Kansas — 1916 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1916 presidential electionKansas · PresidentWilsonD+5.9
How it voted
Share of the 1916 vote
| Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic | 49.9% | 314,588 |
|---|---|---|
| Charles E. HughesRepublican | 44.1% | 277,658 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 6.0% | 37,567 |
1916presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kansas cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Anderson County, KS | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Atchison County, KS | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Barber County, KS | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Barton County, KS | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Brown County, KS | Republican | R+9.6 |
| Butler County, KS | Democratic | D+7.6 |
| Chase County, KS | Democratic | D+7.4 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Democratic | D+18.4 |
| Clark County, KS | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Clay County, KS | Republican | R+1.1 |
| Cloud County, KS | Democratic | D+13.4 |
| Coffey County, KS | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Comanche County, KS | Democratic | D+12.2 |
| Cowley County, KS | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Crawford County, KS | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Decatur County, KS | Democratic | D+39.2 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Douglas County, KS | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Edwards County, KS | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Elk County, KS | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Ellis County, KS | Democratic | D+31.8 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Finney County, KS | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Ford County, KS | Democratic | D+12.2 |
| Franklin County, KS | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| Geary County, KS | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Gove County, KS | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Graham County, KS | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Grant County, KS | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Gray County, KS | Democratic | D+13.4 |
| Greeley County, KS | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Harper County, KS | Democratic | D+17.4 |
| Harvey County, KS | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Haskell County, KS | Democratic | D+14.7 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Jackson County, KS | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Republican | R+4.1 |
| Jewell County, KS | Democratic | D+15.3 |
| Johnson County, KS | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Kearny County, KS | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Kingman County, KS | Democratic | D+14.9 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Labette County, KS | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Lane County, KS | Democratic | D+26.1 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Linn County, KS | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Logan County, KS | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Lyon County, KS | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Marion County, KS | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Marshall County, KS | Republican | R+3.3 |
| McPherson County, KS | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Meade County, KS | Democratic | D+0.2 |
| Miami County, KS | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Democratic | D+11.0 |
| Morris County, KS | Democratic | D+5.8 |
| Morton County, KS | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Neosho County, KS | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Ness County, KS | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Norton County, KS | Democratic | D+26.7 |
| Osage County, KS | Democratic | D+6.0 |
| Osborne County, KS | Democratic | D+9.3 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Democratic | D+14.1 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Phillips County, KS | Democratic | D+11.8 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Pratt County, KS | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Reno County, KS | Republican | R+1.3 |
| Republic County, KS | Democratic | D+13.4 |
| Rice County, KS | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Riley County, KS | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Rooks County, KS | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Rush County, KS | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Russell County, KS | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Saline County, KS | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Scott County, KS | Democratic | D+21.4 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Seward County, KS | Democratic | D+21.7 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Democratic | D+21.2 |
| Sherman County, KS | Democratic | D+32.5 |
| Smith County, KS | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Stafford County, KS | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Stanton County, KS | Republican | R+2.5 |
| Stevens County, KS | Democratic | D+21.8 |
| Sumner County, KS | Democratic | D+13.9 |
| Thomas County, KS | Democratic | D+31.9 |
| Trego County, KS | Democratic | D+11.0 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Wallace County, KS | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Washington County, KS | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Wichita County, KS | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Wilson County, KS | Democratic | D+7.4 |
| Woodson County, KS | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Democratic | D+12.0 |
Kansas results by county
105 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | Charles E. Hughes+76 | 4,05346.9% | 4,12947.8% | 4595.3% | 8,641 |
| Anderson County | Woodrow Wilson+353 | 2,73950.5% | 2,38643.9% | 3045.6% | 5,429 |
| Atchison County | Woodrow Wilson+10 | 4,63448.7% | 4,62448.6% | 2542.7% | 9,512 |
| Barber County | Woodrow Wilson+429 | 2,06151.7% | 1,63241.0% | 2907.3% | 3,983 |
| Barton County | Woodrow Wilson+401 | 3,29250.6% | 2,89144.5% | 3194.9% | 6,502 |
| Bourbon County | Woodrow Wilson+1,839 | 5,20958.1% | 3,37037.6% | 3884.3% | 8,967 |
| Brown County | Charles E. Hughes+779 | 3,50343.2% | 4,28252.9% | 3153.9% | 8,100 |
| Butler County | Woodrow Wilson+634 | 4,24850.7% | 3,61443.2% | 5116.1% | 8,373 |
| Chase County | Woodrow Wilson+228 | 1,58451.6% | 1,35644.1% | 1324.3% | 3,072 |
| Chautauqua County | Charles E. Hughes+348 | 1,73741.4% | 2,08549.7% | 3748.9% | 4,196 |
| Cherokee County | Woodrow Wilson+1,838 | 6,18853.4% | 4,35037.5% | 1,0479.0% | 11,585 |
| Cheyenne County | Woodrow Wilson+289 | 78750.2% | 49831.8% | 28218.0% | 1,567 |
| Clark County | Woodrow Wilson+449 | 1,10258.0% | 65334.4% | 1447.6% | 1,899 |
| Clay County | Charles E. Hughes+60 | 2,63246.6% | 2,69247.7% | 3205.7% | 5,644 |
| Cloud County | Woodrow Wilson+967 | 3,83753.4% | 2,87039.9% | 4836.7% | 7,190 |
| Coffey County | Woodrow Wilson+322 | 3,12150.8% | 2,79945.6% | 2223.6% | 6,142 |
| Comanche County | Woodrow Wilson+231 | 96350.7% | 73238.5% | 20410.7% | 1,899 |
| Cowley County | Woodrow Wilson+665 | 5,96249.4% | 5,29743.9% | 8166.8% | 12,075 |
| Crawford County | Woodrow Wilson+997 | 8,06443.5% | 7,06738.1% | 3,40818.4% | 18,539 |
| Decatur County | Woodrow Wilson+1,424 | 2,43167.0% | 1,00727.7% | 1935.3% | 3,631 |
| Dickinson County | Woodrow Wilson+651 | 4,97451.9% | 4,32345.1% | 2963.1% | 9,593 |
| Doniphan County | Charles E. Hughes+910 | 1,91639.4% | 2,82658.1% | 1262.6% | 4,868 |
| Douglas County | Charles E. Hughes+1,141 | 3,83441.5% | 4,97553.9% | 4264.6% | 9,235 |
| Edwards County | Woodrow Wilson+273 | 1,43150.4% | 1,15840.8% | 2498.8% | 2,838 |
| Elk County | Woodrow Wilson+284 | 2,05351.0% | 1,76943.9% | 2045.1% | 4,026 |
| Ellis County | Woodrow Wilson+1,149 | 2,33564.7% | 1,18632.9% | 872.4% | 3,608 |
| Ellsworth County | Charles E. Hughes+9 | 1,93648.1% | 1,94548.3% | 1433.6% | 4,024 |
| Finney County | Woodrow Wilson+132 | 1,37047.3% | 1,23842.7% | 2889.9% | 2,896 |
| Ford County | Woodrow Wilson+707 | 3,04452.5% | 2,33740.3% | 4207.2% | 5,801 |
| Franklin County | Woodrow Wilson+243 | 4,12848.0% | 3,88545.2% | 5886.8% | 8,601 |
| Geary County | Woodrow Wilson+9 | 1,74048.5% | 1,73148.2% | 1203.3% | 3,591 |
| Gove County | Woodrow Wilson+220 | 86253.8% | 64240.1% | 986.1% | 1,602 |
| Graham County | Woodrow Wilson+651 | 1,80155.8% | 1,15035.6% | 2778.6% | 3,228 |
| Grant County | Woodrow Wilson+8 | 20846.3% | 20044.5% | 419.1% | 449 |
| Gray County | Woodrow Wilson+229 | 88952.1% | 66038.7% | 1589.3% | 1,707 |
| Greeley County | Charles E. Hughes+42 | 16834.9% | 21043.6% | 10421.6% | 482 |
| Greenwood County | Charles E. Hughes+15 | 2,95648.0% | 2,97148.3% | 2273.7% | 6,154 |
| Hamilton County | Woodrow Wilson+11 | 52245.0% | 51144.1% | 12710.9% | 1,160 |
| Harper County | Woodrow Wilson+851 | 2,64854.2% | 1,79736.8% | 4399.0% | 4,884 |
| Harvey County | Charles E. Hughes+348 | 3,13144.1% | 3,47949.0% | 4936.9% | 7,103 |
| Haskell County | Woodrow Wilson+101 | 34950.9% | 24836.2% | 8812.8% | 685 |
| Hodgeman County | Woodrow Wilson+197 | 76150.5% | 56437.5% | 18112.0% | 1,506 |
| Jackson County | Charles E. Hughes+537 | 2,91445.1% | 3,45153.4% | 941.5% | 6,459 |
| Jefferson County | Charles E. Hughes+255 | 2,91946.4% | 3,17450.5% | 1933.1% | 6,286 |
| Jewell County | Woodrow Wilson+1,158 | 4,18055.1% | 3,02239.8% | 3835.0% | 7,585 |
| Johnson County | Woodrow Wilson+161 | 3,92849.7% | 3,76747.7% | 2052.6% | 7,900 |
| Kearny County | Charles E. Hughes+48 | 49041.2% | 53845.3% | 16013.5% | 1,188 |
| Kingman County | Woodrow Wilson+735 | 2,62653.1% | 1,89138.3% | 4268.6% | 4,943 |
| Kiowa County | Woodrow Wilson+55 | 95643.5% | 90141.0% | 34215.6% | 2,199 |
| Labette County | Woodrow Wilson+1,093 | 6,42151.4% | 5,32842.6% | 7556.0% | 12,504 |
| Lane County | Woodrow Wilson+296 | 65958.2% | 36332.1% | 1109.7% | 1,132 |
| Leavenworth County | Woodrow Wilson+466 | 6,00249.3% | 5,53645.5% | 6405.3% | 12,178 |
| Lincoln County | Woodrow Wilson+390 | 2,10653.5% | 1,71643.6% | 1183.0% | 3,940 |
| Linn County | Woodrow Wilson+231 | 2,93049.4% | 2,69945.5% | 3075.2% | 5,936 |
| Logan County | Woodrow Wilson+117 | 70950.4% | 59242.0% | 1077.6% | 1,408 |
| Lyon County | Woodrow Wilson+1,369 | 5,58453.4% | 4,21540.3% | 6656.4% | 10,464 |
| Marion County | Charles E. Hughes+663 | 2,79042.1% | 3,45352.1% | 3795.7% | 6,622 |
| Marshall County | Charles E. Hughes+306 | 4,27546.7% | 4,58150.1% | 2913.2% | 9,147 |
| McPherson County | Charles E. Hughes+69 | 3,73746.7% | 3,80647.6% | 4515.6% | 7,994 |
| Meade County | Woodrow Wilson+4 | 97745.1% | 97345.0% | 2149.9% | 2,164 |
| Miami County | Woodrow Wilson+961 | 4,04754.7% | 3,08641.7% | 2603.5% | 7,393 |
| Mitchell County | Woodrow Wilson+784 | 3,19754.9% | 2,41341.4% | 2153.7% | 5,825 |
| Montgomery County | Woodrow Wilson+1,688 | 8,05952.4% | 6,37141.5% | 9396.1% | 15,369 |
| Morris County | Woodrow Wilson+288 | 2,57751.5% | 2,28945.7% | 1402.8% | 5,006 |
| Morton County | Woodrow Wilson+52 | 45747.9% | 40542.4% | 939.7% | 955 |
| Nemaha County | Charles E. Hughes+12 | 3,57949.0% | 3,59149.2% | 1301.8% | 7,300 |
| Neosho County | Woodrow Wilson+838 | 4,89152.9% | 4,05343.9% | 2953.2% | 9,239 |
| Ness County | Woodrow Wilson+286 | 1,21349.2% | 92737.6% | 32413.1% | 2,464 |
| Norton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,260 | 2,87661.0% | 1,61634.3% | 2224.7% | 4,714 |
| Osage County | Woodrow Wilson+506 | 4,27650.7% | 3,77044.7% | 3904.6% | 8,436 |
| Osborne County | Woodrow Wilson+472 | 2,62151.6% | 2,14942.3% | 3116.1% | 5,081 |
| Ottawa County | Woodrow Wilson+698 | 2,71154.6% | 2,01340.6% | 2404.8% | 4,964 |
| Pawnee County | Woodrow Wilson+632 | 2,13155.1% | 1,49938.7% | 2416.2% | 3,871 |
| Phillips County | Woodrow Wilson+641 | 2,91253.6% | 2,27141.8% | 2454.5% | 5,428 |
| Pottawatomie County | Charles E. Hughes+854 | 2,83442.8% | 3,68855.7% | 1041.6% | 6,626 |
| Pratt County | Woodrow Wilson+787 | 2,60754.3% | 1,82037.9% | 3717.7% | 4,798 |
| Rawlins County | Woodrow Wilson+468 | 1,27155.5% | 80335.1% | 2179.5% | 2,291 |
| Reno County | Charles E. Hughes+187 | 6,68344.8% | 6,87046.0% | 1,3669.2% | 14,919 |
| Republic County | Woodrow Wilson+924 | 3,80655.0% | 2,88241.6% | 2323.4% | 6,920 |
| Rice County | Woodrow Wilson+307 | 2,80147.9% | 2,49442.6% | 5579.5% | 5,852 |
| Riley County | Charles E. Hughes+683 | 2,63741.6% | 3,32052.3% | 3866.1% | 6,343 |
| Rooks County | Woodrow Wilson+773 | 2,39456.5% | 1,62138.3% | 2195.2% | 4,234 |
| Rush County | Woodrow Wilson+255 | 1,47850.3% | 1,22341.7% | 2358.0% | 2,936 |
| Russell County | Charles E. Hughes+77 | 1,93447.0% | 2,01148.9% | 1694.1% | 4,114 |
| Saline County | Woodrow Wilson+876 | 4,86052.8% | 3,98443.2% | 3684.0% | 9,212 |
| Scott County | Woodrow Wilson+268 | 68454.5% | 41633.1% | 15512.4% | 1,255 |
| Sedgwick County | Woodrow Wilson+2,492 | 13,39151.3% | 10,89941.8% | 1,7926.9% | 26,082 |
| Seward County | Woodrow Wilson+427 | 1,10556.3% | 67834.5% | 1819.2% | 1,964 |
| Shawnee County | Charles E. Hughes+3,166 | 9,46841.1% | 12,63454.9% | 9124.0% | 23,014 |
| Sheridan County | Woodrow Wilson+429 | 1,18958.7% | 76037.5% | 783.8% | 2,027 |
| Sherman County | Woodrow Wilson+614 | 1,19663.3% | 58230.8% | 1105.8% | 1,888 |
| Smith County | Woodrow Wilson+826 | 3,43154.1% | 2,60541.1% | 3064.8% | 6,342 |
| Stafford County | Woodrow Wilson+336 | 2,14849.6% | 1,81241.9% | 3688.5% | 4,328 |
| Stanton County | Charles E. Hughes+10 | 17042.1% | 18044.6% | 5413.4% | 404 |
| Stevens County | Woodrow Wilson+255 | 64655.3% | 39133.5% | 13111.2% | 1,168 |
| Sumner County | Woodrow Wilson+1,440 | 5,51953.3% | 4,07939.4% | 7637.4% | 10,361 |
| Thomas County | Woodrow Wilson+657 | 1,29963.0% | 64231.1% | 1205.8% | 2,061 |
| Trego County | Woodrow Wilson+227 | 1,09453.1% | 86742.1% | 1004.9% | 2,061 |
| Wabaunsee County | Charles E. Hughes+934 | 1,70638.1% | 2,64059.0% | 1322.9% | 4,478 |
| Wallace County | Woodrow Wilson+116 | 49751.5% | 38139.5% | 879.0% | 965 |
| Washington County | Charles E. Hughes+450 | 3,31645.5% | 3,76651.7% | 2002.7% | 7,282 |
| Wichita County | Woodrow Wilson+15 | 33346.1% | 31844.0% | 719.8% | 722 |
| Wilson County | Woodrow Wilson+524 | 3,49449.2% | 2,97041.8% | 6409.0% | 7,104 |
| Woodson County | Charles E. Hughes+67 | 1,79446.5% | 1,86148.2% | 2055.3% | 3,860 |
| Wyandotte County | Woodrow Wilson+3,987 | 17,85053.9% | 13,86341.9% | 1,4084.3% | 33,121 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −38.7% |
| 1908 | −9.4% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +5.9% |
| 1920 | −32.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −45.0% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +7.7% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.1% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | −21.3% |
| 1964 | +9.0% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −24.6% |
| 1984 | −33.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −5.1% |
| 1996 | −18.2% |
| 2000 | −20.8% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −15.0% |
| 2012 | −21.6% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −16.1% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1916 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.