1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Maryland

1916 United States presidential election in Maryland

1916 United States presidential election in Maryland

U.S. presidential election in Maryland

Main article: 1916 United States presidential election

The 1916 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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With its history as a slave state and substantial historic secessionist support, Maryland had been strongly Democratic during the Third Party System despite having Federalist and Whig tendencies under previous systems.[1] However, hostility towards William Jennings Bryan’s free silver and Populist tendencies in the cities meant that the state shifted Republican in 1896[2] and became very close in subsequent elections during the “System of 1896”. Unlike former Confederate states and Oklahoma, Maryland did not succeed in disenfranchising its large black population despite several attempts,[3] which helped the Republicans remain highly competitive in early twentieth-century state elections.

The previous three elections had seen Maryland as the strongest Democratic state outside the former Confederacy. Despite this, and the fact that four members of the state’s Progressive Party committee refused to endorse the reunified Republicans under Charles Evans Hughes,[4] leading GOP Senator Reed Smoot said late in September that he was confident Maryland could go Republican, although the poll still suggested Wilson would win narrowly.[5] Wilson did not campaign in the state at all, but Hughes’ campaign made a brief visit during the second week of October, which was not regarded as successful.[6]

Two days before the poll, Maryland was regarded as doubtful,[7] although there had been reports of a continued swing to Wilson a week previously.[8] As it turned out, the earlier prediction proved the better guide, with Wilson winning by 8.02 percent for his strongest performance in any antebellum Union state, and becoming the first Democrat to win an absolute majority in Maryland since Grover Cleveland in 1892.[9] In this election, Maryland voted 4.9% more Democratic than the nation at-large.[10]

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican

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References

  1. [1]
    Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 30, 130 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
  2. [2]
    Diamond, William; ‘Urban and Rural Voting in 1896’; The American Historical Review, vol. 46, no. 2 (January 1941), pp. 281-305
  3. [3]
    Shufelt, Gordeon H.; 'Jim Crow among strangers: The growth of Baltimore's Little Italy and Maryland's disfranchisement campaigns'; Journal of American Ethnic History; vol. 19, issue 4 (Summer 2000), pp. 49-78
  4. [4]
    ‘Maryland Moose for Hughes: Four Members of State Committee Dissent From I[E]ndorsement’; The Washington Post, September 17, 1916, p. 4
  5. [5]
    ‘Wilson Making Gains: Nation-wide Poll Shows Swing Toward the President’; Washington Post, October 8, 1916, p. 8
  6. [6]
    ‘Prosperity Blocked Way of Hughes in Maryland’; New York Times, October 11, 1916, p. 1
  7. [7]
    ‘Maryland, as Usual, Close Doubtful State, With Prophets Guessing Hughes’; Washington Post, November 5, 1916, p. A16
  8. [8]
    ‘Maryland Continues Its Swing to Wilson’; The Washington Post, October 29, 1916, p. 16
  9. [9]
    "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Maryland". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  10. [10]
    "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
  11. [11]
    "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  12. [12]
    Maryland State Board of Elections; Maryland Manual 1916-1917 pp. 262-266
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