The 1916 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1916.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Blair Lee I ran for election to a full term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative David John Lewis. Lewis went on to lose the general election to Republican Joseph I. France, a professor of medicine and former state senator.

Democratic primary Candidates William Cabell Bruce, historian and former state delegate Blair Lee I, incumbent senator since 1913 David John Lewis, U.S. representative from Cumberland

Results

Lee received more raw votes than Lewis did, but Lewis received a higher share of the unit vote at the state convention.

Republican primary Candidates Joseph I. France, professor of medicine and former state senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough, governor of Maryland

Results

General election Results

Results by county +CountyJoseph I. France RepublicanDavid John Lewis DemocraticJames W. Frizzell ProhibitionSylvester L. Young SocialistRobert E. Long LaborMarginTotal votes

cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Allegany478244.66%535249.98%1481.38%3753.50%510.48% -570 -5.32%10708 Anne Arundel242941.61%322355.21%931.59%510.87%420.72% -794 -13.60%5838 Baltimore (city)5149653.10%4273644.07%10621.10%12361.27%4450.46% 8760 9.03%96975 Baltimore (county)1169748.72%1153248.04%4501.87%2010.84%1270.53% 165 0.69%24007 Calvert97355.35%71440.61%492.79%100.57%120.68% 259 14.73%1758 Caroline168148.77%169049.03%531.54%140.41%90.26% -9 -0.263447 Carroll335648.45%341549.30%1021.47%250.36%290.42% -59 -0.85%6927 Cecil205949.82%201048.63%390.94%100.24%150.36% 49 1.19%4133 Charles134952.63%109242.61%461.79%381.48%381.48% 257 10.03%2563 Dorchester229548.82%227048.29%1022.17%80.17%260.55% 25 0.53%4701 Frederick511547.22%547950.58%1291.19%660.61%430.40% -364 -3.36%10832 Garrett157558.99%101237.90%291.09%451.69%90.34% 563 21.09%2670 Harford204739.62%294456.98%981.90%300.58%480.93% -897 -17.36%5167 Howard130343.12%164354.37%481.59%80.26%200.66% -340 -11.25%3022 Kent161747.10%175751.18%330.96%110.32%150.44% -140 -4.08%3433 Montgomery269742.69%343254.32%1231.95%380.60%280.44% -735 -11.63%6318 Prince George's257247.24%271349.83%711.30%420.77%470.86% -141 -2.59%5445 Queen Anne's125837.31%204760.71%491.45%50.15%130.39% -789 -23.40%3372 St. Mary's98343.32%108347.73%1486.52341.50%210.93% -100 -4.41%2269 Somerset248058.53%163238.52%972.29%160.38%120.28% 848 20.014237 Talbot176844.47%208052.31%1092.71%50.13%140.35% -312 -7.85%3976 Washington462645.18%522551.03%710.69%2832.76%340.33% -599 -5.85%10239 Wicomico219742.64%279054.14%1102.13%340.66%220.43% -593 -11.51%5153 Worcester130739.93%186957.10%662.02%80.24230.70% -562 -17.17%3273Total11366249.32%10974047.62%33251.44%25901.12%25901.12%39221.70%230460

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Baltimore (City) Baltimore (County) Cecil Dorchester

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Washington

See also 1916 United States Senate elections 1916 United States elections

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