1916 U.S. Presidential Election
Who won the 1916 U.S. Presidential Election?
Woodrow Wilson won the 1916 U.S. Presidential Election. Woodrow Wilson received 9,129,606 popular votes (49.2%) and 277 electoral votes. The main challenger was Charles Evans Hughes (46.1%).
See the full head-to-head between Wilson and Hughes
Wilson +3.1 pts · won by 591,385 votes
8,538,221 votes · 254 electoral
Running mate: Charles W. Fairbanks
Other candidates received the remaining 4.7% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.