1916 United States presidential election in Arizona
November 7, 1916[1]
All 3 Arizona votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles E. Hughes Allan L. Benson
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Home state New Jersey New York New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks George Ross Kirkpatrick
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 33,170 20,524 3,174
Percentage 57.17% 35.37% 5.47%
County Results
President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

 Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by Democratic incumbent President Woodrow Wilson, running with incumbent Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, with 57.17% of the popular vote, against Republican Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, running with former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks under Theodore Roosevelt's second term, with 35.37% of the popular vote. Socialist nominee Allan L. Benson ran with George Ross Kirkpatrick, finishing in a distant third place with just 5.47%, a significant decrease from 13.33% in 1912.

Despite Republican hopes of unifying the party after a catastrophic split four years prior, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was still able to win a solid majority (57.17%) improving on his 43.5% vote in 1912. Many Arizonans who voted for left wing Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs in their first presidential election sided with progressive Democratic President Wilson for re-election over Republican nominee Charles E. Hughes who ran as a moderate in hopes of unifying the progressive wing that had earlier split from the party by former President Theodore Roosevelt and the conservative faction led by former President William Howard Taft.

Woodrow Wilson won every county in Arizona by a landslide except for Pima County which voted for him by one of the smallest percentages in 1912.[2][3]

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Arizona
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 33,170 57.17%
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 20,524 35.37%
Socialist Allan L. Benson 3,174 5.47%
Prohibition Frank Hanly 1,153 1.99%
Total votes 58,021 100%

Results by county

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic		 Charles Evans Hughes
Republican		 Allan Louis Benson
Socialist		 James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition		 Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # %
Apache 648 66.12% 311 31.73% 16 1.63% 5 0.51% 337 34.39% 980
Cochise 6,115 60.35% 3,203 31.61% 694 6.85% 120 1.18% 2,912 28.74% 10,132
Coconino 1,171 56.52% 802 38.71% 77 3.72% 22 1.06% 369 17.81% 2,072
Gila 3,686 64.29% 1,495 26.08% 510 8.90% 42 0.73% 2,191 38.22% 5,733
Graham 1,597 70.76% 497 22.02% 119 5.27% 44 1.95% 1,100 48.74% 2,257
Greenlee 1,492 63.92% 672 28.79% 156 6.68% 14 0.60% 820 35.13% 2,334
Maricopa 7,634 52.14% 5,747 39.26% 574 3.92% 685 4.68% 1,887 12.89% 14,640
Mohave 1,335 59.97% 643 28.89% 243 10.92% 5 0.22% 692 31.09% 2,226
Navajo 1,240 65.92% 574 30.52% 25 1.33% 42 2.23% 666 35.41% 1,881
Pima 2,079 42.24% 2,616 53.15% 150 3.05% 77 1.56% -537 -10.91% 4,922
Pinal 1,232 56.54% 855 39.24% 60 2.75% 32 1.47% 377 17.30% 2,179
Santa Cruz 726 50.35% 666 46.19% 42 2.91% 8 0.55% 60 4.16% 1,442
Yavapai 2,893 58.06% 1,716 34.44% 331 6.64% 43 0.86% 1,177 23.62% 4,983
Yuma 1,322 59.02% 727 32.46% 177 7.90% 14 0.63% 595 26.56% 2,240
Totals33,17057.17%20,52435.37%3,1745.47%1,1531.99%12,64621.80%58,021

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1916 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1916". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  4. ↑ Géoelections; 1916 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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