New York — 1916 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1916 presidential electionNew York · PresidentHughesR+7.0
How it voted
Share of the 1916 vote
| Charles E. Hughes ✓Republican | 51.5% | 879,238 |
|---|---|---|
| Woodrow WilsonDemocratic | 44.5% | 759,426 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.0% | 67,641 |
1916presidential margin
D+60R+60
62 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
New York cast 45 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (62 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Albany County, NY | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Allegany County, NY | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Bronx County, NY | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Broome County, NY | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Cattaraugus County, NY | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Cayuga County, NY | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Chautauqua County, NY | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Chemung County, NY | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Chenango County, NY | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Clinton County, NY | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Columbia County, NY | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Cortland County, NY | Republican | R+23.9 |
| Delaware County, NY | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Dutchess County, NY | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Erie County, NY | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Essex County, NY | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Franklin County, NY | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Fulton County, NY | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Genesee County, NY | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Greene County, NY | Republican | R+0.4 |
| Hamilton County, NY | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Herkimer County, NY | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Jefferson County, NY | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Kings County, NY | Democratic | D+1.9 |
| Lewis County, NY | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Livingston County, NY | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Madison County, NY | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Monroe County, NY | Republican | R+27.6 |
| Montgomery County, NY | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Nassau County, NY | Republican | R+24.3 |
| New York County, NY | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Niagara County, NY | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Oneida County, NY | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Onondaga County, NY | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Ontario County, NY | Republican | R+16.7 |
| Orange County, NY | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Orleans County, NY | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Oswego County, NY | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Otsego County, NY | Democratic | D+0.4 |
| Putnam County, NY | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Queens County, NY | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Rensselaer County, NY | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Richmond County, NY | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Rockland County, NY | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Saratoga County, NY | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Schenectady County, NY | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Schoharie County, NY | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Schuyler County, NY | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Seneca County, NY | Republican | R+7.1 |
| St. Lawrence County, NY | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Steuben County, NY | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Suffolk County, NY | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Sullivan County, NY | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Tioga County, NY | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Tompkins County, NY | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Ulster County, NY | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Warren County, NY | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Washington County, NY | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Wayne County, NY | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Westchester County, NY | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Wyoming County, NY | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Yates County, NY | Republican | R+26.8 |
New York results by county
62 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany County | Charles E. Hughes+7,829 | 26,62858.0% | 18,79940.9% | 4851.1% | 45,912 |
| Allegany County | Charles E. Hughes+3,117 | 6,30862.6% | 3,19131.7% | 5825.8% | 10,081 |
| Bronx County | Woodrow Wilson+6,932 | 40,93842.6% | 47,87049.8% | 7,3967.7% | 96,204 |
| Broome County | Charles E. Hughes+2,539 | 11,44553.3% | 8,90641.5% | 1,1055.2% | 21,456 |
| Cattaraugus County | Charles E. Hughes+2,260 | 8,82554.5% | 6,56540.5% | 8075.0% | 16,197 |
| Cayuga County | Charles E. Hughes+1,440 | 7,83153.3% | 6,39143.5% | 4673.2% | 14,689 |
| Chautauqua County | Charles E. Hughes+7,629 | 14,78262.2% | 7,15330.1% | 1,8357.7% | 23,770 |
| Chemung County | Woodrow Wilson+1,052 | 6,40943.6% | 7,46150.7% | 8345.7% | 14,704 |
| Chenango County | Charles E. Hughes+1,311 | 5,19854.8% | 3,88741.0% | 4054.3% | 9,490 |
| Clinton County | Charles E. Hughes+856 | 4,98653.7% | 4,13044.5% | 1721.9% | 9,288 |
| Columbia County | Charles E. Hughes+376 | 5,31451.3% | 4,93847.7% | 970.9% | 10,349 |
| Cortland County | Charles E. Hughes+1,828 | 4,52159.2% | 2,69335.3% | 4225.5% | 7,636 |
| Delaware County | Charles E. Hughes+1,280 | 6,26653.7% | 4,98642.8% | 4083.5% | 11,660 |
| Dutchess County | Charles E. Hughes+2,176 | 11,08254.6% | 8,90643.9% | 3101.5% | 20,298 |
| Erie County | Charles E. Hughes+8,016 | 53,63852.4% | 45,62244.5% | 3,2003.1% | 102,460 |
| Essex County | Charles E. Hughes+2,270 | 4,64365.4% | 2,37333.4% | 841.2% | 7,100 |
| Franklin County | Charles E. Hughes+1,553 | 5,14657.6% | 3,59340.2% | 1972.2% | 8,936 |
| Fulton County | Charles E. Hughes+1,671 | 5,75654.3% | 4,08538.6% | 7507.1% | 10,591 |
| Genesee County | Charles E. Hughes+2,788 | 5,59064.4% | 2,80232.3% | 2903.3% | 8,682 |
| Greene County | Charles E. Hughes+27 | 3,64949.1% | 3,62248.7% | 1672.2% | 7,438 |
| Hamilton County | Woodrow Wilson+11 | 61249.0% | 62349.8% | 151.2% | 1,250 |
| Herkimer County | Charles E. Hughes+1,663 | 7,93454.4% | 6,27143.0% | 3752.6% | 14,580 |
| Jefferson County | Charles E. Hughes+4,108 | 11,19758.7% | 7,08937.2% | 7954.2% | 19,081 |
| Kings County | Woodrow Wilson+4,873 | 120,75246.9% | 125,62548.8% | 11,0804.3% | 257,457 |
| Lewis County | Charles E. Hughes+743 | 3,41854.9% | 2,67543.0% | 1332.1% | 6,226 |
| Livingston County | Charles E. Hughes+1,603 | 5,21157.7% | 3,60839.9% | 2192.4% | 9,038 |
| Madison County | Charles E. Hughes+1,944 | 5,88157.6% | 3,93738.5% | 3993.9% | 10,217 |
| Monroe County | Charles E. Hughes+17,611 | 39,39361.7% | 21,78234.1% | 2,6884.2% | 63,863 |
| Montgomery County | Charles E. Hughes+1,357 | 6,70454.6% | 5,34743.5% | 2341.9% | 12,285 |
| Nassau County | Charles E. Hughes+5,480 | 13,91061.7% | 8,43037.4% | 2151.0% | 22,555 |
| New York County | Woodrow Wilson+26,293 | 113,25442.6% | 139,54752.5% | 12,7594.8% | 265,560 |
| Niagara County | Charles E. Hughes+3,845 | 12,21257.5% | 8,36739.4% | 6453.0% | 21,224 |
| Oneida County | Charles E. Hughes+2,743 | 18,81352.5% | 16,07044.9% | 9222.6% | 35,805 |
| Onondaga County | Charles E. Hughes+7,923 | 27,81555.3% | 19,89239.6% | 2,5465.1% | 50,253 |
| Ontario County | Charles E. Hughes+2,205 | 7,49156.8% | 5,28640.1% | 4063.1% | 13,183 |
| Orange County | Charles E. Hughes+3,421 | 13,61956.1% | 10,19842.0% | 4782.0% | 24,295 |
| Orleans County | Charles E. Hughes+2,374 | 4,90364.4% | 2,52933.2% | 1802.4% | 7,612 |
| Oswego County | Charles E. Hughes+3,644 | 9,85457.7% | 6,21036.4% | 1,0085.9% | 17,072 |
| Otsego County | Woodrow Wilson+49 | 5,92648.2% | 5,97548.6% | 4033.3% | 12,304 |
| Putnam County | Charles E. Hughes+427 | 1,71756.7% | 1,29042.6% | 230.8% | 3,030 |
| Queens County | Charles E. Hughes+3,320 | 34,67050.5% | 31,35045.7% | 2,5753.8% | 68,595 |
| Rensselaer County | Charles E. Hughes+1,146 | 14,96851.2% | 13,82247.3% | 4401.5% | 29,230 |
| Richmond County | Woodrow Wilson+1,524 | 7,31944.4% | 8,84353.6% | 3362.0% | 16,498 |
| Rockland County | Charles E. Hughes+572 | 5,04152.2% | 4,46946.3% | 1491.5% | 9,659 |
| Saratoga County | Charles E. Hughes+1,351 | 8,06253.0% | 6,71144.1% | 4382.9% | 15,211 |
| Schenectady County | Charles E. Hughes+797 | 9,75947.5% | 8,96243.6% | 1,8459.0% | 20,566 |
| Schoharie County | Woodrow Wilson+606 | 2,85143.5% | 3,45752.7% | 2463.8% | 6,554 |
| Schuyler County | Charles E. Hughes+327 | 1,95652.4% | 1,62943.6% | 1494.0% | 3,734 |
| Seneca County | Charles E. Hughes+462 | 3,30750.8% | 2,84543.7% | 3535.4% | 6,505 |
| St. Lawrence County | Charles E. Hughes+7,086 | 13,14266.8% | 6,05630.8% | 4852.5% | 19,683 |
| Steuben County | Charles E. Hughes+2,392 | 10,42454.0% | 8,03241.6% | 8524.4% | 19,308 |
| Suffolk County | Charles E. Hughes+4,320 | 12,74259.2% | 8,42239.1% | 3581.7% | 21,522 |
| Sullivan County | Charles E. Hughes+681 | 4,34053.0% | 3,65944.7% | 1822.2% | 8,181 |
| Tioga County | Charles E. Hughes+628 | 3,37652.8% | 2,74843.0% | 2724.3% | 6,396 |
| Tompkins County | Charles E. Hughes+1,281 | 4,73654.8% | 3,45540.0% | 4475.2% | 8,638 |
| Ulster County | Charles E. Hughes+2,927 | 10,73456.6% | 7,80741.2% | 4302.3% | 18,971 |
| Warren County | Charles E. Hughes+2,055 | 4,88061.5% | 2,82535.6% | 2342.9% | 7,939 |
| Washington County | Charles E. Hughes+3,403 | 7,31063.8% | 3,90734.1% | 2462.1% | 11,463 |
| Wayne County | Charles E. Hughes+2,668 | 7,46558.7% | 4,79737.7% | 4513.5% | 12,713 |
| Westchester County | Charles E. Hughes+12,236 | 34,69359.4% | 22,45738.5% | 1,2302.1% | 58,380 |
| Wyoming County | Charles E. Hughes+2,169 | 4,95262.1% | 2,78334.9% | 2342.9% | 7,969 |
| Yates County | Charles E. Hughes+1,274 | 2,94061.8% | 1,66635.0% | 1533.2% | 4,759 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)
New York's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +3.4% |
| 1896 | −18.9% |
| 1900 | −9.3% |
| 1904 | −10.9% |
| 1908 | −12.4% |
| 1912 | +12.6% |
| 1916 | −7.0% |
| 1920 | −37.6% |
| 1924 | −26.6% |
| 1928 | −2.3% |
| 1932 | +12.7% |
| 1936 | +19.9% |
| 1940 | +3.6% |
| 1944 | +5.0% |
| 1948 | −1.0% |
| 1952 | −11.9% |
| 1956 | −22.4% |
| 1960 | +5.3% |
| 1964 | +37.3% |
| 1968 | +5.5% |
| 1972 | −17.3% |
| 1976 | +4.4% |
| 1980 | −2.7% |
| 1984 | −8.0% |
| 1988 | +4.1% |
| 1992 | +15.8% |
| 1996 | +28.9% |
| 2000 | +25.0% |
| 2004 | +18.3% |
| 2008 | +26.9% |
| 2012 | +28.2% |
| 2016 | +22.5% |
| 2020 | +23.1% |
| 2024 | +12.6% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1916 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.