1912 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1912 United States presidential election in Ohio
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Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey Ohio
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas Murray Butler
Electoral vote 24 0
Popular vote 424,834 278,168
Percentage 40.96% 26.82%
 
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Eugene V. Debs
Party Progressive Socialist
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Hiram Johnson Emil Seidel
Electoral vote 0 0
Popular vote 229,807 90,144
Percentage 22.16% 8.69%
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William Howard Taft
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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.

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. It marked Ohio's shift from a reliably Republican state to a bellwether state, as it would vote for the winning candidate in every presidential election thereafter except 1944, 1960, and 2020.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Ohio[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 424,834 40.96% 24
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 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 "Bull Moose" 		Eugene Debs[4]
Socialist 		Eugene Chafin[4]
Prohibition 		Arthur Reimer[4]
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
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[a] 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[a] -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[b] 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[c] 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[a] 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[a] 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[a] 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[a] -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[a] -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[a] -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[a] 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[a] 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[a] 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[a] -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[a] 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[a] -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[a] 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[a] -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[a] 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[a] 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[a] 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[a] 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[a] -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[a] 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[a] 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[a] 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

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x In this county where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is that between Wilson and Roosevelt (Wilson positive).
  2. ^ In this county where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Wilson, the margin given is that between Taft and Roosevelt (Taft positive).
  3. ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is that between Wilson and Debs.

References

  1. ^ "1912 Presidential Election Results - Ohio". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ a b Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
  3. ^ Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b c Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (xlsx file for €15)