United States presidential election in Illinois, 1916

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1916

November 7, 1916

 
Nominee Charles E. Hughes Woodrow Wilson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote 29 0
Popular vote 1,152,549 950,229
Percentage 52.56% 43.34%

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Illinois was held on November 7, 1916. Illinois voters chose twenty-nine electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by the Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes with 52.56% of the popular vote. Hughes was the first presidential candidate to garner over a million votes in a single state, due to Illinois having allowed women to cast votes for electors, though not yet for other offices.

With 52.56% of the vote, Illinois would proved to be Hughes' fifth strongest state in terms of popular votes percentage after Vermont, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Iowa[1].

Results

United States presidential election in Illinois, 1916 [2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 1,152,549 52.56% 29
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 950,229 43.34% 0
Socialist Allan Benson 61,394 2.80% 0
Prohibition James Hanly 26,047 1.19% 0
Socialist Labor Arthur Reimer 2,488 0.11% 0

References

  1. "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. "1916 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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