See main article: 1912 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Country: | Rhode Island |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1908 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| Previous Year: | 1908 |
| Next Election: | 1916 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
| 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: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 30,412 |
| Percentage1: | 39.04% |
| Nominee2: | William Howard Taft |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Ohio |
| Running Mate2: | Nicholas Murray Butler |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 27,703 |
| Percentage2: | 35.56% |
| Image3: | Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Party3: | Progressive |
| Color3: | A2ED70 |
| Home State3: | New York |
| Running Mate3: | Hiram Johnson |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 16,878 |
| Percentage3: | 21.67% |
| 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 Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rhode Island was won by the Democratic Party nominees, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson and Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson and Marshall defeated incumbent President William Howard Taft, and his running mate Vice President James S. Sherman and Progressive Party candidates, former President Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate California Governor Hiram Johnson.
Wilson won Rhode Island by a narrow margin of 3.48 points, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state. Wilson also became the first Democrat since Pierce to win Providence County or any county in the state. Another Democratic candidate wouldn't win Rhode Island again until Al Smith won it in 1928. This was the first of three times that the state voted differently than Minnesota, along with 1928 and 1984.
| 1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island by town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Town | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barrington | 98 | 26.85% | 131 | 35.89% | 121 | 33.15% | 3 | 0.82% | 12 | 3.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 10 | 2.74% | 365 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bristol | 589 | 40.79% | 629 | 43.56% | 203 | 14.06% | 13 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.07% | -40 | -2.77% | 1,444 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burrillville | 596 | 39.06% | 698 | 45.74% | 187 | 12.25% | 32 | 2.10% | 5 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.52% | -102 | -6.68% | 1,526 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central Falls | 919 | 36.51% | 1,100 | 43.70% | 427 | 16.96% | 52 | 2.07% | 16 | 0.64% | 3 | 0.12% | -181 | -7.19% | 2,517 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlestown | 40 | 17.62% | 103 | 45.37% | 64 | 28.19% | 7 | 3.08% | 10 | 4.41% | 3 | 1.32% | 39 | 17.18% | 227 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coventry | 324 | 37.33% | 398 | 45.85% | 124 | 14.29% | 5 | 0.58% | 16 | 1.84% | 1 | 0.12% | -74 | -8.53% | 868 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cranston | 1,282 | 34.08% | 1,170 | 31.10% | 1,164 | 30.94% | 116 | 3.08% | 24 | 0.64% | 6 | 0.16% | 112 | 2.98% | 3,762 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 820 | 48.43% | 635 | 37.51% | 195 | 11.52% | 34 | 2.01% | 5 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.24% | 185 | 10.93% | 1,693 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Greenwich | 153 | 23.79% | 267 | 41.52% | 212 | 32.97% | 3 | 0.47% | 7 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.16% | 55 | 8.55% | 643 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Providence | 1,003 | 37.18% | 783 | 29.02% | 825 | 30.58% | 51 | 1.89% | 27 | 1.00% | 9 | 0.33% | 178 | 6.60% | 2,698 | ||||||||||||||||
| Exeter | 84 | 40.19% | 95 | 45.45% | 28 | 13.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -5.26% | 209 | ||||||||||||||||
| Foster | 108 | 39.13% | 127 | 46.01% | 39 | 14.13% | 1 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -19 | -6.88% | 276 | ||||||||||||||||
| Glocester | 128 | 33.33% | 199 | 51.82% | 50 | 13.02% | 4 | 1.04% | 3 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -18.49% | 384 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hopkinton | 113 | 26.28% | 224 | 52.09% | 75 | 17.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 3.95% | 1 | 0.23% | -111 | -25.81% | 430 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown | 37 | 15.74% | 109 | 46.38% | 87 | 37.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 22 | 9.36% | 235 | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnston | 136 | 17.55% | 454 | 58.58% | 135 | 17.42% | 41 | 5.29% | 6 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.39% | -318 | -41.03% | 775 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 511 | 37.63% | 592 | 43.59% | 169 | 12.44% | 71 | 5.23% | 8 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.52% | -81 | -5.96% | 1,358 | ||||||||||||||||
| Little Compton | 53 | 24.54% | 122 | 56.48% | 37 | 17.13% | 3 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | -69 | -31.94% | 216 | ||||||||||||||||
| Middletown | 80 | 26.67% | 137 | 45.67% | 77 | 25.67% | 1 | 0.33% | 5 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -19.00% | 300 | ||||||||||||||||
| Narragansett | 140 | 48.11% | 117 | 40.21% | 32 | 11.00% | 1 | 0.34% | 1 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 7.90% | 291 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Shoreham | 138 | 37.50% | 208 | 56.52% | 21 | 5.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -70 | -19.02% | 368 | ||||||||||||||||
| Newport | 1,875 | 43.40% | 1,463 | 33.87% | 910 | 21.06% | 42 | 0.97% | 19 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.25% | 412 | 9.54% | 4,320 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Kingstown | 286 | 35.53% | 359 | 44.60% | 148 | 18.39% | 1 | 0.12% | 9 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.25% | -73 | -9.07% | 805 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Providence | 245 | 27.87% | 419 | 47.67% | 170 | 19.34% | 39 | 4.44% | 3 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.34% | -174 | -19.80% | 879 | ||||||||||||||||
| North Smithfield | 146 | 36.59% | 190 | 47.62% | 52 | 13.03% | 5 | 1.25% | 2 | 0.50% | 4 | 1.00% | -44 | -11.03% | 399 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pawtucket | 3,081 | 34.50% | 4,055 | 45.41% | 1,405 | 15.73% | 280 | 3.14% | 79 | 0.88% | 30 | 0.34% | -974 | -10.91% | 8,930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portsmouth | 119 | 33.33% | 157 | 43.98% | 53 | 14.85% | 2 | 0.56% | 26 | 7.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -38 | -10.64% | 357 | ||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 12,429 | 43.98% | 6,924 | 24.50% | 7,542 | 26.69% | 1,080 | 3.82% | 188 | 0.67% | 99 | 0.35% | 4,887 | 17.29% | 28,262 | ||||||||||||||||
| Richmond | 97 | 32.23% | 169 | 56.15% | 24 | 7.97% | 4 | 1.33% | 6 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.33% | -72 | -23.92% | 301 | ||||||||||||||||
| Scituate | 396 | 47.14% | 325 | 38.69% | 96 | 11.43% | 2 | 0.24% | 18 | 2.14% | 3 | 0.36% | 71 | 8.45% | 840 | ||||||||||||||||
| Smithfield | 139 | 33.99% | 208 | 50.86% | 52 | 12.71% | 6 | 1.47% | 3 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.24% | -69 | -16.87% | 409 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Kingstown | 561 | 47.06% | 472 | 39.60% | 120 | 10.07% | 19 | 1.59% | 20 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 7.47% | 1,192 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tiverton | 185 | 27.45% | 387 | 57.42% | 94 | 13.95% | 2 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.15% | -202 | -29.97% | 674 | ||||||||||||||||
| Warren | 390 | 44.02% | 366 | 41.31% | 113 | 12.75% | 5 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.68% | 24 | 2.71% | 886 | ||||||||||||||||
| Warwick | 1,542 | 38.88% | 1,428 | 36.01% | 935 | 23.58% | 32 | 0.81% | 20 | 0.50% | 9 | 0.23% | 114 | 2.87% | 3,966 | ||||||||||||||||
| West Greenwich | 11 | 10.78% | 77 | 75.49% | 13 | 12.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 64 | 62.75% | 102 | ||||||||||||||||
| Westerly | 370 | 28.77% | 590 | 45.88% | 297 | 23.09% | 7 | 0.54% | 18 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.31% | -220 | -17.11% | 1,286 | ||||||||||||||||
| Woonsocket | 1,188 | 32.10% | 1,816 | 49.07% | 582 | 15.73% | 85 | 2.30% | 15 | 0.41% | 15 | 0.41% | -628 | -16.97% | 3,701 | ||||||||||||||||
| Totals | 30,412 | 39.04% | 27,703 | 35.56% | 16,878 | 21.67% | 2,049 | 2.63% | 616 | 0.79% | 236 | 0.30% | 2,709 | 3.48% | 77,894 | ||||||||||||||||