1916 United States presidential election in New York

Main article: 1916 United States presidential election
1916 United States presidential election in New York
← 1912 November 7, 1916 1920 →
Turnout71.6%[1] Decrease 0.5 pp
 
Nominee Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Alliance American
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote 45 0
Popular vote 879,238 759,426
Percentage 51.53% 44.51%
County Results
President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elections in New York State
Federal government
Presidential elections
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
State government
New York gubernatorial elections
Attorney General elections
State Comptroller elections
State Senate elections
State Assembly elections
State elections by year
New York City
Mayoral elections

Pre-consolidation:

Post-consolidation:

City Council elections

Pre-consolidation:

Post-consolidation:

Public Advocate elections
Comptroller elections
Borough president elections
Albany
Mayoral elections
Buffalo
Mayoral elections
Rochester
Mayoral elections
Syracuse
Mayoral elections

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

[edit]
1916 United States presidential election in New York[7]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 879,238 51.53% 45
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 759,426 44.51% 0
Socialist Allan L. Benson 45,944 2.69% 0
Prohibition Frank Hanly 19,031 1.12% 0
Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 2,666 0.16% 0
Totals 1,706,305 100.0% 45

New York City results

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
  2. ^ Sorin, Gerald; The prophetic minority: American Jewish immigrant radicals, 1880-1920, p. 2 ISBN 0253346185
  3. ^ Lichtman, Allan J.; Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928, p. 103 ISBN 0739101269
  4. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 261-265 ISBN 0786422173
  5. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 121 ISBN 9780691163246
  6. ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 132
  7. ^ "1916 Presidential Election Results - New York". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  8. ^ New York State Board of Elections; 'Vote for Electors of President in 1916'; New York Red Book (1917), p. 480
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_New_York&oldid=1230371152"