Woodrow Wilson carried Ohio D+7.7.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Ohio, 1916. The state ran 4.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

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

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Ohio result

1,165,086 votes counted

Wilson (D)

604,161

51.9%

Hughes (R)

514,753

44.2%

All others

46,172

4.0%

Margin

D+7.7

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1916 presidential election

Ohio, 1916

WilsonD+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

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

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	−11.1%

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County results — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+1.2%	2,887	2,819	5,847
Allen County	D	+15.5%	7,905	5,713	14,140
Ashland County	D	+21.9%	4,000	2,534	6,679
Ashtabula County	R	−10.3%	5,306	6,608	12,626
Athens County	R	−14.4%	4,101	5,554	10,066
Auglaize County	D	+19.0%	4,124	2,763	7,175
Belmont County	D	+2.3%	7,911	7,526	17,046
Brown County	D	+27.7%	3,959	2,227	6,242
Butler County	D	+26.9%	10,806	5,850	18,392
Carroll County	R	−10.7%	1,672	2,086	3,885
Champaign County	R	−5.0%	3,338	3,695	7,133
Clark County	D	+0.7%	8,848	8,715	18,293
Clermont County	D	+8.8%	4,247	3,549	7,929
Clinton County	R	−14.8%	2,602	3,520	6,221
Columbiana County	R	−1.9%	7,788	8,118	17,326
Coshocton County	D	+19.1%	4,269	2,831	7,543
Crawford County	D	+37.2%	6,014	2,673	8,970
Cuyahoga County	D	+15.7%	71,533	51,287	128,900
Darke County	D	+17.2%	6,186	4,322	10,865
Defiance County	D	+13.1%	3,359	2,565	6,055
Delaware County	D	+4.0%	3,754	3,461	7,368
Erie County	D	+10.2%	5,152	4,170	9,671
Fairfield County	D	+28.7%	6,172	3,380	9,744
Fayette County	R	−2.8%	2,616	2,772	5,486
Franklin County	D	+16.7%	34,103	24,107	59,727
Fulton County	R	−7.7%	2,507	2,933	5,537
Gallia County	R	−11.2%	2,277	2,860	5,228
Geauga County	R	−14.3%	1,345	1,806	3,218
Greene County	R	−20.1%	2,913	4,458	7,695
Guernsey County	D	+0.9%	4,312	4,228	9,446
Hamilton County	R	−10.0%	51,990	64,030	120,069
Hancock County	D	+11.5%	5,416	4,268	9,976
Hardin County	D	+2.2%	4,304	4,119	8,567
Harrison County	R	−13.4%	1,911	2,517	4,514
Henry County	D	+13.1%	3,252	2,482	5,863
Highland County	D	+3.0%	3,964	3,727	7,796
Hocking County	D	+10.1%	2,907	2,357	5,425
Holmes County	D	+48.9%	2,846	955	3,865
Huron County	D	+1.1%	4,136	4,048	8,380
Jackson County	R	−3.1%	2,922	3,116	6,203
Jefferson County	R	−11.2%	5,250	6,658	12,517
Knox County	D	+11.1%	4,578	3,646	8,383
Lake County	R	−5.2%	2,596	2,887	5,618
Lawrence County	R	−20.9%	2,821	4,363	7,382
Licking County	D	+15.5%	8,183	5,935	14,500
Logan County	R	−10.9%	3,483	4,345	7,929
Lorain County	D	+5.3%	7,658	6,868	15,042
Lucas County	D	+27.8%	30,779	16,711	50,626
Madison County	R	−2.6%	2,667	2,809	5,516
Mahoning County	D	+7.0%	13,013	11,256	25,225
Marion County	D	+10.2%	5,273	4,264	9,850
Medina County	D	+3.9%	2,984	2,754	5,885
Meigs County	R	−9.2%	2,628	3,184	6,031
Mercer County	D	+28.5%	3,803	2,065	6,107
Miami County	R	−1.6%	5,582	5,772	11,873
Monroe County	D	+37.0%	3,322	1,504	4,913
Montgomery County	D	+9.9%	24,339	19,683	46,875
Morgan County	R	−7.3%	1,833	2,136	4,141
Morrow County	D	+6.2%	2,345	2,062	4,541
Muskingum County	R	−8.8%	6,328	7,597	14,502
Noble County	R	−2.5%	2,175	2,290	4,550
Ottawa County	D	+29.9%	3,347	1,793	5,194
Paulding County	R	−6.6%	2,313	2,647	5,068
Perry County	R	−1.1%	3,860	3,953	8,261
Pickaway County	D	+18.3%	3,820	2,629	6,512
Pike County	D	+12.7%	2,091	1,616	3,753
Portage County	D	+14.7%	4,269	3,142	7,683
Preble County	D	+7.9%	3,387	2,881	6,380
Putnam County	D	+30.9%	4,294	2,243	6,628
Richland County	D	+17.1%	6,985	4,886	12,283
Ross County	D	+2.9%	5,154	4,857	10,170
Sandusky County	D	+18.9%	5,264	3,557	9,037
Scioto County	R	−13.1%	4,808	6,356	11,809
Seneca County	D	+19.3%	6,451	4,301	11,161
Shelby County	D	+23.0%	3,801	2,352	6,301
Stark County	D	+3.7%	15,316	14,159	31,303
Summit County	D	+23.8%	19,343	11,593	32,539
Trumbull County	R	−0.6%	6,091	6,167	13,080
Tuscarawas County	D	+15.9%	7,608	5,404	13,872
Union County	R	−7.2%	2,747	3,182	6,007
Van Wert County	R	−0.6%	3,753	3,802	7,729
Vinton County	D	+0.4%	1,433	1,420	2,913
Warren County	R	−10.1%	2,937	3,610	6,642
Washington County	D	+5.0%	5,267	4,745	10,444
Wayne County	D	+22.9%	5,930	3,676	9,847
Williams County	D	+6.1%	3,552	3,132	6,873
Wood County	D	+6.9%	5,796	5,034	11,108
Wyandot County	D	+21.8%	3,250	2,078	5,372