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Election 1916 Results

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1916 Iowa governor election

William L. Harding (Republican) beat E. T. Meredith (Democrat) in Iowa in 1916, 61.0% to 36.4%, a margin of 24.6 points and 126,070 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1914, when George W. Clarke won.

Republicans led in 98 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Polk, cast 26,172 votes and went to the Republican by 11.8 points. The closest was Davis, where 39 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William L. Harding won Republican 312,100 61.0%
E. T. Meredith Democratic 186,030 36.4%
All other candidates 13,408 2.6%
Total511,538

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 11,025 42.1% 14,110 53.9% 1,037 26,172 R+11.8
Scott 4,326 29.0% 9,700 65.0% 906 14,932 R+36.0
Woodbury 4,960 33.6% 9,583 64.9% 228 14,771 R+31.3
Linn 4,202 28.6% 10,212 69.4% 299 14,713 R+40.8
Pottawattamie 5,386 43.4% 6,799 54.8% 223 12,408 R+11.4
Dubuque 4,112 34.5% 7,433 62.4% 359 11,904 R+27.9
Black Hawk 3,790 34.2% 6,969 62.9% 329 11,088 R+28.7
Clinton 3,175 32.7% 6,273 64.5% 274 9,722 R+31.9
Wapello 3,400 37.9% 4,916 54.7% 665 8,981 R+16.9
Lee 3,450 40.4% 4,944 57.9% 144 8,538 R+17.5
Des Moines 3,181 38.4% 4,739 57.2% 369 8,289 R+18.8
Webster 2,741 37.4% 4,450 60.7% 137 7,328 R+23.3
Muscatine 2,286 32.4% 4,168 59.0% 606 7,060 R+26.7
Marshall 2,594 37.5% 4,086 59.1% 231 6,911 R+21.6
Mahaska 2,710 41.9% 3,585 55.5% 168 6,463 R+13.5
Johnson 3,046 47.2% 3,346 51.9% 59 6,451 R+4.7
Jasper 2,503 39.6% 3,631 57.4% 192 6,326 R+17.8
Fayette 2,182 34.8% 3,920 62.6% 162 6,264 R+27.7
Appanoose 2,500 40.5% 3,186 51.6% 483 6,169 R+11.1
Boone 2,007 34.5% 3,381 58.2% 421 5,809 R+23.7
Story 2,474 42.9% 3,210 55.6% 85 5,769 R+12.8
Benton 2,116 36.7% 3,513 61.0% 130 5,759 R+24.3
Clayton 1,883 33.4% 3,675 65.1% 86 5,644 R+31.8
Cerro Gordo 1,827 32.6% 3,650 65.1% 127 5,604 R+32.5
Tama 2,211 39.6% 3,316 59.4% 60 5,587 R+19.8
Dallas 1,978 35.5% 3,483 62.5% 111 5,572 R+27.0
Marion 2,380 42.9% 3,017 54.4% 145 5,542 R+11.5
Harrison 2,622 47.4% 2,797 50.6% 112 5,531 R+3.2
Keokuk 2,088 38.5% 3,217 59.3% 120 5,425 R+20.8
Hardin 1,672 33.8% 3,113 63.0% 155 4,940 R+29.2
Plymouth 1,685 34.3% 3,191 64.9% 40 4,916 R+30.6
Winneshiek 1,644 33.7% 3,141 64.4% 90 4,875 R+30.7
Jackson 1,879 38.6% 2,770 56.9% 223 4,872 R+18.3
Washington 1,848 38.1% 2,910 59.9% 98 4,856 R+21.9
Page 1,924 39.7% 2,787 57.6% 130 4,841 R+17.8
Jones 1,634 34.4% 3,091 65.0% 27 4,752 R+30.7
Buchanan 1,473 31.1% 3,205 67.7% 54 4,732 R+36.6
Cass 1,455 30.7% 3,220 68.0% 57 4,732 R+37.3
Monroe 1,642 34.8% 2,599 55.0% 481 4,722 R+20.3
Poweshiek 1,782 38.0% 2,772 59.2% 130 4,684 R+21.1
Crawford 1,560 33.6% 3,048 65.6% 38 4,646 R+32.0
Carroll 1,566 34.6% 2,916 64.5% 41 4,523 R+29.8
Cedar 1,287 29.3% 3,046 69.4% 56 4,389 R+40.1
Kossuth 1,528 35.1% 2,772 63.7% 54 4,354 R+28.6
Hamilton 1,017 23.6% 3,210 74.4% 86 4,313 R+50.8
Sioux 1,608 37.5% 2,634 61.5% 41 4,283 R+24.0
Iowa 1,341 31.9% 2,816 66.9% 51 4,208 R+35.1
Guthrie 1,413 33.7% 2,699 64.3% 87 4,199 R+30.6
Union 1,963 46.9% 2,163 51.6% 63 4,189 R+4.8
Warren 1,694 40.5% 2,416 57.8% 71 4,181 R+17.3
Henry 1,620 38.8% 2,483 59.4% 76 4,179 R+20.7
Decatur 2,011 48.6% 2,082 50.3% 43 4,136 R+1.7
Allamakee 1,509 36.9% 2,554 62.4% 27 4,090 R+25.6
Delaware 1,075 26.4% 2,925 71.8% 73 4,073 R+45.4
Taylor 1,537 37.8% 2,465 60.7% 61 4,063 R+22.8
Madison 1,550 39.1% 2,184 55.1% 231 3,965 R+16.0
Wayne 1,681 42.5% 2,127 53.8% 146 3,954 R+11.3
Floyd 1,100 27.9% 2,724 69.2% 112 3,936 R+41.3
Shelby 1,546 39.7% 2,314 59.3% 39 3,899 R+19.7
Calhoun 1,280 32.9% 2,502 64.4% 106 3,888 R+31.4
Jefferson 1,530 39.6% 2,270 58.7% 65 3,865 R+19.1
Wright 1,061 27.7% 2,684 70.2% 80 3,825 R+42.4
Montgomery 1,422 37.2% 2,297 60.1% 100 3,819 R+22.9
Chickasaw 1,540 40.6% 2,231 58.8% 22 3,793 R+18.2
Bremer 936 24.7% 2,819 74.4% 32 3,787 R+49.7
Fremont 1,945 51.5% 1,770 46.9% 63 3,778 D+4.6
O'Brien 1,225 32.6% 2,487 66.2% 43 3,755 R+33.6
Sac 1,604 42.8% 2,102 56.1% 43 3,749 R+13.3
Van Buren 1,536 41.4% 2,107 56.8% 69 3,712 R+15.4
Monona 1,478 40.1% 2,184 59.2% 28 3,690 R+19.1
Greene 1,389 37.8% 2,231 60.7% 54 3,674 R+22.9
Buena Vista 1,210 33.0% 2,395 65.3% 62 3,667 R+32.3
Butler 890 24.7% 2,661 73.7% 58 3,609 R+49.1
Lucas 1,245 35.0% 2,037 57.3% 276 3,558 R+22.3
Adair 1,145 32.5% 2,347 66.5% 35 3,527 R+34.1
Pocahontas 1,241 35.8% 2,173 62.7% 53 3,467 R+26.9
Franklin 675 20.0% 2,681 79.2% 27 3,383 R+59.3
Palo Alto 1,186 35.5% 2,090 62.6% 65 3,341 R+27.1
Davis 1,618 48.6% 1,657 49.8% 53 3,328 R+1.2
Mills 1,456 44.9% 1,716 52.9% 73 3,245 R+8.0
Cherokee 1,142 35.3% 2,047 63.3% 43 3,232 R+28.0
Ringgold 1,353 42.4% 1,786 56.0% 50 3,189 R+13.6
Howard 1,378 44.2% 1,636 52.5% 105 3,119 R+8.3
Grundy 1,007 32.4% 2,068 66.6% 30 3,105 R+34.2
Mitchell 1,035 34.3% 1,917 63.6% 63 3,015 R+29.3
Clay 944 32.0% 1,904 64.5% 106 2,954 R+32.5
Louisa 1,065 36.4% 1,804 61.7% 53 2,922 R+25.3
Lyon 760 26.5% 2,072 72.2% 39 2,871 R+45.7
Audubon 987 35.4% 1,780 63.8% 22 2,789 R+28.4
Hancock 849 30.5% 1,905 68.5% 29 2,783 R+37.9
Adams 1,215 44.4% 1,492 54.6% 28 2,735 R+10.1
Ida 1,041 38.2% 1,666 61.1% 20 2,727 R+22.9
Clarke 1,042 38.7% 1,599 59.4% 53 2,694 R+20.7
Humboldt 880 33.7% 1,702 65.2% 27 2,609 R+31.5
Winnebago 693 28.3% 1,705 69.5% 55 2,453 R+41.3
Emmet 690 30.9% 1,517 67.9% 28 2,235 R+37.0
Dickinson 752 34.8% 1,376 63.7% 32 2,160 R+28.9
Osceola 577 27.1% 1,530 71.8% 25 2,132 R+44.7
Worth 609 28.7% 1,467 69.2% 44 2,120 R+40.5

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.

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1