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United States presidential election of 1916: Quick Facts

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Date November 7, 1916
Location United States

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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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Woodrow Wilson
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president of United States
Oil portrait of Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent showing Roosevelt standing with one hand on a wooden pedestal and the other on his hip, dressed in a dark suit.
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president of United States
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
American jurist and statesman
Thomas Marshall
Thomas R. Marshall
vice president of United States
Charles Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks
vice president of United States

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