1916 United States presidential election in North Dakota

The 1916 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1916 United States presidential election in North Dakota

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Charles W. Fairbanks
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 55,206 53,471
Percentage 47.84% 46.34%

County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

North Dakota was won narrowly by incumbent President Woodrow Wilson (DNew Jersey), running with incumbent Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, with 47.84% of the popular vote, against Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes (RNew York), running with former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, with 46.34% of the popular vote. Apart from the state’s first presidential election in 1892, this is the closest presidential result on record in North Dakota,[1] although the state was only the sixth-closest of the 1916 election.

Wilson had previously won North Dakota four years earlier. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that North Dakota voted for a different candidate than neighboring South Dakota, with North Dakota being won by Wilson and South Dakota being won by Hughes.

This is one of just five instances of North Dakota voting Democratic, as along with its Great Plains neighbors, the state would remain almost universally Republican following the 4th party system. The others came in 1912, 1932, 1936, and 1964. As all of these elections were landslide victories for the Democratic party, this is the only time that North Dakota has voted Democratic in a close election.[2]

Results edit

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall Democratic 5[3] 55,206 47.84%
Charles Evans Hughes Charles W. Fairbanks Republican 0 53,471 46.34%
Allan L. Benson George R. Kirkpatrick Socialist 0 5,716 4.95%
Frank Hanly Ira Landrith Prohibition 0 997 0.86%

Results by county edit

County[4] Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 532 49.49% 469 43.63% 63 5.86% 11 1.02% 63 5.86% 1,075
Barnes 1,678 51.57% 1,467 45.08% 75 2.30% 34 1.04% 211 6.48% 3,254
Benson 922 40.62% 1,210 53.30% 109 4.80% 29 1.28% -288 -12.69% 2,270
Billings 276 44.30% 306 49.12% 36 5.78% 5 0.80% -30 -4.82% 623
Bottineau 1,471 47.00% 1,294 41.34% 329 10.51% 36 1.15% 177 5.65% 3,130
Bowman 685 59.51% 374 32.49% 88 7.65% 4 0.35% 311 27.02% 1,151
Burke 922 55.84% 518 31.37% 197 11.93% 14 0.85% 404 24.47% 1,651
Burleigh 1,267 48.73% 1,182 45.46% 129 4.96% 22 0.85% 85 3.27% 2,600
Cass 3,303 49.85% 3,093 46.68% 157 2.37% 73 1.10% 210 3.17% 6,626
Cavalier 1,149 42.13% 1,502 55.08% 68 2.49% 8 0.29% -353 -12.94% 2,727
Dickey 920 44.47% 1,037 50.12% 99 4.78% 13 0.63% -117 -5.65% 2,069
Divide 950 52.95% 707 39.41% 126 7.02% 11 0.61% 243 13.55% 1,794
Dunn 1,028 62.53% 566 34.43% 46 2.80% 4 0.24% 462 28.10% 1,644
Eddy 650 51.75% 505 40.21% 89 7.09% 12 0.96% 145 11.54% 1,256
Emmons 609 35.28% 1,090 63.15% 25 1.45% 2 0.12% -481 -27.87% 1,726
Foster 662 53.60% 549 44.45% 14 1.13% 10 0.81% 113 9.15% 1,235
Golden Valley 697 54.93% 499 39.32% 63 4.96% 10 0.79% 198 15.60% 1,269
Grand Forks 2,814 54.66% 2,159 41.94% 125 2.43% 50 0.97% 655 12.72% 5,148
Griggs 668 52.39% 521 40.86% 59 4.63% 27 2.12% 147 11.53% 1,275
Hettinger 661 41.44% 856 53.67% 67 4.20% 11 0.69% -195 -12.23% 1,595
Kidder 650 46.07% 604 42.81% 134 9.50% 23 1.63% 46 3.26% 1,411
LaMoure 990 45.08% 1,045 47.59% 141 6.42% 20 0.91% -55 -2.50% 2,196
Logan 260 29.41% 567 64.14% 51 5.77% 6 0.68% -307 -34.73% 884
McHenry 1,316 59.57% 692 31.33% 185 8.37% 16 0.72% 624 28.25% 2,209
McIntosh 270 21.99% 950 77.36% 7 0.57% 1 0.08% -680 -55.37% 1,228
McKenzie 1,456 47.17% 1,394 45.16% 200 6.48% 37 1.20% 62 2.01% 3,087
McLean 1,210 47.81% 1,054 41.64% 247 9.76% 20 0.79% 156 6.16% 2,531
Mercer 353 31.02% 730 64.15% 52 4.57% 3 0.26% -377 -33.13% 1,138
Morton 1,835 37.13% 2,785 56.35% 299 6.05% 23 0.47% -950 -19.22% 4,942
Mountrail 1,262 55.67% 740 32.64% 231 10.19% 34 1.50% 522 23.03% 2,267
Nelson 861 43.33% 1,013 50.98% 77 3.88% 36 1.81% -152 -7.65% 1,987
Oliver 327 45.17% 346 47.79% 48 6.63% 3 0.41% -19 -2.62% 724
Pembina 1,400 48.33% 1,469 50.71% 16 0.55% 12 0.41% -69 -2.38% 2,897
Pierce 789 49.69% 703 44.27% 74 4.66% 22 1.39% 86 5.42% 1,588
Ramsey 1,331 51.13% 1,169 44.91% 90 3.46% 13 0.50% 162 6.22% 2,603
Ransom 1,121 49.04% 1,093 47.81% 45 1.97% 27 1.18% 28 1.22% 2,286
Renville 1,012 59.99% 532 31.54% 119 7.05% 24 1.42% 480 28.45% 1,687
Richland 1,772 45.00% 2,097 53.25% 41 1.04% 28 0.71% -325 -8.25% 3,938
Rolette 762 50.80% 600 40.00% 132 8.80% 6 0.40% 162 10.80% 1,500
Sargent 868 43.49% 1,050 52.61% 67 3.36% 11 0.55% -182 -9.12% 1,996
Sheridan 310 26.91% 807 70.05% 25 2.17% 10 0.87% -497 -43.14% 1,152
Sioux 200 43.20% 232 50.11% 24 5.18% 7 1.51% -32 -6.91% 463
Slope 867 58.54% 516 34.84% 91 6.14% 7 0.47% 351 23.70% 1,481
Stark 953 39.30% 1,409 58.10% 57 2.35% 6 0.25% -456 -18.80% 2,425
Steele 515 40.62% 676 53.31% 71 5.60% 6 0.47% -161 -12.70% 1,268
Stutsman 1,846 50.67% 1,664 45.68% 109 2.99% 24 0.66% 182 5.00% 3,643
Towner 769 50.53% 665 43.69% 77 5.06% 11 0.72% 104 6.83% 1,522
Traill 664 30.15% 1,423 64.62% 72 3.27% 43 1.95% -759 -34.47% 2,202
Walsh 2,003 52.54% 1,670 43.81% 126 3.31% 13 0.34% 333 8.74% 3,812
Ward 2,791 56.74% 1,743 35.43% 301 6.12% 84 1.71% 1,048 21.31% 4,919
Wells 810 38.70% 1,226 58.58% 48 2.29% 9 0.43% -416 -19.88% 2,093
Williams 1,769 55.40% 903 28.28% 495 15.50% 26 0.81% 866 27.12% 3,193
Totals 55,206 47.84% 53,471 46.34% 5,716 4.95% 997 0.86% 1,735 1.50% 115,390

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – North Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ "Historical U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2020 - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  4. ^ North Dakota Secretary of State Elections; Party Votes, General Election November 7, 1916