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Election 1916 Results

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1916 US Senate election in Indiana

Harry S. New (Republican) beat John W. Kern (Democrat) in Indiana in 1916, 47.8% to 46.1%, a margin of 1.6 points and 11,499 votes.

James E. Watson (Republican) beat Thomas Taggart (Democrat) in Indiana in 1916, 47.7% to 46.3%, a margin of 1.4 points and 9,586 votes. (This was a special election.)

Republicans led in 49 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 43. The largest, Marion, cast 78,973 votes and went to the Republican by 8.5 points. The closest was Huntington, where 2 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harry S. New won	Republican	337,086	47.8%
John W. Kern	Democratic	325,587	46.1%
All other candidates		42,990	6.1%
Total		705,663

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James E. Watson won	Republican	335,193	47.7%
Thomas Taggart	Democratic	325,607	46.3%
All other candidates		42,509	6.0%
Total		703,309

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	34,448 43.6%	41,193 52.2%	3,332	78,973	R+8.5
Lake	9,153 40.6%	12,518 55.5%	866	22,537	R+14.9
Vigo	10,486 47.4%	9,096 41.2%	2,521	22,103	D+6.3
Allen	9,449 43.3%	10,038 46.0%	2,316	21,803	R+2.7
Vanderburgh	10,100 48.0%	9,949 47.3%	995	21,044	D+0.7
St. Joseph	9,538 50.4%	7,869 41.6%	1,515	18,922	D+8.8
Madison	7,729 44.7%	7,428 42.9%	2,150	17,307	D+1.7
Delaware	5,797 42.2%	6,983 50.9%	945	13,725	R+8.6
Grant	5,648 41.5%	5,967 43.8%	1,995	13,610	R+2.3
Elkhart	5,587 43.9%	5,789 45.5%	1,341	12,717	R+1.6
Tippecanoe	4,912 42.1%	6,403 54.8%	366	11,681	R+12.8
Wayne	4,832 42.1%	5,996 52.2%	652	11,480	R+10.1
Knox	5,268 47.3%	4,724 42.4%	1,141	11,133	D+4.9
La Porte	5,173 46.5%	5,592 50.3%	360	11,125	R+3.8
Cass	5,097 49.6%	4,827 47.0%	345	10,269	D+2.6
Howard	3,822 39.0%	4,579 46.8%	1,389	9,790	R+7.7
Montgomery	4,053 46.6%	4,308 49.6%	333	8,694	R+2.9
Henry	3,502 40.3%	4,364 50.2%	825	8,691	R+9.9
Greene	3,852 44.4%	3,781 43.6%	1,044	8,677	D+0.8
Huntington	3,739 46.2%	3,737 46.1%	623	8,099	level
Miami	3,809 49.0%	3,351 43.1%	613	7,773	D+5.9
Kosciusko	3,342 43.6%	3,950 51.5%	375	7,667	R+7.9
Gibson	3,688 48.1%	3,526 46.0%	451	7,665	D+2.1
Wabash	3,100 41.3%	3,800 50.6%	611	7,511	R+9.3
Clinton	3,601 48.1%	3,591 47.9%	300	7,492	D+0.1
Shelby	3,830 52.2%	3,163 43.1%	344	7,337	D+9.1
Randolph	2,676 36.6%	3,935 53.8%	708	7,319	R+17.2
Sullivan	3,693 51.8%	2,552 35.8%	878	7,123	D+16.0
Boone	3,492 49.2%	3,347 47.2%	258	7,097	D+2.0
Floyd	3,717 52.6%	3,132 44.3%	224	7,073	D+8.3
Lawrence	2,998 42.4%	3,737 52.9%	332	7,067	R+10.5
Hamilton	2,744 38.9%	3,847 54.5%	467	7,058	R+15.6
Clay	3,269 46.8%	3,050 43.7%	664	6,983	D+3.1
Bartholomew	3,388 48.9%	3,288 47.4%	258	6,934	D+1.4
Clark	3,505 51.7%	3,143 46.4%	127	6,775	D+5.3
Daviess	3,060 46.6%	3,140 47.8%	365	6,565	R+1.2
Jay	3,024 46.5%	3,043 46.8%	437	6,504	R+0.3
Noble	2,996 46.2%	3,342 51.5%	153	6,491	R+5.3
De Kalb	3,253 50.2%	2,858 44.1%	375	6,486	D+6.1
Marshall	3,137 50.2%	2,805 44.9%	309	6,251	D+5.3
Monroe	2,698 45.9%	2,981 50.7%	205	5,884	R+4.8
Jackson	3,175 55.1%	2,379 41.3%	207	5,761	D+13.8
Vermillion	2,234 39.1%	2,510 44.0%	967	5,711	R+4.8
Johnson	3,074 53.9%	2,428 42.6%	197	5,699	D+11.3
Rush	2,530 44.5%	2,919 51.4%	232	5,681	R+6.8
Morgan	2,567 45.6%	2,839 50.4%	225	5,631	R+4.8
Hendricks	2,383 42.4%	2,993 53.3%	238	5,614	R+10.9
Putnam	2,886 51.9%	2,430 43.7%	250	5,566	D+8.2
Fountain	2,420 44.6%	2,630 48.5%	376	5,426	R+3.9
Dearborn	2,937 54.5%	2,293 42.6%	155	5,385	D+12.0
Ripley	2,522 47.5%	2,652 49.9%	139	5,313	R+2.4
Jefferson	2,446 46.4%	2,644 50.2%	176	5,266	R+3.8
Parke	2,272 43.7%	2,530 48.6%	403	5,205	R+5.0
Decatur	2,355 45.3%	2,645 50.9%	199	5,199	R+5.6
Wells	2,838 55.9%	1,905 37.5%	332	5,075	D+18.4
Hancock	2,699 53.7%	2,079 41.4%	246	5,024	D+12.3
Spencer	2,320 46.3%	2,511 50.1%	181	5,012	R+3.8
Carroll	2,356 47.2%	2,474 49.6%	158	4,988	R+2.4
Posey	2,626 52.8%	2,237 45.0%	110	4,973	D+7.8
Warrick	2,225 45.1%	2,401 48.7%	303	4,929	R+3.6
Whitley	2,463 51.1%	2,167 45.0%	188	4,818	D+6.1
Fulton	2,208 46.5%	2,319 48.9%	219	4,746	R+2.3
Tipton	2,304 48.7%	2,149 45.5%	274	4,727	D+3.3
Porter	1,765 37.4%	2,816 59.7%	139	4,720	R+22.3
Adams	2,788 59.2%	1,743 37.0%	181	4,712	D+22.2
White	2,197 46.8%	2,395 51.0%	104	4,696	R+4.2
Orange	2,044 44.4%	2,445 53.1%	112	4,601	R+8.7
Dubois	3,023 66.6%	1,431 31.5%	87	4,541	D+35.1
Pike	2,148 47.3%	2,135 47.0%	255	4,538	D+0.3
Fayette	2,027 44.9%	2,334 51.7%	155	4,516	R+6.8
Harrison	2,298 51.0%	2,030 45.0%	179	4,507	D+5.9
Washington	2,323 54.8%	1,837 43.3%	81	4,241	D+11.5
Steuben	1,361 33.8%	2,405 59.7%	264	4,030	R+25.9
Franklin	2,362 60.5%	1,450 37.1%	93	3,905	D+23.4
Perry	1,997 53.0%	1,718 45.6%	50	3,765	D+7.4
Blackford	1,834 50.3%	1,574 43.2%	235	3,643	D+7.1
Lagrange	1,462 41.3%	1,928 54.5%	147	3,537	R+13.2
Owen	1,757 49.8%	1,617 45.8%	155	3,529	D+4.0
Jennings	1,619 46.6%	1,758 50.6%	97	3,474	R+4.0
Jasper	1,421 41.7%	1,939 56.9%	49	3,409	R+15.2
Benton	1,388 42.1%	1,827 55.4%	82	3,297	R+13.3
Pulaski	1,384 44.1%	1,467 46.8%	286	3,137	R+2.6
Martin	1,500 49.1%	1,504 49.2%	51	3,055	R+0.1
Newton	1,266 43.7%	1,381 47.7%	247	2,894	R+4.0
Starke	1,293 44.8%	1,513 52.5%	78	2,884	R+7.6
Crawford	1,454 51.0%	1,192 41.8%	205	2,851	D+9.2
Warren	961 34.2%	1,734 61.6%	118	2,813	R+27.5
Switzerland	1,413 52.2%	1,202 44.4%	92	2,707	D+7.8
Union	811 43.6%	995 53.5%	53	1,859	R+9.9
Scott	1,033 55.6%	782 42.1%	43	1,858	D+13.5
Brown	999 65.4%	490 32.1%	39	1,528	D+33.3
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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Jim Banks (R)	R+19.9
2022	Todd Young (R)	R+20.7
2018	Mike Braun (R)	R+5.9
2016	Todd Young (R)	R+9.7
2012	Joe Donnelly (D)	D+5.8
2010	Dan Coats (R)	R+14.6
2006	Richard Lugar (R)	R+87.4
2004	Evan Bayh (D)	D+24.4
2000	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+34.7
1998	Evan Bayh (D)	D+28.9
1994	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+36.9
1992	Dan Coats (R)	R+16.6
1988	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+36.3
1986	Dan Quayle (R)	R+22.1
1982	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+8.2
1980	Dan Quayle (R)	R+7.6
1976	Richard G. Lugar (R)	R+18.8
1974	Birch Bayh (D)	D+4.3
1970	R. Vance Hartke (D)	D+0.2
1968	Birch Bayh (D)	D+3.5
1964	R. Vance Hartke (D)	D+9.0
1962	Birch Bayh (D)	D+0.6
1958	R. Vance Hartke (D)	D+14.0
1956	Homer E. Capehart (R)	R+10.8
1952	William E. Jenner (R)	R+5.6
1950	Homer E. Capehart (R)	R+6.5
1946	William E. Jenner (R)	R+11.5
1944	Homer E. Capehart (R)	R+1.3
1940	Raymond E. Willis (R)	R+1.3
1938	Frederick Van Nuys (D)	D+0.3
1934	Sherman Minton (D)	D+4.0
1932	Frederick Van Nuys (D)	D+13.6
1928	Arthur R. Robinson (R)	R+11.2
1926	James E. Watson (R)	R+1.1
1922	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+3.1
1920	James E. Watson (R)	R+13.4
1916	Harry S. New (R)	R+1.6
1914	Benjamin F. Shively (D)	D+7.0