1916 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1916 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by incumbent President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), and incumbent Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall, with 55.28% of the popular vote, against former and future Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes (R–New York), running with the 26th vice president of the United States Charles W. Fairbanks, with 40.99% of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Keya Paha County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[1][2]
Results
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson of New 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% |
Results by county
| 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 |
References
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 250-255 ISBN 0786422173
- 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 – Nebraska". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- Nebraska Secretary of State Election Administration; Official Report of the Nebraska State Canvassing Board General Election Held November 7th, 1916
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