1916 Republican Party presidential primaries

The 1916 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1916 U.S. presidential election. The nominee was selected through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1916 Republican National Convention held from June 7 to June 10, 1916, in Chicago, Illinois.[1]

1916 Republican Party presidential primaries

March 7 to June 6, 1916

Candidate Martin G. Brumbaugh Albert B. Cummins Charles W. Fairbanks Home state Pennsylvania Iowa Indiana Contests won 1 5 1 Popular vote 233,095 191,950 176,078 Percentage 12.1% 10.0% 9.2%   Candidate Lawrence Y. Sherman Robert M. La Follette Henry Ford Home state Illinois Wisconsin Michigan Contests won 1 2 1 Popular vote 155,945 133,426 131,889 Percentage 8.1% 6.9% 6.9%   Candidate Theodore E. Burton Charles E. Hughes Theodore Roosevelt Home state Ohio New York New York Contests won 2 2 1 Popular vote 122,165 80,737 80,019 Percentage 6.4% 4.2% 4.2%

Previous Republican nominee William Howard Taft Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes

Candidates

Nominee

• 
  Associate Justice
  Charles E. Hughes

Withdrew during convention

• 
  Governor
  Martin G. Brumbaugh
  of Pennsylvania
• 
  Senator
  Albert B. Cummins
  from Iowa
• 
  Former Vice President
  Charles W. Fairbanks
  from Indiana
• 
  Senator
  Lawrence Y. Sherman
  from Illinois
• 
  Senator
  Robert M. La Follette
  from Wisconsin
• 
  Industrialist
  Henry Ford
  from Michigan
• 
  Former Senator
  Theodore E. Burton
  from Ohio
• 
  Former President
  Theodore Roosevelt
  from New York

Results

State	Date	Martin G. Brumbaugh	Albert B. Cummins	Charles W. Fairbanks	Lawrence Y. Sherman	Robert M. La Follette	Henry Ford	Theodore E. Burton	Charles E. Hughes	Theodore Roosevelt	Unpledged
Indiana	March 7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Minnesota	March 14	0.0%	76.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
New Hampshire	March 14	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
North Dakota	March 21	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	70.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Michigan	April 3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	47.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
New York	April 4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Wisconsin	April 4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	98.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Illinois	April 11	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	90.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	9.8%	0.0%
Nebraska	April 18	0.0%	33.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	30.3%	0.0%	17.9%	2.5%	0.0%
Montana	April 21	0.0%	89.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Iowa	April 25	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Massachusetts	April 25	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	42.7%	57.3%
New Jersey	April 25	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	26.3%	73.7%	0.0%
Ohio	April 25	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	86.8%	0.3%	1.4%	0.0%
California	May 2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Pennsylvania	May 16	86.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	7.5%	0.0%	0.7%	4.6%	0.0%
Vermont	May 16	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	70.0%	24.6%	0.0%
Oregon	May 19	0.0%	29.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	59.8%	0.0%	0.0%
South Dakota	May 23	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
West Virginia [notes 1]	June 6	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???	???

See also

• 1916 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Notes

1. Vote tallies are not available, but the primary was won by Theodore E. Burton

References

1. Kalb, Deborah (2016-02-19). Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books. ISBN 9781483380353. Retrieved 2016-02-19.