1916 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1916 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1916 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

November 7, 1916
 
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 43,781 43,725
Percentage 49.12% 49.06%

County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

New Hampshire was won by the Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. They defeated Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana.

Wilson won New Hampshire by a very narrow margin of just 0.06283% (one vote in 1,592) and 56 popular votes. In terms of popular vote margin, this is the third-closest state presidential election race on record, behind two in Maryland from 1832 and 1904. In terms of percentage, it stands as the ninth-closest behind the two Maryland elections above, two from California in 1892 and 1912, Kentucky in 1896, Hawaii’s inaugural 1960 election, and the 2000 Florida and New Mexico elections.

The giant Rexall drugstore chain made an early opinion poll that predicted Wilson’s narrow victory in the Granite State and in California almost perfectly,[1] leading to a reputation for accuracy that was to be lost twenty years subsequently.

This was the first time since 1852 that Sullivan County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

Results

1916 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 43,781 49.12% 4 100.00%
Republican Charles Evans Hughes of New York Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana 43,725 49.06% 0 0.00%
Socialist Allan Louis Benson of New York George Ross Kirkpatrick of New Jersey 1,318 1.48% 0 0.00%
Prohibition James Franklin Hanly of Indiana Ira Landrith of Tennessee 303 0.34% 0 0.00%
Total 89,127 100.00% 4 100.00%

Results by county

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Allan Louis Benson[4]
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly[4]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % # %
Belknap 2,310 46.19% 2,579 51.57% 62 1.24% 50 1.00% -269 -5.38% 5,001
Carroll 2,003 46.65% 2,259 52.61% 22 0.51% 10 0.23% -256 -5.96% 4,294
Cheshire 2,779 44.51% 3,337 53.44% 121 1.94% 7 0.11% -558 -8.93% 6,244
Coös 3,247 51.99% 2,762 44.22% 210 3.36% 27 0.43% 485 7.77% 6,246
Grafton 4,644 48.80% 4,795 50.38% 49 0.51% 29 0.30% -151 -1.58% 9,517
Hillsborough 10,939 51.05% 9,927 46.33% 502 2.34% 60 0.28% 1,012 4.72% 21,428
Merrimack 5,967 49.14% 5,970 49.16% 160 1.32% 47 0.39% -3 -0.02% 12,144
Rockingham 5,637 48.32% 5,866 50.29% 114 0.98% 48 0.41% -229 -1.97% 11,665
Strafford 4,040 49.62% 4,037 49.58% 49 0.60% 16 0.20% 3 0.04% 8,142
Sullivan 2,215 49.82% 2,193 49.33% 29 0.65% 9 0.20% 22 0.49% 4,446
Totals43,78149.12%43,72549.06%1,6211.82%3030.34%560.06%89,127

See also

References

  1. Pietrusza, David; 1920: The Year of the Six Presidents, p. 398 ISBN 0786721022
  2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 257 ISBN 0786422173
  3. "1916 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  4. New Hampshire Department of State Election Division; New Hampshire Manual 1917, pp, 368-378
  5. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, p. 270 ISBN 9780804716963
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