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| United States presidential election, 1916 | ||||
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| November 7, 1916 | ||||
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| Nominee | Theodore Roosevelt | Elihu Root | Thomas R. Marshall | |
| Party | Progressive | Republican | Liberal | |
| Home state | New York | New York | Indiana | |
| Running mate | Henry Cabot Lodge | John W. Weeks | Simeon Eben Baldwin | |
| Electoral vote | 247 | 90 | 56 | |
| States carried | 20 | 11 | 4 | |
| Popular vote | 6,205,328 | 5,233,759 | 4,570,134 | |
| Percentage | 37.98% | 32.04% | 27.97% | |
The United States presidential election of 1916 was the 33rd quadrennial United States presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1916. Progressive candidate, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt, sought his fourth term in office; he was pitted against Republican Elihu Root and Liberal Thomas R. Marshall. Roosevelt won a majority of Electoral College with 247 electoral votes and 37.98% of the popular vote, carrying 20 states. As the result, Roosevelt became the first U.S. president that ever elected to the fourth term prior to the Twentieth Amendment.