1916 United States presidential election in Indiana

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Charles Evans Hughes and the former vice president of the United States Charles W. Fairbanks defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Woodrow Wilson and the incumbent vice president Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson defeated Hughes in the national election with 277 electoral votes.

Background Partisan coalitions in Indiana at the turn of the century reflected the regional, ethnic, and religious roots of the settler population, with the descendants of White Southerners, German Americans, and Irish Americans (especially Catholics) voting reliably Democratic, while Yankees, Nordic and Scandinavian Americans, and British Americans favored the Republican Party. Southern Indiana leaned Democratic and Northern Indiana leaned Republican, in line with the loose correlation between ethnicity and geography. The state's notable concentration of German Catholics contributed to its closeness in presidential elections during the Third Party System relative to other Lower North states. William Jennings Bryan's 1896 presidential campaign saw the state move more securely into the Republican column, as German Catholics alienated by Bryan's outspoken Evangelicalism, conservatives unnerved by the candidate's agrarian radicalism, and urban workers frightened by threats of mass layoffs in the event of a Bryan victory voted Republican for the first time. Following this political realignment, Wilson became the only Democrat to carry Indiana during the Fourth Party System (1896–1932) in 1912. Republican strength remained greater in urban areas than in rural areas based on the strength of Republican urban political machines.

Primary elections Republican Party

Democratic Party

Progressive Party

No candidates filed to run in the Indiana Progressive presidential primary, and consequently no primary election was held.

Socialist Party

General election Results Indiana chose 15 electors on a statewide general ticket. State law required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group. This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party. The following table quotes the official returns published by the secretary of state of Indiana, which list the votes for the first elector on each ticket.

Results by county + 1916 United States presidential election in Indiana by county County Charles E. HughesRepublican Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Allan L. BensonSocialist Frank HanlyProhibition Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 1,796 36.83% 2,875 58.96% 23 0.47% 171 3.51% 11 0.23% -1,079 -22.13% 4,876 Allen 10,169 46.03% 9,470 42.87% 1,003 4.54% 421 1.91% 1,027 4.65% 699 3.16% 22,090 Bartholomew 3,287 47.08% 3,441 49.29% 66 0.95% 145 2.08% 42 0.60% -154 -2.21% 6,981 Benton 1,872 54.17% 1,502 43.46% 23 0.67% 53 1.53% 6 0.17% 370 10.71% 3,456 Blackford 1,595 43.04% 1,867 50.38% 105 2.83% 126 3.40% 13 0.35% -272 -7.34% 3,706 Boone 3,333 46.97% 3,513 49.51% 82 1.16% 125 1.76% 43 0.61% -180 -2.54% 7,096 Brown 506 31.72% 1,046 65.58% 10 0.63% 31 1.94% 2 0.13% -540 -33.86% 1,595 Carroll 2,468 49.09% 2,401 47.75% 34 0.68% 118 2.35% 7 0.14% 67 1.33% 5,028 Cass 4,879 47.08% 5,140 49.60% 121 1.17% 200 1.93% 23 0.22% -261 -2.52% 10,363 Clark 3,173 46.15% 3,572 51.95% 73 1.06% 43 0.63% 15 0.22% -399 -5.80% 6,876 Clay 3,102 42.82% 3,435 47.42% 562 7.76% 119 1.64% 26 0.36% -333 -4.60% 7,244 Clinton 3,638 47.76% 3,662 48.07% 119 1.56% 184 2.42% 15 0.20% -24 -0.32% 7,618 Crawford 1,201 41.05% 1,508 51.54% 58 1.98% 152 5.19% 7 0.24% -307 -10.49% 2,926 Daviess 3,191 47.56% 3,143 46.84% 210 3.13% 128 1.91% 38 0.57% 48 0.72% 6,710 Dearborn 2,318 42.18% 3,010 54.78% 62 1.13% 97 1.77% 8 0.15% -692 -12.59% 5,495 Decatur 2,717 51.39% 2,374 44.90% 69 1.31% 109 2.06% 18 0.34% 343 6.49% 5,287 DeKalb 2,898 43.53% 3,372 50.65% 136 2.04% 232 3.49% 19 0.29% -474 -7.12% 6,657 Delaware 6,919 50.24% 5,946 43.18% 432 3.14% 407 2.96% 67 0.49% 973 7.07% 13,771 Dubois 1,492 32.07% 3,072 66.02% 19 0.41% 55 1.18% 15 0.32% -1,580 -33.96% 4,653 Elkhart 5,850 45.21% 5,723 44.22% 708 5.47% 603 4.66% 57 0.44% 127 0.98% 12,941 Fayette 2,360 51.51% 2,074 45.26% 58 1.27% 64 1.40% 26 0.57% 286 6.24% 4,582 Floyd 3,200 43.99% 3,850 52.92% 140 1.92% 68 0.93% 17 0.23% -650 -8.93% 7,275 Fountain 2,634 48.36% 2,437 44.74% 130 2.39% 88 1.62% 158 2.90% 197 3.62% 5,447 Franklin 1,495 37.24% 2,426 60.42% 8 0.20% 73 1.82% 13 0.32% -931 -23.19% 4,015 Fulton 2,325 48.72% 2,231 46.75% 33 0.69% 63 1.32% 120 2.51% 94 1.97% 4,772 Gibson 3,576 45.84% 3,765 48.26% 201 2.58% 226 2.90% 33 0.42% -189 -2.42% 7,801 Grant 6,059 43.38% 5,827 41.72% 1,019 7.30% 980 7.02% 82 0.59% 232 1.66% 13,967 Greene 3,878 43.33% 3,990 44.59% 833 9.31% 199 2.22% 49 0.55% -112 -1.25% 8,949 Hamilton 3,951 54.78% 2,799 38.81% 72 1.00% 362 5.02% 28 0.39% 1,152 15.97% 7,212 Hancock 2,138 41.56% 2,779 54.02% 47 0.91% 166 3.23% 14 0.27% -641 -12.46% 5,144 Harrison 2,086 44.97% 2,373 51.15% 64 1.38% 98 2.11% 18 0.39% -287 -6.19% 4,639 Hendricks 3,046 53.13% 2,453 42.79% 88 1.53% 118 2.06% 28 0.49% 593 10.34% 5,733 Henry 4,386 50.01% 3,560 40.59% 265 3.02% 378 4.31% 182 2.08% 826 9.42% 8,771 Howard 4,777 47.38% 3,934 39.02% 840 8.33% 456 4.52% 75 0.74% 843 8.36% 10,082 Huntington 3,761 45.73% 3,833 46.60% 149 1.81% 450 5.47% 32 0.39% -72 -0.88% 8,225 Jackson 2,422 40.65% 3,312 55.59% 74 1.24% 139 2.33% 11 0.18% -890 -14.94% 5,958 Jasper 1,995 56.50% 1,488 42.14% 10 0.28% 33 0.93% 5 0.14% 507 14.36% 3,531 Jay 3,075 46.49% 3,070 46.41% 109 1.65% 348 5.26% 13 0.20% 5 0.08% 6,615 Jefferson 2,675 49.76% 2,518 46.84% 56 1.04% 113 2.10% 14 0.26% 157 2.92% 5,376 Jennings 1,791 50.01% 1,686 47.08% 34 0.95% 60 1.68% 10 0.28% 105 2.93% 3,581 Johnson 2,428 42.32% 3,108 54.17% 53 0.92% 107 1.87% 41 0.71% -680 -11.85% 5,737 Knox 4,805 42.28% 5,380 47.34% 923 8.12% 142 1.25% 114 1.00% -575 -5.06% 11,364 Kosciusko 4,025 51.18% 3,447 43.83% 134 1.70% 232 2.95% 27 0.34% 578 7.35% 7,865 LaGrange 1,958 54.09% 1,512 41.77% 43 1.19% 93 2.57% 14 0.39% 446 12.32% 3,620 Lake 13,262 55.00% 9,946 41.25% 651 2.70% 108 0.45% 144 0.60% 3,316 13.75% 24,111 LaPorte 5,726 50.29% 5,276 46.33% 240 2.11% 83 0.73% 62 0.54% 450 3.95% 11,387 Lawrence 3,813 52.55% 3,108 42.83% 246 3.39% 66 0.91% 23 0.32% 705 9.72% 7,256 Madison 7,449 41.96% 8,106 45.66% 1,579 8.89% 484 2.73% 134 0.75% -657 -3.70% 17,752 Marion 40,699 51.50% 35,043 44.34% 2,224 2.81% 744 0.94% 320 0.40% 5,656 7.16% 79,030 Marshall 2,855 44.64% 3,221 50.36% 77 1.20% 216 3.38% 27 0.42% -366 -5.72% 6,396 Martin 1,534 48.93% 1,549 49.41% 26 0.83% 22 0.70% 4 0.13% -15 -0.48% 3,135 Miami 3,390 43.16% 3,854 49.07% 303 3.86% 214 2.72% 93 1.18% -464 -5.91% 7,854 Monroe 3,033 50.31% 2,796 46.38% 58 0.96% 105 1.74% 37 0.61% 237 3.93% 6,029 Montgomery 4,300 49.36% 4,107 47.15% 147 1.69% 106 1.22% 51 0.59% 193 2.22% 8,711 Morgan 2,860 50.06% 2,616 45.79% 113 1.98% 94 1.65% 30 0.53% 244 4.27% 5,713 Newton 1,377 47.58% 1,278 44.16% 36 1.24% 43 1.49% 160 5.53% 99 3.42% 2,894 Noble 3,417 51.33% 3,069 46.10% 35 0.53% 130 1.95% 6 0.09% 348 5.23% 6,657 Ohio 597 47.46% 632 50.24% 3 0.24% 25 1.99% 1 0.08% -35 -2.78% 1,258 Orange 2,481 52.94% 2,091 44.62% 52 1.11% 42 0.90% 20 0.43% 390 8.32% 4,686 Owen 1,585 44.67% 1,812 51.07% 95 2.68% 42 1.18% 14 0.39% -227 -6.40% 3,548 Parke 2,598 48.52% 2,329 43.50% 212 3.96% 184 3.44% 31 0.58% 269 5.02% 5,354 Perry 1,762 45.11% 2,089 53.48% 28 0.72% 15 0.38% 12 0.31% -327 -8.37% 3,906 Pike 2,172 46.71% 2,212 47.57% 187 4.02% 59 1.27% 20 0.43% -40 -0.86% 4,650 Porter 2,913 59.22% 1,871 38.04% 76 1.55% 37 0.75% 22 0.45% 1,042 21.18% 4,919 Posey 2,291 42.97% 2,922 54.80% 26 0.49% 86 1.61% 7 0.13% -631 -11.83% 5,332 Pulaski 1,474 46.79% 1,387 44.03% 27 0.86% 58 1.84% 204 6.48% 87 2.76% 3,150 Putnam 2,453 43.28% 2,965 52.31% 132 2.33% 86 1.52% 32 0.56% -512 -9.03% 5,668 Randolph 4,054 54.31% 2,682 35.93% 128 1.71% 525 7.03% 75 1.00% 1,372 18.38% 7,464 Ripley 2,686 49.88% 2,549 47.34% 67 1.24% 67 1.24% 16 0.30% 137 2.54% 5,385 Rush 2,950 51.22% 2,569 44.60% 57 0.99% 160 2.78% 24 0.42% 381 6.61% 5,760 St. Joseph 7,961 43.02% 9,709 52.47% 24 0.13% 436 2.36% 375 2.03% -1,748 -9.45% 18,505 Scott 802 41.99% 1,068 55.92% 4 0.21% 31 1.62% 5 0.26% -266 -13.93% 1,910 Shelby 3,201 42.90% 3,900 52.27% 81 1.09% 242 3.24% 37 0.50% -699 -9.37% 7,461 Spencer 2,560 50.34% 2,335 45.92% 50 0.98% 122 2.40% 18 0.35% 225 4.42% 5,085 Starke 1,550 52.21% 1,334 44.93% 44 1.48% 35 1.18% 6 0.20% 216 7.28% 2,969 Steuben 2,418 50.72% 1,427 29.93% 657 13.78% 255 5.35% 10 0.21% 991 20.79% 4,767 Sullivan 2,630 35.24% 3,880 51.99% 667 8.94% 205 2.75% 81 1.09% -1,250 -16.75% 7,463 Switzerland 1,214 44.05% 1,446 52.47% 36 1.31% 58 2.10% 2 0.07% -232 -8.42% 2,756 Tippecanoe 6,386 54.73% 4,918 42.15% 108 0.93% 208 1.78% 49 0.42% 1,468 12.58% 11,669 Tipton 2,166 45.32% 2,337 48.90% 62 1.30% 203 4.25% 11 0.23% -171 -3.58% 4,779 Union 997 52.95% 826 43.87% 19 1.01% 38 2.02% 3 0.16% 171 9.08% 1,883 Vanderburgh 9,966 47.52% 10,028 47.81% 717 3.42% 185 0.88% 77 0.37% -62 -0.30% 20,973 Vermillion 2,607 43.61% 2,343 39.19% 771 12.90% 133 2.22% 124 2.07% 264 4.42% 5,978 Vigo 8,934 39.71% 11,165 49.63% 1,677 7.45% 516 2.29% 204 0.91% -2,231 -9.92% 22,496 Wabash 3,849 50.37% 3,168 41.46% 277 3.63% 293 3.83% 54 0.71% 681 8.91% 7,641 Warren 1,823 61.67% 1,011 34.20% 45 1.52% 67 2.27% 10 0.34% 812 27.47% 2,956 Warrick 2,396 48.41% 2,244 45.34% 57 1.15% 88 1.78% 164 3.31% 152 3.07% 4,949 Washington 1,871 42.80% 2,414 55.23% 29 0.66% 48 1.10% 9 0.21% -543 -12.42% 4,371 Wayne 6,112 51.84% 5,007 42.46% 295 2.50% 303 2.57% 74 0.63% 1,105 9.37% 11,791 Wells 1,947 37.26% 2,928 56.03% 56 1.07% 285 5.45% 10 0.19% -981 -18.77% 5,226 White 2,442 50.66% 2,262 46.93% 35 0.73% 71 1.47% 10 0.21% 180 3.73% 4,820 Whitley 2,191 44.69% 2,510 51.19% 26 0.53% 170 3.47% 6 0.12% -319 -6.51% 4,903 TOTAL 341,004 47.43% 334,263 46.49% 21,855 3.04% 16,368 2.28% 5,491 0.76% 6,741 0.94 718,986

See also United States presidential elections in Indiana

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