Ohio — 1916 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1916 presidential electionOhio · PresidentWilsonD+7.7
How it voted
Share of the 1916 vote
| Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic | 51.9% | 604,161 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles E. HughesRepublican | 44.2% | 514,753 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.0% | 46,172 |
1916presidential margin
D+60R+60
88 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Ohio cast 24 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (88 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, OH | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Allen County, OH | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Ashland County, OH | Democratic | D+21.9 |
| Ashtabula County, OH | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Athens County, OH | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Auglaize County, OH | Democratic | D+19.0 |
| Belmont County, OH | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Brown County, OH | Democratic | D+27.7 |
| Butler County, OH | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Carroll County, OH | Republican | R+10.7 |
| Champaign County, OH | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Clark County, OH | Democratic | D+0.7 |
| Clermont County, OH | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| Clinton County, OH | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Columbiana County, OH | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Coshocton County, OH | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Crawford County, OH | Democratic | D+37.2 |
| Cuyahoga County, OH | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Darke County, OH | Democratic | D+17.2 |
| Defiance County, OH | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Delaware County, OH | Democratic | D+4.0 |
| Erie County, OH | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Fairfield County, OH | Democratic | D+28.7 |
| Fayette County, OH | Republican | R+2.8 |
| Franklin County, OH | Democratic | D+16.7 |
| Fulton County, OH | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Gallia County, OH | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Geauga County, OH | Republican | R+14.3 |
| Greene County, OH | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Guernsey County, OH | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Hamilton County, OH | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Hancock County, OH | Democratic | D+11.5 |
| Hardin County, OH | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Harrison County, OH | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Henry County, OH | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Highland County, OH | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Hocking County, OH | Democratic | D+10.1 |
| Holmes County, OH | Democratic | D+48.9 |
| Huron County, OH | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Jackson County, OH | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Jefferson County, OH | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Knox County, OH | Democratic | D+11.1 |
| Lake County, OH | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Lawrence County, OH | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Licking County, OH | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Logan County, OH | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Lorain County, OH | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Lucas County, OH | Democratic | D+27.8 |
| Madison County, OH | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Mahoning County, OH | Democratic | D+7.0 |
| Marion County, OH | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Medina County, OH | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Meigs County, OH | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Mercer County, OH | Democratic | D+28.5 |
| Miami County, OH | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Monroe County, OH | Democratic | D+37.0 |
| Montgomery County, OH | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Morgan County, OH | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Morrow County, OH | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Muskingum County, OH | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Noble County, OH | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Ottawa County, OH | Democratic | D+29.9 |
| Paulding County, OH | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Perry County, OH | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Pickaway County, OH | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Pike County, OH | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Portage County, OH | Democratic | D+14.7 |
| Preble County, OH | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Putnam County, OH | Democratic | D+30.9 |
| Richland County, OH | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Ross County, OH | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Sandusky County, OH | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Scioto County, OH | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Seneca County, OH | Democratic | D+19.3 |
| Shelby County, OH | Democratic | D+23.0 |
| Stark County, OH | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Summit County, OH | Democratic | D+23.8 |
| Trumbull County, OH | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Tuscarawas County, OH | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Union County, OH | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Van Wert County, OH | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Vinton County, OH | Democratic | D+0.4 |
| Warren County, OH | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Washington County, OH | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Wayne County, OH | Democratic | D+22.9 |
| Williams County, OH | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Wood County, OH | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Wyandot County, OH | Democratic | D+21.8 |
Ohio results by county
88 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Woodrow Wilson+68 | 2,88749.4% | 2,81948.2% | 1412.4% | 5,847 |
| Allen County | Woodrow Wilson+2,192 | 7,90555.9% | 5,71340.4% | 5223.7% | 14,140 |
| Ashland County | Woodrow Wilson+1,466 | 4,00059.9% | 2,53437.9% | 1452.2% | 6,679 |
| Ashtabula County | Charles E. Hughes+1,302 | 5,30642.0% | 6,60852.3% | 7125.6% | 12,626 |
| Athens County | Charles E. Hughes+1,453 | 4,10140.7% | 5,55455.2% | 4114.1% | 10,066 |
| Auglaize County | Woodrow Wilson+1,361 | 4,12457.5% | 2,76338.5% | 2884.0% | 7,175 |
| Belmont County | Woodrow Wilson+385 | 7,91146.4% | 7,52644.2% | 1,6099.4% | 17,046 |
| Brown County | Woodrow Wilson+1,732 | 3,95963.4% | 2,22735.7% | 560.9% | 6,242 |
| Butler County | Woodrow Wilson+4,956 | 10,80658.8% | 5,85031.8% | 1,7369.4% | 18,392 |
| Carroll County | Charles E. Hughes+414 | 1,67243.0% | 2,08653.7% | 1273.3% | 3,885 |
| Champaign County | Charles E. Hughes+357 | 3,33846.8% | 3,69551.8% | 1001.4% | 7,133 |
| Clark County | Woodrow Wilson+133 | 8,84848.4% | 8,71547.6% | 7304.0% | 18,293 |
| Clermont County | Woodrow Wilson+698 | 4,24753.6% | 3,54944.8% | 1331.7% | 7,929 |
| Clinton County | Charles E. Hughes+918 | 2,60241.8% | 3,52056.6% | 991.6% | 6,221 |
| Columbiana County | Charles E. Hughes+330 | 7,78844.9% | 8,11846.9% | 1,4208.2% | 17,326 |
| Coshocton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,438 | 4,26956.6% | 2,83137.5% | 4435.9% | 7,543 |
| Crawford County | Woodrow Wilson+3,341 | 6,01467.0% | 2,67329.8% | 2833.2% | 8,970 |
| Cuyahoga County | Woodrow Wilson+20,246 | 71,53355.5% | 51,28739.8% | 6,0804.7% | 128,900 |
| Darke County | Woodrow Wilson+1,864 | 6,18656.9% | 4,32239.8% | 3573.3% | 10,865 |
| Defiance County | Woodrow Wilson+794 | 3,35955.5% | 2,56542.4% | 1312.2% | 6,055 |
| Delaware County | Woodrow Wilson+293 | 3,75451.0% | 3,46147.0% | 1532.1% | 7,368 |
| Erie County | Woodrow Wilson+982 | 5,15253.3% | 4,17043.1% | 3493.6% | 9,671 |
| Fairfield County | Woodrow Wilson+2,792 | 6,17263.3% | 3,38034.7% | 1922.0% | 9,744 |
| Fayette County | Charles E. Hughes+156 | 2,61647.7% | 2,77250.5% | 981.8% | 5,486 |
| Franklin County | Woodrow Wilson+9,996 | 34,10357.1% | 24,10740.4% | 1,5172.5% | 59,727 |
| Fulton County | Charles E. Hughes+426 | 2,50745.3% | 2,93353.0% | 971.8% | 5,537 |
| Gallia County | Charles E. Hughes+583 | 2,27743.6% | 2,86054.7% | 911.7% | 5,228 |
| Geauga County | Charles E. Hughes+461 | 1,34541.8% | 1,80656.1% | 672.1% | 3,218 |
| Greene County | Charles E. Hughes+1,545 | 2,91337.9% | 4,45857.9% | 3244.2% | 7,695 |
| Guernsey County | Woodrow Wilson+84 | 4,31245.6% | 4,22844.8% | 9069.6% | 9,446 |
| Hamilton County | Charles E. Hughes+12,040 | 51,99043.3% | 64,03053.3% | 4,0493.4% | 120,069 |
| Hancock County | Woodrow Wilson+1,148 | 5,41654.3% | 4,26842.8% | 2922.9% | 9,976 |
| Hardin County | Woodrow Wilson+185 | 4,30450.2% | 4,11948.1% | 1441.7% | 8,567 |
| Harrison County | Charles E. Hughes+606 | 1,91142.3% | 2,51755.8% | 861.9% | 4,514 |
| Henry County | Woodrow Wilson+770 | 3,25255.5% | 2,48242.3% | 1292.2% | 5,863 |
| Highland County | Woodrow Wilson+237 | 3,96450.8% | 3,72747.8% | 1051.3% | 7,796 |
| Hocking County | Woodrow Wilson+550 | 2,90753.6% | 2,35743.4% | 1613.0% | 5,425 |
| Holmes County | Woodrow Wilson+1,891 | 2,84673.6% | 95524.7% | 641.7% | 3,865 |
| Huron County | Woodrow Wilson+88 | 4,13649.4% | 4,04848.3% | 1962.3% | 8,380 |
| Jackson County | Charles E. Hughes+194 | 2,92247.1% | 3,11650.2% | 1652.7% | 6,203 |
| Jefferson County | Charles E. Hughes+1,408 | 5,25041.9% | 6,65853.2% | 6094.9% | 12,517 |
| Knox County | Woodrow Wilson+932 | 4,57854.6% | 3,64643.5% | 1591.9% | 8,383 |
| Lake County | Charles E. Hughes+291 | 2,59646.2% | 2,88751.4% | 1352.4% | 5,618 |
| Lawrence County | Charles E. Hughes+1,542 | 2,82138.2% | 4,36359.1% | 1982.7% | 7,382 |
| Licking County | Woodrow Wilson+2,248 | 8,18356.4% | 5,93540.9% | 3822.6% | 14,500 |
| Logan County | Charles E. Hughes+862 | 3,48343.9% | 4,34554.8% | 1011.3% | 7,929 |
| Lorain County | Woodrow Wilson+790 | 7,65850.9% | 6,86845.7% | 5163.4% | 15,042 |
| Lucas County | Woodrow Wilson+14,068 | 30,77960.8% | 16,71133.0% | 3,1366.2% | 50,626 |
| Madison County | Charles E. Hughes+142 | 2,66748.4% | 2,80950.9% | 400.7% | 5,516 |
| Mahoning County | Woodrow Wilson+1,757 | 13,01351.6% | 11,25644.6% | 9563.8% | 25,225 |
| Marion County | Woodrow Wilson+1,009 | 5,27353.5% | 4,26443.3% | 3133.2% | 9,850 |
| Medina County | Woodrow Wilson+230 | 2,98450.7% | 2,75446.8% | 1472.5% | 5,885 |
| Meigs County | Charles E. Hughes+556 | 2,62843.6% | 3,18452.8% | 2193.6% | 6,031 |
| Mercer County | Woodrow Wilson+1,738 | 3,80362.3% | 2,06533.8% | 2393.9% | 6,107 |
| Miami County | Charles E. Hughes+190 | 5,58247.0% | 5,77248.6% | 5194.4% | 11,873 |
| Monroe County | Woodrow Wilson+1,818 | 3,32267.6% | 1,50430.6% | 871.8% | 4,913 |
| Montgomery County | Woodrow Wilson+4,656 | 24,33951.9% | 19,68342.0% | 2,8536.1% | 46,875 |
| Morgan County | Charles E. Hughes+303 | 1,83344.3% | 2,13651.6% | 1724.2% | 4,141 |
| Morrow County | Woodrow Wilson+283 | 2,34551.6% | 2,06245.4% | 1343.0% | 4,541 |
| Muskingum County | Charles E. Hughes+1,269 | 6,32843.6% | 7,59752.4% | 5774.0% | 14,502 |
| Noble County | Charles E. Hughes+115 | 2,17547.8% | 2,29050.3% | 851.9% | 4,550 |
| Ottawa County | Woodrow Wilson+1,554 | 3,34764.4% | 1,79334.5% | 541.0% | 5,194 |
| Paulding County | Charles E. Hughes+334 | 2,31345.6% | 2,64752.2% | 1082.1% | 5,068 |
| Perry County | Charles E. Hughes+93 | 3,86046.7% | 3,95347.9% | 4485.4% | 8,261 |
| Pickaway County | Woodrow Wilson+1,191 | 3,82058.7% | 2,62940.4% | 631.0% | 6,512 |
| Pike County | Woodrow Wilson+475 | 2,09155.7% | 1,61643.1% | 461.2% | 3,753 |
| Portage County | Woodrow Wilson+1,127 | 4,26955.6% | 3,14240.9% | 2723.5% | 7,683 |
| Preble County | Woodrow Wilson+506 | 3,38753.1% | 2,88145.2% | 1121.8% | 6,380 |
| Putnam County | Woodrow Wilson+2,051 | 4,29464.8% | 2,24333.8% | 911.4% | 6,628 |
| Richland County | Woodrow Wilson+2,099 | 6,98556.9% | 4,88639.8% | 4123.4% | 12,283 |
| Ross County | Woodrow Wilson+297 | 5,15450.7% | 4,85747.8% | 1591.6% | 10,170 |
| Sandusky County | Woodrow Wilson+1,707 | 5,26458.2% | 3,55739.4% | 2162.4% | 9,037 |
| Scioto County | Charles E. Hughes+1,548 | 4,80840.7% | 6,35653.8% | 6455.5% | 11,809 |
| Seneca County | Woodrow Wilson+2,150 | 6,45157.8% | 4,30138.5% | 4093.7% | 11,161 |
| Shelby County | Woodrow Wilson+1,449 | 3,80160.3% | 2,35237.3% | 1482.3% | 6,301 |
| Stark County | Woodrow Wilson+1,157 | 15,31648.9% | 14,15945.2% | 1,8285.8% | 31,303 |
| Summit County | Woodrow Wilson+7,750 | 19,34359.4% | 11,59335.6% | 1,6034.9% | 32,539 |
| Trumbull County | Charles E. Hughes+76 | 6,09146.6% | 6,16747.1% | 8226.3% | 13,080 |
| Tuscarawas County | Woodrow Wilson+2,204 | 7,60854.8% | 5,40439.0% | 8606.2% | 13,872 |
| Union County | Charles E. Hughes+435 | 2,74745.7% | 3,18253.0% | 781.3% | 6,007 |
| Van Wert County | Charles E. Hughes+49 | 3,75348.6% | 3,80249.2% | 1742.3% | 7,729 |
| Vinton County | Woodrow Wilson+13 | 1,43349.2% | 1,42048.7% | 602.1% | 2,913 |
| Warren County | Charles E. Hughes+673 | 2,93744.2% | 3,61054.4% | 951.4% | 6,642 |
| Washington County | Woodrow Wilson+522 | 5,26750.4% | 4,74545.4% | 4324.1% | 10,444 |
| Wayne County | Woodrow Wilson+2,254 | 5,93060.2% | 3,67637.3% | 2412.4% | 9,847 |
| Williams County | Woodrow Wilson+420 | 3,55251.7% | 3,13245.6% | 1892.7% | 6,873 |
| Wood County | Woodrow Wilson+762 | 5,79652.2% | 5,03445.3% | 2782.5% | 11,108 |
| Wyandot County | Woodrow Wilson+1,172 | 3,25060.5% | 2,07838.7% | 440.8% | 5,372 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)
Ohio's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −0.1% |
| 1896 | −4.8% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −25.4% |
| 1908 | −6.2% |
| 1912 | +14.1% |
| 1916 | +7.7% |
| 1920 | −19.9% |
| 1924 | −34.6% |
| 1928 | −30.4% |
| 1932 | +2.8% |
| 1936 | +20.6% |
| 1940 | +4.4% |
| 1944 | −0.4% |
| 1948 | +0.2% |
| 1952 | −13.5% |
| 1956 | −22.2% |
| 1960 | −6.6% |
| 1964 | +25.9% |
| 1968 | −2.3% |
| 1972 | −21.6% |
| 1976 | +0.3% |
| 1980 | −10.6% |
| 1984 | −18.8% |
| 1988 | −10.9% |
| 1992 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | +6.4% |
| 2000 | −3.5% |
| 2004 | −2.1% |
| 2008 | +4.6% |
| 2012 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | −8.0% |
| 2020 | −8.0% |
| 2024 | −11.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1916 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.