1912 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:1912 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:Indiana
Flag Year:1923
Flag Image:File:Flag of Indiana (1903–1917).png
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1908 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:1908
Next Election:1916 United States presidential election in Indiana
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 Vote1:15
Popular Vote1:281,890
Percentage1:43.07%
Nominee2:Theodore Roosevelt
Party2:Progressive
Color2:A2ED70
Home State2:New York
Running Mate2:Hiram Johnson
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:162,007
Percentage2:24.75%
Image4:Unsuccessful 1912.jpg
Nominee4:William Howard Taft
Party4:Republican Party (United States)
Home State4:Ohio
Running Mate4:Nicholas M. Butler
Electoral Vote4:0
Popular Vote4:151,267
Percentage4:23.11%
Image5:Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg
Nominee5:Eugene V. Debs
Party5:Socialist Party of America
Home State5:Indiana
Running Mate5:Emil Seidel
Electoral Vote5:0
Popular Vote5:36,931
Percentage5:5.64%
Map Size:300px
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 Indiana took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Democratic nominee and Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson running with Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall, with 43.07% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (PNew York), running with Governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 24.75% of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 23.11% 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 5.64% of the popular vote.[1]

, this is the only election that Hamilton County or Hendricks County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

Results

Results by county

County! colspan="2"
Thomas Woodrow Wilson[3]
Democratic
William Howard Taft
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive "Bull Moose"
Eugene Victor Debs[4]
Socialist
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%data-sort-type="number"data-sort-type="number"%
Adams2,96161.62%91719.08%73215.23%300.62%1653.43%2,04442.54%4,805
Allen8,65946.63%3,42318.43%4,24622.87%1,5128.14%7293.93%4,41323.77%18,569
Bartholomew3,14748.26%1,32120.26%1,60424.60%1963.01%2533.88%1,54323.66%6,521
Benton1,42542.09%1,03030.42%79623.51%300.89%1053.10%39511.67%3,386
Blackford1,65145.56%39911.01%1,16332.09%2567.06%1554.28%48813.47%3,624
Boone3,28048.70%1,18117.54%2,01429.90%901.34%1702.52%1,26618.80%6,735
Brown90959.30%30519.90%25316.50%120.78%543.52%60439.40%1,533
Carroll2,27546.59%1,46730.04%92618.96%831.70%1322.70%80816.55%4,883
Cass4,42146.48%1,57316.54%3,09432.53%1871.97%2362.48%1,32713.95%9,511
Clark3,31548.93%80511.88%2,45336.21%1372.02%650.96%86212.72%6,775
Clay3,29745.12%1,49420.45%1,61422.09%6979.54%2052.81%1,68323.03%7,307
Clinton3,25545.52%2,18230.52%1,28117.92%2193.06%2132.98%1,07315.01%7,150
Crawford1,15943.33%66324.79%54220.26%1284.79%1836.84%49618.54%2,675
Daviess2,75943.51%2,00531.62%1,06116.73%3275.16%1892.98%75411.89%6,341
Dearborn2,95756.13%1,36625.93%70113.31%1462.77%981.86%1,59130.20%5,268
Decatur2,24643.44%1,26324.43%1,43627.78%881.70%1372.65%81015.67%5,170
DeKalb2,76644.53%1,12518.11%1,62326.13%4377.04%2604.19%1,14318.40%6,211
Delaware4,31335.13%2,01816.44%4,05933.06%1,1999.77%6895.61%2542.07%12,278
Dubois3,05968.01%66614.81%60613.47%1062.36%611.36%2,39353.20%4,498
Elkhart4,30037.22%1,19910.38%4,53339.24%8567.41%6655.76%-233-2.02%11,553
Fayette1,45536.20%1,03025.63%1,21430.21%2315.75%892.21%2416.00%4,019
Floyd3,23646.66%6699.65%2,58037.20%3414.92%1101.59%6569.46%6,936
Fountain2,49946.19%1,56028.84%1,06719.72%1402.59%1442.66%93917.36%5,410
Franklin2,30557.99%92923.37%63015.85%300.75%812.04%1,37634.62%3,975
Fulton2,02245.60%1,42732.18%69415.65%701.58%2214.98%59513.42%4,434
Gibson3,25044.44%2,26630.98%1,27017.36%2954.03%2333.19%98413.45%7,314
Grant4,39033.68%3,93930.22%2,18516.76%1,32310.15%1,1999.20%4513.46%13,036
Greene3,37339.28%2,15625.11%1,56318.20%1,20314.01%2913.39%1,21714.17%8,586
Hamilton2,46334.93%2,24731.86%1,83426.01%901.28%4185.93%2163.06%7,052
Hancock2,59451.90%73814.77%1,37527.51%1332.66%1583.16%1,21924.39%4,998
Harrison2,10647.34%90020.23%1,21927.40%1182.65%1062.38%88719.94%4,449
Hendricks2,37243.10%1,43926.15%1,49527.17%480.87%1492.71%87715.94%5,503
Henry2,68734.82%2,47932.12%1,55020.09%4375.66%5647.31%2082.70%7,717
Howard2,82431.95%2,15224.35%2,18424.71%1,10712.52%5726.47%6407.24%8,839
Huntington3,11941.72%2,10828.20%1,58621.21%2523.37%4115.50%1,01113.52%7,476
Jackson3,22556.91%92116.25%1,23621.81%1753.09%1101.94%1,98935.10%5,667
Jasper1,29239.18%1,23837.54%69421.04%140.42%601.82%541.64%3,298
Jay2,78644.29%1,28220.38%1,59625.37%2183.47%4086.49%1,19018.92%6,290
Jefferson2,32545.31%1,56330.46%94318.38%1372.67%1633.18%76214.85%5,131
Jennings1,57744.69%95527.06%83923.77%812.30%772.18%62217.63%3,529
Johnson2,89052.59%92416.82%1,40825.62%490.89%2244.08%1,48226.97%5,495
Knox4,44845.61%2,80528.76%1,31613.49%8929.15%2912.98%1,64316.85%9,752
Kosciusko2,81739.02%1,76724.47%2,09629.03%2102.91%3304.57%7219.99%7,220
LaGrange1,23335.11%75821.58%1,40239.92%220.63%972.76%-169-4.81%3,512
Lake5,13629.38%5,17629.61%5,65932.37%1,1826.76%3301.89%-483-2.76%17,483
LaPorte4,84744.62%2,70124.87%2,74925.31%3973.65%1681.55%2,09819.32%10,862
Lawrence2,57937.70%1,63323.87%2,10630.79%3985.82%1241.81%4736.92%6,840
Madison6,67642.37%1,77111.24%4,75130.15%1,94712.36%6123.88%1,92512.22%15,757
Marion29,80544.22%12,28018.22%18,39627.29%5,2687.82%1,6592.46%11,40916.93%67,408
Marshall2,85948.31%1,19620.21%1,49025.18%1642.77%2093.53%1,36923.13%5,918
Martin1,44047.68%97532.28%55318.31%220.73%300.99%46515.40%3,020
Miami3,36644.92%1,42619.03%1,99526.62%4225.63%2853.80%1,37118.29%7,494
Monroe2,39643.48%1,38825.19%1,49727.16%841.52%1462.65%89916.31%5,511
Montgomery3,82146.51%2,74733.43%1,24615.17%1732.11%2292.79%1,07413.07%8,216
Morgan2,60846.70%1,35324.23%1,23622.13%1853.31%2023.62%1,25522.47%5,584
Newton96536.92%89234.12%63324.22%260.99%983.75%732.79%2,614
Noble2,88845.81%1,44322.89%1,76027.92%1061.68%1071.70%1,12817.89%6,304
Ohio55349.07%40636.02%12010.65%90.80%393.46%14713.04%1,127
Orange1,83042.43%1,52135.27%84919.68%531.23%601.39%3097.16%4,313
Owen1,62148.32%71121.19%78423.37%1614.80%782.32%83724.95%3,355
Parke2,03138.93%1,89136.25%68413.11%3466.63%2655.08%1402.68%5,217
Perry1,93152.90%52014.25%1,13030.96%340.93%350.96%80121.95%3,650
Pike1,98445.53%1,51534.76%48911.22%2986.84%721.65%46910.76%4,358
Porter1,35231.59%1,51035.28%1,24129.00%1202.80%571.33%-158-3.69%4,280
Posey2,76755.55%1,19323.95%74514.96%1322.65%1442.89%1,57431.60%4,981
Pulaski1,25042.57%72924.83%58619.96%1354.60%2368.04%52117.75%2,936
Putnam2,92252.70%1,35424.42%1,07919.46%911.64%991.79%1,56828.28%5,545
Randolph2,15829.66%1,98827.33%2,47133.97%2723.74%3865.31%-313-4.30%7,275
Ripley2,43147.95%1,49229.43%88417.44%1633.21%1001.97%93918.52%5,070
Rush2,31241.39%1,93134.57%1,07519.24%771.38%1913.42%3816.82%5,586
St. Joseph5,39134.56%3,14620.17%5,24033.59%1,2858.24%5393.45%1510.97%15,601
Scott1,03353.17%32716.83%53127.33%180.93%341.75%50225.84%1,943
Shelby3,43247.47%1,25417.34%1,96927.23%3194.41%2563.54%1,46320.24%7,230
Spencer2,42847.50%1,26824.80%1,14222.34%1512.95%1232.41%1,16022.69%5,112
Starke1,20843.14%78728.11%69624.86%541.93%551.96%42115.04%2,800
Steuben1,26631.74%1,29032.34%1,21030.33%411.03%1824.56%-24-0.60%3,989
Sullivan3,70747.70%1,40618.09%1,06813.74%1,04513.45%5457.01%2,30129.61%7,771
Switzerland1,34246.28%88230.41%32211.10%752.59%2799.62%46015.86%2,900
Tippecanoe4,44242.14%3,00628.51%2,83826.92%1911.81%650.62%1,43613.62%10,542
Tipton2,18546.89%1,26227.08%91419.61%1132.42%1863.99%92319.81%4,660
Union70536.53%64333.32%34217.72%381.97%20210.47%623.21%1,930
Vanderburgh7,21941.12%4,83927.56%2,73815.59%2,57214.65%1901.08%2,38013.56%17,558
Vermillion1,78036.78%1,62133.50%68014.05%55011.37%2084.30%1593.29%4,839
Vigo7,25640.18%3,10317.18%4,98827.62%1,86210.31%8514.71%2,26812.56%18,060
Wabash2,37134.92%1,36320.08%2,43235.82%3084.54%3154.64%-61-0.90%6,789
Warren87230.49%1,18341.36%69524.30%461.61%642.24%-311-10.87%2,860
Warrick2,21843.84%1,42128.09%81916.19%3106.13%2915.75%79715.75%5,059
Washington2,23353.31%71217.00%1,11326.57%611.46%701.67%1,12026.74%4,189
Wayne3,80633.12%1,85116.11%4,45738.79%1,0328.98%3453.00%-651-5.67%11,491
Wells2,76054.20%81215.95%1,08021.21%1322.59%3086.05%1,68032.99%5,092
White2,05944.38%1,61334.77%82217.72%410.88%1042.24%4469.61%4,639
Whitley2,20648.96%1,08224.01%99021.97%701.55%1583.51%1,12424.94%4,506
Totals281,88943.06%151,26723.10%162,00724.75%36,9315.64%22,6013.45%119,88218.31%654,695

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1912 Presidential Election Results — Indiana.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. Web site: Géoelections. 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. Web site: Géoelections. 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs. (.xlsx file for €15)