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.
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Hughes 40-50% 50-60%
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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] | ||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||
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| 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 |
| Totals | 44,858 | 51.08% | 40,394 | 46.00% | 1,914 | 2.18% | 470 | 0.54% | 180 | 0.20% | 4,464 | 5.08% | 87,816 |
References
- "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- Rhode Island Board of Elections; Rhode Island Manual 1917, p. 208
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