1912 United States presidential election in Ohio
The 1912 United States presidential election in Ohio took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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County Results
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Ohio was won by the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson and his running mate Thomas R. Marshall. As a result of his victory, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state.
Ohio had been a Republican state since 1856, but broke tradition due to the strong performance by the Progressive Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party) led by Theodore Roosevelt, which ultimately split the Republican vote. Theodore Roosevelt was able to gain 22.16 percent of the popular vote - though trailed the Republican Party nominee William Howard Taft, an Ohio native, who won 26.82% of the popular vote, and Wilson of the Democratic Party who won 40.96% of the popular vote.
Results
1912 United States presidential election in Ohio[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 424,834 | 40.96% | 24 | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 278,168 | 26.82% | 0 | |
Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 229,807 | 22.16% | 0 | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 90,144 | 8.69% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,511 | 1.11% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 2,630 | 0.25% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,037,094 | 100.0% | 24 |
Results by county
County | Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive |
Eugene Debs[4] Socialist |
Eugene Chafin[4] Prohibition |
Arthur Reimer[4] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 2,279 | 46.52% | 1,863 | 38.03% | 563 | 11.49% | 133 | 2.71% | 54 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.14% | 416 | 8.49% | 4,899 |
Allen | 5,696 | 48.21% | 2,638 | 22.33% | 2,337 | 19.78% | 977 | 8.27% | 140 | 1.18% | 27 | 0.23% | 3,058 | 25.88% | 11,815 |
Ashland | 3,364 | 53.45% | 1,017 | 16.16% | 1,559 | 24.77% | 274 | 4.35% | 64 | 1.02% | 16 | 0.25% | 1,805[lower-alpha 1] | 28.68% | 6,294 |
Ashtabula | 3,181 | 25.84% | 2,214 | 17.99% | 5,189 | 42.16% | 1,552 | 12.61% | 142 | 1.15% | 30 | 0.24% | -2,008[lower-alpha 1] | -16.31% | 12,308 |
Athens | 2,393 | 25.23% | 3,090 | 32.58% | 2,811 | 29.64% | 1,056 | 11.14% | 106 | 1.12% | 27 | 0.28% | 279[lower-alpha 2] | 2.94% | 9,483 |
Auglaize | 3,726 | 55.81% | 1,401 | 20.99% | 1,025 | 15.35% | 460 | 6.89% | 56 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,325 | 34.83% | 6,676 |
Belmont | 5,412 | 34.94% | 5,267 | 34.00% | 1,584 | 10.23% | 2,731 | 17.63% | 433 | 2.80% | 64 | 0.41% | 145 | 0.94% | 15,491 |
Brown | 3,451 | 59.13% | 1,650 | 28.27% | 569 | 9.75% | 125 | 2.14% | 39 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,801 | 30.86% | 5,836 |
Butler | 7,763 | 46.59% | 3,431 | 20.59% | 1,787 | 10.72% | 3,500 | 21.00% | 99 | 0.59% | 83 | 0.50% | 4,263[lower-alpha 3] | 25.58% | 16,663 |
Carroll | 1,293 | 34.74% | 1,096 | 29.45% | 1,089 | 29.26% | 108 | 2.90% | 128 | 3.44% | 8 | 0.21% | 197 | 5.29% | 3,722 |
Champaign | 2,763 | 40.53% | 2,392 | 35.08% | 1,423 | 20.87% | 172 | 2.52% | 62 | 0.91% | 6 | 0.09% | 371 | 5.44% | 6,818 |
Clark | 5,217 | 31.25% | 6,036 | 36.16% | 3,239 | 19.40% | 1,909 | 11.44% | 246 | 1.47% | 46 | 0.28% | -819 | -4.91% | 16,693 |
Clermont | 3,610 | 47.52% | 2,543 | 33.47% | 1,115 | 14.68% | 269 | 3.54% | 51 | 0.67% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,067 | 14.05% | 7,597 |
Clinton | 2,010 | 33.56% | 2,916 | 48.68% | 841 | 14.04% | 146 | 2.44% | 72 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.08% | -906 | -15.13% | 5,990 |
Columbiana | 4,816 | 29.93% | 4,601 | 28.59% | 3,811 | 23.68% | 1,916 | 11.91% | 915 | 5.69% | 32 | 0.20% | 215 | 1.34% | 16,091 |
Coshocton | 3,465 | 47.77% | 1,984 | 27.35% | 968 | 13.34% | 667 | 9.19% | 148 | 2.04% | 22 | 0.30% | 1,481 | 20.42% | 7,254 |
Crawford | 4,733 | 58.84% | 1,432 | 17.80% | 1,176 | 14.62% | 588 | 7.31% | 93 | 1.16% | 22 | 0.27% | 3,301 | 41.04% | 8,044 |
Cuyahoga | 43,610 | 42.49% | 14,176 | 13.81% | 33,824 | 32.96% | 10,096 | 9.84% | 373 | 0.36% | 545 | 0.53% | 9,786[lower-alpha 1] | 9.54% | 102,624 |
Darke | 5,027 | 49.24% | 3,107 | 30.43% | 1,175 | 11.51% | 296 | 2.90% | 595 | 5.83% | 9 | 0.09% | 1,920 | 18.81% | 10,209 |
Defiance | 2,784 | 50.58% | 872 | 15.84% | 1,459 | 26.51% | 331 | 6.01% | 51 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,325[lower-alpha 1] | 24.07% | 5,504 |
Delaware | 2,934 | 40.10% | 2,584 | 35.32% | 1,510 | 20.64% | 123 | 1.68% | 157 | 2.15% | 8 | 0.11% | 350 | 4.78% | 7,316 |
Erie | 3,504 | 39.29% | 2,695 | 30.22% | 1,675 | 18.78% | 961 | 10.77% | 54 | 0.61% | 30 | 0.34% | 809 | 9.07% | 8,919 |
Fairfield | 5,101 | 57.45% | 1,672 | 18.83% | 1,774 | 19.98% | 188 | 2.12% | 138 | 1.55% | 6 | 0.07% | 3,327[lower-alpha 1] | 37.47% | 8,879 |
Fayette | 2,261 | 41.08% | 2,186 | 39.72% | 844 | 15.33% | 141 | 2.56% | 69 | 1.25% | 3 | 0.05% | 75 | 1.36% | 5,504 |
Franklin | 20,697 | 40.81% | 12,791 | 25.22% | 11,737 | 23.14% | 5,005 | 9.87% | 398 | 0.78% | 87 | 0.17% | 7,906 | 15.59% | 50,715 |
Fulton | 1,805 | 34.28% | 929 | 17.64% | 2,304 | 43.76% | 164 | 3.11% | 55 | 1.04% | 8 | 0.15% | -499[lower-alpha 1] | -9.48% | 5,265 |
Gallia | 1,765 | 32.87% | 1,355 | 25.23% | 2,027 | 37.75% | 170 | 3.17% | 48 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.09% | -262[lower-alpha 1] | -4.88% | 5,370 |
Geauga | 873 | 27.47% | 579 | 18.22% | 1,618 | 50.91% | 77 | 2.42% | 24 | 0.76% | 7 | 0.22% | -745[lower-alpha 1] | -23.44% | 3,178 |
Greene | 2,107 | 29.92% | 3,242 | 46.03% | 993 | 14.10% | 533 | 7.57% | 151 | 2.14% | 17 | 0.24% | -1,135 | -16.12% | 7,043 |
Guernsey | 2,726 | 29.98% | 3,426 | 37.68% | 1,373 | 15.10% | 1,342 | 14.76% | 180 | 1.98% | 45 | 0.49% | -700 | -7.70% | 9,092 |
Hamilton | 42,909 | 39.03% | 42,119 | 38.31% | 16,828 | 15.31% | 7,542 | 6.86% | 384 | 0.35% | 167 | 0.15% | 790 | 0.72% | 109,949 |
Hancock | 4,309 | 47.66% | 2,241 | 24.79% | 1,757 | 19.43% | 614 | 6.79% | 104 | 1.15% | 16 | 0.18% | 2,068 | 22.87% | 9,041 |
Hardin | 3,912 | 46.83% | 2,775 | 33.22% | 1,236 | 14.80% | 313 | 3.75% | 93 | 1.11% | 25 | 0.30% | 1,137 | 13.61% | 8,354 |
Harrison | 1,714 | 37.29% | 1,950 | 42.43% | 704 | 15.32% | 147 | 3.20% | 76 | 1.65% | 5 | 0.11% | -236 | -5.13% | 4,596 |
Henry | 2,994 | 57.20% | 804 | 15.36% | 1,166 | 22.28% | 204 | 3.90% | 55 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.21% | 1,828[lower-alpha 1] | 34.93% | 5,234 |
Highland | 3,314 | 44.43% | 2,757 | 36.96% | 1,116 | 14.96% | 185 | 2.48% | 80 | 1.07% | 7 | 0.09% | 557 | 7.47% | 7,459 |
Hocking | 2,295 | 45.79% | 1,354 | 27.02% | 935 | 18.66% | 368 | 7.34% | 46 | 0.92% | 14 | 0.28% | 941 | 18.77% | 5,012 |
Holmes | 2,429 | 66.90% | 465 | 12.81% | 581 | 16.00% | 123 | 3.39% | 29 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,848[lower-alpha 1] | 50.90% | 3,631 |
Huron | 3,317 | 40.05% | 1,707 | 20.61% | 2,810 | 33.92% | 356 | 4.30% | 71 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.27% | 507[lower-alpha 1] | 6.12% | 8,283 |
Jackson | 2,049 | 33.12% | 1,860 | 30.06% | 1,584 | 25.60% | 612 | 9.89% | 53 | 0.86% | 29 | 0.47% | 189 | 3.05% | 6,187 |
Jefferson | 3,171 | 27.78% | 4,777 | 41.85% | 2,042 | 17.89% | 1,193 | 10.45% | 205 | 1.80% | 27 | 0.24% | -1,606 | -14.07% | 11,415 |
Knox | 3,632 | 46.01% | 2,530 | 32.05% | 1,226 | 15.53% | 396 | 5.02% | 96 | 1.22% | 14 | 0.18% | 1,102 | 13.96% | 7,894 |
Lake | 1,429 | 28.34% | 1,155 | 22.91% | 2,115 | 41.95% | 299 | 5.93% | 29 | 0.58% | 15 | 0.30% | -686[lower-alpha 1] | -13.61% | 5,042 |
Lawrence | 2,042 | 28.81% | 2,650 | 37.39% | 1,937 | 27.33% | 407 | 5.74% | 45 | 0.63% | 6 | 0.08% | -608 | -8.58% | 7,087 |
Licking | 6,120 | 46.01% | 4,487 | 33.73% | 1,683 | 12.65% | 819 | 6.16% | 162 | 1.22% | 30 | 0.23% | 1,633 | 12.28% | 13,301 |
Logan | 2,727 | 37.34% | 1,977 | 27.07% | 2,278 | 31.19% | 229 | 3.14% | 84 | 1.15% | 9 | 0.12% | 449[lower-alpha 1] | 6.15% | 7,304 |
Lorain | 4,591 | 33.71% | 2,226 | 16.34% | 5,156 | 37.85% | 1,556 | 11.42% | 67 | 0.49% | 25 | 0.18% | -565[lower-alpha 1] | -4.15% | 13,621 |
Lucas | 13,999 | 37.22% | 5,622 | 14.95% | 12,442 | 33.08% | 5,173 | 13.75% | 216 | 0.57% | 158 | 0.42% | 1,557[lower-alpha 1] | 4.14% | 37,610 |
Madison | 2,172 | 41.48% | 2,271 | 43.37% | 681 | 13.01% | 66 | 1.26% | 45 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.02% | -99 | -1.89% | 5,236 |
Mahoning | 6,838 | 33.03% | 5,839 | 28.20% | 5,226 | 25.24% | 2,422 | 11.70% | 321 | 1.55% | 57 | 0.28% | 999 | 4.83% | 20,703 |
Marion | 4,024 | 45.07% | 3,218 | 36.04% | 934 | 10.46% | 639 | 7.16% | 98 | 1.10% | 15 | 0.17% | 806 | 9.03% | 8,928 |
Medina | 2,108 | 37.15% | 685 | 12.07% | 2,514 | 44.31% | 302 | 5.32% | 55 | 0.97% | 10 | 0.18% | -406[lower-alpha 1] | -7.16% | 5,674 |
Meigs | 1,738 | 29.71% | 2,129 | 36.39% | 1,353 | 23.13% | 548 | 9.37% | 63 | 1.08% | 19 | 0.32% | -391 | -6.68% | 5,850 |
Mercer | 3,591 | 63.19% | 1,324 | 23.30% | 570 | 10.03% | 126 | 2.22% | 67 | 1.18% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,267 | 39.89% | 5,683 |
Miami | 4,310 | 38.74% | 3,615 | 32.49% | 2,056 | 18.48% | 1,010 | 9.08% | 111 | 1.00% | 23 | 0.21% | 695 | 6.25% | 11,125 |
Monroe | 3,199 | 66.08% | 1,055 | 21.79% | 380 | 7.85% | 123 | 2.54% | 77 | 1.59% | 7 | 0.14% | 2,144 | 44.29% | 4,841 |
Montgomery | 15,544 | 39.31% | 10,341 | 26.15% | 6,236 | 15.77% | 7,079 | 17.90% | 250 | 0.63% | 88 | 0.22% | 5,203 | 13.16% | 39,538 |
Morgan | 1,633 | 40.26% | 1,448 | 35.70% | 705 | 17.38% | 141 | 3.48% | 126 | 3.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 185 | 4.56% | 4,056 |
Morrow | 1,880 | 41.92% | 1,240 | 27.65% | 1,124 | 25.06% | 102 | 2.27% | 132 | 2.94% | 7 | 0.16% | 640 | 14.27% | 4,485 |
Muskingum | 5,376 | 38.47% | 4,134 | 29.59% | 3,207 | 22.95% | 1,015 | 7.26% | 221 | 1.58% | 20 | 0.14% | 1,242 | 8.89% | 13,973 |
Noble | 1,842 | 40.90% | 1,804 | 40.05% | 681 | 15.12% | 96 | 2.13% | 76 | 1.69% | 5 | 0.11% | 38 | 0.84% | 4,504 |
Ottawa | 2,728 | 59.16% | 791 | 17.15% | 957 | 20.75% | 104 | 2.26% | 23 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,771 | 38.41% | 4,611 |
Paulding | 2,296 | 43.58% | 1,542 | 29.27% | 1,223 | 23.21% | 153 | 2.90% | 53 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.04% | 754 | 14.31% | 5,269 |
Perry | 3,147 | 39.08% | 1,739 | 21.60% | 2,220 | 27.57% | 806 | 10.01% | 104 | 1.29% | 36 | 0.45% | 927 | 11.51% | 8,052 |
Pickaway | 3,311 | 52.41% | 2,282 | 36.12% | 569 | 9.01% | 82 | 1.30% | 68 | 1.08% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,029 | 16.29% | 6,317 |
Pike | 1,691 | 49.20% | 1,184 | 34.45% | 443 | 12.89% | 81 | 2.36% | 34 | 0.99% | 4 | 0.12% | 507 | 14.75% | 3,437 |
Portage | 2,855 | 38.65% | 1,162 | 15.73% | 2,583 | 34.97% | 681 | 9.22% | 101 | 1.37% | 5 | 0.07% | 272 | 3.68% | 7,387 |
Preble | 2,859 | 46.43% | 2,135 | 34.67% | 910 | 14.78% | 177 | 2.87% | 76 | 1.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 724 | 11.76% | 6,158 |
Putnam | 4,000 | 62.40% | 1,000 | 15.60% | 1,182 | 18.44% | 144 | 2.25% | 69 | 1.08% | 15 | 0.23% | 2,818[lower-alpha 1] | 43.96% | 6,410 |
Richland | 5,201 | 48.62% | 2,389 | 22.33% | 2,058 | 19.24% | 925 | 8.65% | 97 | 0.91% | 28 | 0.26% | 2,812 | 26.29% | 10,698 |
Ross | 4,494 | 45.89% | 3,600 | 36.76% | 1,096 | 11.19% | 464 | 4.74% | 122 | 1.25% | 16 | 0.16% | 894 | 9.13% | 9,792 |
Sandusky | 4,333 | 50.66% | 1,576 | 18.43% | 2,103 | 24.59% | 446 | 5.21% | 77 | 0.90% | 18 | 0.21% | 2,230[lower-alpha 1] | 26.07% | 8,553 |
Scioto | 3,508 | 33.26% | 3,609 | 34.22% | 2,012 | 19.08% | 1,222 | 11.59% | 168 | 1.59% | 28 | 0.27% | -101 | -0.96% | 10,547 |
Seneca | 5,082 | 49.63% | 2,362 | 23.07% | 2,062 | 20.14% | 567 | 5.54% | 147 | 1.44% | 20 | 0.20% | 2,720 | 26.56% | 10,240 |
Shelby | 3,305 | 56.00% | 1,613 | 27.33% | 678 | 11.49% | 245 | 4.15% | 52 | 0.88% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,692 | 28.67% | 5,902 |
Stark | 9,908 | 37.07% | 6,033 | 22.57% | 6,802 | 25.45% | 3,606 | 13.49% | 309 | 1.16% | 71 | 0.27% | 3,106[lower-alpha 1] | 11.62% | 26,729 |
Summit | 7,786 | 33.57% | 3,502 | 15.10% | 7,473 | 32.22% | 3,936 | 16.97% | 378 | 1.63% | 117 | 0.50% | 313[lower-alpha 1] | 1.35% | 23,192 |
Trumbull | 3,347 | 29.42% | 2,633 | 23.15% | 3,556 | 31.26% | 1,640 | 14.42% | 161 | 1.42% | 38 | 0.33% | -209[lower-alpha 1] | -1.84% | 11,375 |
Tuscarawas | 4,978 | 39.84% | 3,417 | 27.34% | 1,749 | 14.00% | 2,177 | 17.42% | 105 | 0.84% | 70 | 0.56% | 1,561 | 12.49% | 12,496 |
Union | 2,362 | 40.68% | 2,051 | 35.32% | 1,209 | 20.82% | 121 | 2.08% | 59 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.09% | 311 | 5.36% | 5,807 |
Van Wert | 3,287 | 46.26% | 2,490 | 35.04% | 1,050 | 14.78% | 209 | 2.94% | 60 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.14% | 797 | 11.22% | 7,106 |
Vinton | 1,228 | 41.11% | 952 | 31.87% | 581 | 19.45% | 203 | 6.80% | 15 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.27% | 276 | 9.24% | 2,987 |
Warren | 2,101 | 33.52% | 2,788 | 44.49% | 1,100 | 17.55% | 207 | 3.30% | 61 | 0.97% | 10 | 0.16% | -687 | -10.96% | 6,267 |
Washington | 4,637 | 46.65% | 3,326 | 33.46% | 1,222 | 12.29% | 618 | 6.22% | 121 | 1.22% | 17 | 0.17% | 1,311 | 13.19% | 9,941 |
Wayne | 4,737 | 51.14% | 1,674 | 18.07% | 2,351 | 25.38% | 350 | 3.78% | 137 | 1.48% | 14 | 0.15% | 2,386[lower-alpha 1] | 25.76% | 9,263 |
Williams | 2,875 | 44.81% | 1,145 | 17.85% | 2,081 | 32.43% | 219 | 3.41% | 81 | 1.26% | 15 | 0.23% | 794[lower-alpha 1] | 12.38% | 6,416 |
Wood | 4,356 | 43.46% | 2,020 | 20.15% | 3,021 | 30.14% | 473 | 4.72% | 133 | 1.33% | 21 | 0.21% | 1,335[lower-alpha 1] | 13.32% | 10,024 |
Wyandot | 2,848 | 54.46% | 1,409 | 26.94% | 854 | 16.33% | 93 | 1.78% | 22 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,439 | 27.51% | 5,230 |
Totals | 424,834 | 40.96% | 278,168 | 26.82% | 229,807 | 22.16% | 90,164 | 8.69% | 11,511 | 1.11% | 2,630 | 0.25% | 146,666 | 14.14% | 1,037,114 |
Notes
- In this county where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is that between Wilson and Roosevelt (Wilson positive).
- In this county where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Wilson, the margin given is that between Taft and Roosevelt (Taft positive).
- In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is that between Wilson and Debs.
References
- "1912 Presidential Election Results - Ohio". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
- Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (xlsx file for €15)