LIVE ELECTION RESULTS
President
Senate
House
Governor
Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming

1912 Presidential Election

Woodrow Wilson

Change History!
1912 interactive map
<< 1908 1916 >>

The United States presidential election of 1912 was fought among three major candidates. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican Party with the support of the conservative wing of the party. After former President Theodore Roosevelt failed to receive the Republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party"). It nominated Roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, thanks to the support of William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912.

Wilson defeated both Taft and Roosevelt in the general election, winning a huge majority in the Electoral College, and won 42% of the popular vote while his nearest rival won 27%. Wilson became the only elected President of the Democratic Party between 1892 and 1932. Wilson was the second of only two Democrats to be elected President between 1860 and 1932. This was also the last election in which a candidate who was not a Republican or Democrat came second in either the popular vote or the Electoral College and the first election where the 48 states of the continental United States participated.

Source: Wikipedia

1912 Election Results

Candidate Party Electoral Votes Popular Votes
✓
Woodrow Wilson Democratic 435 6,293,454
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 88 4,119,207
William H. Taft (I) Republican 8 3,483,922
Eugene Debs Socialist 0 901,551

1912 Election Facts

  • Welcome: Arizona and New Mexico become states during this election cycle
  • Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs received about 900,000 votes, but no Electoral Votes
  • Taft's 8 Electoral Votes fewest ever for an incumbent
  • California: Voters chose electors directly, with 11 pledged to Roosevelt (P) and two to Wilson (D) winning.
  • Issues of the Day: Trusts (Monopolies): The Standard Oil case of 1911; 16th Amendment (Federal Income Tax, ratified in 1913)