Woodrow Wilson carried Texas D+59.6.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Texas, 1916. Texas held 20 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 56.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)

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Texas result

371,306 votes counted

Electoral votes

20

Wilson (D)

286,415

77.1%

Hughes (R)

64,999

17.5%

All others

20,892

5.6%

Margin

D+59.6

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1916 presidential election

Texas, 1916

WilsonD+59.6

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	77.1%	286,415
Charles E. HughesRepublican	17.5%	64,999
OtherAll other candidates	5.6%	20,892

D+60

R+60

247 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1916

247 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+55.4%	1,984	501	2,677
Andrews County	D	+95.9%	71	0	74
Angelina County	D	+72.3%	1,344	75	1,756
Aransas County	D	+73.5%	179	24	211
Archer County	D	+63.0%	527	104	671
Armstrong County	D	+76.2%	353	43	407
Atascosa County	D	+63.7%	635	119	810
Austin County	D	+17.5%	960	673	1,643
Bandera County	D	+49.1%	537	168	752
Bastrop County	D	+41.1%	1,335	550	1,909
Baylor County	D	+79.4%	711	47	836
Bee County	D	+56.3%	584	152	767
Bell County	D	+78.2%	3,615	356	4,167
Bexar County	D	+12.0%	7,008	5,483	12,714
Blanco County	D	+44.4%	628	235	885
Borden County	D	+91.2%	84	1	91
Bosque County	D	+76.1%	1,561	179	1,817
Bowie County	D	+58.0%	1,941	414	2,634
Brazoria County	D	+26.2%	1,033	581	1,728
Brazos County	D	+57.6%	1,027	273	1,308
Brewster County	D	+63.6%	207	43	258
Briscoe County	D	+89.5%	260	4	286
Brooks County	D	+22.8%	101	63	167
Brown County	D	+79.3%	1,986	181	2,277
Burleson County	D	+63.3%	1,208	262	1,495
Burnet County	D	+75.4%	913	115	1,058
Caldwell County	D	+68.0%	1,216	225	1,458
Calhoun County	D	+55.9%	388	84	544
Callahan County	D	+78.9%	959	74	1,121
Cameron County	D	+49.0%	1,260	420	1,716
Camp County	D	+53.4%	721	206	964
Carson County	D	+59.9%	326	78	414
Cass County	D	+34.2%	1,505	707	2,336
Castro County	D	+42.5%	176	69	252
Chambers County	D	+35.8%	239	101	386
Cherokee County	D	+70.7%	2,002	241	2,492
Childress County	D	+86.6%	948	31	1,059
Clay County	D	+73.5%	1,324	177	1,560
Coke County	D	+81.5%	484	29	558
Coleman County	D	+81.0%	1,700	96	1,980
Collin County	D	+71.9%	4,141	594	4,933
Collingsworth County	D	+82.1%	589	31	680
Colorado County	D	+46.1%	1,041	358	1,481
Comal County	R	−25.6%	432	743	1,213
Comanche County	D	+68.8%	1,494	148	1,956
Concho County	D	+75.0%	418	36	509
Cooke County	D	+70.2%	2,273	353	2,735
Coryell County	D	+78.2%	1,802	188	2,065
Cottle County	D	+82.8%	455	12	535
Crockett County	D	+57.0%	65	16	86
Crosby County	D	+79.7%	456	31	533
Culberson County	D	+96.1%	124	2	127
Dallam County	D	+57.6%	363	81	490
Dallas County	D	+66.8%	13,410	2,554	16,253
Dawson County	D	+86.2%	288	14	318
Deaf Smith County	D	+61.7%	356	77	452
Delta County	D	+81.5%	1,254	72	1,450
Denton County	D	+97.2%	2,844	451	2,462
DeWitt County	R	−0.6%	1,056	1,068	2,147
Dickens County	D	+84.4%	389	15	443
Dimmit County	D	+44.4%	193	74	268
Donley County	D	+79.5%	636	42	747
Duval County	D	+87.9%	597	37	637
Eastland County	D	+69.1%	1,486	146	1,939
Ector County	D	+96.7%	120	2	122
Edwards County	D	+59.8%	299	73	378
El Paso County	D	+33.2%	3,603	1,770	5,518
Ellis County	D	+85.7%	4,718	324	5,127
Erath County	D	+73.2%	2,024	184	2,512
Falls County	D	+43.4%	2,037	729	3,015
Fannin County	D	+71.8%	3,493	471	4,209
Fayette County	D	+21.8%	1,902	1,212	3,160
Fisher County	D	+73.4%	950	46	1,231
Floyd County	D	+75.3%	600	48	733
Foard County	D	+71.9%	475	41	604
Fort Bend County	D	+40.3%	788	329	1,140
Franklin County	D	+78.9%	684	62	788
Freestone County	D	+40.6%	1,575	637	2,311
Frio County	D	+75.4%	410	55	471
Gaines County	D	+95.2%	80	0	84
Galveston County	D	+46.3%	3,543	1,263	4,925
Garza County	D	+88.3%	330	14	358
Gillespie County	R	−56.2%	405	1,463	1,882
Glasscock County	D	+81.5%	96	8	108
Goliad County	D	+4.7%	605	548	1,217
Gonzales County	D	+43.1%	1,675	649	2,381
Gray County	D	+70.2%	482	69	588
Grayson County	D	+63.4%	5,092	1,024	6,421
Gregg County	D	+65.7%	820	159	1,006
Grimes County	D	+80.5%	1,108	108	1,243
Guadalupe County	R	−37.1%	830	1,812	2,650
Hale County	D	+79.8%	908	80	1,038
Hall County	D	+82.0%	925	49	1,068
Hamilton County	D	+70.5%	1,231	201	1,461
Hansford County	D	+50.4%	166	47	236
Hardeman County	D	+72.6%	932	94	1,155
Hardin County	D	+73.1%	1,279	158	1,534
Harris County	D	+52.2%	10,131	3,009	13,647
Harrison County	D	+74.4%	1,374	172	1,616
Hartley County	D	+67.9%	161	30	193
Haskell County	D	+66.3%	1,200	95	1,666
Hays County	D	+77.0%	995	123	1,133
Hemphill County	D	+52.6%	496	141	675
Henderson County	D	+63.1%	1,790	268	2,413
Hidalgo County	D	+66.6%	1,364	260	1,657
Hill County	D	+80.5%	3,951	382	4,436
Hood County	D	+74.7%	693	64	842
Hopkins County	D	+77.5%	2,568	218	3,031
Houston County	D	+59.9%	1,730	373	2,265
Howard County	D	+81.8%	747	30	877
Hunt County	D	+78.9%	4,242	424	4,838
Hutchinson County	D	+57.0%	114	28	151
Irion County	D	+87.3%	150	5	166
Jack County	D	+67.2%	862	121	1,102
Jackson County	D	+47.1%	403	123	594
Jasper County	D	+81.0%	906	75	1,026
Jeff Davis County	D	+51.4%	234	74	311
Jefferson County	D	+69.1%	3,082	488	3,756
Jim Hogg County	D	+88.9%	187	11	198
Jim Wells County	D	+49.6%	335	100	474
Johnson County	D	+79.1%	3,040	275	3,497
Jones County	D	+78.8%	1,798	114	2,136
Karnes County	D	+57.3%	889	238	1,136
Kaufman County	D	+69.6%	2,780	427	3,380
Kendall County	R	−43.1%	232	590	831
Kent County	D	+87.9%	212	2	239
Kerr County	D	+37.6%	621	272	927
Kimble County	D	+84.3%	223	13	249
King County	D	+88.0%	47	3	50
Kinney County	D	+7.2%	233	201	442
Kleberg County	D	+55.5%	427	106	578
Knox County	D	+77.7%	884	64	1,055
La Salle County	D	+78.1%	340	40	384
Lamar County	D	+81.1%	3,412	309	3,824
Lamb County	D	+79.1%	150	14	172
Lampasas County	D	+73.9%	848	113	995
Lavaca County	D	+28.6%	1,784	936	2,967
Lee County	R	−17.8%	571	836	1,490
Leon County	D	+43.6%	979	335	1,476
Liberty County	D	+45.8%	704	235	1,025
Limestone County	D	+77.7%	2,188	225	2,526
Lipscomb County	D	+44.7%	350	116	523
Live Oak County	D	+48.4%	397	119	574
Llano County	D	+79.2%	716	72	813
Lubbock County	D	+85.8%	633	34	698
Lynn County	D	+89.3%	331	15	354
Madison County	D	+68.0%	730	120	897
Marion County	D	+45.4%	445	166	614
Martin County	D	+68.9%	125	14	161
Mason County	D	+39.8%	386	157	575
Matagorda County	D	+45.5%	748	252	1,091
Maverick County	R	−12.2%	192	246	441
McCulloch County	D	+76.7%	847	61	1,025
McLennan County	D	+66.7%	4,979	940	6,053
McMullen County	D	+59.7%	115	29	144
Medina County	D	+7.5%	758	650	1,441
Menard County	D	+65.0%	267	44	343
Midland County	D	+84.9%	339	24	371
Milam County	D	+53.9%	2,198	576	3,008
Mills County	D	+58.2%	640	129	878
Mitchell County	D	+82.8%	803	39	923
Montague County	D	+67.9%	1,803	245	2,295
Montgomery County	D	+55.9%	880	197	1,221
Moore County	D	+89.0%	103	6	109
Morris County	D	+49.3%	689	163	1,067
Motley County	D	+89.3%	393	9	430
Nacogdoches County	D	+83.6%	1,766	92	2,002
Navarro County	D	+82.3%	3,527	294	3,927
Newton County	D	+82.3%	493	34	558
Nolan County	D	+78.5%	1,048	91	1,219
Nueces County	D	+59.5%	1,830	404	2,397
Ochiltree County	D	+68.6%	238	41	287
Oldham County	D	+52.2%	138	42	184
Orange County	D	+75.4%	758	92	883
Palo Pinto County	D	+70.7%	1,431	124	1,848
Panola County	D	+77.3%	1,228	125	1,426
Parker County	D	+72.9%	1,797	173	2,227
Parmer County	D	+47.4%	194	64	274
Pecos County	D	+60.1%	394	96	496
Polk County	D	+71.2%	918	107	1,139
Potter County	D	+72.0%	1,288	166	1,559
Presidio County	D	+79.9%	245	27	273
Rains County	D	+50.4%	509	71	869
Randall County	D	+65.9%	341	63	422
Reagan County	D	+91.9%	59	2	62
Real County	D	+80.3%	242	14	284
Red River County	D	+66.0%	2,021	356	2,523
Reeves County	D	+76.7%	346	43	395
Refugio County	D	+25.3%	408	232	696
Roberts County	D	+76.9%	220	27	251
Robertson County	D	+69.4%	1,313	218	1,577
Rockwall County	D	+91.9%	828	27	872
Runnels County	D	+71.0%	1,487	195	1,821
Rusk County	D	+51.7%	1,849	521	2,568
Sabine County	D	+86.8%	681	22	759
San Augustine County	D	+88.3%	682	18	752
San Jacinto County	D	+26.8%	442	255	699
San Patricio County	D	+58.2%	594	130	797
San Saba County	D	+79.3%	935	66	1,096
Schleicher County	D	+86.4%	163	10	177
Scurry County	D	+85.6%	994	40	1,115
Shackelford County	D	+70.0%	378	51	467
Shelby County	D	+78.7%	1,767	131	2,079
Sherman County	D	+55.9%	152	39	202
Smith County	D	+47.4%	2,422	773	3,481
Somervell County	D	+67.5%	278	20	382
Starr County	D	+63.5%	516	115	631
Stephens County	D	+81.5%	572	12	687
Sterling County	D	+93.9%	205	6	212
Stonewall County	D	+74.9%	502	21	642
Sutton County	D	+81.8%	130	13	143
Swisher County	D	+70.0%	381	62	456
Tarrant County	D	+71.4%	10,269	1,550	12,213
Taylor County	D	+84.8%	2,134	120	2,374
Terrell County	D	+50.4%	181	59	242
Terry County	D	+98.6%	146	1	147
Throckmorton County	D	+76.9%	333	10	420
Titus County	D	+66.3%	1,164	189	1,470
Tom Green County	D	+81.6%	1,243	92	1,410
Travis County	D	+67.1%	3,682	690	4,461
Trinity County	D	+64.9%	906	156	1,155
Tyler County	D	+88.6%	635	24	690
Upshur County	D	+68.5%	1,346	198	1,675
Upton County	D	+73.5%	42	6	49
Uvalde County	D	+76.3%	728	92	834
Val Verde County	D	+52.9%	446	135	588
Van Zandt County	D	+61.7%	2,040	232	2,931
Victoria County	D	+29.8%	897	476	1,414
Walker County	D	+40.6%	763	315	1,103
Waller County	D	+55.0%	636	182	826
Ward County	D	+73.5%	178	23	211
Washington County	R	−7.7%	1,119	1,306	2,431
Webb County	D	+17.8%	676	472	1,148
Wharton County	D	+42.6%	948	351	1,401
Wheeler County	D	+71.1%	554	56	700
Wichita County	D	+68.3%	2,108	347	2,577
Wilbarger County	D	+78.3%	1,242	99	1,459
Willacy County	D	+83.3%	110	10	120
Williamson County	D	+59.3%	2,701	656	3,451
Wilson County	D	+41.8%	869	346	1,252
Winkler County	D	+100.0%	21	0	21
Wise County	D	+71.8%	2,023	263	2,450
Wood County	D	+61.4%	1,719	248	2,395
Yoakum County	D	+96.6%	85	1	87
Young County	D	+79.5%	1,175	71	1,388
Zapata County	R	−78.3%	26	214	240
Zavala County	D	+63.9%	229	43	291