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PE President Elect
1912
Overview1912 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Riley Marshall

Party: DEMOCRATIC
Home State: PR: NJ; VP: IN
Electoral Votes: 435
Pop. Vote: 6,293,152 (41.8%)
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram Warren Johnson

Party: PROGRESSIVE
Home State: PR: NY; VP: CA
Electoral Votes: 88
Pop. Vote: 4,119,207 (27.4%)
William Howard Taft William Howard Taft
James Schoolcraft Sherman /
Nicholas Murray Butlerclick icon for more info

Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State: PR: OH; VP: NY / NY
Electoral Votes: 8
Pop. Vote: 3,486,333 (23.2%)
Eugene Victor Debs Eugene Victor Debs
Emil Seidel

Party: SOCIALIST
Home State: PR: IN; VP: WI
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 900,369 (6.0%)
purple box Eugene Wilder Chafin
Aaron Sherman Watkins

Party: PROHIBITION
Home State: PR: IL; VP: OH
Electoral Votes: 0
Pop. Vote: 207,972 (1.4%)
brown box Other Candidates
Party: Socialist Labor, etc.
Pop. Vote: 33,930 (0.2%)
Total electoral votes - 531 (from 48 states)
Majority needed to win - 266
Total popular vote - 15,040,963
Electoral Map1912 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
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Electoral College 1912
Background1912 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
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State Results 1912 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
In 1912, 531 electoral votes were available; 266 votes were needed to secure the win.
STATE WILSON ROOSEVELT TAFT DEBS CHAFIN OTHERS EVs
ALABAMA82,438
(69.9%)		22,680
(19.2%)		9807
(8.3%)		3,029
(2.6%)		-5
(>0.1%)		12
ARIZONA10,324
(43.6%)		6,949
(29.3%)		2,986
(12.6%)		3,163
(13.4%)		265
(1.1%)		-3
ARKANSAS68,814
(55%)		21,644
(17.3%)		25,585
(20.5%)		8,153
(6.5%)		908
(0.7%)		-9
CALIFORNIA283,436
(41.8%)		283,610
(41.8%)		3,847
(0.6%)		79,201
(11.7%)		23,366
(3.4%)		4417
(0.7%)		112click icon for more info
COLORADO113,912
(42.8%)		71,752
(27%)		58,386
(22%)		16,366
(6.2%)		5,063
(1.9%)		475
(0.2%)		6
CONNECTICUT74,561
(39.2%)		34,129
(17.9%)		68,324
(35.9%)		10,056
(5.3%)		2,068
(1.1%)		1,266
(0.7%)		7
DELAWARE22,631
(46.5%)		8,886
(18.3%)		15,997
(32.9%)		556
(1.1%)		620
(1.3%)		-3
FLORIDA35,343
(69.5%)		4,555
(9%)		4,279
(8.4%)		4,806
(9.5%)		1,854
(3.6%)		-6
GEORGIA93,087
(76.6%)		21,985
(18.1%)		5,191
(4.3%)		1,058
(0.9%)		149
(0.1%)		-14
IDAHO33,921
(32.1%)		25,527
(24.1%)		32,810
(31%)		11,960
(11.3%)		1,536
(1.5%)		-4
ILLINOIS405,048
(35.3%)		386,478
(33.7%)		253,593
(22.1%)		81,278
(7.1%)		15,710
(1.4%)		4,066
(0.4%)		29
INDIANA281,890
(43.1%)		162,007
(24.8%)		151,267
(23.1%)		36,931
(5.6%)		19,249
(2.9%)		3,130
(0.5%)		15
IOWA185,322
(37.6%)		161,819
(32.9%)		119,805
(24.3%)		16,967
(3.4%)		8,440
(1.7%)		-13
KANSAS143,663
(39.3%)		120,210
(32.9%)		74,845
(20.5%)		26,779
(7.3%)		-63
(>0.1%)		10
KENTUCKY219,484
(48.5%)		101,766
(22.5%)		115,510
(25.5%)		11,646
(2.6%)		3,253
(0.7%)		1,055
(0.2%)		13
LOUISIANA60,871
(76.8%)		9,283
(11.7%)		3,833
(4.8%)		5,261
(6.6%)		--10
MAINE51,113
(39.4%)		48,495
(37.4%)		26,545
(20.5%)		2,541
(2%)		947
(0.7%)		-6
MARYLAND112,674
(48.6%)		57,789
(24.9%)		54,956
(23.7%)		3,996
(1.7%)		2,244
(1%)		322
(0.1%)		8
MASSACHUSETTS173,408
(35.5%)		142,228
(29.1%)		155,948
(32%)		12,616
(2.6%)		2,753
(0.6%)		1,103
(0.2%)		18
MICHIGAN150,201
(27.4%)		213,243
(38.9%)		151,434
(27.6%)		23,060
(4.2%)		8,794
(1.6%)		1,239
(0.2%)		15
MINNESOTA106,426
(31.8%)		125,856
(37.7%)		64,334
(19.2%)		27,505
(8.2%)		7,886
(2.4%)		2,212
(0.7%)		12
MISSISSIPPI57,324
(88.9%)		3,549
(5.5%)		1,560
(2.4%)		2,050
(3.2%)		--10
MISSOURI330,746
(47.3%)		124,375
(17.8%)		207,821
(29.7%)		28,466
(4.1%)		5,380
(0.8%)		1,778
(0.3%)		18
MONTANA28,129
(35%)		22,709
(28.3%)		18,575
(23.1%)		10,811
(13.5%)		32
(>0.1%)		-4
NEBRASKA109,008
(43.7%)		72,681
(29.1%)		54,226
(21.7%)		10,185
(4.1%)		3,383
(1.4%)		-8
NEVADA7,986
(39.7%)		5,620
(27.9%)		3,196
(15.9%)		3,313
(16.5%)		--3
NEW HAMPSHIRE34,724
(39.5%)		17,794
(20.2%)		32,927
(37.4%)		1,981
(2.3%)		535
(0.6%)		-4
NEW JERSEY178,638
(41.2%)		145,679
(33.6%)		89,066
(20.5%)		15,948
(3.7%)		2,936
(0.7%)		1,396
(0.3%)		14
NEW MEXICO20,437
(41.9%)		8,347
(17.1%)		17,164
(35.2%)		2,859
(5.9%)		--3
NEW YORK655,573
(41.3%)		390,093
(24.6%)		455,487
(28.7%)		63,434
(4%)		19,455
(1.2%)		4,273
(0.3%)		45
NORTH CAROLINA144,407
(59.2%)		69,135
(28.4%)		29,129
(11.9%)		987
(0.4%)		118
(>0.1%)		-12
NORTH DAKOTA29,549
(34.2%)		25,726
(29.7%)		22,990
(26.6%)		6,966
(8.1%)		1,243
(1.4%)		-5
OHIO424,834
(41%)		229,807
(22.2%)		278,168
(26.8%)		90,164
(8.7%)		11,511
(1.1%)		2,630
(0.3%)		24
OKLAHOMA119,143
(47%)		-90,726
(35.8%)		41,630
(16.4%)		2,195
(0.9%)		-10
OREGON47,064
(34.3%)		37,600
(27.4%)		34,673
(25.3%)		13,343
(9.7%)		4,360
(3.2%)		-5
PENNSYLVANIA395,637
(32.5%)		444,894
(36.5%)		273,360
(22.4%)		83,614
(6.9%)		19,525
(1.6%)		706
(0.1%)		38
RHODE ISLAND30,412
(39%)		16,878
(21.7%)		27,703
(35.6%)		2,049
(2.6%)		616
(0.8%)		236
(0.3%)		5
SOUTH CAROLINA48,355
(95.9%)		1,293
(2.6%)		536
(1.1%)		164
(0.3%)		-55
(0.1%)		9
SOUTH DAKOTA48,942
(42.1%)		58,811
(50.6%)		-4,664
(4%)		3,910
(3.4%)		-5
TENNESSEE133,021
(52.8%)		54,041
(21.5%)		60,475
(24%)		3,564
(1.4%)		832
(0.3%)		-12
TEXAS218,921
(72.7%)		26,715
(8.9%)		28,310
(9.4%)		24,884
(8.3%)		1,701
(0.6%)		430
(0.1%)		20
UTAH36,576
(32.6%)		24,174
(21.5%)		42,013
(37.4%)		8,999
(8%)		-510
(0.5%)		4
VERMONT15,350
(24.4%)		22,129
(35.2%)		23,303
(37.1%)		928
(1.5%)		1,094
(1.7%)		-4
VIRGINIA90,332
(65.9%)		21,776
(15.9%)		23,288
(17%)		820
(0.6%)		709
(0.5%)		50
(>0.1%)		12
WASHINGTON86,840
(26.9%)		113,698
(35.2%)		70,445
(21.8%)		40,134
(12.4%)		9,810
(3%)		1,872
(0.6%)		7
WEST VIRGINIA113,097
(42.1%)		79,112
(29.4%)		56,754
(21.1%)		15,248
(5.7%)		4,517
(1.7%)		-8
WISCONSIN164,230
(41.1%)		62,448
(15.6%)		130,596
(32.7%)		33,476
(8.4%)		8,584
(2.1%)		641
(0.2%)		13
WYOMING15,310
(36.2%)		9,232
(21.8%)		14,560
(34.4%)		2,760
(6.5%)		421
(1%)		-3
TOTALS 6,293,152
(41.8%)		 4,119,207
(27.4%)		 3,486,333
(23.2%)		 900,369
(6.0%)		 207,972
(1.4%)		 33,980
(0.2%)		 .
ELECTORAL
VOTES		 435 88 8 0 0 0 .
In 1912, 531 electoral votes were available; 266 votes were needed to secure the win.
Other Candidates1912 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
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Candidate Party Votes
Arthur Elmer Reimer (MA) /
August Gillhaus (NY)		 Socialist Labor 29,374
others several 4,556
1912 : OVERVIEW | ELECTORAL MAP | BACKGROUND
STATE RESULTS | OTHER CANDIDATES | TOP OF PAGE
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