Tuesday, November 5, 1912
1912 presidential election results
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) and running mate Thomas R. Marshall won with 435 electoral votes and 41.8% of the popular vote.
Tipping-point state: Delaware, D+13.6 (nation D+18.6). It delivered electoral vote number 266 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral votes | Popular vote | Share | States won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson Won | Thomas R. Marshall | Democratic | 435 | 6,294,327 | 41.80% | 40 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Hiram Johnson | Progressive | 88 | 4,120,207 | 27.40% | 6 |
| William Howard Taft | Nicholas Butler | Republican | 8 | 3,486,343 | 23.20% | 2 |
| Eugene V. Debs | Emil Seidel | Socialist | 0 | 900,370 | 6.00% | 0 |
| Total popular votes counted | 15,043,030 | |||||
Electoral College map
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Results by state
Download CSV| State | Woodrow Wilson | Theodore Roosevelt | William Howard Taft | Eugene V. Debs | Margin | EV | Total votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 69.9% 12 | 19.2% | 8.3% | 2.6% | 50.7 | 12 | 117,959 |
| Arizona | 43.6% 3 | 29.3% | 12.6% | 13.4% | 14.3 | 3 | 23,687 |
| Arkansas | 55.0% 9 | 17.3% | 20.5% | 6.5% | 34.6 | 9 | 125,104 |
| California | 41.8% 2 | 41.8% 11 | 0.6% | 11.7% | 0.0 | 13 | 677,877 |
| Colorado | 42.8% 6 | 27.0% | 22.0% | 6.2% | 15.9 | 6 | 265,954 |
| Connecticut | 39.2% 7 | 17.9% | 35.9% | 5.3% | 3.3 | 7 | 190,404 |
| Delaware | 46.5% 3 | 18.3% | 32.9% | 1.1% | 13.6 | 3 | 48,690 |
| Florida | 70.2% 6 | 8.8% | 8.2% | 9.3% | 60.9 | 6 | 51,911 |
| Georgia | 76.6% 14 | 18.1% | 4.3% | 0.9% | 58.5 | 14 | 121,470 |
| Idaho | 32.1% 4 | 24.1% | 31.0% | 11.3% | 1.1 | 4 | 105,754 |
| Illinois | 35.3% 29 | 33.7% | 22.1% | 7.1% | 1.6 | 29 | 1,146,173 |
| Indiana | 43.1% 15 | 24.8% | 23.1% | 5.6% | 18.3 | 15 | 654,474 |
| Iowa | 37.6% 13 | 32.9% | 24.3% | 3.4% | 4.8 | 13 | 492,353 |
| Kansas | 39.3% 10 | 32.9% | 20.5% | 7.3% | 6.4 | 10 | 365,560 |
| Kentucky | 48.4% 13 | 22.7% | 25.5% | 2.6% | 22.9 | 13 | 453,707 |
| Louisiana | 76.8% 10 | 11.7% | 4.8% | 6.6% | 65.1 | 10 | 79,248 |
| Maine | 39.4% 6 | 37.4% | 20.5% | 2.0% | 2.0 | 6 | 129,641 |
| Maryland | 48.6% 8 | 24.9% | 23.7% | 1.7% | 23.7 | 8 | 231,981 |
| Massachusetts | 35.5% 18 | 29.1% | 32.0% | 2.6% | 3.6 | 18 | 488,056 |
| Michigan | 27.4% | 38.9% 15 | 27.6% | 4.2% | 11.3 | 15 | 547,971 |
| Minnesota | 31.8% | 37.7% 12 | 19.2% | 8.2% | 5.8 | 12 | 334,219 |
| Mississippi | 88.9% 10 | 5.5% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 83.4 | 10 | 64,483 |
| Missouri | 47.3% 18 | 17.8% | 29.7% | 4.1% | 17.6 | 18 | 698,566 |
| Montana | 35.0% 4 | 28.3% | 23.1% | 13.5% | 6.8 | 4 | 80,256 |
| Nebraska | 43.7% 8 | 29.1% | 21.7% | 4.1% | 14.6 | 8 | 249,483 |
| Nevada | 39.7% 3 | 27.9% | 15.9% | 16.5% | 11.8 | 3 | 20,115 |
| New Hampshire | 39.5% 4 | 20.2% | 37.4% | 2.3% | 2.0 | 4 | 87,961 |
| New Jersey | 41.2% 14 | 33.6% | 20.5% | 3.7% | 7.6 | 14 | 433,663 |
| New Mexico | 41.9% 3 | 17.1% | 35.2% | 5.9% | 6.7 | 3 | 48,807 |
| New York | 41.3% 45 | 24.6% | 28.7% | 4.0% | 12.6 | 45 | 1,588,315 |
| North Carolina | 59.2% 12 | 28.4% | 11.9% | 0.4% | 30.9 | 12 | 243,776 |
| North Dakota | 34.2% 5 | 29.7% | 26.6% | 8.1% | 4.4 | 5 | 86,474 |
| Ohio | 41.0% 24 | 22.2% | 26.8% | 8.7% | 14.1 | 24 | 1,037,114 |
| Oklahoma | 47.0% 10 | 0.0% | 35.8% | 16.4% | 11.2 | 10 | 253,694 |
| Oregon | 34.3% 5 | 27.4% | 25.3% | 9.7% | 6.9 | 5 | 137,040 |
| Pennsylvania | 32.5% | 36.5% 38 | 22.4% | 6.9% | 4.0 | 38 | 1,217,736 |
| Rhode Island | 39.0% 5 | 21.7% | 35.6% | 2.6% | 3.5 | 5 | 77,894 |
| South Carolina | 95.9% 9 | 2.6% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 93.4 | 9 | 50,403 |
| South Dakota | 42.1% | 50.6% 5 | 0.0% | 4.0% | 8.5 | 5 | 116,327 |
| Tennessee | 52.8% 12 | 21.5% | 24.0% | 1.4% | 28.8 | 12 | 251,933 |
| Texas | 72.7% 20 | 8.9% | 9.4% | 8.3% | 63.3 | 20 | 300,961 |
| Utah | 32.6% | 21.5% | 37.4% 4 | 8.0% | 4.8 | 4 | 112,272 |
| Vermont | 24.4% | 35.2% | 37.1% 4 | 1.5% | 1.9 | 4 | 62,804 |
| Virginia | 65.9% 12 | 15.9% | 17.0% | 0.6% | 49.0 | 12 | 136,975 |
| Washington | 26.9% | 35.2% 7 | 21.8% | 12.4% | 8.3 | 7 | 322,799 |
| West Virginia | 42.1% 8 | 29.4% | 21.1% | 5.7% | 12.7 | 8 | 268,728 |
| Wisconsin | 41.1% 13 | 15.6% | 32.7% | 8.4% | 8.4 | 13 | 399,975 |
| Wyoming | 36.2% 3 | 21.8% | 34.4% | 6.5% | 1.8 | 3 | 42,283 |
Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.
Closest states in 1912
- California Theodore Roosevelt by 174 votes (0.03 pts)
- Idaho Woodrow Wilson by 1,111 votes (1.05 pts)
- Illinois Woodrow Wilson by 18,570 votes (1.62 pts)
- Wyoming Woodrow Wilson by 750 votes (1.77 pts)
- Vermont William Howard Taft by 1,174 votes (1.87 pts)
- Maine Woodrow Wilson by 2,618 votes (2.02 pts)
- New Hampshire Woodrow Wilson by 1,797 votes (2.04 pts)
- Connecticut Woodrow Wilson by 6,237 votes (3.28 pts)
Flipped since 1908
- California: Republican → Progressive (13 EV)
- Connecticut: Republican → Democratic (7 EV)
- Delaware: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
- Idaho: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- Illinois: Republican → Democratic (29 EV)
- Indiana: Republican → Democratic (15 EV)
- Iowa: Republican → Democratic (13 EV)
- Kansas: Republican → Democratic (10 EV)
- Maine: Republican → Democratic (6 EV)
- Massachusetts: Republican → Democratic (18 EV)
- Michigan: Republican → Progressive (15 EV)
- Minnesota: Republican → Progressive (12 EV)
- Missouri: Republican → Democratic (18 EV)
- Montana: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- New Hampshire: Republican → Democratic (4 EV)
- New Jersey: Republican → Democratic (14 EV)
- New York: Republican → Democratic (45 EV)
- North Dakota: Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
- Ohio: Republican → Democratic (24 EV)
- Oregon: Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
- Pennsylvania: Republican → Progressive (38 EV)
- Rhode Island: Republican → Democratic (5 EV)
- South Dakota: Republican → Progressive (5 EV)
- Washington: Republican → Progressive (7 EV)
- West Virginia: Republican → Democratic (8 EV)
- Wisconsin: Republican → Democratic (13 EV)
- Wyoming: Republican → Democratic (3 EV)
Source: 1912
Questions and answers
Who won the 1912 presidential election?
Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the 1912 election with 435 electoral votes, with Thomas R. Marshall as vice president.
How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1912?
Woodrow Wilson 435; Theodore Roosevelt 88; William Howard Taft 8 (out of 531).
Who won the popular vote in 1912?
Woodrow Wilson received the most popular votes: 6,294,327 (41.8%) of 15,043,030 counted.
What was the closest state in 1912?
California, which Theodore Roosevelt won by 174 votes (0.03 points).
Which states flipped in 1912?
Compared with 1908, 27 states changed party: California (to Progressive), Connecticut (to Democratic), Delaware (to Democratic), Idaho (to Democratic), Illinois (to Democratic), Indiana (to Democratic), Iowa (to Democratic), Kansas (to Democratic), Maine (to Democratic), Massachusetts (to Democratic), Michigan (to Progressive), Minnesota (to Progressive), Missouri (to Democratic), Montana (to Democratic), New Hampshire (to Democratic), New Jersey (to Democratic), New York (to Democratic), North Dakota (to Democratic), Ohio (to Democratic), Oregon (to Democratic), Pennsylvania (to Progressive), Rhode Island (to Democratic), South Dakota (to Progressive), Washington (to Progressive), West Virginia (to Democratic), Wisconsin (to Democratic) and Wyoming (to Democratic).
What was the tipping-point state in 1912?
Delaware. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 266; it voted Democratic by 13.6 points, against Democratic by 18.6 points nationally.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data