Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson ran for president in 1912, 1916 and won 2 times. Electoral votes, popular vote and the states won in each election.

Career in office and other elections

1912 Won

Democratic

Electoral votes: 435of 531
Popular vote: 6,294,32741.80%
States carried: 40
Running mate: Thomas R. Marshall

Opponents: Theodore Roosevelt (88 EV), William Howard Taft (8 EV), Eugene V. Debs (0 EV).

Carried: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.

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Questions and answers

How many times did Woodrow Wilson run for president?

2 times (1912, 1916), winning in 1912 and 1916.

How many electoral votes did Woodrow Wilson win?

1916: 277; 1912: 435.

What share of the popular vote did Woodrow Wilson get?

1916: 49.2% (9,126,063 votes); 1912: 41.8% (6,294,327 votes).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data

1916 Won