Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections,
1892-2008
1916: Straw Votes
Few of the undergraduate men and none of the women could vote
for President. They expressed their preferences in a straw vote
which saw 75% turnout. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was handily re-elected
with 550 votes to Republican Charles E. Hughes’ 354.
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The Equal Suffrage League at the College
for Women was in its second year of existence.
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The Republican Club and Woodrow Wilson
Club were active on the WRU campus with speeches, a debate,
and participation in a straw vote.
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Case students formed a Republican Club.
Paul Howland, ex-Congressman, addressed the students on
November 1.
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Woodrow Wilson was re-elected president
in the straw vote at WRU.
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Ohio Popular Vote |
National Popular Vote |
Electoral Vote |
Woodrow Wilson (D) 604,161 (51.9%)
Charles E. Hughes (R) 514,753 (44.2%)
Allan L. Benson (Socialist) 38,092 (3.3%)
J. Frank Hanly (Prohibition) 8,085 (.7%) |
Woodrow Wilson (D) 9,126,300 (49.24%)
Charles E. Hughes (R) 8,546,789 (46.11%)
Allan L. Benson (Socialist) 589,924 (3.18%)
J. Frank Hanly (Prohibition) 221,030 (1.19%) |
Woodrow Wilson (D) 277
Charles E. Hughes (R) 254 |
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve
University Archives, September 2004.
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