The American Vote
2024 result
Candidate

Charles Evans Hughes

Republican

Elections
1
Won
0
Electoral votes, all elections
254
Years
1916

Record

Charles Evans Hughes: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
1916
254
of 531
8,543,855
46.1%
Lost

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1916 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourceThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1916Republican · Lost

States carried · 18 of 48
Closest states won
  1. Minnesotaby 396 · 0.1 pts
  2. West Virginiaby 2,721 · 0.9 pts
  3. Indianaby 6,942 · 1.0 pts
Closest states lost
  1. New HampshireWilson by 56 · 0.06 pts
  2. CaliforniaWilson by 3,773 · 0.4 pts
  3. North DakotaWilson by 1,735 · 1.5 pts

Margins computed for 48 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Hughes.

SourceThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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