1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Flag of Oklahoma (1911-1925).svg
  1908 November 5, 1912 1916  
  Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg William Howard Taft Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg
Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Home state New Jersey Ohio Indiana
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas Murray Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote1000
Popular vote119,15690,78641,674
Percentage46.95%35.77%16.42%

Oklahoma Presidential Election Results 1912.svg
County Results

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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

Contents

Oklahoma was won by the Democratic nominees, governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson and governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 46.95 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican ticket of incumbent president William Howard Taft (ROhio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 35.77 percent of the popular vote, and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (SIndiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 16.42 percent of the popular vote. [1]

Oklahoma was the second best state in percentage points for Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs with 16.42 percent with Nevada being his best with 16.47 percent. This was also the only state in which the Progressive Party candidates, former president Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate, governor of California Hiram Johnson, were not on the ballot.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma [1] [a]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 119,156 46.95%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent)90,78635.77%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 41,67416.42%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 2,1850.86%
Total votes253,801 100%

Results by county

CountyThomas Woodrow Wilson [2]
Democratic
William Howard Taft [2]
Republican
Eugene Victor Debs [3]
Socialist
Eugene Chafin [3]
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 91647.51%85044.09%1517.83%110.57%663.42%1,928
Alfalfa 1,17934.91%1,71450.76%39511.70%892.64%-535-15.84%3,377
Atoka 1,10046.89%66928.52%56624.13%110.47%43118.37%2,346
Beaver 92636.80%1,07042.53%44617.73%742.94%-144-5.72%2,516
Beckham 1,56650.42%64820.86%87128.04%210.68%695 [b] 22.38%3,106
Blaine 74438.17%83142.64%35017.96%241.23%-87-4.46%1,949
Bryan 2,27859.76%71118.65%80921.22%140.37%1,469 [b] 38.54%3,812
Caddo 2,51442.08%2,41340.38%99316.62%550.92%1011.69%5,975
Canadian 2,04748.51%1,79442.51%3377.99%421.00%2536.00%4,220
Carter 1,86057.67%65220.22%70221.77%110.34%1,158 [b] 35.91%3,225
Cherokee 1,09449.64%96243.65%1396.31%90.41%1325.99%2,204
Choctaw 1,39249.59%69224.65%70325.04%200.71%689 [b] 24.55%2,807
Cimarron 34248.10%26336.99%9413.22%121.69%7911.11%711
Cleveland 1,47151.40%93832.77%42414.81%291.01%53318.62%2,862
Coal 1,10948.15%57124.79%62327.05%00.00%486 [b] 21.10%2,303
Comanche 1,93149.73%1,32033.99%60615.61%260.67%61115.74%3,883
Cotton 1,06354.85%58730.29%26913.88%190.98%47624.56%1,938
Craig 1,77253.93%1,39142.33%1133.44%100.30%38111.59%3,286
Creek 1,67636.64%1,90241.58%94820.73%481.05%-226-4.94%4,574
Custer 1,77744.28%1,69342.19%50512.58%380.95%842.09%4,013
Delaware 98351.71%73238.51%1769.26%100.53%25113.20%1,901
Dewey 1,07536.42%1,08636.79%76826.02%230.78%-11-0.37%2,952
Ellis 91832.80%1,37349.05%47116.83%371.32%-455-16.26%2,799
Garfield 2,35341.14%2,90050.71%3986.96%681.19%-547-9.56%5,719
Garvin 2,11453.93%74018.88%1,05126.81%150.38%1,063 [b] 27.12%3,920
Grady 2,57757.60%1,12125.06%75716.92%190.42%1,45632.54%4,474
Grant 1,55842.70%1,72947.38%2597.10%1032.82%-171-4.69%3,649
Greer 1,33463.86%35116.80%38518.43%190.91%949 [b] 45.43%2,089
Harmon 89564.71%19714.24%27920.17%120.87%616 [b] 44.54%1,383
Harper 52334.75%67945.12%28018.60%231.53%-156-10.37%1,505
Haskell 1,38846.66%90230.32%67222.59%130.44%48616.34%2,975
Hughes 1,76944.21%1,22830.69%98424.59%200.50%54113.52%4,001
Jackson 1,81958.79%58819.00%65221.07%351.13%1,167 [b] 37.72%3,094
Jefferson 1,11851.95%36116.78%66030.67%130.60%458 [b] 21.28%2,152
Johnston 1,28950.49%50619.82%74129.02%170.67%548 [b] 21.46%2,553
Kay 2,38044.57%2,50846.97%3757.02%771.44%-128-2.40%5,340
Kingfisher 1,23539.63%1,52749.01%31810.21%361.16%-292-9.37%3,116
Kiowa 1,83146.40%1,16729.57%91823.26%300.76%66416.83%3,946
Latimer 72246.49%48231.04%34222.02%70.45%24015.45%1,553
Le Flore 2,00949.30%1,53837.74%50712.44%210.52%47111.56%4,075
Lincoln 2,13738.39%2,45944.17%91516.44%561.01%-322-5.78%5,567
Logan 1,70035.34%2,54652.92%48110.00%841.75%-846-17.58%4,811
Love 75055.11%19914.62%40729.90%50.37%343 [b] 25.20%1,361
Major 68927.62%1,21048.50%54521.84%512.04%-521-20.88%2,495
Marshall 95848.51%31515.95%69034.94%120.61%268 [b] 13.57%1,975
Mayes 1,39151.81%1,07940.19%2027.52%130.48%31211.62%2,685
McClain 1,27355.93%58325.62%40917.97%110.48%69030.32%2,276
McCurtain 1,05940.56%70426.96%83131.83%170.65%228 [b] 8.73%2,611
McIntosh 1,32546.74%97034.22%52818.62%120.42%35512.52%2,835
Murray 98752.95%32117.22%55029.51%60.32%437 [b] 23.44%1,864
Muskogee 3,68155.76%2,38536.13%5137.77%230.35%1,29619.63%6,602
Noble 1,18843.25%1,26646.09%2709.83%230.84%-78-2.84%2,747
Nowata 1,01244.56%1,08747.86%1466.43%261.14%-75-3.30%2,271
Okfuskee 95240.63%65127.78%72430.90%160.68%228 [b] 9.73%2,343
Oklahoma 6,96351.30%5,70642.04%8226.06%830.61%1,2579.26%13,574
Okmulgee 1,24342.14%1,14038.64%54018.31%270.92%1033.49%2,950
Osage 1,90046.33%1,71341.77%46711.39%210.51%1874.56%4,101
Ottawa 1,38448.19%1,31545.79%1655.75%80.28%692.40%2,872
Pawnee 1,31642.15%1,33242.66%44314.19%310.99%-16-0.51%3,122
Payne 1,53438.24%1,66941.61%73718.37%711.77%-135-3.37%4,011
Pittsburg 2,76747.55%1,57427.05%1,44324.80%350.60%1,19320.50%5,819
Pontotoc 1,84253.81%64218.76%92126.91%180.53%921 [b] 26.91%3,423
Pottawatomie 3,08249.56%2,07533.37%1,02116.42%410.66%1,00716.19%6,219
Pushmataha 74743.53%47927.91%48228.09%80.47%265 [b] 15.44%1,716
Roger Mills 90241.19%71632.69%55525.34%170.78%1868.49%2,190
Rogers 1,63748.92%1,25837.60%43212.91%190.57%37911.33%3,346
Seminole 1,17244.18%71526.95%74928.23%170.64%423 [b] 15.94%2,653
Sequoyah 1,41651.55%1,09940.01%2208.01%120.44%31711.54%2,747
Stephens 1,73553.65%59818.49%88227.27%190.59%853 [b] 26.38%3,234
Texas 76444.24%68339.55%23913.84%412.37%814.69%1,727
Tillman 1,80164.02%63822.68%35312.55%210.75%1,16341.34%2,813
Tulsa 2,74751.37%2,02937.95%5239.78%480.90%71813.43%5,347
Wagoner 88851.51%55532.19%27015.66%110.64%33319.32%1,724
Washington 1,56146.62%1,44743.22%3159.41%250.75%1143.41%3,348
Washita 1,66347.07%1,10031.14%73420.78%361.02%56315.94%3,533
Woods 1,24735.95%1,67948.40%50114.44%421.21%-432-12.45%3,469
Woodward 1,08335.14%1,40345.52%56818.43%280.91%-320-10.38%3,082
Totals [a] 119,14346.96%90,72635.76%41,63016.41%2,1950.87%28,41711.20%253,694

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 There are some differences in the totals between Dave Leip’s and those of Eugene Robinson that were used by Géoelections and are quoted for the county table.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is that between Wilson and Debs.

References

  1. 1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Results – Oklahoma". 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. 1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections.