1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
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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 R. Kirkpatrick
Electoral vote 10 0 0
Popular vote 148,133 97,233 45,091
Percentage 50.65% 33.25% 15.43%
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The 1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election.

In its early years, Oklahoma was a “Solid South” Democratic state whose founding fathers like "Alfalfa Bill" Murray and Charles N. Haskell had disfranchised most of its black population via literacy tests and grandfather clauses,[1] the latter of which would be declared unconstitutional in Guinn v. United States.[2] Partly owing to the absence of the poll taxes found in other Southern states due to the strength of populism amongst the state’s white settlers,[3] the state became a stronghold of the Socialist Party in the 1910s, especially in the southeast and the northwestern Plains.

Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly voted for Democratic incumbent Wilson, over the Republican nominee, Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes.[4]

Despite a strong showing from the Socialist candidate Allan L. Benson, the state was won handily by President Wilson. He garnered 50.65 percent of the vote, compared to Justice Hughes who won 33.25 percent of the vote. Wilson carried the state by a margin of 17.4 percent. Oklahoma proved to be the best showing for Benson of any state in this election, where he gained 15.43 percent the vote.[5]

This election continued the Democratic trend in the state. Oklahoma would only vote Republican in the elections of 1920 and 1928 until the trend flipped after the 1952 presidential election.

Results

1916 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Woodrow Wilson (incumbent) 148,123 50.67% 10
Republican Charles Evans Hughes 97,233 33.26% 0
Socialist Allan L. Benson 45,091 15.43% 0
Prohibition J. Franklin Hanley 1,646 0.56% 0
No candidate Progressive 187 0.02% 0
Invalid or blank votes —
Totals 292,327 100.00% 10
Voter turnout —

Results by county

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic 		Charles Evans Hughes
Republican 		Allan Louis Benson
Socialist 		James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition 		No Candidate
Progressive "Bull Moose" 		Margin Total votes cast[7]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,190 49.15% 1,010 41.72% 212 8.76% 7 0.29% 2 0.08% 180 7.43% 2,421
Alfalfa 1,390 41.94% 1,378 41.58% 471 14.21% 68 2.05% 7 0.21% 12 0.36% 3,314
Atoka 1,479 50.31% 925 31.46% 524 17.82% 9 0.31% 3 0.10% 554 18.84% 2,940
Beaver 1,382 49.82% 913 32.91% 433 15.61% 43 1.55% 3 0.11% 469 16.91% 2,774
Beckham 1,850 56.49% 527 16.09% 889 27.15% 7 0.21% 2 0.06% 961[a] 29.34% 3,275
Blaine 1,214 37.15% 1,339 40.97% 678 20.75% 36 1.10% 1 0.03% -125 -3.82% 3,268
Bryan 2,974 59.40% 1,267 25.30% 757 15.12% 8 0.16% 1 0.02% 1,707 34.09% 5,007
Caddo 2,735 44.25% 2,272 36.76% 1,112 17.99% 56 0.91% 6 0.10% 463 7.49% 6,181
Canadian 2,200 51.66% 1,590 37.33% 422 9.91% 43 1.01% 4 0.09% 610 14.32% 4,259
Carter 2,949 60.09% 1,013 20.64% 935 19.05% 6 0.12% 5 0.10% 1,936 39.45% 4,908
Cherokee 1,594 48.97% 1,379 42.37% 273 8.39% 8 0.25% 1 0.03% 215 6.61% 3,255
Choctaw 1,945 55.11% 957 27.12% 614 17.40% 11 0.31% 2 0.06% 988 28.00% 3,529
Cimarron 387 50.19% 238 30.87% 138 17.90% 8 1.04% 0 0.00% 149 19.33% 771
Cleveland 1,753 54.19% 885 27.36% 579 17.90% 18 0.56% 0 0.00% 868 26.83% 3,235
Coal 1,418 50.11% 824 29.12% 566 20.00% 18 0.64% 4 0.14% 594 20.99% 2,830
Comanche 2,130 51.13% 1,221 29.31% 790 18.96% 20 0.48% 5 0.12% 909 21.82% 4,166
Cotton 1,500 58.71% 685 26.81% 366 14.32% 4 0.16% 0 0.00% 815 31.90% 2,555
Craig 1,901 50.77% 1,647 43.99% 189 5.05% 6 0.16% 1 0.03% 254 6.78% 3,744
Creek 3,496 45.77% 2,820 36.92% 1,281 16.77% 32 0.42% 10 0.13% 676 8.85% 7,639
Custer 1,771 45.22% 1,507 38.48% 595 15.19% 40 1.02% 3 0.08% 264 6.74% 3,916
Delaware 1,227 53.42% 837 36.44% 221 9.62% 7 0.30% 5 0.22% 390 16.98% 2,297
Dewey 992 36.59% 796 29.36% 891 32.87% 26 0.96% 6 0.22% 101[a] 3.73% 2,711
Ellis 960 37.46% 983 38.35% 590 23.02% 28 1.09% 2 0.08% -23 -0.90% 2,563
Garfield 2,347 39.81% 2,854 48.41% 632 10.72% 56 0.95% 6 0.10% -507 -8.60% 5,895
Garvin 2,697 59.62% 804 17.77% 1,001 22.13% 19 0.42% 3 0.07% 1,696[a] 37.49% 4,524
Grady 3,243 60.55% 1,272 23.75% 819 15.29% 18 0.34% 4 0.07% 1,971 36.80% 5,356
Grant 1,700 47.42% 1,517 42.32% 294 8.20% 72 2.01% 2 0.06% 183 5.10% 3,585
Greer 1,675 66.28% 369 14.60% 480 18.99% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% 1,195[a] 47.29% 2,527
Harmon 1,091 73.03% 147 9.84% 255 17.07% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 836[a] 55.96% 1,494
Harper 798 42.29% 662 35.08% 408 21.62% 15 0.79% 4 0.21% 136 7.21% 1,887
Haskell 1,486 50.44% 976 33.13% 477 16.19% 5 0.17% 2 0.07% 510 17.31% 2,946
Hughes 2,187 52.00% 1,219 28.98% 791 18.81% 2 0.05% 7 0.17% 968 23.01% 4,206
Jackson 2,096 65.44% 409 12.77% 684 21.35% 13 0.41% 1 0.03% 1,412[a] 44.08% 3,203
Jefferson 1,739 60.76% 493 17.23% 621 21.70% 8 0.28% 1 0.03% 1,118[a] 39.06% 2,862
Johnston 1,727 54.63% 756 23.92% 671 21.23% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% 971 30.72% 3,161
Kay 2,340 44.00% 2,482 46.67% 373 7.01% 115 2.16% 8 0.15% -142 -2.67% 5,318
Kingfisher 1,364 38.60% 1,728 48.90% 417 11.80% 24 0.68% 1 0.03% -364 -10.30% 3,534
Kiowa 2,279 51.49% 1,017 22.98% 1,101 24.88% 24 0.54% 5 0.11% 1,178[a] 26.62% 4,426
Latimer 950 48.49% 663 33.84% 335 17.10% 10 0.51% 1 0.05% 287 14.65% 1,959
Le Flore 2,576 49.77% 1,944 37.56% 643 12.42% 9 0.17% 4 0.08% 632 12.21% 5,176
Lincoln 2,258 39.43% 2,387 41.69% 1,047 18.29% 31 0.54% 3 0.05% -129 -2.25% 5,726
Logan 1,701 37.00% 2,270 49.38% 552 12.01% 63 1.37% 11 0.24% -569 -12.38% 4,597
Love 1,125 64.07% 266 15.15% 363 20.67% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 762[a] 43.39% 1,756
Major 762 31.99% 946 39.71% 636 26.70% 33 1.39% 5 0.21% -184 -7.72% 2,382
Marshall 1,352 55.78% 449 18.52% 618 25.50% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 734[a] 30.28% 2,424
Mayes 1,574 51.93% 1,229 40.55% 226 7.46% 0 0.00% 2 0.07% 345 11.38% 3,031
McClain 1,541 56.74% 680 25.04% 492 18.11% 2 0.07% 1 0.04% 861 31.70% 2,716
McCurtain 1,763 54.89% 795 24.75% 643 20.02% 9 0.28% 2 0.06% 968 30.14% 3,212
McIntosh 1,743 54.43% 898 28.04% 552 17.24% 8 0.25% 1 0.03% 845 26.39% 3,202
Murray 1,305 61.59% 458 21.61% 350 16.52% 5 0.24% 1 0.05% 847 39.97% 2,119
Muskogee 4,004 58.23% 2,532 36.82% 324 4.71% 14 0.20% 2 0.03% 1,472 21.41% 6,876
Noble 1,346 47.68% 1,243 44.03% 214 7.58% 17 0.60% 3 0.11% 103 3.65% 2,823
Nowata 1,355 47.36% 1,322 46.21% 178 6.22% 6 0.21% 0 0.00% 33 1.15% 2,861
Okfuskee 1,337 52.80% 670 26.46% 516 20.38% 8 0.32% 1 0.04% 667 26.34% 2,532
Oklahoma 7,971 54.73% 5,291 36.33% 1,215 8.34% 77 0.53% 10 0.07% 2,680 18.40% 14,564
Okmulgee 2,406 47.75% 1,860 36.91% 754 14.96% 15 0.30% 4 0.08% 546 10.84% 5,039
Osage 2,052 51.22% 1,524 38.04% 420 10.48% 7 0.17% 3 0.07% 528 13.18% 4,006
Ottawa 1,875 50.07% 1,642 43.85% 215 5.74% 13 0.35% 0 0.00% 233 6.22% 3,745
Pawnee 1,491 43.19% 1,396 40.44% 528 15.30% 33 0.96% 4 0.12% 95 2.75% 3,452
Payne 2,140 44.50% 1,767 36.74% 833 17.32% 60 1.25% 9 0.19% 373 7.76% 4,809
Pittsburg 3,441 55.42% 1,879 30.26% 866 13.95% 22 0.35% 1 0.02% 1,562 25.16% 6,209
Pontotoc 2,418 56.39% 913 21.29% 936 21.83% 16 0.37% 5 0.12% 1,482[a] 34.56% 4,288
Pottawatomie 3,276 50.61% 2,042 31.55% 1,119 17.29% 29 0.45% 7 0.11% 1,234 19.06% 6,473
Pushmataha 1,059 49.10% 645 29.90% 449 20.82% 4 0.19% 0 0.00% 414 19.19% 2,157
Roger Mills 1,148 50.77% 538 23.79% 565 24.99% 7 0.31% 3 0.13% 583[a] 25.79% 2,261
Rogers 1,900 48.96% 1,435 36.98% 531 13.68% 15 0.39% 0 0.00% 465 11.98% 3,881
Seminole 1,444 44.42% 872 26.82% 921 28.33% 11 0.34% 3 0.09% 523[a] 16.09% 3,251
Sequoyah 1,632 48.89% 1,179 35.32% 515 15.43% 8 0.24% 4 0.12% 453 13.57% 3,338
Stephens 2,343 57.88% 607 15.00% 1,077 26.61% 17 0.42% 4 0.10% 1,266[a] 31.27% 4,048
Texas 1,349 54.64% 807 32.69% 295 11.95% 17 0.69% 1 0.04% 542 21.95% 2,469
Tillman 2,250 69.08% 625 19.19% 367 11.27% 13 0.40% 2 0.06% 1,625 49.89% 3,257
Tulsa 4,497 48.67% 3,857 41.74% 849 9.19% 27 0.29% 10 0.11% 640 6.93% 9,240
Wagoner 1,040 49.71% 749 35.80% 299 14.29% 3 0.14% 1 0.05% 291 13.91% 2,092
Washington 1,839 46.85% 1,727 44.00% 317 8.08% 41 1.04% 1 0.03% 112 2.85% 3,925
Washita 2,107 55.68% 958 25.32% 703 18.58% 14 0.37% 2 0.05% 1,149 30.36% 3,784
Woods 1,417 42.93% 1,358 41.14% 473 14.33% 51 1.54% 2 0.06% 59 1.79% 3,301
Woodward 1,130 38.65% 1,092 37.35% 665[b] 22.74% 35 1.20% 2 0.07% 38 1.30% 2,924
Totals 148,113[c] 50.65% 97,233 33.25% 45,190[d] 15.45% 1,646 0.56% 234 0.08% 50,880 17.40% 292,416

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n In this county where Hughes ran third behind Wilson and Benson, margin given is Wilson vote minus Benson vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Benson percentage.
  2. ^ In this county, all other Benson electors totalled either 600 or 601 votes.
  3. ^ Totals actually sum to 148,123 votes.
  4. ^ Totals actually sum to 45,151.

References

  1. ^ Ewing, Cortez Arthur Milton; An Introduction to the Government of Oklahoma (1939), p. 72. Published by Americanism Committee, American Legion, Department of Oklahoma
  2. ^ Fairclough, Adam; Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality, 1890-2000, p. 82 ISBN 0142001295
  3. ^ Finkelman, Paul; African-Americans and the right to vote (Garland Publishing, 1992), pp. 418, 438
  4. ^ "Election of 1916: Now just two parties, but same results as 1912".
  5. ^ "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections.
  6. ^ "OK US President".
  7. ^ Oklahoma State Archives microfilm