1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

The 1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

November 7, 1916
 
Nominee Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 44,858 40,394
Percentage 51.08% 46.00%

County Results
Hughes
  40-50%
  50-60%


President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Rhode Island was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. They defeated Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. Hughes won the state by a narrow margin of 5.08%.

This was the first election since 1892 where the Democratic candidate earned more than 40% in at least one Rhode Island county.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Charles Evans Hughes of New York Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana 44,858 51.08% 5 100.00%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 40,394 46.00% 0 0.00%
Socialist Allan Louis Benson of New York George Ross Kirkpatrick of New Jersey 1,914 2.18% 0 0.00%
Prohibition James Franklin Hanly of Indiana Ira Landrith of Tennessee 470 0.54% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Arthur Elmer Reimer of Massachusetts Caleb Harrison of Illinois 180 0.20% 0 0.00%
Total 87,816 100.00% 5 100.00%

Results by town

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[2]
Town # % # % # % # % # % # % #
Barrington 322 67.65% 145 30.46% 4 0.84% 4 0.84% 1 0.21% 177 37.18% 476
Bristol 695 50.11% 647 46.65% 35 2.52% 8 0.58% 2 0.14% 48 3.46% 1,387
Burrillville 700 43.34% 877 54.30% 31 1.92% 4 0.25% 3 0.19% -177 -10.96% 1,615
Central Falls 1,154 39.89% 1,678 58.00% 54 1.87% 5 0.17% 2 0.07% -524 -18.11% 2,893
Charlestown 115 61.83% 65 34.95% 2 1.08% 4 2.15% 0 0.00% 50 26.88% 186
Coventry 606 61.09% 363 36.59% 8 0.81% 14 1.41% 1 0.10% 243 24.50% 992
Cranston 2,720 61.69% 1,522 34.52% 140 3.18% 21 0.48% 6 0.14% 1,198 27.17% 4,409
Cumberland 835 45.70% 937 51.29% 49 2.68% 2 0.11% 4 0.22% -102 -5.58% 1,827
East Greenwich 396 67.23% 187 31.75% 2 0.34% 3 0.51% 1 0.17% 209 35.48% 589
East Providence 1,597 52.04% 1,356 44.18% 88 2.87% 26 0.85% 2 0.07% 241 7.85% 3,069
Exeter 81 44.75% 100 55.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -19 -10.50% 181
Foster 181 64.87% 94 33.69% 2 0.72% 2 0.72% 0 0.00% 87 31.18% 279
Glocester 190 54.91% 154 44.51% 1 0.29% 1 0.29% 0 0.00% 36 10.40% 346
Hopkinton 243 51.48% 213 45.13% 1 0.21% 14 2.97% 1 0.21% 30 6.36% 472
Jamestown 209 70.85% 79 26.78% 6 2.03% 1 0.34% 0 0.00% 130 44.07% 295
Johnston 533 60.43% 310 35.15% 34 3.85% 5 0.57% 0 0.00% 223 25.28% 882
Lincoln 725 46.80% 781 50.42% 39 2.52% 3 0.19% 1 0.06% -56 -3.62% 1,549
Little Compton 198 85.71% 30 12.99% 1 0.43% 2 0.87% 0 0.00% 168 72.73% 231
Middletown 213 75.27% 64 22.61% 3 1.06% 3 1.06% 0 0.00% 149 52.65% 283
Narragansett 176 55.00% 143 44.69% 0 0.00% 1 0.31% 0 0.00% 33 10.31% 320
New Shoreham 251 65.54% 130 33.94% 1 0.26% 1 0.26% 0 0.00% 121 31.59% 383
Newport 2,472 51.65% 2,241 46.82% 39 0.81% 23 0.48% 11 0.23% 231 4.83% 4,786
North Kingstown 532 56.72% 399 42.54% 3 0.32% 4 0.43% 0 0.00% 133 14.18% 938
North Providence 591 58.51% 398 39.41% 19 1.88% 1 0.10% 1 0.10% 193 19.11% 1,010
North Smithfield 205 43.43% 258 54.66% 6 1.27% 2 0.42% 1 0.21% -53 -11.23% 472
Pawtucket 5,125 51.17% 4,570 45.63% 239 2.39% 50 0.50% 31 0.31% 555 5.54% 10,015
Portsmouth 238 62.14% 132 34.46% 0 0.00% 13 3.39% 0 0.00% 106 27.68% 383
Providence 14,991 47.57% 15,358 48.74% 921 2.92% 160 0.51% 81 0.26% -367 -1.16% 31,511
Richmond 176 56.05% 127 40.45% 3 0.96% 8 2.55% 0 0.00% 49 15.61% 314
Scituate 364 49.86% 348 47.67% 3 0.41% 12 1.64% 3 0.41% 16 2.19% 730
Smithfield 272 53.54% 230 45.28% 5 0.98% 1 0.20% 0 0.00% 42 8.27% 508
South Kingstown 602 50.29% 577 48.20% 7 0.58% 11 0.92% 0 0.00% 25 2.09% 1,197
Tiverton 422 61.88% 256 37.54% 4 0.59% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 166 24.34% 682
Warren 557 51.72% 500 46.43% 7 0.65% 6 0.56% 7 0.65% 57 5.29% 1,077
Warwick 1,740 66.16% 817 31.06% 46 1.75% 15 0.57% 12 0.46% 923 35.10% 2,630
West Greenwich 90 80.36% 18 16.07% 1 0.89% 3 2.68% 0 0.00% 72 64.29% 112
West Warwick 1,206 48.71% 1,247 50.36% 13 0.53% 8 0.32% 2 0.08% -41 -1.66% 2,476
Westerly 912 59.45% 600 39.11% 6 0.39% 16 1.04% 0 0.00% 312 20.34% 1,534
Woonsocket 2,223 46.54% 2,443 51.14% 91 1.90% 13 0.27% 7 0.15% -220 -4.61% 4,777
Totals44,85851.08%40,39446.00%1,9142.18%4700.54%1800.20%4,4645.08%87,816

See also

References

  1. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. Rhode Island Board of Elections; Rhode Island Manual 1917, p. 208
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