1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

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1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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  1908 November 5, 1912 1916  
  Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg
Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson
Party Progressive Democratic
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Hiram Johnson Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote380
Popular vote444,894395,637
Percentage36.53%32.49%

  Unsuccessful 1912.jpg Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg
Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Socialist
Home state Ohio Indiana
Running mate Nicholas Murray Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote00
Popular vote273,36083,614
Percentage22.45%6.87%

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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 Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. This was the first time that Arizona and New Mexico took part in a presidential election having been admitted to the Union earlier in the year. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

This election was a four-way contest. Pennsylvania voted for the Progressive nominee former President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt over the Democratic nominee New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, Republican nominee President William Howard Taft, and Socialist Party of America nominee union leader Eugene V. Debs. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.04%. He also became the first non-Republican candidate to win Pennsylvania since Democratic candidate and native son James Buchanan won the state in 1856.

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Wayne County, Snyder County, and Union County did not vote for the Republican candidate. [1]

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 444,89436.53%38
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 395,63732.49%0
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent)273,36022.45%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 83,6146.87%0
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 19,5251.60%0
Industrialist Arthur Reimer 7060.06%0
Totals1,217,736100.00%40

Results by county

CountyWoodrow Wilson [3]
Democratic
William Howard Taft [3]
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt [3]
Progressive "Bull Moose"
Eugene V. Debs [4]
Socialist
Eugene Chafin [4]
Prohibition
Arthur Reimer [4]
Industrialist
Margin [lower-alpha 1] Total votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 3,68251.07%81911.36%2,54835.34%901.25%670.93%40.06%1,13415.73%7,210
Allegheny 31,41724.86%23,82218.85%50,01739.57%19,55415.47%1,4021.11%1740.14%-18,600-14.72%126,386
Armstrong 3,02730.06%1,90418.91%4,29742.67%6436.39%1981.97%10.01%-1,270-12.61%10,070
Beaver 3,03724.10%2,75921.89%4,51735.84%1,74813.87%5344.24%70.06%-1,480-11.74%12,602
Bedford 2,69436.68%1,14015.52%2,97140.45%4235.76%1151.57%10.01%-277-3.77%7,344
Berks 16,43047.54%3,0328.77%11,28432.65%3,63610.52%1600.46%180.05%5,14614.89%34,560
Blair 4,10823.78%3,13818.16%8,17947.34%1,5999.26%2231.29%290.17%-4,071-23.56%17,276
Bradford 2,96027.01%2,03418.56%5,37949.09%2382.17%3423.12%40.04%-2,419-22.08%10,957
Bucks 6,77339.75%5,45232.00%4,28025.12%4112.41%1190.70%20.01%1,321 [lower-alpha 2] 7.75%17,037
Butler 4,02235.86%1,27311.35%4,32738.58%4504.01%1,13910.16%40.04%-305-2.72%11,215
Cambria 7,28233.52%3,25214.97%10,06646.33%8694.00%2431.12%130.06%-2,784-12.81%21,725
Cameron 29122.58%38830.10%55342.90%362.79%201.55%10.08%-165 [lower-alpha 3] -12.80%1,289
Carbon 3,65240.88%1,24613.95%3,54939.72%4284.79%570.64%20.02%1031.15%8,934
Centre 3,44543.46%1,50719.01%2,61232.95%2272.86%1321.67%30.04%83310.51%7,926
Chester 6,90134.88%5,70828.85%6,59633.34%3141.59%2631.33%40.02%3051.54%19,786
Clarion 3,07949.17%91614.63%1,72427.53%3155.03%2243.58%40.06%1,35521.64%6,262
Clearfield 4,67036.20%1,52311.81%4,90238.00%1,41010.93%3812.95%140.11%-232-1.80%12,900
Clinton 2,20036.45%1,21420.12%1,92631.91%61310.16%771.28%50.08%2744.54%6,035
Columbia 4,90555.05%8899.98%2,69730.27%2422.72%1751.96%20.02%2,20824.78%8,910
Crawford 3,90832.17%2,49720.56%4,13934.07%1,0418.57%5564.58%60.05%-231-1.90%12,147
Cumberland 5,02342.89%2,56621.91%3,50729.94%3452.95%2622.24%90.08%1,51612.94%11,712
Dauphin 7,47028.93%6,01223.29%10,67641.35%1,3635.28%2871.11%110.04%-3,206-12.42%25,819
Delaware 6,00125.82%8,41836.23%8,27235.60%3741.61%1700.73%30.01%146 [lower-alpha 3] 0.63%23,238
Elk 2,05735.82%60310.50%2,63845.94%3636.32%791.38%20.03%-581-10.12%5,742
Erie 5,63330.60%4,95826.93%5,01927.27%1,97210.71%8004.35%260.14%6143.34%18,408
Fayette 7,36338.97%4,16822.06%4,25722.53%2,46213.03%6323.35%100.05%3,10616.44%18,892
Forest 37323.91%24015.38%58837.69%26316.86%966.15%00.00%-215-13.78%1,560
Franklin 4,50539.10%2,71023.52%3,78732.86%4143.59%1050.91%20.02%7186.23%11,523
Fulton 1,08052.25%31715.34%62230.09%231.11%241.16%10.05%45822.16%2,067
Greene 3,55158.67%1,15019.00%1,06317.56%1762.91%1091.80%30.05%2,401 [lower-alpha 2] 39.67%6,052
Huntingdon 1,53824.41%90314.33%3,49355.44%2634.17%1021.62%10.02%-1,955-31.03%6,300
Indiana 1,59318.72%1,72020.21%3,96946.64%5246.16%6958.17%90.11%-2,249 [lower-alpha 3] -26.43%8,510
Jefferson 2,51029.11%1,60818.65%3,50140.61%5726.63%4304.99%10.01%-991-11.49%8,622
Juniata 1,14840.91%37413.33%1,18442.20%732.60%270.96%00.00%-36-1.28%2,806
Lackawanna 12,42337.78%3,79911.55%15,19946.22%9592.92%4891.49%140.04%-2,776-8.44%32,883
Lancaster 8,57425.01%12,66836.95%12,03135.09%6872.00%3100.90%120.04%637 [lower-alpha 3] 1.86%34,282
Lawrence 1,97620.07%2,12821.62%3,34834.01%1,64116.67%7497.61%30.03%-1,220 [lower-alpha 3] -12.39%9,845
Lebanon 2,97228.09%2,37822.48%4,54042.91%3933.71%2962.80%10.01%-1,568-14.82%10,580
Lehigh 10,83448.56%2,72212.20%7,58033.97%1,0594.75%1060.48%100.04%3,25414.58%22,311
Luzerne 13,46132.56%4,97012.02%20,10448.63%2,4645.96%3200.77%190.05%-6,643-16.07%41,338
Lycoming 6,03940.73%1,63111.00%5,20835.13%1,52310.27%4232.85%30.02%8315.60%14,827
McKean 2,36229.52%1,34516.81%3,48943.61%5126.40%2753.44%180.22%-1,127-14.09%8,001
Mercer 4,03931.76%1,87314.73%4,41834.74%1,70813.43%6775.32%30.02%-379-2.98%12,718
Mifflin 1,40031.25%65414.60%1,83140.87%53111.85%621.38%20.04%-431-9.62%4,480
Monroe 3,10767.48%53611.64%84418.33%230.50%932.02%10.02%2,26349.15%4,604
Montgomery 11,89435.37%8,97826.69%11,49134.17%1,1293.36%1360.40%40.01%4031.20%33,632
Montour 1,49253.19%30810.98%93733.40%391.39%291.03%00.00%55519.79%2,805
Northampton 10,32547.50%3,89317.91%6,60230.37%6392.94%2741.26%30.01%3,72317.13%21,736
Northumberland 6,80235.53%2,37112.39%7,06436.90%2,72614.24%1720.90%90.05%-262-1.37%19,144
Perry 1,94139.98%1,14023.48%1,67034.40%721.48%280.58%40.08%2715.58%4,855
Philadelphia 66,30826.35%91,94436.53%82,96332.96%9,7843.89%5710.23%1200.05%8,981 [lower-alpha 3] 3.57%251,690
Pike 99559.83%19111.49%43726.28%181.08%201.20%20.12%55833.55%1,663
Potter 1,44530.88%85018.17%1,90740.76%3106.63%1673.57%00.00%-462-9.87%4,679
Schuylkill 11,81236.83%3,55711.09%13,68642.67%2,8468.87%1610.50%130.04%-1,874-5.84%32,075
Snyder 99129.76%62618.80%1,62248.71%742.22%140.42%30.09%-631-18.95%3,330
Somerset 2,16422.57%1,42814.89%5,02652.42%6556.83%3143.27%10.01%-2,862-29.85%9,588
Sullivan 91244.12%54726.46%47222.84%432.08%884.26%50.24%365 [lower-alpha 2] 17.66%2,067
Susquehanna 2,58834.98%1,98826.87%2,49833.77%250.34%2984.03%10.01%901.22%7,398
Tioga 1,90122.48%1,89522.40%4,31451.00%1301.54%2172.57%10.01%-2,413-28.53%8,458
Union 1,12632.50%47013.56%1,77651.26%481.39%421.21%30.09%-650-18.76%3,465
Venango 2,50727.57%1,66018.26%3,11134.22%1,21413.35%5996.59%10.01%-604-6.64%9,092
Warren 1,68623.23%1,56421.55%2,93440.42%6288.65%4396.05%70.10%-1,248-17.19%7,258
Washington 5,56329.75%4,29722.98%6,39534.20%2,05010.96%3852.06%70.04%-832-4.45%18,697
Wayne 1,92435.90%65912.29%2,59448.40%520.97%1292.41%20.04%-670-12.50%5,360
Westmoreland 9,26231.58%4,29914.66%10,19334.76%4,62215.76%9003.07%490.17%-931-3.17%29,325
Wyoming 1,50542.60%48013.59%1,46441.44%330.93%511.44%00.00%411.16%3,533
York 14,97949.61%5,25117.39%8,00726.52%1,5034.98%4461.48%90.03%6,97223.09%30,195
Totals395,63732.49%273,36022.45%444,89436.53%83,6146.87%19,5251.60%7060.06%-49,257-4.04%1,217,736

See also

Notes

  1. Because in Pennsylvania as a whole Roosevelt ran first with Wilson second and both ahead of Taft, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote, and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage, unless otherwise noted.
  2. 1 2 3 In this county where Roosevelt ran third behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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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