Events from the year 1916 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Charles Henderson (Democratic) • Governor of Arizona: George W. P. Hunt (Democratic) • Governor of Arkansas: George Washington Hays (Democratic) • Governor of California: Hiram Johnson (Republican) • Governor of Colorado: George Alfred Carlson (Republican) • Governor of Connecticut: Marcus H. Holcomb (Republican) • Governor of Delaware: Charles R. Miller (Republican) • Governor of Florida: Park Trammell (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Nathaniel E. Harris (Democratic) • Governor of Idaho: Moses Alexander (Democratic) • Governor of Illinois: Edward F. Dunne (Democratic) • Governor of Indiana: Samuel M. Ralston (Democratic) • Governor of Iowa: George W. Clarke (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Arthur Capper (Republican) • Governor of Kentucky: Augustus O. Stanley (Democratic) • Governor of Louisiana: Luther Egbert Hall (Democratic) (until May 9), Ruffin G. Pleasant (Democratic) (starting May 9) • Governor of Maine: Oakley C. Curtis (Democratic) • Governor of Maryland: Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) (until January 12), Emerson C. Harrington (Democratic) (starting January 12) • Governor of Massachusetts: David I. Walsh (Democratic) (until January 6), Samuel W. McCall (Republican) (starting January 6) • Governor of Michigan: Woodbridge N. Ferris (Democratic) • Governor of Minnesota: J. A. A. Burnquist (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Earl L. Brewer (Democratic) (until January 18), Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) (starting January 18) • Governor of Missouri: Elliot Woolfolk Major (Democratic) • Governor of Montana: Sam V. Stewart (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: John H. Morehead (Democratic) • Governor of Nevada: Emmet D. Boyle (Democratic) • Governor of New Hampshire: Rolland H. Spaulding (Republican) • Governor of New Jersey: James Fairman Fielder (Democratic) • Governor of New Mexico: William C. McDonald (Democratic) • Governor of New York: Charles S. Whitman (Republican) • Governor of North Carolina: Locke Craig (Democratic) • Governor of North Dakota: L. B. Hanna (Republican) • Governor of Ohio: Frank B. Willis (Democratic) • Governor of Oklahoma: Robert L. Williams (Democratic) • Governor of Oregon: James Withycombe (Republican) • Governor of Pennsylvania: Martin Grove Brumbaugh (Republican) • Governor of Rhode Island: R. Livingston Beeckman (Republican) • Governor of South Carolina: Richard Irvine Manning III (Democratic) • Governor of South Dakota: Frank M. Byrne (Republican) • Governor of Tennessee: Tom C. Rye (Democratic) • Governor of Texas: James E. Ferguson (Democratic) • Governor of Utah: William Spry (Republican) • Governor of Vermont: Charles W. Gates (Republican) • Governor of Virginia: Henry Carter Stuart (Democratic) • Governor of Washington: Ernest Lister (Democratic) • Governor of West Virginia: Henry D. Hatfield (Republican) • Governor of Wisconsin: Emanuel L. Philipp (Republican) • Governor of Wyoming: John B. Kendrick (Democratic)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Thomas E. Kilby (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of California: John Morton Eshleman (Progressive) (until July 22), William Stephens (Republican) (starting July 22) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Moses E. Lewis (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Clifford B. Wilson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Colen Ferguson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Herman H. Taylor (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Barratt O'Hara (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: William P. O'Neill (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: William L. Harding (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: William Yoast Morgan (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: James D. Black (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Thomas C. Barret (Democratic) (until May 9), Fernand Mouton (Democratic) (starting May 9) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Grafton D. Cushing (Republican) (until January 6), Calvin Coolidge (Republican) (starting January 6) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Luren D. Dickinson (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: vacant (until October 28), George H. Sullivan (Republican) (starting October 28) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Theodore G. Bilbo (Democratic) (until January 18), Lee Maurice Russell (Democratic) (starting January 18) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: William Rock Painter (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Montana: W. W. McDowell (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: James Pearson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Maurice J. Sullivan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Edward Schoeneck (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Elijah L. Daughtridge (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: John H. Fraine (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: John H. Arnold (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Martin E. Trapp (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Frank B. McClain (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Emery J. San Souci (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Andrew Bethea (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Peter Norbeck (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Albert E. Hill (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: William Pettus Hobby, Sr. (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Hale K. Darling (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: James Taylor Ellyson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Washington: Louis Folwell Hart (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Edward F. Dithmar (Republican)

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