1912 Democratic Party presidential primaries

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1912 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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March 19 to June 4, 1912 1916  

1,088 delegates to the 1912 Democratic National Convention
726 (two-thirds) votes needed to win
  President Woodrow Wilson portrait December 2 1912.jpg Champ Clark, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left (cropped).jpg
Candidate Woodrow Wilson Champ Clark
Home state New Jersey Missouri
Delegate count324440.5
Contests won55
Popular vote435,169405,537
Percentage44.6%41.6%

  Jud Harmon.jpg Oscar W. Underwood.jpg
Candidate Judson Harmon Oscar Underwood
Home state Ohio Alabama
Delegate count148117.5
Contests won1
Popular vote116,294
Percentage11.9%

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First ballot of the 1912 Democratic National Convention.svg
     Wilson     Clark     Underwood
     Harmon     Baldwin     Various [a]

Previous Democratic nominee

William Jennings Bryan

Democratic nominee

Woodrow Wilson

From March 19 to June 4, 1912, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1912 Democratic National Convention for the purpose of choosing a nominee for president in the 1912 election. [1]

Contents

The primaries were inconclusive, with Speaker of the House Champ Clark holding a lead over Woodrow Wilson, but neither candidate close to the two-thirds of the delegates necessary to secure the nomination. In third place, Ohio governor Judson Harmon boasted the support of his home state and New York, the largest single delegation. House Majority Leader Oscar Underwood had strong support from the Deep South but little appeal outside the region.

At the convention, Wilson eventually secured the nomination over Clark after forty back-and-forth ballots.

Candidates

Nominee

CandidateExperienceHome stateCampaignPopular voteContests wonRunning mate
Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson (1912).jpg Governor of New Jersey
(1910–1913)
President of Princeton University
(1902–1910)
Flag of New Jersey.svg  New Jersey (Campaign)
Secured nomination:
July 2, 1912
435,169
(44.6%)
[ data missing ] Thomas R. Marshall

Defeated at convention

CandidateExperienceHome stateCampaignPopular voteContests won
Champ Clark ChampClark.png Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
(1911–1919)
Leader of the House Democratic Caucus
(1909–1921)
U.S. Representative from Missouri
(1893–95, 1897–1921)
Flag of Missouri.svg  Missouri (Campaign)

Defeated at convention:
July 2, 1912

405,537
(41.6%)
[ data missing ]
Judson Harmon JudsonHarmon.png Governor of Ohio
(1909–1913)
United States Attorney General
(1895–1897)
Flag of Ohio.svg  Ohio (Campaign)
Defeated at convention:
July 2, 1912
116,294
(11.9%)
[ data missing ]
Oscar Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood circa 1920 (cropped).jpg House Majority Leader
(1911–1915)
House Minority Whip
(1899–1901)
U.S. Representative from Alabama
(1895–96, 1897–1915)
Flag of Alabama.svg  Alabama (Campaign)

Defeated at convention:
July 2, 1912

[ data missing ]
Simeon E. Baldwin Simeon E. Baldwin LCCN2014685131 (3x4a).jpg Governor of Connecticut
(1911–1915)
Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
(1907–1910)
Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
(1897–1907)
Flag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut Withdrew at convention[ data missing ]

Favorite sons

Results

StateDate Woodrow Wilson Champ Clark Judson Harmon John Burke
North Dakota March 190.0%0.0%0.0%100.0%
Wisconsin April 255.7%44.2%0.0%0.0%
Illinois April 925.7%74.3%0.0%0.0%
Pennsylvania April 13100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nebraska April 1927.9%41.0%24.3%0.0%
Oregon April 1953.0%43.4%3.3%0.0%
Massachusetts April 3029.9%68.9%0.0%0.0%
Maryland May 634.3%54.4%11.3%0.0%
California May 1428.5%71.5%0.0%0.0%
Ohio May 2145.7%1.3%51.7%0.0%
New Jersey May 2898.9%1.1%0.0%0.0%
South Dakota June 435.2%32.0% [notes 1] 0.0%0.0%
Legend:  1st place
(popular vote)
2nd place
(popular vote)
3rd place
(popular vote)

See also

Notes

  1. The pro-Clark vote was split between two slates of delegates. The first one, labeled "Wilson-Clark-Bryan" received 32% while the second one, labeled "Champ Clark" received 20%. Clark's people accused the latter slate of being a scheme to split the vote. Only the votes received by the Wilson-Clark-Bryan slate are included in this total.
  1. Favorite sons received the support of Indiana (Thomas R. Marshall) and North Dakota (John Burke).

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