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1916 United States presidential election in California

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Field	Value
election_name	1916 United States presidential election in California
country	California
type	presidential
flag_image	Flag of California (1911–1924).pngborder
ongoing	no
previous_election	1912 United States presidential election in California
previous_year	1912
next_election	1920 United States presidential election in California
next_year	1920
turnout	79.57% (of registered voters) 7.89 pp
57.91% (of eligible voters) 12.80 pp
election_date
image_size	x200px
image1	Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919 (cropped 3x4).jpg
nominee1	Woodrow Wilson
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
home_state1	New Jersey
running_mate1	Thomas R. Marshall
electoral_vote1	13
popular_vote1	466,289
percentage1	46.65%
image2	HUGHES, CHARLES E. HONORABLE LCCN2016857545 (restored) (3x4 crop).png
nominee2	Charles Evans Hughes
party2	Republican Party (United States)
home_state2	New York
running_mate2	Charles W. Fairbanks
electoral_vote2	0
popular_vote2	462,516
percentage2	46.27%
map_image	California Presidential Election Results 1916.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County Results
title	President
before_election	Woodrow Wilson
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Woodrow Wilson
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)
map_alt	United States presidential election in California

Main article: 1916 United States presidential election

57.91% (of eligible voters) 12.80 pp Wilson Hughes The 1916 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California narrowly voted for the Democratic incumbent, Woodrow Wilson, over the Republican nominee, Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes.

Although very close, this was not as close as the previous election or the critical 1892 election in California, and was only the third-closest state in a thrilling election behind New Hampshire and Minnesota. As of 2024, no subsequent presidential election in California has been decided by a smaller margin, although California was decided by less than one point in 1948 and 1960. This was the closest result where California's electoral votes were not split.

Following on from breaking half-a-dozen county droughts in 1912, Wilson became the first Democrat to carry Placer County, Plumas County, and Santa Barbara County, since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, and the first to carry the counties of Contra Costa and Santa Cruz since James Buchanan in 1856. If Hughes had won California, he would have won the Electoral College despite losing the national popular vote by three points. This is the last election in which a Republican candidate carried Los Angeles County but failed to carry the state of California. Had Hughes carried the state, he would have been elected with 267 electoral votes to Wilson's 264.

Results

Party	Elector	Votes	Votes cast	999,603
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Francis J. Heney	466,289
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Edward L. Doheny	465,936
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Jo V. Snyder	465,092
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Irving C. Ackerman	464,926
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	L. F. Puter	464,824
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	John F. Barry	464,808
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Oscar Hocks	464,731
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	James F. Peck	464,680
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Lorin A. Handley	464,515
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	R. F. Del Valle	464,477
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Virginia M. Spinks	464,233
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Mary Marshall Wiley	464,206
Democratic Party (United States)}}	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Carrie L. Tyler	463,709
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	J. F. Carlston	462,516
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	John A. Britton	462,004
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	T. S. Montgomery	461,828
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Willis H. Booth	461,826
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	W. F. Chandler	461,610
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Albert E. Boynton	461,588
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	J. C. Needham	461,505
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Joseph Scott	461,354
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Rudolph J. Taussig	461,301
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Louise Harvey Clarke	460,941
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	Mary Roberts Coolidge	460,908
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	A. J. Wallace	460,826
Republican Party (United States)}}"	Republican Party	Charles Evans Hughes	J. P. Baumgartner	460,821
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Scott Anderson	42,898
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Joseph Bredsteen	42,562
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	M. P. Christensen	42,412
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Mollie Bloom Flagg	42,394
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	W. Scott Lewis	42,354
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Ethel Lynn	42,330
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Arnold R. Holston	42,327
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	C. W. Kingsley	42,320
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Noble A. Richardson	42,312
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Harry M. McKee	42,273
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	Ben F. Wilson	42,263
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	George W. Woodbey	42,232
Socialist Party USA}}	Socialist Party	Allan L. Benson	A. E. Briggs	42,178
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Annie E. K. Bidwell	27,713
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Horace A. Johnson	27,408
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Fred F. Wheeler	27,208
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Robert Rogers	27,156
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Elam Biggs	27,116
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Minnie Goldthwaite	27,082
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	C. C. Selecman	27,067
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Wiley J. Phillips	27,050
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	A. K. Nash	27,027
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Ada E. Ferris	27,017
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Walter O. Woolever	27,013
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	Thomas K. Beard	26,980
Prohibition Party}}"	Prohibition Party	J. Franklin Hanly	C. S. Corkhill	26,894
Independent}}"	Write-in		Scattering	187

Results by county

County	Woodrow Wilson
Democratic	Charles Evans Hughes
Republican	Allan L. Benson
Socialist	J. Franklin Hanly
Prohibition	Scattering
Write-in	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total	466,289	46.65%	462,516	46.27%	42,898	4.29%	27,713	2.77%	187	0.02%	3,773	0.38%	999,603
	Alameda		43,748		42.84%		51,417		50.34%		5,422		5.31%		1,544		1.51%		0		0.00%		-7,669		-7.51%		102,131
	Alpine		23		27.71%		60		72.29%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-37		-44.58%		83
	Amador		1,766		56.28%		1,209		38.53%		125		3.98%		38		1.21%		0		0.00%		557		17.75%		3,138
	Butte		4,888		50.55%		3,956		40.91%		436		4.51%		389		4.02%		0		0.00%		932		9.64%		9,669
	Calaveras		1,524		53.06%		1,175		40.91%		135		4.70%		38		1.32%		0		0.00%		349		12.15%		2,872
	Colusa		1,998		62.89%		1,011		31.82%		123		3.87%		45		1.42%		0		0.00%		987		31.07%		3,177
	Contra Costa		6,092		46.82%		5,731		44.05%		886		6.81%		302		2.32%		0		0.00%		361		2.77%		13,011
	Del Norte		471		41.35%		499		43.81%		144		12.64%		25		2.19%		0		0.00%		-28		-2.46%		1,139
	El Dorado		1,755		57.67%		1,068		35.10%		187		6.15%		33		1.08%		0		0.00%		687		22.58%		3,043
	Fresno		14,241		49.95%		11,707		41.07%		1,648		5.78%		912		3.20%		0		0.00%		2,534		8.89%		28,508
	Glenn		1,797		53.87%		1,342		40.23%		101		3.03%		94		2.82%		2		0.06%		455		13.64%		3,336
	Humboldt		4,103		36.27%		5,786		51.14%		1,063		9.40%		361		3.19%		0		0.00%		-1,683		14.88%		11,313
	Imperial		3,273		49.15%		2,694		40.46%		363		5.45%		329		4.94%		0		0.00%		579		8.69%		6,659
	Inyo		966		47.92%		846		41.96%		152		7.54%		52		2.58%		0		0.00%		120		5.95%		2,016
	Kern		9,566		59.86%		5,611		35.11%		553		3.46%		251		1.57%		0		0.00%		3,955		24.75%		15,981
	Kings		2,905		51.86%		2,221		39.65%		256		4.57%		220		3.93%		0		0.00%		684		12.21%		5,602
	Lake		1,164		52.13%		791		35.42%		182		8.15%		96		4.30%		0		0.00%		373		16.70%		2,233
	Lassen		1,323		55.75%		877		36.96%		143		6.03%		30		1.26%		0		0.00%		446		18.79%		2,373
	Los Angeles		114,070		42.58%		135,554		50.59%		8,076		3.01%		10,061		3.76%		160		0.06%		-21,484		-8.02%		267,921
	Madera		1,880		54.01%		1,323		38.01%		183		5.26%		86		2.56%		6		0.17%		557		16.00%		3,481
	Marin		3,789		43.82%		4,328		50.05%		424		4.90%		106		1.23%		0		0.00%		-539		-6.23%		8,647
	Mariposa		802		58.24%		451		32.75%		95		6.90%		29		2.11%		0		0.00%		351		25.49%		1,377
	Mendocino		3,371		45.14%		3,494		46.79%		453		6.07%		150		2.01%		0		0.00%		-123		-1.65%		7,468
	Merced		2,637		50.36%		2,132		40.72%		285		5.44%		182		3.48%		0		0.00%		505		9.64%		5,236
	Modoc		1,222		58.25%		768		36.61%		79		3.77%		29		1.38%		0		0.00%		454		21.64%		2,098
	Mono		158		48.47%		137		42.02%		26		7.98%		5		1.53%		0		0.00%		21		6.44%		326
	Monterey		3,878		48.28%		3,599		44.81%		364		4.53%		191		2.38%		0		0.00%		279		3.47%		8,032
	Napa		3,088		41.39%		3,914		52.46%		304		4.07%		155		2.08%		0		0.00%		-826		-11.07%		7,461
	Nevada		2,548		56.58%		1,586		35.22%		279		6.20%		90		2.00%		0		0.00%		962		21.36%		4,503
	Orange		6,474		34.54%		10,609		56.59%		643		3.43%		1,020		5.44%		0		0.00%		-4,135		-22.06%		18,746
	Placer		3,375		58.28%		1,954		33.74%		314		5.42%		148		2.56%		0		0.00%		1,421		24.54%		5,791
	Plumas		1,025		56.50%		663		36.55%		102		5.62%		24		1.32%		0		0.00%		362		19.96%		1,814
	Riverside		4,561		33.44%		7,452		54.64%		790		5.79%		836		6.13%		0		0.00%		-2,891		-21.20%		13,639
	Sacramento		14,538		54.63%		10,696		40.19%		833		3.13%		546		2.05%		0		0.00%		3,842		14.44%		26,613
	San Benito		1,688		51.80%		1,440		44.19%		91		2.79%		40		1.23%		0		0.00%		248		7.61%		3,259
	San Bernardino		9,398		39.92%		11,932		50.68%		805		3.42%		1,410		5.99%		0		0.00%		-2,534		-10.76%		23,545
	San Diego		16,815		46.02%		16,978		46.47%		1,612		4.41%		1,132		3.10%		0		0.00%		-163		-0.45%		36,537
	San Francisco		78,225		52.45%		63,093		42.30%		6,423		4.31%		1,404		0.94%		7		0.00%		15,132		10.15%		149,152
	San Joaquin		11,454		55.44%		7,861		38.05%		789		3.82%		557		2.70%		0		0.00%		3,593		17.39%		20,661
	San Luis Obispo		3,539		49.85%		2,854		40.20%		547		7.71%		159		2.24%		0		0.00%		685		9.65%		7,099
	San Mateo		4,485		43.08%		5,207		50.01%		540		5.19%		179		1.72%		0		0.00%		-722		-6.93%		10,411
	Santa Barbara		5,198		49.65%		4,453		42.54%		470		4.49%		347		3.31%		1		0.01%		745		7.12%		10,469
	Santa Clara		14,185		43.40%		16,592		50.77%		1,006		3.08%		887		2.71%		11		0.03%		-2,407		-7.37%		32,681
	Santa Cruz		4,511		47.76%		4,228		44.76%		383		4.05%		324		3.43%		0		0.00%		283		3.00%		9,446
	Shasta		2,828		52.39%		2,008		37.20%		449		8.32%		113		2.09%		0		0.00%		820		15.19%		5,398
	Sierra		594		58.35%		360		35.36%		55		5.40%		9		0.88%		0		0.00%		234		22.99%		1,018
	Siskiyou		3,447		57.15%		2,059		34.13%		417		6.91%		109		1.81%		0		0.00%		1,388		23.01%		6,032
	Solano		5,678		58.37%		3,536		36.35%		322		3.31%		192		1.97%		0		0.00%		2,142		22.02%		9,728
	Sonoma		8,377		43.35%		9,733		50.37%		921		4.77%		293		1.52%		0		0.00%		-1,356		-7.02%		19,324
	Stanislaus		5,490		46.98%		4,401		37.66%		729		6.24%		1,067		9.13%		0		0.00%		1,089		9.32%		11,687
	Sutter		1,543		53.52%		1,211		42.00%		80		2.77%		49		1.70%		0		0.00%		332		11.52%		2,883
	Tehama		2,534		52.92%		1,739		36.32%		334		6.98%		181		3.78%		0		0.00%		795		16.60%		4,788
	Trinity		661		54.81%		424		35.16%		104		8.62%		17		1.41%		0		0.00%		237		19.65%		1,206
	Tulare		7,299		46.87%		6,845		43.96%		895		5.75%		533		3.42%		0		0.00%		454		2.92%		15,572
	Tuolumne		1,584		54.21%		1,057		36.17%		237		8.11%		44		1.51%		0		0.00%		527		18.04%		2,922
	Ventura		2,835		39.30%		3,980		55.18%		260		3.60%		138		1.91%		0		0.00%		-1,145		-15.87%		7,213
	Yolo		2,922		53.12%		2,334		42.43%		167		3.04%		78		1.42%		0		0.00%		588		10.69%		5,501
	Yuba		1,980		54.49%		1,530		42.10%		93		2.56%		31		0.85%		0		0.00%		450		12.38%		3,634

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Contra Costa
Imperial
Placer
Plumas
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Stanislaus

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Marin
Mendocino
Napa
San Diego
San Mateo
Sonoma
Ventura

Notes

References

"Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018".
Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004'', pp. 153-155 {{ISBN. 0786422173
(1968). "Statement of Vote at General Election held on November 7, 1916 in the State of California".

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