President Woodrow Wilson scored an unanticipatedly wide 52-44% margin in Ohio. Both Wilson and Charles Evan Hughes broke the earlier highest vote for a presidential nominee, set by Teddy Roosevelt in 1904.

Casting the Electoral Vote

The Democratic Presidential Electors met in Columbus on 1/8/1917. They cast a unanimous vote for Wilson and Thomas Marshall and approved a short telegram to send to Wilson commending his efforts to keep the US out of the World War. James M. Cox was inaugurated as Governor at noon, and he telegraphed the Electors' note to Wilson as his first official act. John Krause of Cleveland was chosen to carry the certificate of vote to the Vice President's office in Washington DC. [Ohio State Journal, 1/9/1917]

Vote for Presidential Electors, Ohio, 1916

Democratic: James E. Campbell 604,161, Judson Harmon 598,455, Alfred M. Cohen 595,675, Charles A. Aull 595,446, Edwin Orias 594,901, Gainor Jennings 595,227, Timothy T. Ansberry 595,190, Stephen D. McLaughlin 595,006, Thomas D. Wallace 595,488, W.W. Wolford 594,869, D.C. Donovan 594,908, Louis Horwitz 594,737, H.M. Dunnick 594,547, Fred J. Heer 594,889, Frank T. Dore 594,578, David King Paige 594,637, Harry W. Amos 594,745, William E. Chancellor 594,545, James P. Seward 594,672, W.O. Wallace 594,599, Dennis F. Dunlavy 594,279, John Krause 594,548, William F. Thompson 594,534, George Hodges 594,074

Republican: U.G. Denman 514,753, Edwin Jones 512,097, Max Burgheim 511,202, George McG. Morris 511,390, Lylburn T. Palmer 511,358, David Oldham 511,161, Samuel A. Rennolet 510,961, Newton P. Foster 511,320, John M. Mulford 510,866, Jacob W. Byers 510,944, Solon O. Richardson 510,715, John B. Lindsey 511,094, Barton Walters 510,859, Albert E. Sartain 510,659, Sol. M. Wolf 510,665, N.S. Everhard 510,387, Charles L. Casey 510,461, John A. Fouts 510,425, Wilson Bradrick 510,613, Avery C. Jones 510,450, Edward O. Whitney 510,453, Edward W. Hora 510,530, Harry L. Vail 510,523, W.W. Hall 510,168

Socialist: John Brahtin 38,092, George Bundy 37,859, Charles Eiffert 37,744, John Brandstetter 37,774, William Thornton 37,747, O.O. Alspach 37,696, A.R. Callender 37,721, Berlie Cross 37,688, Alex Connell 37,694, E.D. Orr 37,697, Leroy King 37,725, Dan Wallace 37,707, James M. Stewart 37,697, E.B. Eubanks 37,652, George Maxwell 37,661, C.M. Johnson 37,696, Frank L. Martin 37,701, Herbert Hostettler 37,659, Albert Storck 37,643, Frank E. Vernia 37,628, Edward S. Smith 37,662, L. Chipcase 37,603, George J. Keppler 37,627, J.E. Parker 37,703

Prohibition: Dr. John Robinson 8,080, Joseph Barrick 7,921, Dr. J.A. Henderson 7,946, O.F. Geiger 7,905, Frank Good 7,922, L.L. McGee 7,894, R.D. Williamson 7,941, R.W. Gilley 7,864, J.T.N. Braithwaite 7,870, Franklin Shafer 7,897, J.S. Steele 7,775, David Spencer 7,897, J.N. Watros 7,872, J.C. Suits 7,855, J.M. Moore 7,872, W.H. Stone 7,861, Benton P. Porter 7,855, S.J. Faulk 7,857, W.O. Kincade 7,843, Walter H. Haynes 7,858, E.E. Rich 7,857, George Harley 7,850, James M. Scott 7,862, Henry A. Thompson 7,842