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The 1916 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election, held throughout all the contemporary 48 states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Maine was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans HughesofNew York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. FairbanksofIndiana. They defeated Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.
Hughes won Maine by a narrow margin of 4.02 percentage points. Nevertheless, Wilson won the election nationally by a narrow margin of 23 electoral votes.
| 1916 United States presidential election in Maine[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Charles Evans HughesofNew York | Charles Warren FairbanksofIndiana | 69,508 | 50.99% | 6 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Woodrow WilsonofNew Jersey | Thomas Riley MarshallofIndiana | 64,033 | 46.97% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Allan Louis BensonofNew York | George Ross KirkpatrickofNew Jersey | 2,177 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | James Franklin HanlyofIndiana | Ira LandrithofTennessee | 596 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 136,314 | 100.00% | 6 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Charles Evans Hughes Republican |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Allan Louis Benson Socialist |
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 4,496 | 43.71% | 5,464 | 53.12% | 279 | 2.71% | 47 | 0.46% | -968 | -9.41% | 10,286 |
| Aroostook | 5,770 | 69.58% | 2,425 | 29.24% | 48 | 0.58% | 50 | 0.60% | 3,345 | 40.34% | 8,293 |
| Cumberland | 11,768 | 53.59% | 9,795 | 44.60% | 321 | 1.46% | 77 | 0.35% | 1,973 | 8.98% | 21,961 |
| Franklin | 1,988 | 49.89% | 1,908 | 47.88% | 63 | 1.58% | 26 | 0.65% | 80 | 2.01% | 3,985 |
| Hancock | 3,192 | 48.14% | 3,303 | 49.81% | 115 | 1.73% | 21 | 0.32% | -111 | -1.67% | 6,631 |
| Kennebec | 6,731 | 53.71% | 5,527 | 44.11% | 223 | 1.78% | 50 | 0.40% | 1,204 | 9.61% | 12,531 |
| Knox | 2,211 | 37.82% | 3,434 | 58.74% | 179 | 3.06% | 22 | 0.38% | -1,223 | -20.92% | 5,846 |
| Lincoln | 1,781 | 49.97% | 1,718 | 48.20% | 51 | 1.43% | 14 | 0.39% | 63 | 1.77% | 3,564 |
| Oxford | 4,026 | 51.73% | 3,625 | 46.58% | 98 | 1.26% | 33 | 0.42% | 401 | 5.15% | 7,782 |
| Penobscot | 7,324 | 49.41% | 7,294 | 49.21% | 135 | 0.91% | 70 | 0.47% | 30 | 0.20% | 14,823 |
| Piscataquis | 2,142 | 54.16% | 1,763 | 44.58% | 30 | 0.76% | 20 | 0.51% | 379 | 9.58% | 3,955 |
| Sagadahoc | 1,828 | 49.01% | 1,791 | 48.02% | 91 | 2.44% | 20 | 0.54% | 37 | 0.99% | 3,730 |
| Somerset | 3,567 | 51.24% | 3,134 | 45.02% | 236 | 3.39% | 24 | 0.34% | 433 | 6.22% | 6,961 |
| Waldo | 2,418 | 47.58% | 2,539 | 49.96% | 104 | 2.05% | 21 | 0.41% | -121 | -2.38% | 5,082 |
| Washington | 3,891 | 52.24% | 3,459 | 46.44% | 62 | 0.83% | 37 | 0.50% | 432 | 5.80% | 7,449 |
| York | 6,375 | 47.45% | 6,854 | 51.02% | 142 | 1.06% | 64 | 0.48% | -479 | -3.57% | 13,435 |
| Totals | 69,508 | 50.99% | 64,033 | 46.97% | 2,177 | 1.60% | 596 | 0.44% | 5,475 | 4.02% | 136,314 |
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