Who did Hughes lose to in the 1916 presidential election?
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Answer
Woodrow Wilson defeated Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 presidential election. Wilson won the popular vote by a margin of over 500,000 votes and received 277 electoral votes to Hughes' 254. The election was largely fought on the issue of American neutrality in World War I, with Wilson campaigning on a platform of keeping the United States out of the war.
Unveiling Justice: The Legacy of Charles Evans Hughes
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