1912 United States presidential election in Ohio explained

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Election Name:1912 United States presidential election in Ohio
Country:Ohio
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1908 United States presidential election in Ohio
Previous Year:1908
Next Election:1916 United States presidential election in Ohio
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 Vote1:24
Popular Vote1:424,834
Percentage1:40.96%
Nominee2:William Howard Taft
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Ohio
Running Mate2:Nicholas Murray Butler
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:278,168
Percentage2:26.82%
Image4:Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg
Nominee4:Theodore Roosevelt
Party4:Progressive
Home State4:New York
Running Mate4:Hiram Johnson
Color4:A2ED70
Electoral Vote4:0
Popular Vote4:229,807
Percentage4:22.16%
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 Vote5:90,144
Percentage5:8.69%
Map Size:250px
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 Ohio took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Ohio was won by the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson and his running mate Thomas R. Marshall. As a result of his victory, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state.

Ohio had been a Republican state since 1856, but broke tradition due to the strong performance by the Progressive Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party) led by Theodore Roosevelt, which ultimately split the Republican vote. Theodore Roosevelt was able to gain 22.16 percent of the popular vote - though trailed the Republican Party nominee William Howard Taft, an Ohio native, who won 26.82% of the popular vote, and Wilson of the Democratic Party who won 40.96% of the popular vote. It marked Ohio's shift from a reliably Republican state to a bellwether state, as it would vote for the winning candidate in every presidential election thereafter except 1944, 1960, and 2020.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Ohio[1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticWoodrow Wilson424,83440.96%24
RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft (incumbent)278,16826.82%0
ProgressiveTheodore Roosevelt229,807 22.16%0
SocialistEugene V. Debs90,144 8.69%0
ProhibitionEugene W. Chafin11,511 1.11%0
Socialist LaborArthur E. Reimer2,6300.25%0
Totals1,037,094100.0%24

Results by county

CountyWoodrow Wilson[2]
Democratic
William Howard Taft
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt[3]
Progressive "Bull Moose"
Eugene Debs[4]
Socialist
Eugene Chafin
Prohibition
Arthur Reimer
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adams2,27946.52%1,86338.03%56311.49%1332.71%541.10%70.14%4168.49%4,899
Allen5,69648.21%2,63822.33%2,33719.78%9778.27%1401.18%270.23%3,05825.88%11,815
Ashland3,36453.45%1,01716.16%1,55924.77%2744.35%641.02%160.25%1,80528.68%6,294
Ashtabula3,18125.84%2,21417.99%5,18942.16%1,55212.61%1421.15%300.24%-2,008-16.31%12,308
Athens2,39325.23%3,09032.58%2,81129.64%1,05611.14%1061.12%270.28%2792.94%9,483
Auglaize3,72655.81%1,40120.99%1,02515.35%4606.89%560.84%80.12%2,32534.83%6,676
Belmont5,41234.94%5,26734.00%1,58410.23%2,73117.63%4332.80%640.41%1450.94%15,491
Brown3,45159.13%1,65028.27%5699.75%1252.14%390.67%20.03%1,80130.86%5,836
Butler7,76346.59%3,43120.59%1,78710.72%3,50021.00%990.59%830.50%4,26325.58%16,663
Carroll1,29334.74%1,09629.45%1,08929.26%1082.90%1283.44%80.21%1975.29%3,722
Champaign2,76340.53%2,39235.08%1,42320.87%1722.52%620.91%60.09%3715.44%6,818
Clark5,21731.25%6,03636.16%3,23919.40%1,90911.44%2461.47%460.28%-819-4.91%16,693
Clermont3,61047.52%2,54333.47%1,11514.68%2693.54%510.67%90.12%1,06714.05%7,597
Clinton2,01033.56%2,91648.68%84114.04%1462.44%721.20%50.08%-906-15.13%5,990
Columbiana4,81629.93%4,60128.59%3,81123.68%1,91611.91%9155.69%320.20%2151.34%16,091
Coshocton3,46547.77%1,98427.35%96813.34%6679.19%1482.04%220.30%1,48120.42%7,254
Crawford4,73358.84%1,43217.80%1,17614.62%5887.31%931.16%220.27%3,30141.04%8,044
Cuyahoga43,61042.49%14,17613.81%33,82432.96%10,0969.84%3730.36%5450.53%9,7869.54%102,624
Darke5,02749.24%3,10730.43%1,17511.51%2962.90%5955.83%90.09%1,92018.81%10,209
Defiance2,78450.58%87215.84%1,45926.51%3316.01%510.93%70.13%1,32524.07%5,504
Delaware2,93440.10%2,58435.32%1,51020.64%1231.68%1572.15%80.11%3504.78%7,316
Erie3,50439.29%2,69530.22%1,67518.78%96110.77%540.61%300.34%8099.07%8,919
Fairfield5,10157.45%1,67218.83%1,77419.98%1882.12%1381.55%60.07%3,32737.47%8,879
Fayette2,26141.08%2,18639.72%84415.33%1412.56%691.25%30.05%751.36%5,504
Franklin20,69740.81%12,79125.22%11,73723.14%5,0059.87%3980.78%870.17%7,90615.59%50,715
Fulton1,80534.28%92917.64%2,30443.76%1643.11%551.04%80.15%-499-9.48%5,265
Gallia1,76532.87%1,35525.23%2,02737.75%1703.17%480.89%50.09%-262-4.88%5,370
Geauga87327.47%57918.22%1,61850.91%772.42%240.76%70.22%-745-23.44%3,178
Greene2,10729.92%3,24246.03%99314.10%5337.57%1512.14%170.24%-1,135-16.12%7,043
Guernsey2,72629.98%3,42637.68%1,37315.10%1,34214.76%1801.98%450.49%-700-7.70%9,092
Hamilton42,90939.03%42,11938.31%16,82815.31%7,5426.86%3840.35%1670.15%7900.72%109,949
Hancock4,30947.66%2,24124.79%1,75719.43%6146.79%1041.15%160.18%2,06822.87%9,041
Hardin3,91246.83%2,77533.22%1,23614.80%3133.75%931.11%250.30%1,13713.61%8,354
Harrison1,71437.29%1,95042.43%70415.32%1473.20%761.65%50.11%-236-5.13%4,596
Henry2,99457.20%80415.36%1,16622.28%2043.90%551.05%110.21%1,82834.93%5,234
Highland3,31444.43%2,75736.96%1,11614.96%1852.48%801.07%70.09%5577.47%7,459
Hocking2,29545.79%1,35427.02%93518.66%3687.34%460.92%140.28%94118.77%5,012
Holmes2,42966.90%46512.81%58116.00%1233.39%290.80%40.11%1,84850.90%3,631
Huron3,31740.05%1,70720.61%2,81033.92%3564.30%710.86%220.27%5076.12%8,283
Jackson2,04933.12%1,86030.06%1,58425.60%6129.89%530.86%290.47%1893.05%6,187
Jefferson3,17127.78%4,77741.85%2,04217.89%1,19310.45%2051.80%270.24%-1,606-14.07%11,415
Knox3,63246.01%2,53032.05%1,22615.53%3965.02%961.22%140.18%1,10213.96%7,894
Lake1,42928.34%1,15522.91%2,11541.95%2995.93%290.58%150.30%-686-13.61%5,042
Lawrence2,04228.81%2,65037.39%1,93727.33%4075.74%450.63%60.08%-608-8.58%7,087
Licking6,12046.01%4,48733.73%1,68312.65%8196.16%1621.22%300.23%1,63312.28%13,301
Logan2,72737.34%1,97727.07%2,27831.19%2293.14%841.15%90.12%4496.15%7,304
Lorain4,59133.71%2,22616.34%5,15637.85%1,55611.42%670.49%250.18%-565-4.15%13,621
Lucas13,99937.22%5,62214.95%12,44233.08%5,17313.75%2160.57%1580.42%1,5574.14%37,610
Madison2,17241.48%2,27143.37%68113.01%661.26%450.86%10.02%-99-1.89%5,236
Mahoning6,83833.03%5,83928.20%5,22625.24%2,42211.70%3211.55%570.28%9994.83%20,703
Marion4,02445.07%3,21836.04%93410.46%6397.16%981.10%150.17%8069.03%8,928
Medina2,10837.15%68512.07%2,51444.31%3025.32%550.97%100.18%-406-7.16%5,674
Meigs1,73829.71%2,12936.39%1,35323.13%5489.37%631.08%190.32%-391-6.68%5,850
Mercer3,59163.19%1,32423.30%57010.03%1262.22%671.18%50.09%2,26739.89%5,683
Miami4,31038.74%3,61532.49%2,05618.48%1,0109.08%1111.00%230.21%6956.25%11,125
Monroe3,19966.08%1,05521.79%3807.85%1232.54%771.59%70.14%2,14444.29%4,841
Montgomery15,54439.31%10,34126.15%6,23615.77%7,07917.90%2500.63%880.22%5,20313.16%39,538
Morgan1,63340.26%1,44835.70%70517.38%1413.48%1263.11%30.07%1854.56%4,056
Morrow1,88041.92%1,24027.65%1,12425.06%1022.27%1322.94%70.16%64014.27%4,485
Muskingum5,37638.47%4,13429.59%3,20722.95%1,0157.26%2211.58%200.14%1,2428.89%13,973
Noble1,84240.90%1,80440.05%68115.12%962.13%761.69%50.11%380.84%4,504
Ottawa2,72859.16%79117.15%95720.75%1042.26%230.50%80.17%1,77138.41%4,611
Paulding2,29643.58%1,54229.27%1,22323.21%1532.90%531.01%20.04%75414.31%5,269
Perry3,14739.08%1,73921.60%2,22027.57%80610.01%1041.29%360.45%92711.51%8,052
Pickaway3,31152.41%2,28236.12%5699.01%821.30%681.08%50.08%1,02916.29%6,317
Pike1,69149.20%1,18434.45%44312.89%812.36%340.99%40.12%50714.75%3,437
Portage2,85538.65%1,16215.73%2,58334.97%6819.22%1011.37%50.07%2723.68%7,387
Preble2,85946.43%2,13534.67%91014.78%1772.87%761.23%10.02%72411.76%6,158
Putnam4,00062.40%1,00015.60%1,18218.44%1442.25%691.08%150.23%2,81843.96%6,410
Richland5,20148.62%2,38922.33%2,05819.24%9258.65%970.91%280.26%2,81226.29%10,698
Ross4,49445.89%3,60036.76%1,09611.19%4644.74%1221.25%160.16%8949.13%9,792
Sandusky4,33350.66%1,57618.43%2,10324.59%4465.21%770.90%180.21%2,23026.07%8,553
Scioto3,50833.26%3,60934.22%2,01219.08%1,22211.59%1681.59%280.27%-101-0.96%10,547
Seneca5,08249.63%2,36223.07%2,06220.14%5675.54%1471.44%200.20%2,72026.56%10,240
Shelby3,30556.00%1,61327.33%67811.49%2454.15%520.88%90.15%1,69228.67%5,902
Stark9,90837.07%6,03322.57%6,80225.45%3,60613.49%3091.16%710.27%3,10611.62%26,729
Summit7,78633.57%3,50215.10%7,47332.22%3,93616.97%3781.63%1170.50%3131.35%23,192
Trumbull3,34729.42%2,63323.15%3,55631.26%1,64014.42%1611.42%380.33%-209-1.84%11,375
Tuscarawas4,97839.84%3,41727.34%1,74914.00%2,17717.42%1050.84%700.56%1,56112.49%12,496
Union2,36240.68%2,05135.32%1,20920.82%1212.08%591.02%50.09%3115.36%5,807
Van Wert3,28746.26%2,49035.04%1,05014.78%2092.94%600.84%100.14%79711.22%7,106
Vinton1,22841.11%95231.87%58119.45%2036.80%150.50%80.27%2769.24%2,987
Warren2,10133.52%2,78844.49%1,10017.55%2073.30%610.97%100.16%-687-10.96%6,267
Washington4,63746.65%3,32633.46%1,22212.29%6186.22%1211.22%170.17%1,31113.19%9,941
Wayne4,73751.14%1,67418.07%2,35125.38%3503.78%1371.48%140.15%2,38625.76%9,263
Williams2,87544.81%1,14517.85%2,08132.43%2193.41%811.26%150.23%79412.38%6,416
Wood4,35643.46%2,02020.15%3,02130.14%4734.72%1331.33%210.21%1,33513.32%10,024
Wyandot2,84854.46%1,40926.94%85416.33%931.78%220.42%40.08%1,43927.51%5,230
Totals424,83440.96%278,16826.82%229,80722.16%90,1648.69%11,5111.11%2,6300.25%146,66614.14%1,037,114

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1912 Presidential Election Results - Ohio. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
  3. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  4. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (xlsx file for €15)