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1916 United States Senate election in Maryland

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1916 United States Senate election in Maryland

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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

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Results

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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

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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 Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  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.