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United States presidential election of 1916
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The election results of 1916 Woodrow Wilson Charles Evans Hughes Reelection campaign pin Pres. Woodrow Wilson's second inauguration Map of the United States showing the results of the 1916 presidential election by state, with states won by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) shaded in blue and states won by Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) shaded in red. Electoral vote numbers are marked on each state, and a note indicates West Virginia split its electoral votes. Wilson received 277 electoral votes, while Hughes received 254.
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Richard Pallardy
Richard Pallardy received a B.A. in English from Illinois State University in 2005. He was a research editor with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. from 2008 to 2016 and worked on Britannica Blog from 2010...
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United States presidential election of 1916, American presidential election held on November 7, 1916, in which Democratic incumbent Woodrow Wilson defeated Republican Charles Evan Hughes in the electoral college 277–254. Though his election in 1912 was largely attributable to the formation of the Bull Moose Party (officially, the Progressive Party) from the Republican Party’s more liberal elements and the subsequent split in voting, Wilson’s first term was marked by a raft of popular progressive legislation...

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