1912 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1912 United States presidential election in Ohio
Flag of Ohio.svg
  1908 November 5, 1912 1916  
  Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg William Howard Taft Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg
Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New Jersey Ohio
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas Murray Butler
Electoral vote240
Popular vote424,834278,168
Percentage40.96%26.82%

  Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Eugene V. Debs
Party Progressive Socialist
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Hiram Johnson Emil Seidel
Electoral vote00
Popular vote229,80790,144
Percentage22.16%8.69%

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County Results

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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.

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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]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 424,83440.96%24
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent)278,16826.82%0
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 229,80722.16%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 90,1448.69%0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 11,5111.11%0
Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 2,6300.25%0
Totals1,037,094100.0%24

Results by county

CountyWoodrow 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
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 2,27946.52%1,86338.03%56311.49%1332.71%541.10%70.14%4168.49%4,899
Allen 5,69648.21%2,63822.33%2,33719.78%9778.27%1401.18%270.23%3,05825.88%11,815
Ashland 3,36453.45%1,01716.16%1,55924.77%2744.35%641.02%160.25%1,805 [a] 28.68%6,294
Ashtabula 3,18125.84%2,21417.99%5,18942.16%1,55212.61%1421.15%300.24%-2,008 [a] -16.31%12,308
Athens 2,39325.23%3,09032.58%2,81129.64%1,05611.14%1061.12%270.28%279 [b] 2.94%9,483
Auglaize 3,72655.81%1,40120.99%1,02515.35%4606.89%560.84%80.12%2,32534.83%6,676
Belmont 5,41234.94%5,26734.00%1,58410.23%2,73117.63%4332.80%640.41%1450.94%15,491
Brown 3,45159.13%1,65028.27%5699.75%1252.14%390.67%20.03%1,80130.86%5,836
Butler 7,76346.59%3,43120.59%1,78710.72%3,50021.00%990.59%830.50%4,263 [c] 25.58%16,663
Carroll 1,29334.74%1,09629.45%1,08929.26%1082.90%1283.44%80.21%1975.29%3,722
Champaign 2,76340.53%2,39235.08%1,42320.87%1722.52%620.91%60.09%3715.44%6,818
Clark 5,21731.25%6,03636.16%3,23919.40%1,90911.44%2461.47%460.28%-819-4.91%16,693
Clermont 3,61047.52%2,54333.47%1,11514.68%2693.54%510.67%90.12%1,06714.05%7,597
Clinton 2,01033.56%2,91648.68%84114.04%1462.44%721.20%50.08%-906-15.13%5,990
Columbiana 4,81629.93%4,60128.59%3,81123.68%1,91611.91%9155.69%320.20%2151.34%16,091
Coshocton 3,46547.77%1,98427.35%96813.34%6679.19%1482.04%220.30%1,48120.42%7,254
Crawford 4,73358.84%1,43217.80%1,17614.62%5887.31%931.16%220.27%3,30141.04%8,044
Cuyahoga 43,61042.49%14,17613.81%33,82432.96%10,0969.84%3730.36%5450.53%9,786 [a] 9.54%102,624
Darke 5,02749.24%3,10730.43%1,17511.51%2962.90%5955.83%90.09%1,92018.81%10,209
Defiance 2,78450.58%87215.84%1,45926.51%3316.01%510.93%70.13%1,325 [a] 24.07%5,504
Delaware 2,93440.10%2,58435.32%1,51020.64%1231.68%1572.15%80.11%3504.78%7,316
Erie 3,50439.29%2,69530.22%1,67518.78%96110.77%540.61%300.34%8099.07%8,919
Fairfield 5,10157.45%1,67218.83%1,77419.98%1882.12%1381.55%60.07%3,327 [a] 37.47%8,879
Fayette 2,26141.08%2,18639.72%84415.33%1412.56%691.25%30.05%751.36%5,504
Franklin 20,69740.81%12,79125.22%11,73723.14%5,0059.87%3980.78%870.17%7,90615.59%50,715
Fulton 1,80534.28%92917.64%2,30443.76%1643.11%551.04%80.15%-499 [a] -9.48%5,265
Gallia 1,76532.87%1,35525.23%2,02737.75%1703.17%480.89%50.09%-262 [a] -4.88%5,370
Geauga 87327.47%57918.22%1,61850.91%772.42%240.76%70.22%-745 [a] -23.44%3,178
Greene 2,10729.92%3,24246.03%99314.10%5337.57%1512.14%170.24%-1,135-16.12%7,043
Guernsey 2,72629.98%3,42637.68%1,37315.10%1,34214.76%1801.98%450.49%-700-7.70%9,092
Hamilton 42,90939.03%42,11938.31%16,82815.31%7,5426.86%3840.35%1670.15%7900.72%109,949
Hancock 4,30947.66%2,24124.79%1,75719.43%6146.79%1041.15%160.18%2,06822.87%9,041
Hardin 3,91246.83%2,77533.22%1,23614.80%3133.75%931.11%250.30%1,13713.61%8,354
Harrison 1,71437.29%1,95042.43%70415.32%1473.20%761.65%50.11%-236-5.13%4,596
Henry 2,99457.20%80415.36%1,16622.28%2043.90%551.05%110.21%1,828 [a] 34.93%5,234
Highland 3,31444.43%2,75736.96%1,11614.96%1852.48%801.07%70.09%5577.47%7,459
Hocking 2,29545.79%1,35427.02%93518.66%3687.34%460.92%140.28%94118.77%5,012
Holmes 2,42966.90%46512.81%58116.00%1233.39%290.80%40.11%1,848 [a] 50.90%3,631
Huron 3,31740.05%1,70720.61%2,81033.92%3564.30%710.86%220.27%507 [a] 6.12%8,283
Jackson 2,04933.12%1,86030.06%1,58425.60%6129.89%530.86%290.47%1893.05%6,187
Jefferson 3,17127.78%4,77741.85%2,04217.89%1,19310.45%2051.80%270.24%-1,606-14.07%11,415
Knox 3,63246.01%2,53032.05%1,22615.53%3965.02%961.22%140.18%1,10213.96%7,894
Lake 1,42928.34%1,15522.91%2,11541.95%2995.93%290.58%150.30%-686 [a] -13.61%5,042
Lawrence 2,04228.81%2,65037.39%1,93727.33%4075.74%450.63%60.08%-608-8.58%7,087
Licking 6,12046.01%4,48733.73%1,68312.65%8196.16%1621.22%300.23%1,63312.28%13,301
Logan 2,72737.34%1,97727.07%2,27831.19%2293.14%841.15%90.12%449 [a] 6.15%7,304
Lorain 4,59133.71%2,22616.34%5,15637.85%1,55611.42%670.49%250.18%-565 [a] -4.15%13,621
Lucas 13,99937.22%5,62214.95%12,44233.08%5,17313.75%2160.57%1580.42%1,557 [a] 4.14%37,610
Madison 2,17241.48%2,27143.37%68113.01%661.26%450.86%10.02%-99-1.89%5,236
Mahoning 6,83833.03%5,83928.20%5,22625.24%2,42211.70%3211.55%570.28%9994.83%20,703
Marion 4,02445.07%3,21836.04%93410.46%6397.16%981.10%150.17%8069.03%8,928
Medina 2,10837.15%68512.07%2,51444.31%3025.32%550.97%100.18%-406 [a] -7.16%5,674
Meigs 1,73829.71%2,12936.39%1,35323.13%5489.37%631.08%190.32%-391-6.68%5,850
Mercer 3,59163.19%1,32423.30%57010.03%1262.22%671.18%50.09%2,26739.89%5,683
Miami 4,31038.74%3,61532.49%2,05618.48%1,0109.08%1111.00%230.21%6956.25%11,125
Monroe 3,19966.08%1,05521.79%3807.85%1232.54%771.59%70.14%2,14444.29%4,841
Montgomery 15,54439.31%10,34126.15%6,23615.77%7,07917.90%2500.63%880.22%5,20313.16%39,538
Morgan 1,63340.26%1,44835.70%70517.38%1413.48%1263.11%30.07%1854.56%4,056
Morrow 1,88041.92%1,24027.65%1,12425.06%1022.27%1322.94%70.16%64014.27%4,485
Muskingum 5,37638.47%4,13429.59%3,20722.95%1,0157.26%2211.58%200.14%1,2428.89%13,973
Noble 1,84240.90%1,80440.05%68115.12%962.13%761.69%50.11%380.84%4,504
Ottawa 2,72859.16%79117.15%95720.75%1042.26%230.50%80.17%1,77138.41%4,611
Paulding 2,29643.58%1,54229.27%1,22323.21%1532.90%531.01%20.04%75414.31%5,269
Perry 3,14739.08%1,73921.60%2,22027.57%80610.01%1041.29%360.45%92711.51%8,052
Pickaway 3,31152.41%2,28236.12%5699.01%821.30%681.08%50.08%1,02916.29%6,317
Pike 1,69149.20%1,18434.45%44312.89%812.36%340.99%40.12%50714.75%3,437
Portage 2,85538.65%1,16215.73%2,58334.97%6819.22%1011.37%50.07%2723.68%7,387
Preble 2,85946.43%2,13534.67%91014.78%1772.87%761.23%10.02%72411.76%6,158
Putnam 4,00062.40%1,00015.60%1,18218.44%1442.25%691.08%150.23%2,818 [a] 43.96%6,410
Richland 5,20148.62%2,38922.33%2,05819.24%9258.65%970.91%280.26%2,81226.29%10,698
Ross 4,49445.89%3,60036.76%1,09611.19%4644.74%1221.25%160.16%8949.13%9,792
Sandusky 4,33350.66%1,57618.43%2,10324.59%4465.21%770.90%180.21%2,230 [a] 26.07%8,553
Scioto 3,50833.26%3,60934.22%2,01219.08%1,22211.59%1681.59%280.27%-101-0.96%10,547
Seneca 5,08249.63%2,36223.07%2,06220.14%5675.54%1471.44%200.20%2,72026.56%10,240
Shelby 3,30556.00%1,61327.33%67811.49%2454.15%520.88%90.15%1,69228.67%5,902
Stark 9,90837.07%6,03322.57%6,80225.45%3,60613.49%3091.16%710.27%3,106 [a] 11.62%26,729
Summit 7,78633.57%3,50215.10%7,47332.22%3,93616.97%3781.63%1170.50%313 [a] 1.35%23,192
Trumbull 3,34729.42%2,63323.15%3,55631.26%1,64014.42%1611.42%380.33%-209 [a] -1.84%11,375
Tuscarawas 4,97839.84%3,41727.34%1,74914.00%2,17717.42%1050.84%700.56%1,56112.49%12,496
Union 2,36240.68%2,05135.32%1,20920.82%1212.08%591.02%50.09%3115.36%5,807
Van Wert 3,28746.26%2,49035.04%1,05014.78%2092.94%600.84%100.14%79711.22%7,106
Vinton 1,22841.11%95231.87%58119.45%2036.80%150.50%80.27%2769.24%2,987
Warren 2,10133.52%2,78844.49%1,10017.55%2073.30%610.97%100.16%-687-10.96%6,267
Washington 4,63746.65%3,32633.46%1,22212.29%6186.22%1211.22%170.17%1,31113.19%9,941
Wayne 4,73751.14%1,67418.07%2,35125.38%3503.78%1371.48%140.15%2,386 [a] 25.76%9,263
Williams 2,87544.81%1,14517.85%2,08132.43%2193.41%811.26%150.23%794 [a] 12.38%6,416
Wood 4,35643.46%2,02020.15%3,02130.14%4734.72%1331.33%210.21%1,335 [a] 13.32%10,024
Wyandot 2,84854.46%1,40926.94%85416.33%931.78%220.42%40.08%1,43927.51%5,230
Totals424,83440.96%278,16826.82%229,80722.16%90,1648.69%11,5111.11%2,6300.25%146,66614.14%1,037,114

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 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. 1 2 Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
  3. "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections.
  4. 1 2 3 "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections.