The 1916 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155
Results 1916 United States presidential election in GeorgiaDave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1916 Presidential General Election Results – GeorgiaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 127,754 79.51% 14 Progressive No candidate 20,692 12.88% 0 Republican Charles E. Hughes 11,294 7.03% 0 Socialist Allan Benson 941 0.59% 0
Results by county CountyThomas Woodrow WilsonDemocraticCharles Evans HughesRepublicanNo candidateProgressive "Bull Moose"MarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#% Appling 413 71.95% 44 7.67% 117 20.38% 296 51.57% 574 Bacon 287 86.19% 46 13.81% 0 0.00% 241 72.37% 333 Baker 435 82.23% 0 0.00% 94 17.77% 341 64.46% 529 Baldwin 579 84.40% 65 9.48% 42 6.12% 514 74.93% 686 Banks 989 80.21% 126 10.22% 118 9.57% 863 69.99% 1,233 Barrow 712 74.01% 148 15.38% 102 10.60% 564 58.63% 962 Bartow 1,325 76.02% 92 5.28% 326 18.70% 999 57.31% 1,743 Ben Hill 627 81.53% 8 1.04% 134 17.43% 493 64.11% 769 Berrien 2,102 96.29% 32 1.47% 49 2.24% 2,053 94.04% 2,183 Bibb 2,048 88.77% 201 8.71% 58 2.51% 1,847 80.06% 2,307 Bleckley 362 94.76% 6 1.57% 14 3.66% 348 91.10% 382 Brooks 969 88.33% 103 9.39% 25 2.28% 866 78.94% 1,097 Bryan 295 91.90% 17 5.30% 9 2.80% 278 86.60% 321 Bulloch 1,410 92.40% 29 1.90% 87 5.70% 1,323 86.70% 1,526 Burke 673 95.33% 19 2.69% 14 1.98% 654 92.63% 706 Butts 595 88.28% 52 7.72% 27 4.01% 543 80.56% 674 Calhoun 265 96.01% 9 3.26% 2 0.72% 256 92.75% 276 Camden 251 96.91% 4 1.54% 4 1.54% 247 95.37% 259 Campbell 508 78.03% 77 11.83% 66 10.14% 431 66.21% 651 Candler 442 94.04% 0 0.00% 28 5.96% 414 88.09% 470 Carroll 1,621 75.33% 118 5.48% 413 19.19% 1,208 56.13% 2,152 Catoosa 624 72.06% 32 3.70% 210 24.25% 414 47.81% 866 Charlton 169 72.84% 52 22.41% 11 4.74% 117 50.43% 232 Chatham 3,797 79.42% 368 7.70% 616 12.88% 3,181 66.53% 4,781 Chattahoochee 156 94.55% 5 3.03% 4 2.42% 151 91.52% 165 Chattooga 1,006 79.46% 20 1.58% 240 18.96% 766 60.51% 1,266 Cherokee 855 53.17% 292 18.16% 461 28.67% 394 24.50% 1,608 Clarke 1,036 87.80% 113 9.58% 31 2.63% 923 78.22% 1,180 Clay 225 92.21% 9 3.69% 10 4.10% 215 88.11% 244 Clayton 517 86.89% 3 0.50% 75 12.61% 442 74.29% 595 Clinch 374 85.98% 53 12.18% 8 1.84% 321 73.79% 435 Cobb 1,750 75.40% 137 5.90% 434 18.70% 1,316 56.70% 2,321 Coffee 2,091 93.35% 120 5.36% 29 1.29% 1,971 87.99% 2,240 Colquitt 1,305 85.35% 53 3.47% 171 11.18% 1,134 74.17% 1,529 Columbia 521 95.60% 6 1.10% 18 3.30% 503 92.29% 545 Coweta 1,179 91.40% 85 6.59% 26 2.02% 1,094 84.81% 1,290 Crawford 411 98.56% 2 0.48% 4 0.96% 407 97.60% 417 Crisp 577 84.73% 4 0.59% 100 14.68% 477 70.04% 681 Dade 616 88.89% 25 3.61% 52 7.50% 564 81.39% 693 Dawson 440 59.30% 273 36.79% 29 3.91% 167 22.51% 742 Decatur 1,147 88.37% 35 2.70% 116 8.94% 1,031 79.43% 1,298 DeKalb 1,690 88.99% 12 0.63% 197 10.37% 1,493 78.62% 1,899 Dodge 788 88.84% 64 7.22% 35 3.95% 724 81.62% 887 Dooly 737 95.96% 0 0.00% 31 4.04% 706 91.93% 768 Dougherty 836 93.93% 37 4.16% 17 1.91% 799 89.78% 890 Douglas 416 74.95% 61 10.99% 78 14.05% 338 60.90% 555 Early 442 97.14% 4 0.88% 9 1.98% 433 95.16% 455 Echols 173 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 173 100.00% 173 Effingham 450 86.21% 8 1.53% 64 12.26% 386 73.95% 522 Elbert 1,756 90.56% 0 0.00% 183 9.44% 1,573 81.12% 1,939 Emanuel 1,500 83.61% 28 1.56% 266 14.83% 1,234 68.78% 1,794 Evans 334 78.40% 34 7.98% 58 13.62% 276 64.79% 426 Fannin 720 39.58% 166 9.13% 933 51.29% -213 -11.71% 1,819 Fayette 494 83.87% 25 4.24% 70 11.88% 424 71.99% 589 Floyd 2,137 83.05% 50 1.94% 386 15.00% 1,751 68.05% 2,573 Forsyth 1,146 74.03% 166 10.72% 236 15.25% 910 58.79% 1,548 Franklin 1,540 86.03% 44 2.46% 206 11.51% 1,334 74.53% 1,790 Fulton 8,945 79.19% 1,311 11.61% 1,040 9.21% 7,634 67.58% 11,296 Gilmer 742 47.56% 258 16.54% 560 35.90% 182 11.67% 1,560 Glascock 126 43.45% 8 2.76% 156 53.79% -30 -10.34% 290 Glynn 477 85.48% 45 8.06% 36 6.45% 432 77.42% 558 Gordon 1,010 70.04% 190 13.18% 242 16.78% 768 53.26% 1,442 Grady 675 84.59% 39 4.89% 84 10.53% 591 74.06% 798 Greene 676 76.64% 53 6.01% 153 17.35% 523 59.30% 882 Gwinnett 1,528 75.64% 222 10.99% 270 13.37% 1,258 62.28% 2,020 Habersham 1,032 69.45% 48 3.23% 406 27.32% 626 42.13% 1,486 Hall 1,662 76.59% 141 6.50% 367 16.91% 1,295 59.68% 2,170 Hancock 562 91.53% 30 4.89% 22 3.58% 532 86.64% 614 Haralson 837 47.75% 137 7.82% 779 44.44% 58 3.31% 1,753 Harris 550 91.06% 23 3.81% 31 5.13% 519 85.93% 604 Hart 750 74.33% 22 2.18% 237 23.49% 513 50.84% 1,009 Heard 439 85.74% 11 2.15% 62 12.11% 377 73.63% 512 Henry 868 83.86% 78 7.54% 89 8.60% 779 75.27% 1,035 Houston 806 92.64% 52 5.98% 12 1.38% 754 86.67% 870 Irwin 503 90.14% 31 5.56% 24 4.30% 472 84.59% 558 Jackson 1,185 87.26% 71 5.23% 102 7.51% 1,083 79.75% 1,358 Jasper 537 96.41% 14 2.51% 6 1.08% 523 93.90% 557 Jeff Davis 299 81.03% 14 3.79% 56 15.18% 243 65.85% 369 Jefferson 588 73.87% 63 7.91% 145 18.22% 443 55.65% 796 Jenkins 402 93.71% 7 1.63% 20 4.66% 382 89.04% 429 Johnson 715 80.79% 20 2.26% 150 16.95% 565 63.84% 885 Jones 398 92.34% 27 6.26% 6 1.39% 371 86.08% 431 Laurens 1,269 85.98% 64 4.34% 143 9.69% 1,126 76.29% 1,476 Lee 316 97.83% 3 0.93% 4 1.24% 312 96.59% 323 Liberty 245 65.51% 26 6.95% 103 27.54% 142 37.97% 374 Lincoln 333 84.52% 5 1.27% 56 14.21% 277 70.30% 394 Lowndes 1,870 92.67% 60 2.97% 88 4.36% 1,782 88.31% 2,018 Lumpkin 455 66.81% 55 8.08% 171 25.11% 284 41.70% 681 Macon 440 78.85% 21 3.76% 97 17.38% 343 61.47% 558 Madison 1,241 86.12% 19 1.32% 181 12.56% 1,060 73.56% 1,441 Marion 330 70.51% 42 8.97% 96 20.51% 234 50.00% 468 McDuffie 466 77.54% 70 11.65% 65 10.82% 396 65.89% 601 McIntosh 114 82.61% 20 14.49% 4 2.90% 94 68.12% 138 Meriwether 1,118 89.44% 36 2.88% 96 7.68% 1,022 81.76% 1,250 Miller 464 95.47% 15 3.09% 7 1.44% 449 92.39% 486 Milton 462 81.77% 11 1.95% 92 16.28% 370 65.49% 565 Mitchell 921 87.05% 41 3.88% 96 9.07% 825 77.98% 1,058 Monroe 721 86.04% 52 6.21% 65 7.76% 656 78.28% 838 Montgomery 1,002 92.01% 21 1.93% 66 6.06% 936 85.95% 1,089 Morgan 643 84.61% 59 7.76% 58 7.63% 584 76.84% 760 Murray 1,162 72.67% 301 18.82% 136 8.51% 861 53.85% 1,599 Muscogee 1,833 92.25% 110 5.54% 44 2.21% 1,723 86.71% 1,987 Newton 943 86.99% 102 9.41% 39 3.60% 841 77.58% 1,084 Oconee 497 74.96% 0 0.00% 166 25.04% 331 49.92% 663 Oglethorpe 657 91.63% 18 2.51% 42 5.86% 615 85.77% 717 Paulding 670 45.80% 10 0.68% 783 53.52% -113 -7.72% 1,463 Pickens 497 39.41% 420 33.31% 344 27.28% 77 6.11% 1,261 Pierce 489 81.64% 85 14.19% 25 4.17% 404 67.45% 599 Pike 766 81.75% 65 6.94% 106 11.31% 660 70.44% 937 Polk 1,172 62.18% 0 0.00% 713 37.82% 459 24.35% 1,885 Pulaski 383 91.41% 13 3.10% 23 5.49% 360 85.92% 419 Putnam 462 98.30% 8 1.70% 0 0.00% 454 96.60% 470 Quitman 125 88.03% 2 1.41% 15 10.56% 110 77.46% 142 Rabun 633 70.26% 87 9.66% 181 20.09% 452 50.17% 901 Randolph 645 90.72% 43 6.05% 23 3.23% 602 84.67% 711 Richmond 2,708 78.04% 238 6.86% 524 15.10% 2,184 62.94% 3,470 Rockdale 490 79.16% 73 11.79% 56 9.05% 417 67.37% 619 Schley 222 85.71% 2 0.77% 35 13.51% 187 72.20% 259 Screven 625 82.35% 36 4.74% 98 12.91% 527 69.43% 759 Spalding 835 81.23% 41 3.99% 152 14.79% 683 66.44% 1,028 Stephens 500 86.96% 15 2.61% 60 10.43% 440 76.52% 575 Stewart 474 92.76% 23 4.50% 14 2.74% 451 88.26% 511 Sumter 1,065 93.18% 38 3.32% 40 3.50% 1,025 89.68% 1,143 Talbot 511 94.28% 17 3.14% 14 2.58% 494 91.14% 542 Taliaferro 255 92.39% 7 2.54% 14 5.07% 241 87.32% 276 Tattnall 574 69.74% 49 5.95% 200 24.30% 374 45.44% 823 Taylor 405 70.43% 57 9.91% 113 19.65% 292 50.78% 575 Telfair 773 93.47% 25 3.02% 29 3.51% 744 89.96% 827 Terrell 677 92.74% 40 5.48% 13 1.78% 637 87.26% 730 Thomas 1,298 85.79% 42 2.78% 173 11.43% 1,125 74.36% 1,513 Tift 1,034 82.79% 42 3.36% 173 13.85% 861 68.94% 1,249 Toombs 425 78.13% 33 6.07% 86 15.81% 339 62.32% 544 Towns 358 42.37% 481 56.92% 6 0.71% -123 -14.56% 845 Troup 1,227 81.53% 38 2.52% 240 15.95% 987 65.58% 1,505 Turner 400 55.79% 145 20.22% 172 23.99% 228 31.80% 717 Twiggs 365 91.25% 20 5.00% 15 3.75% 345 86.25% 400 Union 532 50.43% 523 49.57% 0 0.00% 9 0.85% 1,055 Upson 734 72.60% 18 1.78% 259 25.62% 475 46.98% 1,011 Walker 1,883 71.82% 439 16.74% 300 11.44% 1,444 55.07% 2,622 Walton 1,305 88.24% 83 5.61% 91 6.15% 1,214 82.08% 1,479 Ware 1,066 84.74% 133 10.57% 59 4.69% 933 74.17% 1,258 Warren 292 68.22% 47 10.98% 89 20.79% 203 47.43% 428 Washington 954 84.57% 18 1.60% 156 13.83% 798 70.74% 1,128 Wayne 460 89.49% 29 5.64% 25 4.86% 431 83.85% 514 Webster 248 87.63% 20 7.07% 15 5.30% 228 80.57% 283 Wheeler 372 83.97% 31 7.00% 40 9.03% 332 74.94% 443 White 639 75.62% 6 0.71% 200 23.67% 439 51.95% 845 Whitfield 1,093 60.19% 16 0.88% 707 38.93% 386 21.26% 1,816 Wilcox 590 89.39% 12 1.82% 58 8.79% 532 80.61% 660 Wilkes 785 91.92% 17 1.99% 52 6.09% 733 85.83% 854 Wilkinson 371 88.54% 28 6.68% 20 4.77% 343 81.86% 419 Worth 690 87.45% 31 3.93% 68 8.62% 622 78.83% 789Totals127,75479.51%11,2947.03%20,69212.88%107,06266.63%160,681
See also United States presidential elections in Georgia
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