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  IL US President - R Primary
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > President
Parent RaceUS President - R Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeRepublican Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1916 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open April 11, 1916 - 12:00am Central
Polls Close April 11, 1916 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start March 04, 1917 - 12:00pm
Term End March 04, 1921 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedChronicler September 15, 2022 04:34am
Data SourcesIllinois Blue Book, 1917, pp. 526-529 and official canvass papers in Illinois State Archives
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1912
NameWoodrow Wilson Votes405,048 (35.34%)
Term03/04/1913 - 03/04/1917 Margin18,570 (+1.62%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1916
NameCharles Evans Hughes Votes1,152,549 (52.56%)
Term03/04/1917 - 03/04/1921 Margin202,320 (+9.23%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceIL US President 11/07/1916

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Name Sen. Lawrence Yates Sherman (W) President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (W) Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes (W) Nobel Laureate Elihu Root (W) President William Howard Taft (W) Sen. Robert M. La Follette (W) Others
PartyRepublican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican Republican
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Certified Votes 155,945 (90.15%) 15,348 (8.87%) 1,078 (0.62%) 447 (0.26%) 50 (0.03%) 49 (0.03%) 29 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -140,597 (-81.28%) -154,867 (-89.53%) -155,498 (-89.89%) -155,895 (-90.12%) -155,896 (-90.12%) -155,916 (-90.13%)
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Name (W) John Maynard Harlan (W) Rep. James Robert Mann  
PartyRepublican Republican  
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Certified Votes 20 (0.01%) 16 (0.01%)  
Margin-155,925 (-90.14%) -155,929 (-90.14%)  
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