Charles Evans Hughes carried Illinois R+9.2.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Illinois, 1916. The state ran 12.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.2 nationally).

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

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Illinois result

2,190,219 votes counted

Wilson (D)

950,229

43.4%

Hughes (R)

1,152,549

52.6%

All others

89,929

4.1%

Margin

R+9.2

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1916 presidential election

Illinois, 1916

HughesR+9.2

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Charles E. Hughes ✓Republican	52.6%	1,152,549
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic	43.4%	950,229
OtherAll other candidates	4.1%	89,929

D+60

R+60

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

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+9.0%	14,268	11,858	26,778
Alexander County	R	−15.3%	3,940	5,395	9,498
Bond County	R	−14.5%	2,652	3,626	6,710
Boone County	R	−59.5%	1,211	5,181	6,673
Brown County	D	+27.9%	2,856	1,579	4,572
Bureau County	R	−16.6%	5,793	8,213	14,590
Calhoun County	D	+0.5%	1,181	1,168	2,408
Carroll County	R	−37.5%	1,980	4,496	6,707
Cass County	D	+16.0%	4,485	3,193	8,066
Champaign County	R	−19.9%	9,601	14,632	25,286
Christian County	D	+6.8%	7,982	6,923	15,665
Clark County	D	+3.6%	5,311	4,936	10,440
Clay County	R	−4.0%	3,574	3,879	7,681
Clinton County	D	+9.7%	4,201	3,423	8,026
Coles County	R	−3.3%	7,772	8,314	16,351
Cook County	R	−6.6%	379,438	435,695	849,913
Crawford County	D	+4.4%	5,570	5,084	10,977
Cumberland County	D	+1.4%	2,960	2,879	5,965
De Witt County	D	+0.9%	4,460	4,380	9,143
DeKalb County	R	−46.6%	3,386	9,764	13,697
Douglas County	R	−9.1%	3,768	4,564	8,741
DuPage County	R	−31.4%	4,816	9,610	15,284
Edgar County	D	+4.6%	6,710	6,099	13,147
Edwards County	R	−33.9%	1,389	2,885	4,412
Effingham County	D	+16.7%	4,529	3,207	7,939
Fayette County	D	+3.1%	5,669	5,316	11,411
Ford County	R	−37.2%	2,054	4,670	7,038
Franklin County	D	+0.4%	6,419	6,371	13,608
Fulton County	R	−5.2%	8,686	9,735	19,997
Gallatin County	D	+18.4%	2,920	1,985	5,079
Greene County	D	+28.8%	6,150	3,400	9,550
Grundy County	R	−35.5%	2,241	4,811	7,247
Hamilton County	D	+5.8%	3,644	3,239	6,996
Hancock County	D	+8.4%	7,711	6,472	14,716
Hardin County	R	−5.6%	1,264	1,419	2,746
Henderson County	R	−21.2%	1,611	2,528	4,318
Henry County	R	−35.5%	5,220	11,406	17,422
Iroquois County	R	−25.4%	4,977	8,503	13,909
Jackson County	R	−10.2%	6,780	8,356	15,443
Jasper County	D	+10.8%	3,884	3,110	7,168
Jefferson County	D	+5.1%	6,685	6,028	12,996
Jersey County	D	+7.0%	3,052	2,644	5,828
Jo Daviess County	R	−23.6%	3,505	5,775	9,622
Johnson County	R	−27.8%	1,822	3,273	5,228
Kane County	R	−39.7%	9,875	23,868	35,204
Kankakee County	R	−26.5%	6,096	10,594	16,993
Kendall County	R	−52.5%	1,008	3,316	4,399
Knox County	R	−22.3%	6,785	10,918	18,555
Lake County	R	−38.7%	5,447	12,905	19,251
LaSalle County	R	−16.6%	14,625	20,662	36,459
Lawrence County	D	+5.7%	5,052	4,481	10,076
Lee County	R	−31.2%	4,087	7,985	12,479
Livingston County	R	−20.0%	6,462	9,801	16,710
Logan County	R	−1.7%	5,726	5,933	12,279
Macon County	R	−10.7%	11,181	13,997	26,427
Macoupin County	D	+5.6%	10,012	8,875	20,304
Madison County	R	−3.7%	16,302	17,594	35,274
Marion County	D	+9.7%	7,892	6,438	14,964
Marshall County	R	−15.4%	2,593	3,579	6,403
Mason County	D	+12.0%	3,886	3,029	7,136
Massac County	R	−50.6%	1,236	3,926	5,317
McDonough County	R	−10.7%	5,740	7,192	13,546
McHenry County	R	−45.9%	3,278	9,024	12,532
McLean County	R	−11.7%	11,699	14,988	28,153
Menard County	R	−0.1%	2,689	2,693	5,548
Mercer County	R	−20.9%	3,430	5,308	9,006
Monroe County	R	−14.5%	2,104	2,825	4,964
Montgomery County	D	+5.3%	7,903	7,065	15,793
Morgan County	R	−2.9%	7,104	7,536	14,988
Moultrie County	D	+6.7%	3,370	2,933	6,519
Ogle County	R	−44.2%	3,207	8,639	12,283
Peoria County	D	+0.3%	18,718	18,615	38,395
Perry County	R	−3.6%	4,445	4,796	9,625
Piatt County	R	−13.6%	3,028	4,012	7,226
Pike County	D	+13.4%	7,005	5,293	12,786
Pope County	R	−42.4%	1,158	2,924	4,164
Pulaski County	R	−27.7%	2,159	3,863	6,158
Putnam County	R	−28.5%	785	1,444	2,311
Randolph County	R	−1.0%	5,403	5,517	11,233
Richland County	D	+6.6%	3,431	2,992	6,634
Rock Island County	R	−17.3%	10,914	16,169	30,322
Saline County	R	−8.1%	5,930	7,061	13,954
Sangamon County	R	−7.3%	17,958	20,900	40,435
Schuyler County	D	+12.8%	3,392	2,595	6,238
Scott County	D	+7.1%	2,457	2,126	4,650
Shelby County	D	+11.6%	7,515	5,911	13,866
St. Clair County	D	+1.1%	22,622	22,134	46,331
Stark County	R	−34.5%	1,390	2,887	4,336
Stephenson County	R	−21.4%	5,463	8,620	14,744
Tazewell County	D	+0.5%	6,743	6,672	14,014
Union County	D	+24.1%	5,171	3,135	8,440
Vermilion County	R	−7.6%	13,864	16,330	32,472
Wabash County	D	+10.8%	3,264	2,600	6,129
Warren County	R	−16.1%	4,498	6,294	11,145
Washington County	R	−24.4%	2,794	4,657	7,641
Wayne County	R	−4.3%	4,934	5,383	10,549
White County	D	+9.8%	5,066	4,137	9,437
Whiteside County	R	−42.8%	3,839	10,045	14,493
Will County	R	−26.8%	11,378	19,881	31,747
Williamson County	R	−10.9%	8,172	10,262	19,138
Winnebago County	R	−38.0%	6,198	14,893	22,882
Woodford County	R	−8.0%	3,619	4,273	8,171