United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1916
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The 1916 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1916, in Minnesota as part of the 1916 United States presidential election.
The Republican candidate, former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes won the state over incumbent President Woodrow Wilson by a margin of just 392 votes, or 0.1011968% (one vote in 988). This is the fifteenth-closest statewide presidential election on record, and although it was only the second-closest result in 1916, there was not to be a closer result again until Adlai Stevenson II won Kentucky by 700 votes out of 993,148 in 1952.
Wilson’s performance was the closest any Democrat had come to carrying Republican stronghold Minnesota since statehood in 1858[1] – he was almost five percent ahead of his losing margin in 1912 when the state was won by Progressive Theodore Roosevelt. Wilson comfortably won the urban counties of Ramsey, Hennepin and St. Louis, which were later to become unshakable strongholds for the Democratic Party, and also led Hughes in the socialist strongholds of the forestry- and mining-dominated northern counties. Nevertheless, Hughes just won the state upon his dominance of the farming districts of the south and his ability to carry fifty-three of eighty-seven counties over the state as a whole. Wilson was however the first Democrat to ever carry Lake, Kandiyohi, Saint Louis, Norman, Todd, Lyon, Murray and Martin Counties,[2] the first to carry Carlton County since Winfield S. Hancock in 1880, and the first to win Hubbard County since Grover Cleveland in 1888.[2]
Nationally, Wilson won the election, with 277 electoral votes and a tight 3.12% lead over Hughes in the popular vote. Wilson’s re-election was the first time a Democratic President was elected to a second consecutive term since Andrew Jackson’s 1832 re-election.
As of the 2016 presidential election, this would be the last time that a Democrat would win the presidency without carrying Minnesota.
Minnesota held its first Presidential Primary on March 14, 1916.
Results
United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1916[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Charles Evans Hughes | 179,544 | 46.35% | 12 | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 179,152 | 46.25% | 0 | |
Socialist | Allan L. Benson | 20,117 | 5.19% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Frank Hanly | 7,793 | 2.01% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 468 | 0.12% | 0 | |
Progressive | No candidate | 290 | 0.07% | 0 | |
Totals | 387,364 | 100.00% | 12 |
Results by county
County | Hughes# | Hughes% | Wilson# | Wilson% | Others# | Others% | Total votes cast[4] |
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Aitkin | 1,122 | 46.23% | 877 | 36.14% | 428 | 17.63% | 2,427 |
Anoka | 1,262 | 48.95% | 1,171 | 45.42% | 145 | 5.62% | 2,578 |
Becker | 1,761 | 50.44% | 1,453 | 41.62% | 277 | 7.93% | 3,491 |
Beltrami | 1,331 | 33.04% | 1,912 | 47.47% | 785 | 19.49% | 4,028 |
Benton | 1,020 | 49.09% | 945 | 45.48% | 113 | 5.44% | 2,078 |
Big Stone | 810 | 44.88% | 869 | 48.14% | 126 | 6.98% | 1,805 |
Blue Earth | 2,864 | 53.96% | 2,211 | 41.65% | 233 | 4.39% | 5,308 |
Brown | 2,078 | 59.68% | 1,101 | 31.62% | 303 | 8.70% | 3,482 |
Carlton | 1,096 | 40.18% | 1,115 | 40.87% | 517 | 18.95% | 2,728 |
Carver | 1,950 | 65.57% | 960 | 32.28% | 64 | 2.15% | 2,974 |
Cass | 982 | 38.21% | 1,260 | 49.03% | 328 | 12.76% | 2,570 |
Chippewa | 1,311 | 46.79% | 1,134 | 40.47% | 357 | 12.74% | 2,802 |
Chisago | 1,749 | 61.22% | 944 | 33.04% | 164 | 5.74% | 2,857 |
Clay | 1,549 | 44.79% | 1,716 | 49.62% | 193 | 5.58% | 3,458 |
Clearwater | 493 | 39.92% | 544 | 44.05% | 198 | 16.03% | 1,235 |
Cook | 125 | 34.44% | 162 | 44.63% | 76 | 20.94% | 363 |
Cottonwood | 1,425 | 60.23% | 762 | 32.21% | 179 | 7.57% | 2,366 |
Crow Wing | 1,715 | 44.42% | 1,568 | 40.61% | 578 | 14.97% | 3,861 |
Dakota | 1,881 | 41.73% | 2,373 | 52.64% | 254 | 5.63% | 4,508 |
Dodge | 1,260 | 55.80% | 895 | 39.64% | 103 | 4.56% | 2,258 |
Douglas | 1,709 | 50.26% | 1,398 | 41.12% | 293 | 8.62% | 3,400 |
Faribault | 2,184 | 61.71% | 1,123 | 31.73% | 232 | 6.56% | 3,539 |
Fillmore | 2,945 | 65.20% | 1,313 | 29.07% | 259 | 5.73% | 4,517 |
Freeborn | 2,418 | 60.07% | 1,347 | 33.47% | 260 | 6.46% | 4,025 |
Goodhue | 2,471 | 53.09% | 1,875 | 40.29% | 308 | 6.62% | 4,654 |
Grant | 878 | 49.19% | 778 | 43.59% | 129 | 7.23% | 1,785 |
Hennepin | 27,957 | 40.78% | 36,395 | 53.09% | 4,204 | 6.13% | 68,556 |
Houston | 1,783 | 69.08% | 744 | 28.83% | 54 | 2.09% | 2,581 |
Hubbard | 685 | 40.39% | 799 | 47.11% | 212 | 12.50% | 1,696 |
Isanti | 1,123 | 48.18% | 935 | 40.11% | 273 | 11.71% | 2,331 |
Itasca | 1,163 | 36.89% | 1,504 | 47.70% | 486 | 15.41% | 3,153 |
Jackson | 1,503 | 51.95% | 1,272 | 43.97% | 118 | 4.08% | 2,893 |
Kanabec | 776 | 49.02% | 608 | 38.41% | 199 | 12.57% | 1,583 |
Kandiyohi | 1,612 | 41.82% | 1,968 | 51.05% | 275 | 7.13% | 3,855 |
Kittson | 709 | 43.98% | 749 | 46.46% | 154 | 9.55% | 1,612 |
Koochiching | 474 | 25.68% | 1,089 | 58.99% | 283 | 15.33% | 1,846 |
Lac qui Parle | 1,614 | 56.30% | 1,047 | 36.52% | 206 | 7.19% | 2,867 |
Lake | 401 | 30.22% | 506 | 38.13% | 420 | 31.65% | 1,327 |
Le Sueur | 1,430 | 43.89% | 1,723 | 52.89% | 105 | 3.22% | 3,258 |
Lincoln | 777 | 38.18% | 1,174 | 57.69% | 84 | 4.13% | 2,035 |
Lyon | 1,389 | 38.97% | 1,893 | 53.11% | 282 | 7.91% | 3,564 |
McLeod | 1,772 | 55.22% | 1,305 | 40.67% | 132 | 4.11% | 3,209 |
Mahnomen | 262 | 36.39% | 411 | 57.08% | 47 | 6.53% | 720 |
Marshall | 1,461 | 44.73% | 1,513 | 46.33% | 292 | 8.94% | 3,266 |
Martin | 1,741 | 47.16% | 1,756 | 47.56% | 195 | 5.28% | 3,692 |
Meeker | 1,780 | 52.69% | 1,475 | 43.66% | 123 | 3.64% | 3,378 |
Mille Lacs | 1,127 | 44.58% | 1,113 | 44.03% | 288 | 11.39% | 2,528 |
Morrison | 1,887 | 48.84% | 1,650 | 42.70% | 327 | 8.46% | 3,864 |
Mower | 2,520 | 59.43% | 1,572 | 37.08% | 148 | 3.49% | 4,240 |
Murray | 1,137 | 46.64% | 1,193 | 48.93% | 108 | 4.43% | 2,438 |
Nicollet | 1,288 | 58.44% | 814 | 36.93% | 102 | 4.63% | 2,204 |
Nobles | 1,413 | 50.39% | 1,280 | 45.65% | 111 | 3.96% | 2,804 |
Norman | 1,046 | 42.11% | 1,076 | 43.32% | 362 | 14.57% | 2,484 |
Olmsted | 2,101 | 49.67% | 1,926 | 45.53% | 203 | 4.80% | 4,230 |
Otter Tail | 4,238 | 53.81% | 2,858 | 36.29% | 780 | 9.90% | 7,876 |
Pennington | 868 | 40.47% | 1,004 | 46.81% | 273 | 12.73% | 2,145 |
Pine | 1,531 | 44.38% | 1,507 | 43.68% | 412 | 11.94% | 3,450 |
Pipestone | 1,010 | 52.44% | 732 | 38.01% | 184 | 9.55% | 1,926 |
Polk | 2,471 | 37.93% | 3,498 | 53.70% | 545 | 8.37% | 6,514 |
Pope | 1,321 | 51.18% | 1,121 | 43.43% | 139 | 5.39% | 2,581 |
Ramsey | 13,317 | 35.08% | 22,291 | 58.72% | 2,353 | 6.20% | 37,961 |
Red Lake | 463 | 37.70% | 694 | 56.51% | 71 | 5.78% | 1,228 |
Redwood | 2,029 | 56.98% | 1,361 | 38.22% | 171 | 4.80% | 3,561 |
Renville | 2,432 | 55.25% | 1,660 | 37.71% | 310 | 7.04% | 4,402 |
Rice | 2,408 | 51.66% | 2,083 | 44.69% | 170 | 3.65% | 4,661 |
Rock | 1,196 | 59.68% | 705 | 35.18% | 103 | 5.14% | 2,004 |
Roseau | 821 | 38.71% | 834 | 39.32% | 466 | 21.97% | 2,121 |
Saint Louis | 10,834 | 41.47% | 12,056 | 46.15% | 3,234 | 12.38% | 26,124 |
Scott | 972 | 40.86% | 1,361 | 57.21% | 46 | 1.93% | 2,379 |
Sherburne | 965 | 54.09% | 731 | 40.98% | 88 | 4.93% | 1,784 |
Sibley | 1,737 | 62.37% | 973 | 34.94% | 75 | 2.69% | 2,785 |
Stearns | 4,312 | 54.44% | 3,350 | 42.29% | 259 | 3.27% | 7,921 |
Steele | 1,734 | 52.20% | 1,497 | 45.06% | 91 | 2.74% | 3,322 |
Stevens | 943 | 52.56% | 787 | 43.87% | 64 | 3.57% | 1,794 |
Swift | 1,335 | 50.21% | 1,181 | 44.42% | 143 | 5.38% | 2,659 |
Todd | 1,919 | 44.50% | 1,922 | 44.57% | 471 | 10.92% | 4,312 |
Traverse | 774 | 48.71% | 779 | 49.02% | 36 | 2.27% | 1,589 |
Wabasha | 1,787 | 53.11% | 1,449 | 43.06% | 129 | 3.83% | 3,365 |
Wadena | 938 | 54.31% | 651 | 37.70% | 138 | 7.99% | 1,727 |
Waseca | 1,522 | 54.11% | 1,178 | 41.88% | 113 | 4.02% | 2,813 |
Washington | 2,167 | 53.55% | 1,610 | 39.78% | 270 | 6.67% | 4,047 |
Watonwan | 1,300 | 59.94% | 801 | 36.93% | 68 | 3.14% | 2,169 |
Wilkin | 690 | 44.20% | 808 | 51.76% | 63 | 4.04% | 1,561 |
Winona | 2,916 | 47.94% | 2,907 | 47.80% | 259 | 4.26% | 6,082 |
Wright | 2,683 | 52.24% | 2,262 | 44.04% | 191 | 3.72% | 5,136 |
Yellow Medicine | 1,501 | 50.08% | 1,238 | 41.31% | 258 | 8.61% | 2,997 |
Totals | 179,544 | 46.35% | 179,152 | 46.25% | 28,668 | 7.40% | 387,364 |
References
- ↑ Counting the Votes; Minnesota
- 1 2 Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 228-231 ISBN 0786422173
- ↑ "1916 Presidential Election Results, 1916". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ↑ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 234-241 ISBN 9780804716963