1916 United States Senate election in Ohio

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1916 United States Senate election in Ohio

← 1911 November 7, 1916 1922 →
 
Nominee Atlee Pomerene Myron Herrick
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 571,488 535,391
Percentage 49.26% 46.15%

County results
Pomerene:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Herrick:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Atlee Pomerene
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Atlee Pomerene
Democratic

The 1916 United States Senate election in Ohio took place on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democratic Senator Atlee Pomerene was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican former Governor and Ambassador to France Myron Herrick.

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

1916 U.S. Senate election in Ohio[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Atlee Pomerene (incumbent) 571,488 49.26%
Republican Myron Herrick 535,391 46.15%
Socialist C. E. Ruthenberg 38,186 3.29%
Prohibition Aaron S. Watkins 12,060 1.04%
Independent Jacob Coxey 2,965 0.26%
Total votes 1,160,091 100.00%
Democratic hold

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1916" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns - OH US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1916". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 31, 2020.