See main article: article and 1912 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky |
| Flag Year: | 1923 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1908 United States presidential election in Kentucky |
| Previous Year: | 1908 |
| Next Election: | 1916 United States presidential election in Kentucky |
| 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: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 219,484 |
| Percentage1: | 48.48% |
| Nominee2: | William Howard Taft |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Nicholas M. Butler |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 115,510 |
| Percentage2: | 25.52% |
| Image3: | Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Party3: | Progressive |
| Home State3: | New York |
| Running Mate3: | Hiram Johnson |
| Color3: | A2ED70 |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 101,766 |
| Percentage3: | 22.48% |
| Map Size: | 380px |
| 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 Kentucky took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 48.48% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 25.52% of the popular vote and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 22.48% of the popular vote.[1], this is the last election in which Pulaski County, Laurel County, Allen County, Casey County, and Edmonson County voted for the Democratic candidate and the last in which McCreary County and Jackson County did not support the Republican candidate.
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose" | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
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| Adair | 1,398 | 43.46% | 786 | 24.43% | 1,024 | 31.83% | 9 | 0.28% | 374 | 11.63% | 3,217 | ||||||||||||
| Allen | 1,366 | 41.08% | 1,186 | 35.67% | 757 | 22.77% | 16 | 0.48% | 180 | 5.41% | 3,325 | ||||||||||||
| Anderson | 1,391 | 58.03% | 579 | 24.16% | 419 | 17.48% | 8 | 0.33% | 812 | 33.88% | 2,397 | ||||||||||||
| Ballard | 1,706 | 66.20% | 555 | 21.54% | 119 | 4.62% | 197 | 7.64% | 1,151 | 44.66% | 2,577 | ||||||||||||
| Barren | 2,993 | 56.10% | 1,563 | 29.30% | 731 | 13.70% | 48 | 0.90% | 1,430 | 26.80% | 5,335 | ||||||||||||
| Bath | 1,477 | 53.57% | 1,002 | 36.34% | 263 | 9.54% | 15 | 0.54% | 475 | 17.23% | 2,757 | ||||||||||||
| Bell | 970 | 24.38% | 1,183 | 29.74% | 1,705 | 42.86% | 120 | 3.02% | -522 | -13.12% | 3,978 | ||||||||||||
| Boone | 1,738 | 76.13% | 371 | 16.25% | 142 | 6.22% | 32 | 1.40% | 1,367 | 59.88% | 2,283 | ||||||||||||
| Bourbon | 2,362 | 51.90% | 1,744 | 38.32% | 429 | 9.43% | 16 | 0.35% | 618 | 13.58% | 4,551 | ||||||||||||
| Boyd | 1,772 | 39.19% | 1,271 | 28.11% | 1,236 | 27.34% | 242 | 5.35% | 501 | 11.08% | 4,521 | ||||||||||||
| Boyle | 1,798 | 55.37% | 701 | 21.59% | 726 | 22.36% | 22 | 0.68% | 1,072 | 33.02% | 3,247 | ||||||||||||
| Bracken | 1,315 | 55.37% | 693 | 29.18% | 278 | 11.71% | 89 | 3.75% | 622 | 26.19% | 2,375 | ||||||||||||
| Breathitt | 1,682 | 56.09% | 910 | 30.34% | 396 | 13.20% | 11 | 0.37% | 772 | 25.74% | 2,999 | ||||||||||||
| Breckinridge | 1,967 | 43.82% | 1,163 | 25.91% | 1,292 | 28.78% | 67 | 1.49% | 675 | 15.04% | 4,489 | ||||||||||||
| Bullitt | 1,299 | 65.11% | 209 | 10.48% | 472 | 23.66% | 15 | 0.75% | 827 | 41.45% | 1,995 | ||||||||||||
| Butler | 879 | 29.40% | 1,070 | 35.79% | 988 | 33.04% | 53 | 1.77% | 82 | 2.74% | 2,990 | ||||||||||||
| Caldwell | 1,231 | 41.53% | 1,263 | 42.61% | 296 | 9.99% | 174 | 5.87% | -32 | -1.08% | 2,964 | ||||||||||||
| Calloway | 2,380 | 66.28% | 628 | 17.49% | 325 | 9.05% | 258 | 7.18% | 1,752 | 48.79% | 3,591 | ||||||||||||
| Campbell | 4,687 | 43.00% | 2,276 | 20.88% | 2,630 | 24.13% | 1,307 | 11.99% | 2,057 | 18.87% | 10,900 | ||||||||||||
| Carlisle | 1,409 | 72.55% | 331 | 17.04% | 126 | 6.49% | 76 | 3.91% | 1,078 | 55.51% | 1,942 | ||||||||||||
| Carroll | 1,573 | 74.87% | 317 | 15.09% | 208 | 9.90% | 3 | 0.14% | 1,256 | 59.78% | 2,101 | ||||||||||||
| Carter | 1,506 | 36.74% | 1,174 | 28.64% | 1,340 | 32.69% | 79 | 1.93% | 166 | 4.05% | 4,099 | ||||||||||||
| Casey | 1,158 | 40.10% | 902 | 31.23% | 806 | 27.91% | 22 | 0.76% | 256 | 8.86% | 2,888 | ||||||||||||
| Christian | 2,784 | 38.73% | 3,520 | 48.96% | 717 | 9.97% | 168 | 2.34% | -736 | -10.24% | 7,189 | ||||||||||||
| Clark | 2,321 | 57.31% | 1,056 | 26.07% | 658 | 16.25% | 15 | 0.37% | 1,265 | 31.23% | 4,050 | ||||||||||||
| Clay | 625 | 27.74% | 1,034 | 45.89% | 516 | 22.90% | 78 | 3.46% | -409 | -18.15% | 2,253 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton | 310 | 24.43% | 828 | 65.25% | 112 | 8.83% | 19 | 1.50% | -518 | -40.82% | 1,269 | ||||||||||||
| Crittenden | 1,230 | 40.96% | 1,367 | 45.52% | 371 | 12.35% | 35 | 1.17% | -137 | -4.56% | 3,003 | ||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 577 | 33.78% | 972 | 56.91% | 156 | 9.13% | 3 | 0.18% | -395 | -23.13% | 1,708 | ||||||||||||
| Daviess | 4,314 | 55.72% | 1,506 | 19.45% | 1,839 | 23.75% | 83 | 1.07% | 2,475 | 31.97% | 7,742 | ||||||||||||
| Edmonson | 799 | 38.41% | 736 | 35.38% | 519 | 24.95% | 26 | 1.25% | 63 | 3.03% | 2,080 | ||||||||||||
| Elliott | 1,006 | 65.28% | 396 | 25.70% | 136 | 8.83% | 3 | 0.19% | 610 | 39.58% | 1,541 | ||||||||||||
| Estill | 875 | 41.37% | 869 | 41.09% | 359 | 16.97% | 12 | 0.57% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,115 | ||||||||||||
| Fayette | 5,268 | 49.04% | 4,060 | 37.80% | 1,337 | 12.45% | 77 | 0.72% | 1,208 | 11.25% | 10,742 | ||||||||||||
| Fleming | 1,915 | 50.30% | 1,400 | 36.77% | 471 | 12.37% | 21 | 0.55% | 515 | 13.53% | 3,807 | ||||||||||||
| Floyd | 1,553 | 51.29% | 961 | 31.74% | 465 | 15.36% | 49 | 1.62% | 592 | 19.55% | 3,028 | ||||||||||||
| Franklin | 2,980 | 67.93% | 783 | 17.85% | 604 | 13.77% | 20 | 0.46% | 2,197 | 50.08% | 4,387 | ||||||||||||
| Fulton | 1,609 | 70.60% | 520 | 22.82% | 92 | 4.04% | 58 | 2.54% | 1,089 | 47.78% | 2,279 | ||||||||||||
| Gallatin | 906 | 75.88% | 174 | 14.57% | 112 | 9.38% | 2 | 0.17% | 732 | 61.31% | 1,194 | ||||||||||||
| Garrard | 1,232 | 44.40% | 481 | 17.33% | 1,055 | 38.02% | 7 | 0.25% | 177 | 6.38% | 2,775 | ||||||||||||
| Grant | 1,562 | 60.52% | 837 | 32.43% | 171 | 6.63% | 11 | 0.43% | 725 | 28.09% | 2,581 | ||||||||||||
| Graves | 3,838 | 67.85% | 862 | 15.24% | 939 | 16.60% | 18 | 0.32% | 2,899 | 51.25% | 5,657 | ||||||||||||
| Grayson | 1,685 | 42.51% | 1,075 | 27.12% | 1,146 | 28.91% | 58 | 1.46% | 539 | 13.60% | 3,964 | ||||||||||||
| Green | 1,117 | 44.99% | 687 | 27.67% | 670 | 26.98% | 9 | 0.36% | 430 | 17.32% | 2,483 | ||||||||||||
| Greenup | 1,172 | 36.32% | 923 | 28.60% | 889 | 27.55% | 243 | 7.53% | 249 | 7.72% | 3,227 | ||||||||||||
| Hancock | 757 | 43.01% | 268 | 15.23% | 677 | 38.47% | 58 | 3.30% | 80 | 4.55% | 1,760 | ||||||||||||
| Hardin | 2,656 | 57.51% | 632 | 13.69% | 1,250 | 27.07% | 80 | 1.73% | 1,406 | 30.45% | 4,618 | ||||||||||||
| Harlan | 345 | 19.30% | 612 | 34.23% | 824 | 46.09% | 7 | 0.39% | -212 | -11.86% | 1,788 | ||||||||||||
| Harrison | 2,514 | 63.26% | 1,193 | 30.02% | 246 | 6.19% | 21 | 0.53% | 1,321 | 33.24% | 3,974 | ||||||||||||
| Hart | 1,674 | 45.28% | 592 | 16.01% | 1,314 | 35.54% | 117 | 3.16% | 360 | 9.74% | 3,697 | ||||||||||||
| Henderson | 3,098 | 57.58% | 1,157 | 21.51% | 763 | 14.18% | 362 | 6.73% | 1,941 | 36.08% | 5,380 | ||||||||||||
| Henry | 2,274 | 63.61% | 805 | 22.52% | 484 | 13.54% | 12 | 0.34% | 1,469 | 41.09% | 3,575 | ||||||||||||
| Hickman | 1,540 | 74.50% | 365 | 17.66% | 134 | 6.48% | 28 | 1.35% | 1,175 | 56.85% | 2,067 | ||||||||||||
| Hopkins | 3,147 | 48.40% | 1,357 | 20.87% | 1,616 | 24.85% | 382 | 5.88% | 1,531 | 23.55% | 6,502 | ||||||||||||
| Jackson | 216 | 12.78% | 577 | 34.14% | 885 | 52.37% | 12 | 0.71% | -308 | -18.22% | 1,690 | ||||||||||||
| Jefferson | 24,100 | 46.08% | 3,519 | 6.73% | 23,516 | 44.96% | 1,170 | 2.24% | 584 | 1.12% | 52,305 | ||||||||||||
| Jessamine | 1,506 | 53.37% | 895 | 31.72% | 409 | 14.49% | 12 | 0.43% | 611 | 21.65% | 2,822 | ||||||||||||
| Johnson | 1,034 | 30.47% | 998 | 29.40% | 1,264 | 37.24% | 98 | 2.89% | -230 | -6.78% | 3,394 | ||||||||||||
| Kenton | 7,761 | 56.42% | 2,512 | 18.26% | 2,272 | 16.52% | 1,210 | 8.80% | 5,249 | 38.16% | 13,755 | ||||||||||||
| Knott | 1,114 | 68.34% | 387 | 23.74% | 129 | 7.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 727 | 44.60% | 1,630 | ||||||||||||
| Knox | 888 | 24.91% | 1,391 | 39.02% | 1,231 | 34.53% | 55 | 1.54% | 160 | 4.49% | 3,565 | ||||||||||||
| Larue | 1,265 | 56.35% | 390 | 17.37% | 568 | 25.30% | 22 | 0.98% | 697 | 31.05% | 2,245 | ||||||||||||
| Laurel | 1,094 | 32.93% | 1,085 | 32.66% | 1,020 | 30.70% | 123 | 3.70% | 9 | 0.27% | 3,322 | ||||||||||||
| Lawrence | 1,648 | 45.68% | 1,280 | 35.48% | 632 | 17.52% | 48 | 1.33% | 368 | 10.20% | 3,608 | ||||||||||||
| Lee | 728 | 42.62% | 570 | 33.37% | 400 | 23.42% | 10 | 0.59% | 158 | 9.25% | 1,708 | ||||||||||||
| Leslie | 105 | 9.18% | 606 | 52.97% | 431 | 37.67% | 2 | 0.17% | 175 | 15.30% | 1,144 | ||||||||||||
| Letcher | 611 | 31.03% | 978 | 49.67% | 372 | 18.89% | 8 | 0.41% | -367 | -18.64% | 1,969 | ||||||||||||
| Lewis | 1,017 | 29.62% | 1,185 | 34.52% | 1,063 | 30.96% | 168 | 4.89% | 122 | 3.55% | 3,433 | ||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,863 | 49.87% | 842 | 22.54% | 1,001 | 26.79% | 30 | 0.80% | 862 | 23.07% | 3,736 | ||||||||||||
| Livingston | 1,009 | 48.39% | 732 | 35.11% | 293 | 14.05% | 51 | 2.45% | 277 | 13.29% | 2,085 | ||||||||||||
| Logan | 2,697 | 54.21% | 1,632 | 32.80% | 551 | 11.08% | 95 | 1.91% | 1,065 | 21.41% | 4,975 | ||||||||||||
| Lyon | 996 | 56.08% | 568 | 31.98% | 187 | 10.53% | 25 | 1.41% | 428 | 24.10% | 1,776 | ||||||||||||
| Madison | 2,992 | 49.54% | 2,094 | 34.67% | 928 | 15.37% | 25 | 0.41% | 898 | 14.87% | 6,039 | ||||||||||||
| Magoffin | 891 | 38.60% | 1,004 | 43.50% | 406 | 17.59% | 7 | 0.30% | -113 | -4.90% | 2,308 | ||||||||||||
| Marion | 1,848 | 55.30% | 735 | 21.99% | 742 | 22.20% | 17 | 0.51% | 1,106 | 33.09% | 3,342 | ||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1,675 | 60.10% | 634 | 22.75% | 393 | 14.10% | 85 | 3.05% | 1,041 | 37.35% | 2,787 | ||||||||||||
| Martin | 256 | 21.17% | 655 | 54.18% | 287 | 23.74% | 11 | 0.91% | 368 | 30.44% | 1,209 | ||||||||||||
| Mason | 2,475 | 53.75% | 1,558 | 33.83% | 542 | 11.77% | 30 | 0.65% | 917 | 19.91% | 4,605 | ||||||||||||
| McCracken | 2,948 | 50.99% | 1,308 | 22.62% | 1,085 | 18.77% | 441 | 7.63% | 1,640 | 28.36% | 5,782 | ||||||||||||
| McCreary | 225 | 18.26% | 411 | 33.36% | 501 | 40.67% | 95 | 7.71% | -90 | -7.31% | 1,232 | ||||||||||||
| McLean | 1,304 | 49.81% | 822 | 31.40% | 381 | 14.55% | 111 | 4.24% | 482 | 18.41% | 2,618 | ||||||||||||
| Meade | 1,145 | 56.35% | 337 | 16.58% | 489 | 24.06% | 61 | 3.00% | 656 | 32.28% | 2,032 | ||||||||||||
| Menifee | 643 | 62.43% | 254 | 24.66% | 90 | 8.74% | 43 | 4.17% | 389 | 37.77% | 1,030 | ||||||||||||
| Mercer | 1,792 | 54.43% | 889 | 27.00% | 606 | 18.41% | 5 | 0.15% | 903 | 27.43% | 3,292 | ||||||||||||
| Metcalfe | 887 | 43.95% | 482 | 23.89% | 640 | 31.71% | 9 | 0.45% | 247 | 12.24% | 2,018 | ||||||||||||
| Monroe | 806 | 31.44% | 1,072 | 41.81% | 680 | 26.52% | 6 | 0.23% | -266 | -10.37% | 2,564 | ||||||||||||
| Montgomery | 1,615 | 57.80% | 758 | 27.13% | 410 | 14.67% | 11 | 0.39% | 857 | 30.67% | 2,794 | ||||||||||||
| Morgan | 1,800 | 61.52% | 876 | 29.94% | 219 | 7.48% | 31 | 1.06% | 924 | 31.58% | 2,926 | ||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 2,093 | 37.40% | 1,038 | 18.55% | 1,699 | 30.36% | 766 | 13.69% | 394 | 7.04% | 5,596 | ||||||||||||
| Nelson | 2,275 | 60.12% | 751 | 19.85% | 735 | 19.42% | 23 | 0.61% | 1,524 | 40.27% | 3,784 | ||||||||||||
| Nicholas | 1,611 | 62.03% | 700 | 26.95% | 276 | 10.63% | 10 | 0.39% | 911 | 35.08% | 2,597 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio | 2,563 | 43.45% | 1,150 | 19.49% | 1,825 | 30.94% | 361 | 6.12% | 738 | 12.51% | 5,899 | ||||||||||||
| Oldham | 1,159 | 66.08% | 261 | 14.88% | 319 | 18.19% | 15 | 0.86% | 840 | 47.89% | 1,754 | ||||||||||||
| Owen | 2,460 | 77.65% | 430 | 13.57% | 257 | 8.11% | 21 | 0.66% | 2,030 | 64.08% | 3,168 | ||||||||||||
| Owsley | 221 | 17.13% | 711 | 55.12% | 353 | 27.36% | 5 | 0.39% | 358 | 27.75% | 1,290 | ||||||||||||
| Pendleton | 1,310 | 52.38% | 746 | 29.83% | 365 | 14.59% | 80 | 3.20% | 564 | 22.55% | 2,501 | ||||||||||||
| Perry | 560 | 32.98% | 1,023 | 60.25% | 114 | 6.71% | 1 | 0.06% | -463 | -27.27% | 1,698 | ||||||||||||
| Pike | 2,583 | 41.72% | 2,777 | 44.85% | 785 | 12.68% | 47 | 0.76% | -194 | -3.13% | 6,192 | ||||||||||||
| Powell | 647 | 54.05% | 381 | 31.83% | 163 | 13.62% | 6 | 0.50% | 266 | 22.22% | 1,197 | ||||||||||||
| Pulaski | 1,980 | 35.47% | 1,731 | 31.01% | 1,785 | 31.98% | 86 | 1.54% | 195 | 3.49% | 5,582 | ||||||||||||
| Robertson | 570 | 57.52% | 158 | 15.94% | 262 | 26.44% | 1 | 0.10% | 308 | 31.08% | 991 | ||||||||||||
| Rockcastle | 859 | 34.26% | 1,082 | 43.16% | 556 | 22.18% | 10 | 0.40% | -223 | -8.90% | 2,507 | ||||||||||||
| Rowan | 737 | 44.59% | 417 | 25.23% | 458 | 27.71% | 41 | 2.48% | 279 | 16.88% | 1,653 | ||||||||||||
| Russell | 713 | 39.35% | 785 | 43.32% | 273 | 15.07% | 41 | 2.26% | -72 | -3.97% | 1,812 | ||||||||||||
| Scott | 2,361 | 60.46% | 1,047 | 26.81% | 480 | 12.29% | 17 | 0.44% | 1,314 | 33.65% | 3,905 | ||||||||||||
| Shelby | 2,487 | 58.55% | 1,129 | 26.58% | 607 | 14.29% | 25 | 0.59% | 1,358 | 31.97% | 4,248 | ||||||||||||
| Simpson | 1,639 | 62.80% | 547 | 20.96% | 418 | 16.02% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,092 | 41.84% | 2,610 | ||||||||||||
| Spencer | 1,052 | 66.37% | 271 | 17.10% | 256 | 16.15% | 6 | 0.38% | 781 | 49.27% | 1,585 | ||||||||||||
| Taylor | 1,150 | 46.35% | 468 | 18.86% | 842 | 33.94% | 21 | 0.85% | 308 | 12.41% | 2,481 | ||||||||||||
| Todd | 1,482 | 46.81% | 1,435 | 45.33% | 170 | 5.37% | 79 | 2.50% | 47 | 1.48% | 3,166 | ||||||||||||
| Trigg | 1,263 | 44.35% | 1,322 | 46.42% | 101 | 3.55% | 162 | 5.69% | -59 | -2.07% | 2,848 | ||||||||||||
| Trimble | 1,183 | 79.56% | 163 | 10.96% | 136 | 9.15% | 5 | 0.34% | 1,020 | 68.59% | 1,487 | ||||||||||||
| Union | 2,168 | 64.91% | 642 | 19.22% | 303 | 9.07% | 227 | 6.80% | 1,526 | 45.69% | 3,340 | ||||||||||||
| Warren | 3,447 | 52.12% | 1,342 | 20.29% | 1,770 | 26.76% | 55 | 0.83% | 1,677 | 25.36% | 6,614 | ||||||||||||
| Washington | 1,329 | 47.11% | 1,170 | 41.47% | 312 | 11.06% | 10 | 0.35% | 159 | 5.64% | 2,821 | ||||||||||||
| Wayne | 2,168 | 57.02% | 1,096 | 28.83% | 524 | 13.78% | 14 | 0.37% | 1,072 | 28.20% | 3,802 | ||||||||||||
| Webster | 998 | 24.78% | 905 | 22.47% | 2,036 | 50.55% | 89 | 2.21% | -1,038 | -25.77% | 4,028 | ||||||||||||
| Whitley | 1,388 | 43.94% | 723 | 22.89% | 912 | 28.87% | 136 | 4.31% | 476 | 15.07% | 3,159 | ||||||||||||
| Wolfe | 873 | 57.28% | 395 | 25.92% | 250 | 16.40% | 6 | 0.39% | 478 | 31.36% | 1,524 | ||||||||||||
| Woodford | 1,561 | 55.85% | 779 | 27.87% | 446 | 15.96% | 9 | 0.32% | 782 | 27.98% | 2,795 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 219,484 | 48.48% | 115,510 | 25.52% | 101,766 | 22.48% | 11,646 | 2.57% | 103,974 | !22.97% | 452,714 | ||||||||||||