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Which ticket narrowly lost to the Democratic ticket of President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall?

  • Hughes-Fairbanks

  • Roosevelt-Fairbanks

  • Taft-Fairbanks

  • McKinley-Fairbanks

Answer

The Hughes-Fairbanks ticket narrowly lost the 1916 presidential election to the Democratic ticket of President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. Hughes, the Republican nominee, won 47.5% of the popular vote to Wilson's 49.2%, but Wilson won the electoral college by a narrow margin of 277 to 254.
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