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Election 1916 Results

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1916 Indiana governor election

James P. Goodrich (Republican) beat John A.M. Adair (Democrat) in Indiana in 1916, 47.8% to 46.0%, a margin of 1.8 points and 12,771 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1912 it went Democratic, for Samuel M. Ralston.

Republicans led in 50 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 42. The largest, Marion, cast 78,969 votes and went to the Republican by 8.8 points. The closest was Jay, where 7 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James P. Goodrich won	Republican	337,831	47.8%
John A.M. Adair	Democratic	325,060	46.0%
All other candidates		43,837	6.2%
Total		706,728

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	34,304 43.4%	41,278 52.3%	3,387	78,969	R+8.8
Lake	9,134 40.3%	12,652 55.9%	853	22,639	R+15.5
Allen	9,478 42.5%	10,001 44.9%	2,798	22,277	R+2.3
Vigo	10,420 47.1%	9,178 41.5%	2,525	22,123	D+5.6
Vanderburgh	10,122 48.1%	9,921 47.2%	992	21,035	D+1.0
St. Joseph	9,503 50.2%	7,943 41.9%	1,500	18,946	D+8.2
Madison	7,719 44.6%	7,463 43.1%	2,133	17,315	D+1.5
Delaware	5,835 42.1%	6,967 50.2%	1,074	13,876	R+8.2
Grant	5,626 41.2%	6,049 44.3%	1,974	13,649	R+3.1
Elkhart	5,572 43.8%	5,814 45.7%	1,337	12,723	R+1.9
Tippecanoe	4,884 41.9%	6,383 54.8%	376	11,643	R+12.9
Wayne	4,959 43.2%	5,871 51.2%	647	11,477	R+7.9
Knox	5,272 47.3%	4,732 42.5%	1,142	11,146	D+4.8
La Porte	5,175 46.5%	5,584 50.2%	361	11,120	R+3.7
Cass	5,078 49.4%	4,849 47.2%	353	10,280	D+2.2
Howard	3,818 39.0%	4,657 47.5%	1,319	9,794	R+8.6
Montgomery	4,022 46.3%	4,346 50.0%	327	8,695	R+3.7
Henry	3,496 40.2%	4,364 50.2%	831	8,691	R+10.0
Greene	3,843 44.2%	3,787 43.6%	1,055	8,685	D+0.6
Huntington	3,717 45.8%	3,757 46.3%	633	8,107	R+0.5
Miami	3,769 48.4%	3,401 43.7%	613	7,783	D+4.7
Gibson	3,672 47.9%	3,541 46.2%	455	7,668	D+1.7
Kosciusko	3,323 43.4%	3,959 51.7%	378	7,660	R+8.3
Wabash	3,088 41.1%	3,814 50.7%	617	7,519	R+9.7
Clinton	3,588 47.9%	3,604 48.1%	301	7,493	R+0.2
Randolph	2,757 37.5%	3,904 53.1%	688	7,349	R+15.6
Shelby	3,839 52.3%	3,150 42.9%	357	7,346	D+9.4
Sullivan	3,668 51.5%	2,568 36.1%	887	7,123	D+15.4
Boone	3,465 48.8%	3,360 47.4%	271	7,096	D+1.5
Floyd	3,711 52.4%	3,144 44.4%	227	7,082	D+8.0
Hamilton	2,732 38.7%	3,859 54.6%	471	7,062	R+16.0
Lawrence	3,004 42.7%	3,694 52.6%	331	7,029	R+9.8
Clay	3,254 46.6%	3,064 43.9%	665	6,983	D+2.7
Bartholomew	3,383 48.7%	3,304 47.6%	258	6,945	D+1.1
Clark	3,484 51.4%	3,163 46.7%	128	6,775	D+4.7
Daviess	3,055 46.5%	3,140 47.8%	369	6,564	R+1.3
Jay	3,049 46.8%	3,056 46.9%	415	6,520	R+0.1
Noble	2,990 46.0%	3,346 51.5%	159	6,495	R+5.5
De Kalb	3,232 49.8%	2,857 44.0%	402	6,491	D+5.8
Marshall	3,114 49.8%	2,814 45.0%	326	6,254	D+4.8
Monroe	2,671 45.4%	3,005 51.1%	206	5,882	R+5.7
Jackson	3,164 54.9%	2,389 41.5%	206	5,759	D+13.5
Vermillion	2,223 38.9%	2,519 44.1%	970	5,712	R+5.2
Johnson	3,060 53.7%	2,439 42.8%	199	5,698	D+10.9
Rush	2,520 44.4%	2,923 51.5%	236	5,679	R+7.1
Morgan	2,562 45.5%	2,846 50.5%	228	5,636	R+5.0
Putnam	2,870 51.5%	2,448 43.9%	255	5,573	D+7.6
Hendricks	2,280 41.2%	3,014 54.5%	237	5,531	R+13.3
Fountain	2,405 44.3%	2,639 48.6%	387	5,431	R+4.3
Dearborn	2,934 54.4%	2,299 42.6%	161	5,394	D+11.8
Ripley	2,526 47.6%	2,648 49.9%	135	5,309	R+2.3
Jefferson	2,448 46.5%	2,642 50.1%	179	5,269	R+3.7
Decatur	2,350 45.1%	2,659 51.1%	198	5,207	R+5.9
Parke	2,245 43.1%	2,548 49.0%	411	5,204	R+5.8
Spencer	2,341 45.8%	2,492 48.7%	283	5,116	R+3.0
Wells	2,828 55.5%	1,937 38.0%	330	5,095	D+17.5
Hancock	2,684 53.4%	2,089 41.6%	252	5,025	D+11.8
Carroll	2,350 47.1%	2,480 49.7%	158	4,988	R+2.6
Posey	2,626 52.8%	2,240 45.0%	110	4,976	D+7.8
Warrick	2,226 45.1%	2,405 48.7%	304	4,935	R+3.6
Whitley	2,454 50.9%	2,175 45.2%	188	4,817	D+5.8
Adams	2,807 59.0%	1,776 37.3%	177	4,760	D+21.7
Fulton	2,208 46.5%	2,321 48.9%	220	4,749	R+2.4
Tipton	2,311 48.9%	2,148 45.4%	269	4,728	D+3.4
Porter	1,775 37.6%	2,785 59.0%	160	4,720	R+21.4
White	2,208 46.9%	2,387 50.8%	108	4,703	R+3.8
Orange	2,043 44.4%	2,442 53.1%	114	4,599	R+8.7
Dubois	3,028 66.5%	1,436 31.6%	86	4,550	D+35.0
Pike	2,148 47.3%	2,135 47.0%	255	4,538	D+0.3
Harrison	2,292 50.8%	2,046 45.3%	178	4,516	D+5.4
Fayette	2,019 44.7%	2,336 51.8%	159	4,514	R+7.0
Washington	2,318 54.6%	1,842 43.4%	82	4,242	D+11.2
Steuben	1,364 33.8%	2,403 59.6%	267	4,034	R+25.8
Franklin	2,360 60.4%	1,455 37.2%	95	3,910	D+23.1
Perry	1,996 53.1%	1,721 45.7%	45	3,762	D+7.3
Blackford	1,827 50.0%	1,590 43.5%	238	3,655	D+6.5
Lagrange	1,459 41.1%	1,937 54.5%	156	3,552	R+13.5
Jennings	1,607 46.2%	1,758 50.6%	110	3,475	R+4.3
Owen	1,756 50.6%	1,555 44.8%	161	3,472	D+5.8
Jasper	1,433 42.0%	1,925 56.5%	51	3,409	R+14.4
Benton	1,455 43.1%	1,833 54.3%	87	3,375	R+11.2
Pulaski	1,385 44.3%	1,450 46.4%	290	3,125	R+2.1
Martin	1,505 49.3%	1,496 49.0%	52	3,053	D+0.3
Newton	1,259 43.5%	1,387 47.9%	248	2,894	R+4.4
Starke	1,301 45.2%	1,495 52.0%	81	2,877	R+6.7
Crawford	1,446 50.8%	1,194 41.9%	208	2,848	D+8.8
Warren	964 34.2%	1,740 61.7%	115	2,819	R+27.5
Switzerland	1,410 52.1%	1,202 44.5%	92	2,704	D+7.7
Scott	1,037 55.7%	781 41.9%	44	1,862	D+13.7
Union	811 43.6%	998 53.6%	53	1,862	R+10.0
Brown	993 65.1%	495 32.4%	38	1,526	D+32.6
Ohio	614 49.8%	588 47.7%	30	1,232	D+2.1

Counties as they stood in 1916; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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