1912 United States presidential election in Iowa Last updated June 19, 2025
1912 United States presidential election in Iowa County Results
Wilson
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
Roosevelt
20–30%
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
Taft
30–40%
40–50%
The 1912 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5 , 1912 , as part of the 1912 United States presidential election . Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Iowa was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D –New Jersey ), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall , with 37.64% 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 32.87% of the popular vote and the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R –Ohio ), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler , with 24.33% of the popular vote. [ 1]
Wilson was the first Democrat to win Iowa's electoral votes since Franklin Pierce in 1852 . No Democrat would obtain a majority until Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 .
Results Results by county County [ 2] Thomas Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt Eugene Victor Debs Eugene Wilder Chafin Margin [ a] Total votes cast # %# %# %# %# %# % Adair 1,195 35.13% 1,248 36.68% 890 26.16% 31 0.91% 38 1.12% -53 [ b] -1.56% 3,402 Adams 1,215 43.66% 913 32.81% 571 20.52% 32 1.15% 52 1.87% 302 [ b] 10.85% 2,783 Allamakee 1,767 40.52% 1,269 29.10% 1,273 29.19% 39 0.89% 13 0.30% 494 11.33% 4,361 Appanoose 2,058 35.44% 2,356 40.57% 969 16.69% 359 6.18% 65 1.12% -298 [ b] -5.13% 5,807 Audubon 963 36.39% 692 26.15% 968 36.58% 10 0.38% 13 0.49% -5 -0.19% 2,646 Benton 2,472 42.56% 1,831 31.53% 1,234 21.25% 199 3.43% 72 1.24% 641 [ b] 11.04% 5,808 Black Hawk 3,702 34.76% 1,601 15.03% 4,724 44.36% 411 3.86% 211 1.98% -1,022 -9.60% 10,649 Boone 1,601 27.23% 802 13.64% 2,835 48.21% 537 9.13% 105 1.79% -1,234 -20.99% 5,880 Bremer 1,944 51.65% 1,013 26.91% 741 19.69% 24 0.64% 42 1.12% 931 [ b] 24.73% 3,764 Buchanan 1,866 39.54% 1,271 26.93% 1,455 30.83% 23 0.49% 104 2.20% 411 8.71% 4,719 Buena Vista 921 25.34% 755 20.77% 1,852 50.95% 61 1.68% 46 1.27% -931 -25.61% 3,635 Butler 926 26.48% 903 25.82% 1,553 44.41% 28 0.80% 87 2.49% -627 -17.93% 3,497 Calhoun 1,182 32.66% 963 26.61% 1,324 36.58% 85 2.35% 65 1.80% -142 -3.92% 3,619 Carroll 2,326 54.32% 664 15.51% 1,188 27.74% 53 1.24% 51 1.19% 1,138 26.58% 4,282 Cass 1,510 33.59% 1,724 38.35% 1,096 24.38% 103 2.29% 62 1.38% -214 [ b] -4.76% 4,495 Cedar 1,938 43.85% 1,036 23.44% 1,364 30.86% 43 0.97% 39 0.88% 574 12.99% 4,420 Cerro Gordo 1,742 33.49% 1,334 25.64% 1,814 34.87% 212 4.08% 100 1.92% -72 -1.38% 5,202 Cherokee 930 30.08% 381 12.32% 1,680 54.33% 56 1.81% 45 1.46% -750 -24.26% 3,092 Chickasaw 1,891 52.08% 1,022 28.15% 662 18.23% 35 0.96% 21 0.58% 869 [ b] 23.93% 3,631 Clarke 910 36.56% 882 35.44% 595 23.91% 21 0.84% 81 3.25% 28 [ b] 1.12% 2,489 Clay 707 25.04% 679 24.04% 1,347 47.70% 50 1.77% 41 1.45% -640 -22.66% 2,824 Clayton 2,919 49.80% 1,239 21.14% 1,471 25.10% 142 2.42% 90 1.54% 1,448 24.71% 5,861 Clinton 3,633 39.55% 1,890 20.58% 3,188 34.71% 403 4.39% 71 0.77% 445 4.84% 9,185 Crawford 2,193 46.96% 1,169 25.03% 1,181 25.29% 66 1.41% 61 1.31% 1,012 21.67% 4,670 Dallas 1,718 32.73% 1,825 34.77% 1,361 25.93% 200 3.81% 145 2.76% -107 [ b] -2.04% 5,249 Davis 1,453 47.41% 1,184 38.63% 353 11.52% 44 1.44% 31 1.01% 269 [ b] 8.78% 3,065 Decatur 1,659 42.24% 1,351 34.39% 773 19.68% 90 2.29% 55 1.40% 308 [ b] 7.84% 3,928 Delaware 1,399 34.42% 1,394 34.30% 1,145 28.17% 83 2.04% 43 1.06% 5 [ b] 0.12% 4,064 Des Moines 3,169 39.30% 2,136 26.49% 2,090 25.92% 537 6.66% 132 1.64% 1,033 [ b] 12.81% 8,064 Dickinson 502 26.96% 457 24.54% 850 45.65% 38 2.04% 15 0.81% -348 -18.69% 1,862 Dubuque 6,237 53.20% 1,620 13.82% 3,421 29.18% 415 3.54% 31 0.26% 2,816 24.02% 11,724 Emmet 486 25.01% 602 30.98% 738 37.98% 99 5.10% 18 0.93% -136 [ c] -7.00% 1,943 Fayette 2,379 38.20% 1,192 19.14% 2,240 35.97% 250 4.01% 166 2.67% 139 2.23% 6,227 Floyd 1,244 31.85% 1,216 31.13% 1,256 32.16% 142 3.64% 48 1.23% -12 -0.31% 3,906 Franklin 694 22.64% 773 25.21% 1,403 45.76% 67 2.19% 129 4.21% -630 [ c] -20.55% 3,066 Fremont 1,762 47.63% 973 26.30% 861 23.28% 65 1.76% 38 1.03% 789 [ b] 21.33% 3,699 Greene 980 27.51% 1,324 37.17% 1,166 32.73% 29 0.81% 63 1.77% 158 [ c] 4.44% 3,562 Grundy 1,149 37.12% 421 13.60% 1,465 47.33% 12 0.39% 48 1.55% -316 -10.21% 3,095 Guthrie 1,390 33.93% 1,258 30.71% 1,303 31.80% 74 1.81% 72 1.76% 87 2.12% 4,097 Hamilton 1,041 24.27% 831 19.37% 2,282 53.19% 68 1.59% 68 1.59% -1,241 -28.93% 4,290 Hancock 710 28.32% 860 34.30% 899 35.86% 8 0.32% 30 1.20% -39 [ c] -1.56% 2,507 Hardin 1,072 24.07% 732 16.43% 2,362 53.03% 87 1.95% 201 4.51% -1,290 -28.96% 4,454 Harrison 2,157 40.54% 1,528 28.72% 1,336 25.11% 226 4.25% 74 1.39% 629 [ b] 11.82% 5,321 Henry 1,580 37.17% 1,663 39.12% 856 20.14% 47 1.11% 105 2.47% -83 [ b] -1.95% 4,251 Howard 1,416 45.17% 750 23.92% 837 26.70% 69 2.20% 63 2.01% 579 18.47% 3,135 Humboldt 634 24.93% 477 18.76% 1,377 54.15% 16 0.63% 39 1.53% -743 -29.22% 2,543 Ida 1,087 38.93% 530 18.98% 1,144 40.97% 18 0.64% 13 0.47% -57 -2.04% 2,792 Iowa 1,841 45.77% 1,237 30.76% 875 21.76% 24 0.60% 45 1.12% 604 [ b] 15.02% 4,022 Jackson 2,259 47.06% 1,174 24.46% 1,003 20.90% 109 2.27% 255 5.31% 1,085 [ b] 22.60% 4,800 Jasper 2,487 39.20% 1,766 27.83% 1,531 24.13% 397 6.26% 164 2.58% 721 [ b] 11.36% 6,345 Jefferson 1,311 35.80% 1,378 37.63% 786 21.46% 72 1.97% 115 3.14% -67 [ b] -1.83% 3,662 Johnson 3,327 56.52% 1,645 27.95% 763 12.96% 92 1.56% 59 1.00% 1,682 [ b] 28.58% 5,886 Jones 2,189 47.93% 1,622 35.52% 689 15.09% 34 0.74% 33 0.72% 567 [ b] 12.42% 4,567 Keokuk 2,434 46.63% 1,361 26.07% 1,232 23.60% 74 1.42% 119 2.28% 1,073 [ b] 20.56% 5,220 Kossuth 1,813 39.53% 857 18.69% 1,860 40.56% 21 0.46% 35 0.76% -47 -1.02% 4,586 Lee 3,891 45.67% 2,016 23.66% 2,299 26.98% 258 3.03% 56 0.66% 1,592 18.69% 8,520 Linn 5,422 40.12% 4,326 32.01% 3,038 22.48% 487 3.60% 242 1.79% 1,096 [ b] 8.11% 13,515 Louisa 881 29.94% 1,070 36.36% 891 30.28% 58 1.97% 43 1.46% 179 [ c] 6.08% 2,943 Lucas 968 33.11% 939 32.11% 855 29.24% 110 3.76% 52 1.78% 29 [ b] 0.99% 2,924 Lyon 896 32.27% 412 14.84% 1,361 49.01% 89 3.20% 19 0.68% -465 -16.74% 2,777 Madison 1,185 31.43% 1,274 33.79% 1,121 29.73% 86 2.28% 104 2.76% -89 [ b] -2.36% 3,770 Mahaska 2,576 39.95% 1,682 26.09% 1,705 26.44% 202 3.13% 283 4.39% 871 13.51% 6,448 Marion 2,276 43.31% 1,191 22.66% 1,419 27.00% 297 5.65% 72 1.37% 857 16.31% 5,255 Marshall 2,162 32.19% 926 13.79% 3,106 46.24% 324 4.82% 199 2.96% -944 -14.05% 6,717 Mills 1,312 39.22% 850 25.41% 1,093 32.68% 57 1.70% 33 0.99% 219 6.55% 3,345 Mitchell 1,082 37.28% 590 20.33% 1,171 40.35% 29 1.00% 30 1.03% -89 -3.07% 2,902 Monona 1,358 35.51% 1,109 29.00% 1,289 33.71% 36 0.94% 32 0.84% 69 1.80% 3,824 Monroe 1,485 28.11% 1,385 26.22% 1,495 28.30% 856 16.21% 61 1.15% -10 -0.19% 5,282 Montgomery 1,206 30.35% 917 23.07% 1,713 43.11% 106 2.67% 32 0.81% -507 -12.76% 3,974 Muscatine 2,679 37.68% 789 11.10% 2,796 39.32% 758 10.66% 88 1.24% -117 -1.65% 7,110 O'Brien 1,506 38.91% 620 16.02% 1,659 42.87% 53 1.37% 32 0.83% -153 -3.95% 3,870 Osceola 786 40.14% 520 26.56% 609 31.10% 29 1.48% 14 0.72% 177 9.04% 1,958 Page 1,462 29.32% 980 19.65% 2,216 44.44% 197 3.95% 132 2.65% -754 -15.12% 4,987 Palo Alto 1,274 40.51% 953 30.30% 755 24.01% 101 3.21% 62 1.97% 321 [ b] 10.21% 3,145 Plymouth 2,038 41.24% 825 16.69% 2,005 40.57% 28 0.57% 46 0.93% 33 0.67% 4,942 Pocahontas 1,176 35.52% 760 22.95% 1,277 38.57% 69 2.08% 29 0.88% -101 -3.05% 3,311 Polk 7,239 32.07% 4,665 20.66% 8,110 35.92% 1,695 7.51% 866 3.84% -871 -3.86% 22,575 Pottawattamie 4,993 42.08% 1,753 14.77% 4,538 38.24% 489 4.12% 93 0.78% 455 3.83% 11,866 Poweshiek 1,631 35.89% 902 19.85% 1,792 39.43% 107 2.35% 113 2.49% -161 -3.54% 4,545 Ringgold 958 32.72% 916 31.28% 939 32.07% 45 1.54% 70 2.39% 19 0.65% 2,928 Sac 1,124 30.67% 622 16.97% 1,819 49.63% 58 1.58% 42 1.15% -695 -18.96% 3,665 Scott 5,632 41.17% 1,568 11.46% 4,977 36.38% 1,444 10.56% 58 0.42% 655 4.79% 13,679 Shelby 1,841 47.78% 872 22.63% 1,073 27.85% 38 0.99% 29 0.75% 768 19.93% 3,853 Sioux 1,453 31.15% 575 12.33% 2,566 55.02% 55 1.18% 15 0.32% -1,113 -23.86% 4,664 Story 1,224 23.39% 1,247 23.82% 2,515 48.05% 76 1.45% 172 3.29% -1,268 [ c] -24.23% 5,234 Tama 2,446 44.76% 1,179 21.57% 1,722 31.51% 45 0.82% 73 1.34% 724 13.25% 5,465 Taylor 1,372 35.61% 1,364 35.40% 999 25.93% 40 1.04% 78 2.02% 8 [ b] 0.21% 3,853 Union 1,528 39.25% 1,096 28.15% 1,115 28.64% 75 1.93% 79 2.03% 413 10.61% 3,893 Van Buren 1,495 39.68% 1,483 39.36% 675 17.91% 52 1.38% 63 1.67% 12 [ b] 0.32% 3,768 Wapello 3,102 36.62% 2,755 32.53% 1,838 21.70% 699 8.25% 76 0.90% 347 [ b] 4.10% 8,470 Warren 1,396 34.46% 1,386 34.21% 1,102 27.20% 53 1.31% 114 2.81% 10 [ b] 0.25% 4,051 Washington 2,003 41.76% 1,264 26.35% 1,330 27.73% 84 1.75% 116 2.42% 673 14.03% 4,797 Wayne 1,581 41.93% 1,193 31.64% 796 21.11% 88 2.33% 113 3.00% 388 [ b] 10.29% 3,771 Webster 2,370 33.25% 2,123 29.79% 2,171 30.46% 316 4.43% 147 2.06% 199 2.79% 7,127 Winnebago 390 17.48% 532 23.85% 1,035 46.39% 142 6.36% 132 5.92% -503 [ c] -22.55% 2,231 Winneshiek 2,105 41.03% 802 15.63% 2,136 41.64% 61 1.19% 26 0.51% -31 -0.60% 5,130 Woodbury 4,564 34.89% 2,441 18.66% 5,463 41.76% 449 3.43% 165 1.26% -899 -6.87% 13,082 Worth 402 20.28% 354 17.86% 1,147 57.87% 42 2.12% 37 1.87% -745 -37.59% 1,982 Wright 765 21.52% 805 22.64% 1,856 52.21% 54 1.52% 75 2.11% -1,051 [ c] -29.56% 3,555 Total 185,325 37.64% 119,805 24.33% 161,819 32.87% 16,967 3.45% 8,440 1.71% 23,506 4.77% 492,356
Notes ↑ Because Wilson finished first and Roosevelt second in Iowa as a whole, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margins Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless otherwise stated 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 In this county where Roosevelt did run third behind Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. This page is based on this
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