Woodrow Wilson carried Missouri D+3.6.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Missouri, 1916. The state ran 0.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

786,793 votes counted

Wilson (D)

398,032

50.6%

Hughes (R)

369,339

46.9%

All others

19,422

2.5%

Margin

D+3.6

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1916 presidential election

Missouri, 1916

WilsonD+3.6

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	50.6%	398,032
Charles E. HughesRepublican	46.9%	369,339
OtherAll other candidates	2.5%	19,422

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−7.7%	2,275	2,681	5,247
Andrew County	R	−5.9%	1,853	2,087	3,976
Atchison County	D	+2.1%	1,697	1,626	3,379
Audrain County	D	+34.2%	3,572	1,741	5,361
Barry County	D	+1.2%	2,752	2,683	5,611
Barton County	D	+15.4%	2,217	1,597	4,016
Bates County	D	+10.9%	3,255	2,597	6,056
Benton County	R	−17.5%	1,285	1,842	3,183
Bollinger County	R	−2.7%	1,538	1,624	3,245
Boone County	D	+43.6%	5,601	2,180	7,838
Buchanan County	D	+16.8%	10,973	7,761	19,134
Butler County	R	−11.5%	2,135	2,717	5,054
Caldwell County	R	−10.2%	1,683	2,069	3,780
Callaway County	D	+31.6%	3,882	2,009	5,919
Camden County	R	−14.7%	930	1,261	2,245
Cape Girardeau County	R	−11.1%	2,993	3,753	6,873
Carroll County	R	−2.7%	2,822	2,978	5,879
Carter County	D	+10.4%	586	469	1,130
Cass County	D	+22.2%	3,337	2,104	5,544
Cedar County	R	−13.7%	1,410	1,874	3,390
Chariton County	D	+17.7%	3,135	2,183	5,377
Christian County	R	−33.8%	938	1,978	3,073
Clark County	R	−2.6%	1,692	1,782	3,516
Clay County	D	+49.3%	3,902	1,307	5,264
Clinton County	D	+16.0%	2,153	1,551	3,774
Cole County	D	+3.0%	2,915	2,746	5,703
Cooper County	R	−5.4%	2,537	2,830	5,414
Crawford County	R	−10.9%	1,312	1,642	3,021
Dade County	R	−8.9%	1,618	1,941	3,636
Dallas County	R	−16.2%	1,022	1,428	2,509
Daviess County	D	+0.7%	2,375	2,342	4,774
DeKalb County	D	+0.2%	1,647	1,640	3,332
Dent County	D	+7.4%	1,457	1,252	2,783
Douglas County	R	−37.5%	737	1,730	2,651
Dunklin County	D	+29.8%	3,723	1,924	6,033
Franklin County	R	−26.8%	2,468	4,325	6,935
Gasconade County	R	−65.5%	510	2,513	3,057
Gentry County	D	+13.5%	2,404	1,823	4,308
Greene County	R	−2.3%	7,191	7,543	15,410
Grundy County	R	−15.8%	1,789	2,481	4,374
Harrison County	R	−10.5%	2,205	2,741	5,089
Henry County	D	+14.2%	3,653	2,727	6,509
Hickory County	R	−33.5%	552	1,144	1,767
Holt County	R	−11.2%	1,615	2,030	3,690
Howard County	D	+43.4%	2,866	1,121	4,023
Howell County	R	−6.4%	1,861	2,132	4,245
Iron County	D	+7.9%	1,027	874	1,936
Jackson County	D	+14.7%	44,556	32,943	79,029
Jasper County	D	+5.5%	10,513	9,358	21,037
Jefferson County	R	−4.5%	3,021	3,310	6,489
Johnson County	D	+10.9%	3,701	2,966	6,767
Knox County	D	+6.2%	1,657	1,460	3,180
Laclede County	R	−3.3%	1,755	1,877	3,733
Lafayette County	D	+0.3%	4,073	4,049	8,248
Lawrence County	R	−6.6%	2,809	3,228	6,350
Lewis County	D	+24.2%	2,357	1,429	3,833
Lincoln County	D	+20.0%	2,468	1,642	4,140
Linn County	D	+10.0%	3,441	2,801	6,370
Livingston County	D	+3.6%	2,609	2,424	5,109
Macon County	D	+10.9%	3,805	3,034	7,063
Madison County	D	+3.1%	1,310	1,230	2,571
Maries County	D	+28.6%	1,319	725	2,074
Marion County	D	+24.0%	4,534	2,759	7,401
McDonald County	D	+6.8%	1,631	1,414	3,171
Mercer County	R	−24.4%	1,042	1,733	2,835
Miller County	R	−13.9%	1,395	1,862	3,354
Mississippi County	D	+16.7%	1,874	1,330	3,263
Moniteau County	R	−2.1%	1,675	1,748	3,476
Monroe County	D	+65.4%	3,738	742	4,581
Montgomery County	R	−2.2%	1,988	2,079	4,119
Morgan County	R	−7.1%	1,368	1,578	2,967
New Madrid County	D	+13.9%	2,715	2,039	4,879
Newton County	D	+3.6%	3,158	2,929	6,409
Nodaway County	D	+4.4%	3,874	3,540	7,508
Oregon County	D	+44.7%	1,799	660	2,546
Osage County	R	−12.1%	1,383	1,769	3,184
Ozark County	R	−33.5%	654	1,331	2,020
Pemiscot County	D	+8.0%	2,447	2,076	4,621
Perry County	R	−17.4%	1,396	1,988	3,404
Pettis County	D	+3.7%	4,665	4,319	9,305
Phelps County	D	+11.7%	1,887	1,487	3,423
Pike County	D	+17.9%	3,344	2,322	5,724
Platte County	D	+52.4%	2,974	921	3,915
Polk County	R	−9.6%	2,149	2,613	4,858
Pulaski County	D	+14.1%	1,339	1,003	2,391
Putnam County	R	−33.0%	1,035	2,106	3,248
Ralls County	D	+41.1%	1,994	826	2,844
Randolph County	D	+40.8%	5,081	2,111	7,275
Ray County	D	+32.2%	3,380	1,718	5,163
Reynolds County	D	+33.4%	1,209	592	1,849
Ripley County	D	+10.9%	1,325	1,053	2,496
Saline County	D	+20.3%	4,503	2,966	7,564
Schuyler County	D	+14.6%	1,341	995	2,377
Scotland County	D	+12.0%	1,592	1,243	2,900
Scott County	D	+9.9%	2,816	2,285	5,341
Shannon County	D	+19.7%	1,213	788	2,154
Shelby County	D	+35.7%	2,549	1,195	3,790
St. Charles County	R	−29.3%	1,914	3,518	5,483
St. Clair County	D	+4.3%	1,881	1,718	3,751
St. Francois County	D	+9.6%	3,675	3,015	6,885
St. Louis city	R	−6.0%	74,059	83,798	162,032
St. Louis County	R	−23.7%	7,587	12,485	20,666
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+3.4%	1,218	1,137	2,372
Stoddard County	D	+13.0%	3,274	2,482	6,109
Stone County	R	−39.9%	621	1,525	2,268
Sullivan County	D	+0.5%	2,446	2,420	4,937
Taney County	R	−24.1%	679	1,123	1,845
Texas County	D	+11.4%	2,291	1,809	4,215
Vernon County	D	+25.1%	3,776	2,211	6,228
Warren County	R	−55.4%	487	1,752	2,285
Washington County	R	−8.5%	1,394	1,657	3,080
Wayne County	D	+2.0%	1,594	1,528	3,229
Webster County	R	−5.1%	1,903	2,114	4,117
Worth County	D	+9.3%	1,079	892	2,014
Wright County	R	−15.1%	1,593	2,176	3,866