1916 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1916, won by Woodrow Wilson with 277 electoral votes.

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Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet

President: Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall (1913-1921)

Secretary of State: Robert Lansing (1915-1920), Bainbridge Colby (1920-1921)

Secretary of the Treasury: William Gibbs McAdoo (1913-1918), Carter Glass (1918-1920), David F. Houston (1920-1921)

Secretary of War: Newton D. Baker (1916-1921)

Attorney General: Thomas Watt Gregory (1914-1919), A. Mitchell Palmer (1919-1921)

Postmaster General: Albert S. Burleson (1913-1921)

Secretary of the Navy: Josephus Daniels (1913-1921)

Secretary of the Interior: Franklin Knight Lane (1913-1920), John Barton Payne (1920-1921)

Secretary of Agriculture: David F. Houston (1913-1920), Edwin T. Meredith (1920-1921)

Secretary of Commerce: William C. Redfield (1913-1919), Joshua W. Alexander (1919-1921)

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1916 Candidate Electoral Votes

267 to win
9,126,063 popular votes (49.2%)
Running Mate: Thomas R. Marshall
8,547,030 popular votes (46.1%)
Running Mate: Charles W. Fairbanks

The United States presidential election of 1916 took place while Europe was embroiled in World War I.
Wilson was helped by his campaign slogan “He kept us out of war”.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

12

Alaska

Arizona

3

Arkansas

9

California

13

Colorado

6

Connecticut

7

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

6

Georgia

14

Hawaii

Idaho

4

Illinois

29

Indiana

15

Iowa

13

Kansas

10

Kentucky

13

Louisiana

10

Maine

6

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

18

Michigan

15

Minnesota

12

Mississippi

10

Missouri

18

Montana

4

Nebraska

8

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

14

New Mexico

3

New York

45

North Carolina

12

North Dakota

5

Ohio

24

Oklahoma

10

Oregon

5

Pennsylvania

38

Rhode Island

5

South Carolina

9

South Dakota

5

Tennessee

12

Texas

20

Utah

4

Vermont

4

Virginia

12

Washington

7

West Virginia

7

Wisconsin

13

Wyoming

3