1912 United States presidential election in Indiana

Last updated September 25, 2024

The 1912 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Democratic nominee and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson running with Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall, with 43.07% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with Governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 24.75% of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 23.11% 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 5.64% of the popular vote.^[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update], this is the only election that Hamilton County or Hendricks County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[2]

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Indiana^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	281,890	43.07%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	162,007	24.75%
	Republican	William Howard Taft (incumbent)	151,267	23.11%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	36,931	5.64%
	Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	19,249	2.94%
	Socialist Labor	Arthur Reimer	3,130	0.48%
Total votes			654,474	100%

Results by county

1912 United States presidential election in Indiana by county
County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson^[3] Democratic		William Howard Taft^[3] Republican		Theodore Roosevelt^[3] Progressive "Bull Moose"		Eugene Victor Debs^[4] Socialist		Various candidates^[4] Other parties		Margin^{[lower-alpha 1]}		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Adams	2,961	61.62%	917	19.08%	732	15.23%	30	0.62%	165	3.43%	2,044^{[lower-alpha 2]}	42.54%	4,805
Allen	8,659	46.63%	3,423	18.43%	4,246	22.87%	1,512	8.14%	729	3.93%	4,413	23.77%	18,569
Bartholomew	3,147	48.26%	1,321	20.26%	1,604	24.60%	196	3.01%	253	3.88%	1,543	23.66%	6,521
Benton	1,425	42.09%	1,030	30.42%	796	23.51%	30	0.89%	105	3.10%	395^{[lower-alpha 2]}	11.67%	3,386
Blackford	1,651	45.56%	399	11.01%	1,163	32.09%	256	7.06%	155	4.28%	488	13.47%	3,624
Boone	3,280	48.70%	1,181	17.54%	2,014	29.90%	90	1.34%	170	2.52%	1,266	18.80%	6,735
Brown	909	59.30%	305	19.90%	253	16.50%	12	0.78%	54	3.52%	604^{[lower-alpha 2]}	39.40%	1,533
Carroll	2,275	46.59%	1,467	30.04%	926	18.96%	83	1.70%	132	2.70%	808^{[lower-alpha 2]}	16.55%	4,883
Cass	4,421	46.48%	1,573	16.54%	3,094	32.53%	187	1.97%	236	2.48%	1,327	13.95%	9,511
Clark	3,315	48.93%	805	11.88%	2,453	36.21%	137	2.02%	65	0.96%	862	12.72%	6,775
Clay	3,297	45.12%	1,494	20.45%	1,614	22.09%	697	9.54%	205	2.81%	1,683	23.03%	7,307
Clinton	3,255	45.52%	2,182	30.52%	1,281	17.92%	219	3.06%	213	2.98%	1,073^{[lower-alpha 2]}	15.01%	7,150
Crawford	1,159	43.33%	663	24.79%	542	20.26%	128	4.79%	183	6.84%	496^{[lower-alpha 2]}	18.54%	2,675
Daviess	2,759	43.51%	2,005	31.62%	1,061	16.73%	327	5.16%	189	2.98%	754^{[lower-alpha 2]}	11.89%	6,341
Dearborn	2,957	56.13%	1,366	25.93%	701	13.31%	146	2.77%	98	1.86%	1,591^{[lower-alpha 2]}	30.20%	5,268
Decatur	2,246	43.44%	1,263	24.43%	1,436	27.78%	88	1.70%	137	2.65%	810	15.67%	5,170
DeKalb	2,766	44.53%	1,125	18.11%	1,623	26.13%	437	7.04%	260	4.19%	1,143	18.40%	6,211
Delaware	4,313	35.13%	2,018	16.44%	4,059	33.06%	1,199	9.77%	689	5.61%	254	2.07%	12,278
Dubois	3,059	68.01%	666	14.81%	606	13.47%	106	2.36%	61	1.36%	2,393^{[lower-alpha 2]}	53.20%	4,498
Elkhart	4,300	37.22%	1,199	10.38%	4,533	39.24%	856	7.41%	665	5.76%	-233	-2.02%	11,553
Fayette	1,455	36.20%	1,030	25.63%	1,214	30.21%	231	5.75%	89	2.21%	241	6.00%	4,019
Floyd	3,236	46.66%	669	9.65%	2,580	37.20%	341	4.92%	110	1.59%	656	9.46%	6,936
Fountain	2,499	46.19%	1,560	28.84%	1,067	19.72%	140	2.59%	144	2.66%	939^{[lower-alpha 2]}	17.36%	5,410
Franklin	2,305	57.99%	929	23.37%	630	15.85%	30	0.75%	81	2.04%	1,376^{[lower-alpha 2]}	34.62%	3,975
Fulton	2,022	45.60%	1,427	32.18%	694	15.65%	70	1.58%	221	4.98%	595^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.42%	4,434
Gibson	3,250	44.44%	2,266	30.98%	1,270	17.36%	295	4.03%	233	3.19%	984^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.45%	7,314
Grant	4,390	33.68%	3,939	30.22%	2,185	16.76%	1,323	10.15%	1,199	9.20%	451^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3.46%	13,036
Greene	3,373	39.28%	2,156	25.11%	1,563	18.20%	1,203	14.01%	291	3.39%	1,217^{[lower-alpha 2]}	14.17%	8,586
Hamilton	2,463	34.93%	2,247	31.86%	1,834	26.01%	90	1.28%	418	5.93%	216^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3.06%	7,052
Hancock	2,594	51.90%	738	14.77%	1,375	27.51%	133	2.66%	158	3.16%	1,219	24.39%	4,998
Harrison	2,106	47.34%	900	20.23%	1,219	27.40%	118	2.65%	106	2.38%	887	19.94%	4,449
Hendricks	2,372	43.10%	1,439	26.15%	1,495	27.17%	48	0.87%	149	2.71%	877	15.94%	5,503
Henry	2,687	34.82%	2,479	32.12%	1,550	20.09%	437	5.66%	564	7.31%	208^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2.70%	7,717
Howard	2,824	31.95%	2,152	24.35%	2,184	24.71%	1,107	12.52%	572	6.47%	640	7.24%	8,839
Huntington	3,119	41.72%	2,108	28.20%	1,586	21.21%	252	3.37%	411	5.50%	1,011^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.52%	7,476
Jackson	3,225	56.91%	921	16.25%	1,236	21.81%	175	3.09%	110	1.94%	1,989	35.10%	5,667
Jasper	1,292	39.18%	1,238	37.54%	694	21.04%	14	0.42%	60	1.82%	54^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1.64%	3,298
Jay	2,786	44.29%	1,282	20.38%	1,596	25.37%	218	3.47%	408	6.49%	1,190	18.92%	6,290
Jefferson	2,325	45.31%	1,563	30.46%	943	18.38%	137	2.67%	163	3.18%	762^{[lower-alpha 2]}	14.85%	5,131
Jennings	1,577	44.69%	955	27.06%	839	23.77%	81	2.30%	77	2.18%	622^{[lower-alpha 2]}	17.63%	3,529
Johnson	2,890	52.59%	924	16.82%	1,408	25.62%	49	0.89%	224	4.08%	1,482	26.97%	5,495
Knox	4,448	45.61%	2,805	28.76%	1,316	13.49%	892	9.15%	291	2.98%	1,643^{[lower-alpha 2]}	16.85%	9,752
Kosciusko	2,817	39.02%	1,767	24.47%	2,096	29.03%	210	2.91%	330	4.57%	721	9.99%	7,220
LaGrange	1,233	35.11%	758	21.58%	1,402	39.92%	22	0.63%	97	2.76%	-169	-4.81%	3,512
Lake	5,136	29.38%	5,176	29.61%	5,659	32.37%	1,182	6.76%	330	1.89%	-483^{[lower-alpha 3]}	-2.76%	17,483
LaPorte	4,847	44.62%	2,701	24.87%	2,749	25.31%	397	3.65%	168	1.55%	2,098	19.32%	10,862
Lawrence	2,579	37.70%	1,633	23.87%	2,106	30.79%	398	5.82%	124	1.81%	473	6.92%	6,840
Madison	6,676	42.37%	1,771	11.24%	4,751	30.15%	1,947	12.36%	612	3.88%	1,925	12.22%	15,757
Marion	29,805	44.22%	12,280	18.22%	18,396	27.29%	5,268	7.82%	1,659	2.46%	11,409	16.93%	67,408
Marshall	2,859	48.31%	1,196	20.21%	1,490	25.18%	164	2.77%	209	3.53%	1,369	23.13%	5,918
Martin	1,440	47.68%	975	32.28%	553	18.31%	22	0.73%	30	0.99%	465^{[lower-alpha 2]}	15.40%	3,020
Miami	3,366	44.92%	1,426	19.03%	1,995	26.62%	422	5.63%	285	3.80%	1,371	18.29%	7,494
Monroe	2,396	43.48%	1,388	25.19%	1,497	27.16%	84	1.52%	146	2.65%	899	16.31%	5,511
Montgomery	3,821	46.51%	2,747	33.43%	1,246	15.17%	173	2.11%	229	2.79%	1,074^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.07%	8,216
Morgan	2,608	46.70%	1,353	24.23%	1,236	22.13%	185	3.31%	202	3.62%	1,255^{[lower-alpha 2]}	22.47%	5,584
Newton	965	36.92%	892	34.12%	633	24.22%	26	0.99%	98	3.75%	73^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2.79%	2,614
Noble	2,888	45.81%	1,443	22.89%	1,760	27.92%	106	1.68%	107	1.70%	1,128	17.89%	6,304
Ohio	553	49.07%	406	36.02%	120	10.65%	9	0.80%	39	3.46%	147^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.04%	1,127
Orange	1,830	42.43%	1,521	35.27%	849	19.68%	53	1.23%	60	1.39%	309^{[lower-alpha 2]}	7.16%	4,313
Owen	1,621	48.32%	711	21.19%	784	23.37%	161	4.80%	78	2.32%	837	24.95%	3,355
Parke	2,031	38.93%	1,891	36.25%	684	13.11%	346	6.63%	265	5.08%	140^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2.68%	5,217
Perry	1,931	52.90%	520	14.25%	1,130	30.96%	34	0.93%	35	0.96%	801	21.95%	3,650
Pike	1,984	45.53%	1,515	34.76%	489	11.22%	298	6.84%	72	1.65%	469^{[lower-alpha 2]}	10.76%	4,358
Porter	1,352	31.59%	1,510	35.28%	1,241	29.00%	120	2.80%	57	1.33%	-158^{[lower-alpha 2]}	-3.69%	4,280
Posey	2,767	55.55%	1,193	23.95%	745	14.96%	132	2.65%	144	2.89%	1,574^{[lower-alpha 2]}	31.60%	4,981
Pulaski	1,250	42.57%	729	24.83%	586	19.96%	135	4.60%	236	8.04%	521^{[lower-alpha 2]}	17.75%	2,936
Putnam	2,922	52.70%	1,354	24.42%	1,079	19.46%	91	1.64%	99	1.79%	1,568^{[lower-alpha 2]}	28.28%	5,545
Randolph	2,158	29.66%	1,988	27.33%	2,471	33.97%	272	3.74%	386	5.31%	-313	-4.30%	7,275
Ripley	2,431	47.95%	1,492	29.43%	884	17.44%	163	3.21%	100	1.97%	939^{[lower-alpha 2]}	18.52%	5,070
Rush	2,312	41.39%	1,931	34.57%	1,075	19.24%	77	1.38%	191	3.42%	381^{[lower-alpha 2]}	6.82%	5,586
St. Joseph	5,391	34.56%	3,146	20.17%	5,240	33.59%	1,285	8.24%	539	3.45%	151	0.97%	15,601
Scott	1,033	53.17%	327	16.83%	531	27.33%	18	0.93%	34	1.75%	502	25.84%	1,943
Shelby	3,432	47.47%	1,254	17.34%	1,969	27.23%	319	4.41%	256	3.54%	1,463	20.24%	7,230
Spencer	2,428	47.50%	1,268	24.80%	1,142	22.34%	151	2.95%	123	2.41%	1,160^{[lower-alpha 2]}	22.69%	5,112
Starke	1,208	43.14%	787	28.11%	696	24.86%	54	1.93%	55	1.96%	421^{[lower-alpha 2]}	15.04%	2,800
Steuben	1,266	31.74%	1,290	32.34%	1,210	30.33%	41	1.03%	182	4.56%	-24^{[lower-alpha 2]}	-0.60%	3,989
Sullivan	3,707	47.70%	1,406	18.09%	1,068	13.74%	1,045	13.45%	545	7.01%	2,301^{[lower-alpha 2]}	29.61%	7,771
Switzerland	1,342	46.28%	882	30.41%	322	11.10%	75	2.59%	279	9.62%	460^{[lower-alpha 2]}	15.86%	2,900
Tippecanoe	4,442	42.14%	3,006	28.51%	2,838	26.92%	191	1.81%	65	0.62%	1,436^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.62%	10,542
Tipton	2,185	46.89%	1,262	27.08%	914	19.61%	113	2.42%	186	3.99%	923^{[lower-alpha 2]}	19.81%	4,660
Union	705	36.53%	643	33.32%	342	17.72%	38	1.97%	202	10.47%	62^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3.21%	1,930
Vanderburgh	7,219	41.12%	4,839	27.56%	2,738	15.59%	2,572	14.65%	190	1.08%	2,380^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13.56%	17,558
Vermillion	1,780	36.78%	1,621	33.50%	680	14.05%	550	11.37%	208	4.30%	159^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3.29%	4,839
Vigo	7,256	40.18%	3,103	17.18%	4,988	27.62%	1,862	10.31%	851	4.71%	2,268	12.56%	18,060
Wabash	2,371	34.92%	1,363	20.08%	2,432	35.82%	308	4.54%	315	4.64%	-61	-0.90%	6,789
Warren	872	30.49%	1,183	41.36%	695	24.30%	46	1.61%	64	2.24%	-311^{[lower-alpha 2]}	-10.87%	2,860
Warrick	2,218	43.84%	1,421	28.09%	819	16.19%	310	6.13%	291	5.75%	797^{[lower-alpha 2]}	15.75%	5,059
Washington	2,233	53.31%	712	17.00%	1,113	26.57%	61	1.46%	70	1.67%	1,120	26.74%	4,189
Wayne	3,806	33.12%	1,851	16.11%	4,457	38.79%	1,032	8.98%	345	3.00%	-651	-5.67%	11,491
Wells	2,760	54.20%	812	15.95%	1,080	21.21%	132	2.59%	308	6.05%	1,680	32.99%	5,092
White	2,059	44.38%	1,613	34.77%	822	17.72%	41	0.88%	104	2.24%	446^{[lower-alpha 2]}	9.61%	4,639
Whitley	2,206	48.96%	1,082	24.01%	990	21.97%	70	1.55%	158	3.51%	1,124^{[lower-alpha 2]}	24.94%	4,506
Totals	281,889	43.06%	151,267	23.10%	162,007	24.75%	36,931	5.64%	22,601	3.45%	119,882	18.31%	654,695

Notes

↑ Because Roosevelt finished second ahead of Taft in Indiana as a whole, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margins Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless states otherwise for the county in question.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 In this county where Roosevelt did run behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage
↑ In this county where Wilson ran third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.

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1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Results — Indiana".
↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
1 2 3 "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)

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[5] Because Roosevelt finished second ahead of Taft in Indiana as a whole, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margins Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless states otherwise for the county in question.

[TaftdRoosevelt-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 In this county where Roosevelt did run behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage

[7] In this county where Wilson ran third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.

[results-1] 1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Results — Indiana".

[How-2] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[Geoelections-3] 1 2 3 "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)

[GeoelectionsII-4] 1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)

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