United States presidential election in Maine, 1916

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United States presidential election in Maine, 1916

November 7, 1916

Nominee Charles Evans Hughes Woodrow Wilson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New Jersey Running mate Charles W. Fairbanks Thomas R. Marshall Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 69,508 64,033 Percentage 50.99% 46.97%

President before election Woodrow Wilson Democratic Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

The 1916 United States Presidential Election in Maine took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Maine was won by the Republican nominee, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, and his running mate Senator Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. They defeated Democratic nominees, incumbent Democratic President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall.

Hughes won Connecticut by a narrow margin of 4.02 percent. Nevertheless, Wilson won the election nationally by a narrow margin of 23 electoral votes.

Results

United States presidential election in Maine, 1916
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Charles Evans Hughes of New York	Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana	69,508	50.99%	6	100.00%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey	Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana	64,033	46.97%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Allan Louis Benson of New York	George Ross Kirkpatrick of New Jersey	2,177	1.60%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	James Franklin Hanly of Indiana	Ira Landrith of Tennessee	596	0.44%	0	0.00%
Total				136,314	100.00%	6	100.00%