1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee

The 1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1912

November 5, 1912


Nominee	Woodrow Wilson	William Howard Taft	Theodore Roosevelt
Party	Democratic	Republican	Progressive
Home state	New Jersey	Ohio	New York
Running mate	Thomas R. Marshall	Nicholas M. Butler (replacing James S. Sherman)	Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote	12	0	0
Popular vote	133,021	60,475	54,041
Percentage	52.80%	24.00%	21.45%

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Elections in Tennessee

Federal government

U.S. President
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U.S. Senate
1796 1797 (sp) 1798 1798 (sp) 1799 (sp) 1803 1809 1809 (sp) 1811 (sp) 1815 (sp) 1817 (sp) 1819 (sp) 1821 (sp) 1825 (sp) 1826 1829 1829 (sp) 1833 1835 1838 (sp) 1839 (sp) 1840 (sp) 1841 1843 (sp) 1844 1847 1851 1853 1857 (sp) 1858 1866 1867 1875 1877 1877 (sp) 1883 1887 1889 1893 1895 1898 (sp) 1899 1901 1905 1905 (sp) 1907 1911 1913 1913 (sp) 1916 1918 1922 1924 1928 1930 1930 (sp) 1934 1934 (sp) 1936 1938 (sp) 1940 1942 1946 1948 1952 1954 1958 1960 1964 1964 (sp) 1966 1970 1972 1976 1978 1982 1984 1988 1990 1994 1994 (sp) 1996 2000 2002 2006 2008 2012 2014 2018 2020 2024
U.S. House
1795 (Terr) 1796 1797 1797 (sp AL) 1799 1801 1801 (sp AL) 1803 1805 1807 1809 1811 1813 1814 (sp 5th) 1815 (sp 2nd) 1815 1817 1819 1833 1835 1837 1839 1841 1842 1845 1847 1849 1851 1853 1855 1857 1859 1861 1865 1867 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1920 1928 1932 1934 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1954 1956 1958 1964 1968 1972 1980 1984 1988 1988 (sp 2nd) 1988 (sp 5th) 1994 1996 1998 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Special elections
Senate, 1964 Senate, 1994

State government

Gubernatorial elections
1799 1801 1803 1805 1807 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Ballot measures
Amendment 1, 2006

Mayoral elections
1987 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019

Mayoral elections
2015 2019

Mayoral elections
2011 2015 2018 (special) 2019

Government

Tennessee was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 52.80% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 24.00% of the popular vote, the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 21.45% of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 1.41% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Hawkins County voted for the Democratic candidate, as well as the last election in which Blount County, Washington County, Sevier County, Carter County, Jefferson County, Henderson County, Grainger County, Scott County, Unicoi County, and Johnson County did not vote for the Republican candidate.

Results

United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1912[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	133,021	52.80%
	Republican	William Howard Taft	60,475	24.00%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	54,041	21.45%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	3,564	1.41%
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	832	0.33%
	Socialist Labor	Arthur Reimer	420	0.14%
Total votes			251,933	100%

References

"1912 Presidential Election Results Tennessee".

State and district results of the 1912 United States presidential election
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