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The 1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rhode Island 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 the state by a narrow margin of 5.08 points.
This was the first election since 1892 where a Democratic candidate earned more than forty percent in at least one Rhode Island county. As of the 2020 United States presidential election, it is also the most recent election where the Democratic candidate lost Rhode Island but won the presidency.
1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Charles Evans HughesofNew York | Charles Warren FairbanksofIndiana | 44,858 | 51.08% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | Woodrow WilsonofNew Jersey | Thomas Riley MarshallofIndiana | 40,394 | 46.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist | Allan Louis BensonofNew York | George Ross KirkpatrickofNew Jersey | 1,914 | 2.18% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Prohibition | James Franklin HanlyofIndiana | Ira LandrithofTennessee | 470 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist Labor | Arthur Elmer ReimerofMassachusetts | Caleb HarrisonofIllinois | 180 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 87,816 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% |
Town | Charles Evans Hughes Republican |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Allan Louis Benson Socialist |
James Franklin Hanly Prohibition |
Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barrington | 322 | 67.65% | 145 | 30.46% | 4 | 0.84% | 4 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.21% | 177 | 37.18% | 476 |
Bristol | 695 | 50.11% | 647 | 46.65% | 35 | 2.52% | 8 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.14% | 48 | 3.46% | 1,387 |
Burrillville | 700 | 43.34% | 877 | 54.30% | 31 | 1.92% | 4 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.19% | -177 | -10.96% | 1,615 |
Central Falls | 1,154 | 39.89% | 1,678 | 58.00% | 54 | 1.87% | 5 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.07% | -524 | -18.11% | 2,893 |
Charlestown | 115 | 61.83% | 65 | 34.95% | 2 | 1.08% | 4 | 2.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 50 | 26.88% | 186 |
Coventry | 606 | 61.09% | 363 | 36.59% | 8 | 0.81% | 14 | 1.41% | 1 | 0.10% | 243 | 24.50% | 992 |
Cranston | 2,720 | 61.69% | 1,522 | 34.52% | 140 | 3.18% | 21 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,198 | 27.17% | 4,409 |
Cumberland | 835 | 45.70% | 937 | 51.29% | 49 | 2.68% | 2 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.22% | -102 | -5.58% | 1,827 |
East Greenwich | 396 | 67.23% | 187 | 31.75% | 2 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.17% | 209 | 35.48% | 589 |
East Providence | 1,597 | 52.04% | 1,356 | 44.18% | 88 | 2.87% | 26 | 0.85% | 2 | 0.07% | 241 | 7.85% | 3,069 |
Exeter | 81 | 44.75% | 100 | 55.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -19 | -10.50% | 181 |
Foster | 181 | 64.87% | 94 | 33.69% | 2 | 0.72% | 2 | 0.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 31.18% | 279 |
Glocester | 190 | 54.91% | 154 | 44.51% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 36 | 10.40% | 346 |
Hopkinton | 243 | 51.48% | 213 | 45.13% | 1 | 0.21% | 14 | 2.97% | 1 | 0.21% | 30 | 6.36% | 472 |
Jamestown | 209 | 70.85% | 79 | 26.78% | 6 | 2.03% | 1 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 130 | 44.07% | 295 |
Johnston | 533 | 60.43% | 310 | 35.15% | 34 | 3.85% | 5 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 25.28% | 882 |
Lincoln | 725 | 46.80% | 781 | 50.42% | 39 | 2.52% | 3 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.06% | -56 | -3.62% | 1,549 |
Little Compton | 198 | 85.71% | 30 | 12.99% | 1 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 168 | 72.73% | 231 |
Middletown | 213 | 75.27% | 64 | 22.61% | 3 | 1.06% | 3 | 1.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 52.65% | 283 |
Narragansett | 176 | 55.00% | 143 | 44.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 33 | 10.31% | 320 |
New Shoreham | 251 | 65.54% | 130 | 33.94% | 1 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 121 | 31.59% | 383 |
Newport | 2,472 | 51.65% | 2,241 | 46.82% | 39 | 0.81% | 23 | 0.48% | 11 | 0.23% | 231 | 4.83% | 4,786 |
North Kingstown | 532 | 56.72% | 399 | 42.54% | 3 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 133 | 14.18% | 938 |
North Providence | 591 | 58.51% | 398 | 39.41% | 19 | 1.88% | 1 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.10% | 193 | 19.11% | 1,010 |
North Smithfield | 205 | 43.43% | 258 | 54.66% | 6 | 1.27% | 2 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.21% | -53 | -11.23% | 472 |
Pawtucket | 5,125 | 51.17% | 4,570 | 45.63% | 239 | 2.39% | 50 | 0.50% | 31 | 0.31% | 555 | 5.54% | 10,015 |
Portsmouth | 238 | 62.14% | 132 | 34.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 3.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 106 | 27.68% | 383 |
Providence | 14,991 | 47.57% | 15,358 | 48.74% | 921 | 2.92% | 160 | 0.51% | 81 | 0.26% | -367 | -1.16% | 31,511 |
Richmond | 176 | 56.05% | 127 | 40.45% | 3 | 0.96% | 8 | 2.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 15.61% | 314 |
Scituate | 364 | 49.86% | 348 | 47.67% | 3 | 0.41% | 12 | 1.64% | 3 | 0.41% | 16 | 2.19% | 730 |
Smithfield | 272 | 53.54% | 230 | 45.28% | 5 | 0.98% | 1 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 42 | 8.27% | 508 |
South Kingstown | 602 | 50.29% | 577 | 48.20% | 7 | 0.58% | 11 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 25 | 2.09% | 1,197 |
Tiverton | 422 | 61.88% | 256 | 37.54% | 4 | 0.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 | 24.34% | 682 |
Warren | 557 | 51.72% | 500 | 46.43% | 7 | 0.65% | 6 | 0.56% | 7 | 0.65% | 57 | 5.29% | 1,077 |
Warwick | 1,740 | 66.16% | 817 | 31.06% | 46 | 1.75% | 15 | 0.57% | 12 | 0.46% | 923 | 35.10% | 2,630 |
West Greenwich | 90 | 80.36% | 18 | 16.07% | 1 | 0.89% | 3 | 2.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 72 | 64.29% | 112 |
West Warwick | 1,206 | 48.71% | 1,247 | 50.36% | 13 | 0.53% | 8 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.08% | -41 | -1.66% | 2,476 |
Westerly | 912 | 59.45% | 600 | 39.11% | 6 | 0.39% | 16 | 1.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | 20.34% | 1,534 |
Woonsocket | 2,223 | 46.54% | 2,443 | 51.14% | 91 | 1.90% | 13 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.15% | -220 | -4.61% | 4,777 |
Totals | 44,858 | 51.08% | 40,394 | 46.00% | 1,914 | 2.18% | 470 | 0.54% | 180 | 0.20% | 4,464 | 5.08% | 87,816 |
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