1916 United States presidential election in Kansas
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.
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Kansas voted for the Democratic nominee, 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, this is the last election in which Osborne County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and was the last time until 2020 that Johnson County did so.[1] It is also the last time Kansas has voted more Democratic than the nation at-large, as well as the last time until 2020 that Kansas voted more Democratic than neighbouring Missouri.
Full results
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | 10[2] | 314,588 | 49.95% |
| Charles Evans Hughes | Charles W. Fairbanks | Republican | 0 | 277,658 | 44.09% |
| Allan L. Benson | George Ross Kirkpatrick | Socialist | 0 | 24,685 | 3.92% |
| Frank Hanly | Ira Landrith | Prohibition | 0 | 12,882 | 2.05% |
Results by county
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Charles Evans Hughes Republican |
Allan Louis Benson Socialist |
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
References
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- Kansas Secretary of State; ‘General Election, November 7, 1916 - Official Statement of Votes Cast’, Twentieth Biennial Report pp. 66-77, 112-115
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