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1916 United States Senate election in Maryland

←  1913 (special) November 7, 1916 1922 →
 
Nominee Joseph I. France David John Lewis
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 113,662 109,740
Percentage 49.32% 47.62%

County results
France:      40–50%      50–60%
Lewis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Blair Lee I
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joseph I. France
Republican

The 1916 United States Senate election in Maryland was held on November 7, 1916.

Incumbent Democratic Senator Blair Lee I ran for election to a full term in office, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative David John Lewis. Lewis went on to lose the general election to Republican Joseph I. France, a professor of medicine and former State Senator.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

1916 Democratic U.S. Senate primary [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic David John Lewis 34,038 44.34%
Democratic Blair Lee I (inc.) 34,801 45.33%
Democratic William Cabell Bruce 7,930 10.33%
Total votes 76,769 100.00%

Lee received more raw votes than Lewis did, but Lewis received a higher share of the unit vote at the State Convention.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

1916 Republican U.S. Senate primary [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph I. France 27,951 50.84%
Republican Phillips Lee Goldsborough 27,031 49.16%
Total votes 54,982 100.00%

General election

Results

1916 U.S. Senate election in Maryland [3] [4] [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Joseph I. France 113,662 49.32% Increase12.34
Democratic David John Lewis 109,740 47.62% Decrease9.13
Prohibition James W. Frizzell 3,325 1.44% Increase0.23
Socialist Sylvester L. Young 2,590 1.12% Decrease0.29
Labor Robert E. Long 1,143 0.50% N/A
Total votes 230,460 100.00%
Republican gain from Democratic

Results by county

County Joseph I. France

Republican

David John Lewis

Democratic

James W. Frizzell

Prohibition

Sylvester L. Young

Socialist

Robert E. Long

Labor

Margin Total

Votes

Cast

# % # % # % # % # % # %
Allegany 4782 44.66% 5352 49.98% 148 1.38% 375 3.50% 51 0.48% -570 -5.32% 10708
Anne Arundel 2429 41.61% 3223 55.21% 93 1.59% 51 0.87% 42 0.72% -794 -13.60% 5838
Baltimore (City) 51496 53.10% 42736 44.07% 1062 1.10% 1236 1.27% 445 0.46% 8760 9.03% 96975
Baltimore (County) 11697 48.72% 11532 48.04% 450 1.87% 201 0.84% 127 0.53% 165 0.69% 24007
Calvert 973 55.35% 714 40.61% 49 2.79% 10 0.57% 12 0.68% 259 14.73% 1758
Caroline 1681 48.77% 1690 49.03% 53 1.54% 14 0.41% 9 0.26% -9 -0.26 3447
Carroll 3356 48.45% 3415 49.30% 102 1.47% 25 0.36% 29 0.42% -59 -0.85% 6927
Cecil 2059 49.82% 2010 48.63% 39 0.94% 10 0.24% 15 0.36% 49 1.19% 4133
Charles 1349 52.63% 1092 42.61% 46 1.79% 38 1.48% 38 1.48% 257 10.03% 2563
Dorchester 2295 48.82% 2270 48.29% 102 2.17% 8 0.17% 26 0.55% 25 0.53% 4701
Frederick 5115 47.22% 5479 50.58% 129 1.19% 66 0.61% 43 0.40% -364 -3.36% 10832
Garrett 1575 58.99% 1012 37.90% 29 1.09% 45 1.69% 9 0.34% 563 21.09% 2670
Harford 2047 39.62% 2944 56.98% 98 1.90% 30 0.58% 48 0.93% -897 -17.36% 5167
Howard 1303 43.12% 1643 54.37% 48 1.59% 8 0.26% 20 0.66% -340 -11.25% 3022
Kent 1617 47.10% 1757 51.18% 33 0.96% 11 0.32% 15 0.44% -140 -4.08% 3433
Montgomery 2697 42.69% 3432 54.32% 123 1.95% 38 0.60% 28 0.44% -735 -11.63% 6318
Prince George's 2572 47.24% 2713 49.83% 71 1.30% 42 0.77% 47 0.86% -141 -2.59% 5445
Queen Anne's 1258 37.31% 2047 60.71% 49 1.45% 5 0.15% 13 0.39% -789 -23.40% 3372
St. Mary's 983 43.32% 1083 47.73% 148 6.52 34 1.50% 21 0.93% -100 -4.41% 2269
Somerset 2480 58.53% 1632 38.52% 97 2.29% 16 0.38% 12 0.28% 848 20.01 4237
Talbot 1768 44.47% 2080 52.31% 109 2.71% 5 0.13% 14 0.35% -312 -7.85% 3976
Washington 4626 45.18% 5225 51.03% 71 0.69% 283 2.76% 34 0.33% -599 -5.85% 10239
Wicomico 2197 42.64% 2790 54.14% 110 2.13% 34 0.66% 22 0.43% -593 -11.51% 5153
Worcester 1307 39.93% 1869 57.10% 66 2.02% 8 0.24 23 0.70% -562 -17.17% 3273
Total 113662 49.32% 109740 47.62% 3325 1.44% 2590 1.12% 2590 1.12% 3922 1.70% 230460

Counties that flipped from Democrat to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democrat

See also

References

  1. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - D Primary Race - May 01, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - R Primary Race - May 01, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  3. ^ "Archives of Maryland, Volume 0127, Page 258 - Maryland Manual, 1916-17". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. n.d. p. 258. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Campaigns - MD US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com. Our Campaigns. n.d. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "1916 Senatorial General Election Results - Maryland". uselectionatlas.org. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. January 29, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2023.