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November 7, 1916

General Election

President
Allan J. Benson Socialist 4.3% Loss
J. Frank Hanly Prohibition 2.8% Loss
Charles E. Hughes Republican 46.3% Loss
Woodrow Wilson Democratic 46.7% Win
 
Senate1
Marshall W. Atwood Prohibition 4.1% Loss
Hiram Johnson Republican 61.1% Win
Walter Thomas Mills Socialist 5.2% Loss
George S. Patton Democratic 29.5% Loss
 
CD-01
Edward H. Hart Republican 42.8% Loss
Clarence F. Lea Democratic 48.8% Win
Mary M. Morgan Socialist 5.5% Loss
Jay Scott Ryder Prohibition 2.9% Loss
 
CD-02
James T. Matlock Republican 29% Loss
John E. Raker Democratic 71% Win
 
CD-03
Ben Cooper Socialist 6.2% Loss
C. F. Curry Republican 66.7% Win
O. W. Kennedy Democratic 23.4% Loss
Edwin F. Van Vlear Prohibition 3.7% Loss
 
CD-04
J. M. Fernald Democratic 15.7% Loss
Allen K. Gifford Socialist 5.6% Loss
Henry Wellington Hutchinson Prohibition 1.5% Loss
Julius Kahn Republican 77.2% Win
 
CD-05
Frederick Head Prohibition 5.8% Loss
John I. Nolan Republican 84.7% Win
Charles A. Preston Socialist 9.6% Loss
 
CD-06
John A. Elston Republican 64.6% Loss
Luella Twining Socialist 8.7% Loss
H. Avery Whitney Democratic 22.6% Loss
Harlow E. Wolcott Prohibition 4.1% Loss
 
CD-07
J. F. Butler Prohibition 5.3% Loss
Denver S. Church Democratic 51% Win
Harry M. McKee Socialist 7.2% Loss
W. W. Phillips Republican 36.4% Loss
 
CD-08
E. A. Hayes Republican 68.6% Win
George S. Walker Progressive (Bull Moose) 23.8% Loss
Cora Pattleton Wilson Socialist 7.5% Loss
 
CD-09
Charles W. Bell Independent 32.7% Loss
Ralph L. Criswell Socialist 9.5% Loss
Charles H. Randall (I) Prohibition 57.8% Win
 
CD-10
Henry Stanley Benedict Progressive (Bull Moose) 11.1% Loss
Rufus V. Bowden Democratic 25.7% Loss
Henry Clay Needham Prohibition 6.8% Loss
Henry Z. Osborne Republican 49.5% Win
James H. Ryckman Socialist 7% Loss
 
CD-11
James S. Edwards Prohibition 15.6% Loss
Robert C. Harbison Republican 35.7% Loss
William Kettner Democratic 44.5% Win
Marcus W. Robbins Socialist 4.1% Loss
 
SD-01
Joseph Bredsteen Socialist 11.6% Loss
William S. Clark Democratic 40.4% Loss
William Kehoe Republican 48% Win
 
SD-03
Thomas Ingram Republican 100% Win
 
SD-05
Benjamin F. Rush Republican 53.3% Win
Frank M. Silva Democratic 46.7% Loss
 
SD-07
A. E. Briggs Socialist 16.2% Loss
J. M. Inman Republican 83.8% Win
 
SD-09
Edwin E. Grant Democratic 39.2% Loss
William R. Sharkey Republican 60.8% Win
 
SD-11
M. B. Johnson Republican 100% Win
 
SD-13
George Beck Democratic 37.7% Loss
Frank M. Carr Republican 47.2% Win
Franklin Rhoda Prohibition 5.7% Loss
Edric B. Smith Socialist 9.4% Loss
 
SD-15
Arthur H. Breed Sr. Republican 86.5% Win
James O. Davis Prohibition 13.5% Loss
 
SD-17
A. E. Boyce Republican 40.6% Loss
Elmer S. Rigdon Democratic 59.4% Win
 
SD-19
Lester G. Burnett Republican 65.3% Win
Andrew Einsfeld Democratic 16.7% Loss
Barry S. Ulrich Independent 18% Loss
 
SD-21
Fred Bergstrom Socialist 7.1% Loss
Frederick Carsten Gerdes Republican 42.7% Loss
James C. Nealon Democratic 50.2% Win
 
SD-23
Carl F. Loschenkohl Socialist 19% Loss
Walter A. McDonald Republican 81% Win
 
SD-25
Willis M. Slossen Republican 50% Loss
J. R. Thompson Democratic 50% Win
 
SD-27
Frank Henry Benson Republican 54.3% Win
Chauncey F. Tramutolo Democratic 45.7% Loss
 
SD-29
Henry H. Lyon Republican 100% Win
 
SD-31
Harry A. Chamberlin Republican 63.8% Win
Arthur G. Kuck Democratic 25% Loss
Irene M. Smith Socialist 11.2% Loss
 
SD-33
Prescott F. Cogswell Progressive (Bull Moose) 36% Loss
Emma J. Gordon Socialist 4.3% Loss
Dr. Levi D. Johnson Prohibition 16.4% Loss
Joseph A. Rominger Republican 43.3% Win
 
SD-35
Egbert J. Gates Republican 76.1% Win
Albert S. Spaulding Prohibition 23.9% Loss
 
SD-37
William E. Brown Republican 83.3% Win
Dayton Turney Socialist 16.7% Loss
 
SD-39
W. L. Duggan Democratic 31.7% Loss
S. C. Evans Republican 68% Win
Justin H. Stewart Nonpartisan 0.3% Loss
 
AD-01
W. W. Barham Republican 49.9% Loss
H. B. Ream Democratic 50.1% Win
 
AD-02
George H. Burchard Republican 36.8% Loss
George Keeling Socialist 13.6% Loss
John F. Quinn Democratic 49.6% Win
 
AD-03
Leslie T. Alward Progressive (Bull Moose) 27.2% Loss
C. C. McCray Republican 41.2% Win
Wade H. Wilson Democratic 31.6% Loss
 
AD-04
A. J. Mathews Republican 100% Win
 
AD-05
Harry Polsley Democratic 100% Win
 
AD-06
George L. Magneson Democratic 44.7% Loss
J. A. Pettis Republican 50% Win
P. E. Williamson Prohibition 5.3% Loss
 
AD-07
C. H. Brown Republican 57.5% Win
George E. Canfield Prohibition 42.5% Loss
 
AD-08
A. G. Bailey Democratic 48.2% Loss
Louis Tarke Republican 51.8% Win
 
AD-09
Ivan H. Parker Republican 100% Win
 
AD-10
Oscar W. Hilton Republican 100% Win
 
AD-11
Bismarck Bruck Republican 65.2% Win
Percy H. Millberry Democratic 34.8% Loss
 
AD-12
Knox Boude Democratic 46.7% Loss
Lyman Green Republican 48.8% Win
Ole Johnson Prohibition 4.5% Loss
 
AD-13
Robert Madison Republican 51.8% Win
George W. Salisbury Democratic 48.2% Loss
 
AD-14
John C. Ing Independent 31.9% Loss
John W. Johnston Republican 36% Win
Ray D. McFarland Democratic 32% Loss
 
AD-15
Lee Gebhart Republican 90.1% Win
D. C. Newell Prohibition 9.9% Loss
 
AD-16
Ferdinand G. Stevenot Republican 49.7% Loss
C. P. Vicini Democratic 50.3% Win
 
AD-17
James E. Manning Republican 63.9% Win
Joseph S. Thompson Progressive (Bull Moose) 36.1% Loss
 
AD-18
William E. Calahan Republican 58.6% Win
O. J. Gibbons Socialist 12.6% Loss
Mrs. Mary A. Woods Democratic 28.8% Loss
 
AD-19
George W. Ashley Republican 55% Win
Edith Dow Moulton Democratic 45% Loss
 
AD-20
Miles William Beck Socialist 5% Loss
Lawrence Edwards Democratic 53.8% Win
E. H. McGowen Republican 41.1% Loss
 
AD-21
Thomas F. Feeley Socialist 24.1% Loss
Frederick C. Hawes Republican 75.9% Win
 
AD-22
William P. Kennedy Progressive (Bull Moose) 33.8% Loss
Frank Xavier Lintner Socialist 12.4% Loss
Thomas A. Mitchell Republican 53.8% Win
 
AD-23
James J. Ryan Republican 77.1% Win
Walter E. Walker Socialist 22.9% Loss
 
AD-24
William M. Collins Republican 81.2% Win
Fred Semsirg Socialist 18.8% Loss
 
AD-25
A. M. Clark Socialist 15.4% Loss
Charles William Godsil Republican 84.6% Win
 
AD-26
J. J. Hayes Republican 47.3% Win
J. A. Ragsdale Socialist 7.9% Loss
William A. Sullivan Democratic 44.8% Loss
 
AD-27
W. H. Eastman Socialist 11.6% Loss
Nicholas J. Prendergast Republican 88.4% Win
 
AD-28
Charles W. Goetting Republican 73.6% Win
Peter Hoy Socialist 5.8% Loss
H. S. Whitthorne Democratic 20.6% Loss
 
AD-29
Thomas Conway Socialist 17.3% Loss
Harry F. Morrison Republican 82.7% Win
 
AD-30
Joseph Edmund Marron Progressive (Bull Moose) 44.6% Loss
Clarence W. Morris Republican 47.9% Win
Lillian B. Symes Socialist 7.4% Loss
 
AD-31
Milton Marks Sr. Republican 70% Win
George Franklin Owens Democratic 26.2% Loss
Menyhart Stern Socialist 3.8% Loss
 
AD-32
Henry D. Byrne Republican 60.2% Win
Edward P. McGeeney Independent 19.2% Loss
John A. Ness Socialist 4.8% Loss
Katharine Sierring Democratic 15.8% Loss
 
AD-33
Leo R. Friedman Republican 53.5% Win
Charles A. Oliva Democratic 46.5% Loss
 
AD-34
Charles Osterberg Socialist 12.3% Loss
J. Leonard Rose Republican 80.3% Win
Naomi B. Sitton Prohibition 7.4% Loss
 
AD-35
Paul J. Arnerich Republican 77.5% Win
David McLeod Prohibition 6.6% Loss
Mark Silcox Socialist 15.9% Loss
 
AD-36
Charles Sumner King Democratic 18.4% Loss
John M. Nead Prohibition 5.5% Loss
Frank M. Smith Republican 60.6% Win
Fred W. Voigt Socialist 15.5% Loss
 
AD-37
Charles W. Brown Prohibition 8.2% Loss
William T. Satterwhite Republican 66.1% Win
James C. Walsh Democratic 20.8% Loss
John G. Wanhope Socialist 4.8% Loss
 
AD-38
William R. Brackett Independent 100% Loss
 
AD-39
H. K. Albright Socialist 9.9% Loss
Frank W. Anderson Republican 44.5% Win
W. F. Lenane Jr. Progressive (Bull Moose) 41.5% Loss
Harold W. Meads Prohibition 4.1% Loss
 
AD-40
George Gelder Republican 46.3% Win
Harley H. Gill Prohibition 33.3% Loss
William D. Patterson Socialist 20.4% Loss
 
AD-41
Maurice E. Harrison Democratic 31.6% Loss
Florence Logan Johnson Socialist 4.7% Loss
Simeon P. Meads Prohibition 5.1% Loss
C. C. Young Republican 58.6% Win
 
AD-42
Frank Leonard Eksward Democratic 56.7% Win
John David Willard Republican 43.3% Loss
 
AD-43
R. H. Hudson Republican 62.6% Win
J. T. Jones Independent 37.4% Loss
 
AD-44
T. V. Brown Republican 56.9% Win
T. M. Wright Progressive (Bull Moose) 43.1% Loss
 
AD-45
Daniel R. Hayes Republican 52% Win
E. W. Jack Democratic 48% Loss
 
AD-46
Lewis L. Dennett Republican 61% Win
J. E. Hosner Socialist 13.1% Loss
E. R. Leedy Prohibition 25.9% Loss
 
AD-47
Edward N. Baxter Democratic 40.9% Loss
Dan E. Williams Republican 59.1% Win
 
AD-48
William J. Martin Republican 100% Win
 
AD-49
H. Kylberg Republican 51.9% Win
Walter C. Maloy Democratic 48.1% Loss
 
AD-50
Willard Brooks Democratic 47.1% Loss
Albert W. Carlson Republican 52.9% Win
 
AD-51
John Cloak Socialist 7.2% Loss
John Fairweather Republican 43% Loss
Henry Hawson Democratic 49.8% Win
 
AD-52
L. B. Cary Republican 44.2% Loss
Melvin Pettit Progressive (Bull Moose) 46.9% Win
Claud Rouch Socialist 8.9% Loss
 
AD-53
Carlton W. Greene Republican 60.6% Win
Ernest L. Quist Independent 39.4% Loss
 
AD-54
W. A. Long Republican 100% Win
 
AD-55
Robert Horbach Republican 49.4% Win
Peter Schulp Socialist 10.9% Loss
Fred Carroll Scott Democratic 39.7% Loss
 
AD-56
Witten W. Harris Democratic 51.3% Win
W. C. Theile Republican 48.7% Loss
 
AD-57
Crombie Allen Republican 47.2% Win
Noble A. Richardson Socialist 23.1% Loss
J. J. Wilkins Democratic 29.7% Loss
 
AD-58
Peter Domenigoni Democratic 29.8% Loss
Samuel Knight Jr. Republican 70.2% Win
 
AD-59
T. R. Finley Democratic 54.8% Win
Ira E. Kramer Republican 45.2% Loss
 
AD-60
Joseph Mayo Argabrite Democratic 51% Win
Roger G. Edwards Republican 49% Loss
 
AD-61
Enoch A. Holtwick Prohibition 13.9% Loss
William B. Kelly Democratic 30.3% Loss
Harry A. Wishard Republican 55.7% Win
 
AD-62
Thomas W. Aisbitt Democratic 25.2% Loss
Charles W. Lyon Republican 58.2% Win
Walter Railsback Socialist 6.6% Loss
Frederick H. Wales Prohibition 10% Loss
 
AD-63
Alfred L. Bartlett Republican 58.6% Win
John M. Benjamin Socialist 5.6% Loss
Douglas L. Edmonds Democratic 35.8% Loss
 
AD-64
John C. Bell (III) Prohibition 17.7% Loss
Fred Frank Independent 19.7% Loss
Harry Lyons Republican 53.8% Win
Mattie N. Robineau Socialist 8.9% Loss
 
AD-65
Charles W. Kingsley Socialist 29.1% Loss
Peter C. Phillips Republican 70.9% Win
 
AD-66
Thomas L. Ambrose Republican 47.8% Win
Stanley C. Wheeler Socialist 16.8% Loss
Thomas White Democratic 35.4% Loss
 
AD-67
Odell T. Fellows Socialist 7.6% Loss
Howard J. Fish Progressive (Bull Moose) 25.6% Loss
A. Burlingame Johnson Republican 36.1% Win
George F. Thompson Democratic 30.7% Loss
 
AD-68
Henry Lebasquette Kuns Prohibition 26.9% Loss
Leonard G. Shelton Democratic 19.6% Loss
E. R. Shepherd Republican 53.5% Win
 
AD-69
Alexander A. Weber Independent 24.6% Loss
Alice P. Woertendyke Prohibition 19.8% Loss
Henry W. Wright Republican 55.6% Win
 
AD-70
Frank F. Merriam Republican 50.9% Win
L. Bert Morgan Democratic 27.5% Loss
Walter Clifford Smith Independent 16% Loss
Ida H. Spangle Socialist 5.6% Loss
 
AD-71
Bert L. Farmer Republican 45.1% Win
James Gillespie Prohibition 7.3% Loss
John H. Martin Progressive (Bull Moose) 23.8% Loss
Lewis A. Spengler Socialist 23.8% Loss
 
AD-72
George C. Watson Republican Win
 
AD-73
Harvey B. Dalton Democratic 23.3% Loss
George W. Downing Socialist 32.8% Loss
Henry H. Yonkin Republican 43.9% Win
 
AD-74
Louis Bernson Socialist 23.9% Loss
Frank H. Mouser Progressive (Bull Moose) 76.1% Win
 
AD-75
Louise Auerbach Socialist 4.2% Loss
Edwin Baker Republican 46.1% Win
N. T. Bradway Prohibition 5.5% Loss
James S. McKnight Progressive (Bull Moose) 44.3% Loss
 
AD-76
Joe C. Burke Republican 57.9% Win
Burr Hoffmaster Nonpartisan 0.6% Loss
W. W. Simon Democratic 41.5% Loss
 
AD-77
Chester M. Kline Republican 66.9% Win
Thomas C. Yager Democratic 33.1% Loss
 
AD-78
Robert E. Wills Republican 100% Win
 
AD-79
Hugh J. Baldwin Republican 65.6% Win
Daisy M. Barteau Socialist 11.8% Loss
Charles J. Creller Democratic 22.7% Loss
 
AD-80
W. A. Doran Republican 100% Win
 

Special Election

Special Election to fill the vacancies created by the resignations of Congressman William D. Stephens (CD-10) and State Senator Dominic Beban (SD-18).

Stephens resigned after being elected Lieutenant Governor.

CD-10
Henry Stanley Benedict Write-in 34.8% Win
Rufus V. Bowden Write-in 1.3% Loss
George Clark Write-in 2.6% Loss
Joy Clark Write-in 17.4% Loss
Henry Clay Needham Write-in 21.3% Loss
James H. Ryckman Write-in 21.9% Loss
John C. Wray Write-in 0.7% Loss
 
SD-18
Victor J. Canepa Independent 61.5% Win
Frank N. Rodgers Independent 38.5% Loss