrant radicals, 1880-1920 , p. 2 ISBN 0253346185
^ Lichtman, Allan J.; Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928 , p. 103 ISBN 0739101269
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , pp. 261-265 ISBN 0786422173
^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority , p. 121 ISBN 9780691163246
^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority , p. 132
^ "1916 Presidential Election Results - New York" . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved July 27, 2013 .
^ New York State Board of Elections; 'Vote for Electors of President in 1916'; New York Red Book (1917), p. 480