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Office | President |
Honorific | President - Abbr: President |
Type | General Election |
Filing Deadline | June 01, 1916 - 12:00pm Central |
Polls Open | November 07, 1916 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | November 07, 1916 - 08:00pm Central |
Term Start | March 04, 1917 - 12:00pm |
Term End | March 04, 1921 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | *crickets chirp* |
Last Modified | RBH February 18, 2023 01:17am |
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President Wilson lost little time in calling for reform in government. His list of reforms included reducing the tariff, restructuring the banking system, guaranteeing the rights of laborers, and promoting agricultural irrigation. Wilson presented his ideas to Congress himself, the first president to give his message to Congress since Thomas Jefferson began the precedent of sending written messages.
The Democratic Congress responded favorably. Since the passage of the Income Tax Amendment to the Constitution, there was less need of a tariff for federal revenue, so Congress reduced the tariff. Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act which established the Federal Reserve Board to help control the swings in the economy. Congress restricted monopolies more and banned the employment of children under 14. A new Labor Department was set off from the old Department of Commerce and Labor. Congress passed an act which provided matching funds for states which were willing to experiment with agricultural innovations. Another matching fund bill was passed to provide money to improve roads.
A year after his inauguration, Wilson’s domestic policies were overshadowed by foreign affairs. The first challenge for Wilson was the new government in Mexico. The President of Mexico was murdered and General Huerta took control of the government. Wilson feared German involvement in the internal struggles in Mexico, so he sent American troops into Veracruz to stop the landing of German arms the [More...]
President Wilson lost little time in calling for reform in government. His list of reforms included reducing the tariff, restructuring the banking system, guaranteeing the rights of laborers, and promoting agricultural irrigation. Wilson presented his ideas to Congress himself, the first president to give his message to Congress since Thomas Jefferson began the precedent of sending written messages.
The Democratic Congress responded favorably. Since the passage of the Income Tax Amendment to the Constitution, there was less need of a tariff for federal revenue, so Congress reduced the tariff. Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act which established the Federal Reserve Board to help control the swings in the economy. Congress restricted monopolies more and banned the employment of children under 14. A new Labor Department was set off from the old Department of Commerce and Labor. Congress passed an act which provided matching funds for states which were willing to experiment with agricultural innovations. Another matching fund bill was passed to provide money to improve roads.
A year after his inauguration, Wilson’s domestic policies were overshadowed by foreign affairs. The first challenge for Wilson was the new government in Mexico. The President of Mexico was murdered and General Huerta took control of the government. Wilson feared German involvement in the internal struggles in Mexico, so he sent American troops into Veracruz to stop the landing of German arms there. Further struggles with Pancho Villa kept Mexico in the headlines for months.
In late 1914 the most serious war in a century broke out in Europe. Wilson proclaimed American neutrality, but his administration worked to aid the British. Both German and British industry depended on American grain, but Wilson banned the export of grain to Germany. Wilson’s attempt to smuggle weapons to England aboard the Lusitania resulted in the sinking of the ship on
5/7/1915; 1100 people died (including 124 Americans). Germany sent submarines to destroy shipping to England, but Wilson finally convinced the Germans to warn ships beforehand and protect innocent lives.
Wilson did not want the United States to enter the war, as the nation was unprepared for combat. Theodore Roosevelt convinced Wilson to ask for Congressional funding for a military preparedness program, and Congress was willing to grant the money.
There was little opposition to Wilson for renomination. He received over 98% of the vote in the primary states, and at the convention he received the nomination with the vote of every delegate but one. William J. Bryan, Secretary of State, reminded the voters that Wilson was going to keep America out of the European war.
The Republican Party did not have a front-runner when the convention met in Chicago. On the first ballot, thirteen men received over two score votes. The Progressives would not support a Taft man from 1912, and a Taft man would not support a Progressive. The only prominent Republican who had not taken a stand in 1912 was Charles E. Hughes of New York, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court. When Theodore Roosevelt recommended Henry Cabot Lodge as an acceptable alternative to himself, his delegates voted for Hughes, who won on the third ballot.
The campaign of 1916 was filled with issues. The congressional campaign was fought primarily over the issue of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages. Hughes favored total neutrality to the attempt to aid Britain while proclaiming neutrality. He criticized the American foreign policy of neutrality as a farce and called for a resolution to the situation with Mexico. Democratic papers portrayed Hughes as the tool of the Kaiser in Germany and warned that Hughes would move quickly to bring the United States into the European War. [Less...]
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(I) President
Woodrow Wilson |
Supreme Court Justice
Charles Evans Hughes |
Allan L. Benson |
Gov.
J. Frank Hanly |
No Candidate |
Arthur Elmer Reimer |
Others |
Party | Democratic |
Republican |
Socialist |
Prohibition |
Progressive |
Socialist Labor |
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Uncertified Votes | 9,126,300 (49.24%) |
8,546,789 (46.11%) |
589,924 (3.18%) |
221,038 (1.19%) |
35,234 (0.19%) |
15,284 (0.08%) |
461 (0.00%) |
Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-579,511 (-3.13%) |
-8,536,376 (-46.06%) |
-8,905,262 (-48.05%) |
-9,091,066 (-49.05%) |
-9,111,016 (-49.16%) |
-9,125,839 (-49.24%) |
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