1916 United States presidential election in Texas

1916 United States presidential election in Texas

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans 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 20 0 0
Popular vote 286,514 64,999 18,963
Percentage 76.92% 17.45% 5.09%

County Results

President before election

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1916 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 7, 1916. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Texas was overwhelmingly won by incumbent president Woodrow Wilson. Wilson defeated Charles Evans Hughes by a landslide margin of 59.47 percent. With 76.92 percent of the popular vote, Texas would prove to be Wilson's fifth strongest in terms of popular vote percentage after South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia.[1]

  1. ^ "1916 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.