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1916 Governor election results

34 races · 34 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 1916 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

1916 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
ArkansasCharles Hillman BroughD122,041 votes · +78,078 over Wallace Townsend
ColoradoJulius Caldeen GunterD151,912 votes · +34,189 over George Alfred Carlson
ConnecticutMarcus H. HolcombR109,293 votes · +12,506 over Morris Beardsley
DelawareJohn G. Townsend Jr.R26,673 votes · +2,620 over James H. Hughes
FloridaSidney Johnston CattsP39,546 votes · +9,203 over William V. Knott
GeorgiaHugh DorseyD139,772 votes · +135,555 over Roscoe Pickett
IdahoMoses AlexanderD63,877 votes · +572 over D. W. Davis
IllinoisFrank Orren LowdenR696,535 votes · +139,881 over Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
IndianaJames P. GoodrichR337,831 votes · +12,771 over John A. M. Adair
IowaWilliam L. HardingR313,586 votes · +126,754 over Edwin T. Meredith
KansasArthur CapperR353,169 votes · +161,132 over W. C. Lansdon
LouisianaRuffin G. PleasantD80,807 votes · +32,722 over John M. Parker
MaineCarl MillikenR81,760 votes · +13,830 over Oakley C. Curtis
MassachusettsSamuel W. McCallR276,123 votes · +46,240 over Frederick Mansfield
MichiganAlbert E. SleeperR363,724 votes · +99,284 over Edwin F. Sweet
MinnesotaJ. A. A. BurnquistR245,841 votes · +152,729 over Thomas P. Dwyer
MissouriFrederick D. GardnerD382,355 votes · +2,263 over Henry Lamm
MontanaSam V. StewartD85,683 votes · +9,136 over Frank J. Edwards
NebraskaKeith NevilleD143,564 votes · +6,753 over Abraham L. Sutton
New HampshireHenry W. KeyesR45,899 votes · +7,046 over John C. Hutchins
New JerseyWalter Evans EdgeR247,343 votes · +69,647 over H. Otto Wittpenn
New MexicoEzequiel Cabeza De BacaD32,875 votes · +1,323 over Holm O. Bursum
North CarolinaThomas Walter BickettD167,761 votes · +47,604 over Frank A. Linney
North DakotaLynn FrazierR87,665 votes · +67,314 over D. H. McArthur
OhioJames M. CoxD568,218 votes · +6,616 over Frank B. Willis
Rhode IslandRobert Livingston BeeckmanR49,524 votes · +13,366 over Addison P. Munroe
South DakotaPeter NorbeckR72,789 votes · +22,244 over Orville V. Rinehart
TennesseeThomas Clarke RyeD146,759 votes · +28,940 over John W. Overall
TexasJames E. FergusonD296,667 votes · +247,549 over R. B. Creager
UtahSimon BambergerD78,502 votes · +18,980 over Nephi L. Morris
VermontHorace F. GrahamR43,265 votes · +27,476 over William B. Mayo
WashingtonErnest ListerD181,645 votes · +13,836 over Henry McBride
West VirginiaJohn J. CornwellD143,324 votes · +2,766 over Ira E. Robinson
WisconsinEmanuel Lorenz PhilippR229,889 votes · +65,334 over Burt Williams