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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was narrowly re-elected, defeating former associate justice of the Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. Wilson was the first incumbent Democrat since 1832 to win re-election. [a]
Elections were held for the 65th United States Congress. The election occurred during the Fourth Party System, six months before the United States entered World War I. Unlike 1912, the Democrats did not benefit from a split in the Republican Party, but the Democrats still retained the presidency and the majority in the Senate.
The 1916 United States Senate elections were elections that coincided with the re-election of President Woodrow Wilson. This was the first election since the enactment of the Seventeenth Amendment that all 32 Class 1 senators were selected by direct or popular elections instead of state legislatures. Republicans gained a net of two seats from ...
U.S. presidential election, 1916: Democratic President Woodrow Wilson narrowly defeats Republican Charles E. Hughes. Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States House of Representatives.
The 1916 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette was re-elected to a third term in office over Democrat William F. Wolfe and Socialist Richard Elsner .
1916 US presidential election; United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1916; 1916 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1916 New York state election; United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1916; 1916 South Carolina gubernatorial election; 1916 United States House of Representatives elections
United States gubernatorial elections were held in 1916, in 36 states, concurrent with the House, Senate elections and presidential election, on November 7, 1916. Elections took place on September 11 in Maine. In New Mexico, the governor was elected to a two-year term for the first time, instead of a four-year term. In Arkansas and Georgia, the ...
In terms of popular vote margin, this is the third-closest state presidential election race on record, behind two in Maryland from 1832 and 1904. In terms of percentage, it stands as the ninth-closest behind the two Maryland elections above, two from California in 1892 and 1912 , Kentucky in 1896 , Hawaii ’s inaugural 1960 election , and the ...