1912 United States presidential election in Georgia explained

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Election Name:	1912 United States presidential election in Georgia
Country:	Georgia (U.S. state)
Flag Year:	1906
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1908 United States presidential election in Georgia
Previous Year:	1908
Next Election:	1916 United States presidential election in Georgia
Next Year:	1916
Election Date:	November 5, 1912
Image1:	Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg
Nominee1:	Woodrow Wilson
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New Jersey
Running Mate1:	Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral Vote1:	14
Popular Vote1:	93,087
Percentage1:	76.63%
Nominee2:	Theodore Roosevelt
Party2:	Progressive
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Hiram Johnson
Color2:	A2ED70
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	21,985
Percentage2:	18.10%
Map Size:	290px
President
Before Election:	William Howard Taft
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Woodrow Wilson
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1912 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,^[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.^[2]

In 1908 the Republican Party had made some gains in the South due to opposition by developing manufacturers to William Jennings Bryan’s populism,^[3] and by nominee William Howard Taft’s willingness to accept black disfranchisement.^[4] This resulted in the GOP carrying twelve secessionist upcountry counties that had never gone Republican before.^[5] The split in the GOP after the 1908 election prevented any maintenance of these gains – which had seen Bryan’s 1908 performance as the poorest by a Democrat in Georgia until pro-civil rights Lyndon B. Johnson lost the state in 1964 – but Roosevelt did hold on to some of the new Republican vote from 1908, consequently finishing far ahead of regular Republican and incumbent President Taft.

Georgia was won by the New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 76.63 percent 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 18.10% of the popular vote.^[6]

Results

Results by county

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt^[7] Progressive "Bull Moose"		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Appling		381		59.72%		94		14.73%		150		23.51%		13		2.04%		231		36.21%		638
	Baker		180		93.75%		0		0.00%		12		6.25%		0		0.00%		168		87.50%		192
	Baldwin		621		89.74%		24		3.47%		47		6.79%		0		0.00%		574		82.95%		692
	Banks		274		54.15%		17		3.36%		215		42.49%		0		0.00%		59		11.66%		506
	Bartow		1,017		60.86%		93		5.57%		561		33.57%		0		0.00%		456		27.29%		1,671
	Ben Hill		535		64.30%		34		4.09%		263		31.61%		0		0.00%		272		32.69%		832
	Berrien		709		86.67%		35		4.28%		70		8.56%		4		0.49%		639		78.12%		818
	Bibb		2,526		91.19%		122		4.40%		90		3.25%		32		1.16%		2,404		86.79%		2,770
	Brooks		695		89.79%		37		4.78%		42		5.43%		0		0.00%		653		84.37%		774
	Bryan		236		86.13%		23		8.39%		15		5.47%		0		0.00%		213		77.74%		274
	Bulloch		932		93.48%		17		1.71%		44		4.41%		4		0.40%		888		89.07%		997
	Burke		440		90.72%		22		4.54%		22		4.54%		1		0.21%		418		86.19%		485
	Butts		490		85.96%		29		5.09%		49		8.60%		2		0.35%		441		77.37%		570
	Calhoun		328		96.76%		5		1.47%		6		1.77%		0		0.00%		322		94.99%		339
	Camden		219		98.21%		2		0.90%		2		0.90%		0		0.00%		217		97.31%		223
	Campbell		443		80.11%		6		1.08%		104		18.81%		0		0.00%		339		61.30%		553
	Carroll		1,192		69.30%		81		4.71%		431		25.06%		16		0.93%		761		44.24%		1,720
	Catoosa		286		60.34%		63		13.29%		125		26.37%		0		0.00%		161		33.97%		474
	Charlton		150		67.26%		23		10.31%		48		21.52%		2		0.90%		102		45.74%		223
	Chatham		3,274		84.36%		238		6.13%		332		8.55%		37		0.95%		2,942		75.81%		3,881
	Chattahoochee		137		91.95%		1		0.67%		11		7.38%		0		0.00%		126		84.56%		149
	Chattooga		578		66.59%		69		7.95%		220		25.35%		1		0.12%		358		41.24%		868
	Cherokee		603		44.93%		21		1.56%		710		52.91%		8		0.60%		-107		-7.97%		1,342
	Clarke		950		86.44%		66		6.01%		81		7.37%		2		0.18%		869		79.07%		1,099
	Clay		369		93.65%		8		2.03%		17		4.31%		0		0.00%		352		89.34%		394
	Clayton		443		79.11%		3		0.54%		113		20.18%		1		0.18%		330		58.93%		560
	Clinch		283		83.24%		48		14.12%		9		2.65%		0		0.00%		235		69.12%		340
	Cobb		1,519		75.76%		41		2.04%		442		22.04%		3		0.15%		1,077		53.72%		2,005
	Coffee		895		87.32%		28		2.73%		85		8.29%		17		1.66%		810		79.02%		1,025
	Colquitt		699		56.88%		8		0.65%		506		41.17%		16		1.30%		193		15.70%		1,229
	Columbia		234		87.97%		2		0.75%		30		11.28%		0		0.00%		204		76.69%		266
	Coweta		1,044		92.80%		35		3.11%		46		4.09%		0		0.00%		998		88.71%		1,125
	Crawford		249		97.65%		1		0.39%		3		1.18%		2		0.78%		246		96.47%		255
	Crisp		644		91.87%		12		1.71%		45		6.42%		0		0.00%		599		85.45%		701
	Dade		243		75.00%		18		5.56%		44		13.58%		19		5.86%		199		61.42%		324
	Dawson		170		47.49%		23		6.42%		161		44.97%		4		1.12%		9		2.51%		358
	Decatur		1,150		71.12%		52		3.22%		378		23.38%		37		2.29%		772		47.74%		1,617
	DeKalb		837		84.46%		44		4.44%		65		6.56%		45		4.54%		772		77.90%		991
	Dodge		637		86.08%		12		1.62%		28		3.78%		63		8.51%		609		82.30%		740
	Dooly		608		94.12%		5		0.77%		33		5.11%		0		0.00%		575		89.01%		646
	Dougherty		731		94.81%		21		2.72%		19		2.46%		0		0.00%		710		92.09%		771
	Douglas		266		45.01%		18		3.05%		307		51.95%		0		0.00%		-41		-6.94%		591
	Early		501		87.74%		7		1.23%		27		4.73%		36		6.30%		474		83.01%		571
	Echols		144		97.30%		0		0.00%		4		2.70%		0		0.00%		140		94.59%		148
	Effingham		343		95.81%		5		1.40%		10		2.79%		0		0.00%		333		93.02%		358
	Elbert		882		77.85%		13		1.15%		238		21.01%		0		0.00%		644		56.84%		1,133
	Emanuel		715		81.81%		22		2.52%		129		14.76%		8		0.92%		586		67.05%		874
	Fannin		451		48.81%		168		18.18%		305		33.01%		0		0.00%		146		15.80%		924
	Fayette		369		77.20%		12		2.51%		95		19.87%		2		0.42%		274		57.32%		478
	Floyd		1,837		80.75%		63		2.77%		374		16.44%		1		0.04%		1,463		64.31%		2,275
	Forsyth		235		56.90%		15		3.63%		163		39.47%		0		0.00%		72		17.43%		413
	Franklin		694		66.03%		26		2.47%		331		31.49%		0		0.00%		363		34.54%		1,051
	Fulton		7,317		75.78%		509		5.27%		1,696		17.57%		133		1.38%		5,621		58.22%		9,655
	Gilmer		488		74.28%		52		7.91%		116		17.66%		1		0.15%		372		56.62%		657
	Glascock		101		57.39%		3		1.70%		72		40.91%		0		0.00%		29		16.48%		176
	Glynn		470		88.51%		16		3.01%		30		5.65%		15		2.82%		440		82.86%		531
	Gordon		597		45.96%		52		4.00%		650		50.04%		0		0.00%		-53		-4.08%		1,299
	Grady		453		79.06%		21		3.66%		98		17.10%		1		0.17%		355		61.95%		573
	Greene		525		76.64%		10		1.46%		150		21.90%		0		0.00%		375		54.74%		685
	Gwinnett		997		60.68%		55		3.35%		590		35.91%		1		0.06%		407		24.77%		1,643
	Habersham		497		58.54%		42		4.95%		310		36.51%		0		0.00%		187		22.03%		849
	Hall		1,145		74.01%		116		7.50%		275		17.78%		11		0.71%		870		56.24%		1,547
	Hancock		549		91.50%		12		2.00%		39		6.50%		0		0.00%		510		85.00%		600
	Haralson		384		34.13%		19		1.69%		701		62.31%		21		1.87%		-317		-28.18%		1,125
	Harris		585		94.66%		4		0.65%		28		4.53%		1		0.16%		557		90.13%		618
	Hart		484		61.27%		15		1.90%		291		36.84%		0		0.00%		193		24.43%		790
	Heard		326		81.09%		11		2.74%		65		16.17%		0		0.00%		261		64.93%		402
	Henry		536		79.06%		15		2.21%		127		18.73%		0		0.00%		409		60.32%		678
	Houston		760		95.00%		24		3.00%		16		2.00%		0		0.00%		736		92.00%		800
	Irwin		428		89.17%		6		1.25%		45		9.38%		1		0.21%		383		79.79%		480
	Jackson		1,108		65.02%		45		2.64%		551		32.34%		0		0.00%		557		32.69%		1,704
	Jasper		644		96.99%		12		1.81%		8		1.20%		0		0.00%		632		95.18%		664
	Jeff Davis		268		79.06%		19		5.60%		52		15.34%		0		0.00%		216		63.72%		339
	Jefferson		416		71.85%		8		1.38%		153		26.42%		2		0.35%		263		45.42%		579
	Jenkins		279		90.88%		13		4.23%		15		4.89%		0		0.00%		264		85.99%		307
	Johnson		285		71.25%		23		5.75%		92		23.00%		0		0.00%		193		48.25%		400
	Jones		426		93.42%		27		5.92%		3		0.66%		0		0.00%		399		87.50%		456
	Laurens		1,118		89.44%		26		2.08%		106		8.48%		0		0.00%		1,012		80.96%		1,250
	Lee		210		93.33%		9		4.00%		6		2.67%		0		0.00%		201		89.33%		225
	Liberty		251		70.31%		29		8.12%		77		21.57%		0		0.00%		174		48.74%		357
	Lincoln		253		90.68%		0		0.00%		26		9.32%		0		0.00%		227		81.36%		279
	Lowndes		847		91.87%		24		2.60%		35		3.80%		16		1.74%		812		88.07%		922
	Lumpkin		279		65.34%		29		6.79%		119		27.87%		0		0.00%		160		37.47%		427
	Macon		411		79.81%		19		3.69%		85		16.50%		0		0.00%		326		63.30%		515
	Madison		564		78.01%		13		1.80%		146		20.19%		0		0.00%		418		57.81%		723
	Marion		233		77.41%		17		5.65%		51		16.94%		0		0.00%		182		60.47%		301
	McDuffie		271		70.03%		9		2.33%		106		27.39%		1		0.26%		165		42.64%		387
	McIntosh		118		92.19%		2		1.56%		8		6.25%		0		0.00%		110		85.94%		128
	Meriwether		882		88.20%		26		2.60%		91		9.10%		1		0.10%		791		79.10%		1,000
	Miller		200		78.13%		2		0.78%		6		2.34%		48		18.75%		194		75.78%		256
	Milton		320		72.07%		17		3.83%		107		24.10%		0		0.00%		213		47.97%		444
	Mitchell		917		82.91%		30		2.71%		140		12.66%		19		1.72%		777		70.25%		1,106
	Monroe		786		88.51%		9		1.01%		93		10.47%		0		0.00%		693		78.04%		888
	Montgomery		854		85.49%		52		5.21%		93		9.31%		0		0.00%		761		76.18%		999
	Morgan		575		87.65%		24		3.66%		57		8.69%		0		0.00%		518		78.96%		656
	Murray		366		47.47%		68		8.82%		307		39.82%		30		3.89%		59		7.65%		771
	Muscogee		1,817		85.35%		51		2.40%		102		4.79%		159		7.47%		1,715		80.55%		2,129
	Newton		840		89.27%		57		6.06%		43		4.57%		1		0.11%		783		83.21%		941
	Oconee		208		53.47%		1		0.26%		180		46.27%		0		0.00%		28		7.20%		389
	Oglethorpe		503		81.79%		33		5.37%		79		12.85%		0		0.00%		424		68.94%		615
	Paulding		426		37.30%		32		2.80%		684		59.89%		0		0.00%		-258		-22.59%		1,142
	Pickens		324		34.80%		190		20.41%		417		44.79%		0		0.00%		-93		-9.99%		931
	Pierce		408		69.39%		83		14.12%		97		16.50%		0		0.00%		311		52.89%		588
	Pike		751		81.63%		34		3.70%		134		14.57%		1		0.11%		617		67.07%		920
	Polk		706		54.90%		36		2.80%		539		41.91%		5		0.39%		167		12.99%		1,286
	Pulaski		1,080		95.07%		17		1.50%		39		3.43%		0		0.00%		1,041		91.64%		1,136
	Putnam		460		96.64%		6		1.26%		10		2.10%		0		0.00%		450		94.54%		476
	Quitman		112		87.50%		7		5.47%		9		7.03%		0		0.00%		103		80.47%		128
	Rabun		327		71.24%		12		2.61%		119		25.93%		1		0.22%		208		45.32%		459
	Randolph		559		84.70%		57		8.64%		44		6.67%		0		0.00%		502		76.06%		660
	Richmond		1,871		77.44%		177		7.33%		234		9.69%		134		5.55%		1,637		67.76%		2,416
	Rockdale		434		85.77%		11		2.17%		61		12.06%		0		0.00%		373		73.72%		506
	Schley		212		89.83%		3		1.27%		20		8.47%		1		0.42%		192		81.36%		236
	Screven		460		74.07%		21		3.38%		138		22.22%		2		0.32%		322		51.85%		621
	Spalding		736		91.20%		26		3.22%		45		5.58%		0		0.00%		691		85.63%		807
	Stephens		409		84.33%		15		3.09%		61		12.58%		0		0.00%		348		71.75%		485
	Stewart		452		94.96%		17		3.57%		7		1.47%		0		0.00%		435		91.39%		476
	Sumter		1,004		95.62%		24		2.29%		19		1.81%		3		0.29%		980		93.33%		1,050
	Talbot		446		82.44%		8		1.48%		87		16.08%		0		0.00%		359		66.36%		541
	Taliaferro		242		83.74%		7		2.42%		40		13.84%		0		0.00%		202		69.90%		289
	Tattnall		592		69.89%		18		2.13%		234		27.63%		3		0.35%		358		42.27%		847
	Taylor		342		74.84%		17		3.72%		98		21.44%		0		0.00%		244		53.39%		457
	Telfair		695		94.69%		20		2.72%		19		2.59%		0		0.00%		675		91.96%		734
	Terrell		608		92.68%		29		4.42%		19		2.90%		0		0.00%		579		88.26%		656
	Thomas		1,012		81.48%		47		3.78%		176		14.17%		7		0.56%		836		67.31%		1,242
	Tift		427		65.49%		0		0.00%		189		28.99%		36		5.52%		238		36.50%		652
	Toombs		327		77.30%		20		4.73%		75		17.73%		1		0.24%		252		59.57%		423
	Towns		230		43.48%		89		16.82%		206		38.94%		4		0.76%		24		4.54%		529
	Troup		1,441		93.94%		16		1.04%		75		4.89%		2		0.13%		1,366		89.05%		1,534
	Turner		385		74.18%		25		4.82%		75		14.45%		34		6.55%		310		59.73%		519
	Twiggs		307		95.05%		3		0.93%		13		4.02%		0		0.00%		294		91.02%		323
	Union		319		48.11%		88		13.27%		256		38.61%		0		0.00%		63		9.50%		663
	Upson		445		75.42%		7		1.19%		138		23.39%		0		0.00%		307		52.03%		590
	Walker		771		54.64%		215		15.24%		404		28.63%		21		1.49%		367		26.01%		1,411
	Walton		885		73.81%		40		3.34%		274		22.85%		0		0.00%		611		50.96%		1,199
	Ware		972		88.77%		54		4.93%		39		3.56%		30		2.74%		918		83.84%		1,095
	Warren		262		76.83%		11		3.23%		67		19.65%		1		0.29%		195		57.18%		341
	Washington		920		82.51%		28		2.51%		167		14.98%		0		0.00%		753		67.53%		1,115
	Wayne		380		89.83%		14		3.31%		25		5.91%		4		0.95%		355		83.92%		423
	Webster		139		97.89%		2		1.41%		1		0.70%		0		0.00%		137		96.48%		142
	White		152		55.68%		11		4.03%		110		40.29%		0		0.00%		42		15.38%		273
	Whitfield		761		55.55%		106		7.74%		437		31.90%		66		4.82%		324		23.65%		1,370
	Wilcox		525		92.11%		15		2.63%		29		5.09%		1		0.18%		496		87.02%		570
	Wilkes		657		89.39%		3		0.41%		68		9.25%		7		0.95%		589		80.14%		735
	Wilkinson		335		92.54%		10		2.76%		17		4.70%		0		0.00%		318		87.85%		362
	Worth		500		84.18%		12		2.02%		77		12.96%		5		0.84%		423		71.21%		594
Totals	93,087	76.63%	5,191	4.27%	21,985	18.10%	1,207	0.99%	71,102	58.53%	121,470

See also

• United States presidential elections in Georgia

Notes and References

1. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
2. Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155
3. Tindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141
4. de Santis, Vincent P.; ‘Republican Efforts to “Crack” the Democratic South’; The Review of Politics, vol. 14, no. 2 (April 1952), pp. 244-264
5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 39
6. Web site: 1912 Presidential Election Results Georgia.
7. Web site: Popular Vote at The Presidential Election of 1912 (.xlsx file for €15. Géoelections.