1912 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

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Election Name:1912 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Country:Wisconsin
Flag Year:1866
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1908 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Previous Year:1908
Next Election:1916 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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 Vote1:164,228
Percentage1:41.05%
Nominee2:William Howard Taft
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:Ohio
Running Mate2:Nicholas Murray Butler
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:130,695
Percentage2:32.67%
Image4:Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg
Nominee4:Theodore Roosevelt
Party4:Progressive Independent
Home State4:New York
Running Mate4:Hiram Johnson
Color4:A2ED70
Electoral Vote4:0
Popular Vote4:62,460
Percentage4:15.61%
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 Vote5:33,481
Percentage5:8.37%
Map Size:315px
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 Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ever since the decline of the Populist movement, Wisconsin had become almost a one-party state dominated by the Republican Party.[1] The Democratic Party became entirely uncompetitive outside certain German Catholic counties adjoining Lake Michigan as the upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, completely fled from William Jennings Bryan’s agrarian and free silver sympathies.[2] As Democratic strength weakened severely after 1894 – although the state did develop a strong Socialist Party to provide opposition to the GOP – Wisconsin developed the direct Republican primary in 1903 and this ultimately created competition between the “League” under Robert M. La Follette, and the conservative “Regular” faction.[3]

At the turn of the decade, the Democratic Party underwent a brief revival, as it made significant gains upon its small share of state legislative seats and many people in the state saw in New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson the possibility of the party returning to the progressive ideals it was felt to have deserted with Bryan fifteen years beforehand.[4] Wilson campaigned in the state as early as 1911 – long before he was the official Democratic nominee – and was soon able to get many Republicans who had supported La Follette onto his bandwagon, and retained them despite former President Theodore Roosevelt running his own “Bull Moose” campaign as a result of the ongoing national split in the Republican Party.[4] Once regular nominee and incumbent Present William Howard Taft ceased campaigning in August, La Follette’s ability to hold Progressive GOP support for Wilson – outside the Scandinavian Lake Superior Lowland where Roosevelt controlled this group – meant that Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson won Wisconsin's thirteen electoral votes with 41.07 percent of the popular vote.[5]

La Follette won the Republican primary while Wilson won the Democratic primary. Francis E. McGovern and Andrew H. Dahl were elected to serve as delegates for La Follette in the Republican primary while William D. Hoard ran as a Taft delegate. James William Murphy and George Wilbur Peck ran as delegates for Champ Clark while William F. Wolfe ran as a delegate for Wilson.[6]

With his win, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Wisconsin since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Another Democrat would not carry the state again until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. Many counties that Wilson carried had not voted Democratic since Cleveland in 1892. However, Wilson was additionally the first Democrat to ever win Monroe County, Sawyer County, and Vilas County. Wilson was also the first Democrat since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win Columbia County, Grant County, Green County, Racine County, Sauk County, Sauk County, and St. Croix County and the first since George B. McClellan in 1864 to carry Lafayette County.

This election was only the second time (after 1892) in which Adams County voted for the statewide loser; this would not occur again until 2020. This was also the first election in which Juneau County, Marinette County, and Oconto County did not back the statewide winner. By voting for Wilson, Portage County maintained its unbroken streak from 1848 of backing the state's eventual winner; however, this streak would end in the next election.

, this is the only election in which Walworth County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[7]

Results

+ General Election Results[8] PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonWendell A. Anderson164,228
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonLouis G. Bohmrich163,983
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonErnest Merton163,958
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonRollib B. Mallory163,929
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonO. F. Roessler163,925
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonGeorge Crawford163,918
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonErnest C. Zommermann163,891
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonCharles H. Lambert163,887
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonJoshua Eric Dodge163,884
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonEdward Luckow163,863
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonJohn A. Kuypers163,855
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonGeorge D. Cline163,844
Democratic PartyWoodrow WilsonJohn A. Hobe163,782
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftSol Levitan130,695
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftDwight T. Parker130,618
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftAaron M. Brayton130,604
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftAholph J. Weidner130,583
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftM. V. Dewire130,582
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftRay C. Twining130,574
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftAlbert L. Fontaine130,567
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftCharles A. Leicht130,547
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftTheodore M. Thomas130,538
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftBernard C. Wolter130,537
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftGeore C. Wetherby130,532
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftNathaniel Greene130,459
Republican PartyUnpledgedOtto Zander[9] 97,967
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltJohn Hicks62,460
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltFlorian Lampert62,224
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltF. Lee Norton62,220
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltWheeler P. Bloodgood62,215
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltOtto B. Bock62,196
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltE. J. Baskerville62,154
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltFred C. Thwaits62,150
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltCharles F. Stitt62,138
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltGeorge H. Fuller62,122
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltWill H. McFetridge62,120
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltHenry C. Schultz Jr.62,109
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltAl C. Anderson62,099
Progressive PartyTheodore RooseveltPeter Anderson61,677
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsJames Sheehan33,481
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsRobert Seidel33,438
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsNels P. Nielsen33,415
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsDaniel Devroey33,403
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsPaul Gauer33,400
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsAugust Harder33,396
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsAlfred Schneider33,394
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsCharles Johnson33,390
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsRobert R. Schuttler33,377
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsCharles N. Fuller33,373
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsG. C. Kischel33,368
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsCurtis A. Borrman33,364
Social Democratic PartyEugene V. DebsC. J. Hanson33,342
Republican PartyWilliam Howard TaftLewis Reed32,203
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinWilliam P. Massuere8,586
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinW. J. Perry8,541
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinLucius H. Park8,536
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinO. S. Ballinger8,531
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinCharles Wendt Jr.8,531
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinPater T. James8,530
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinW. T. Johnson8,529
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinJoseph Volk8,529
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinAugustus C. Forster8,527
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinWilliam R. Nethercut8,526
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinV. M. Weeks8,522
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinWaldemar Ager8,471
Prohibition PartyEugene W. ChafinT. B. Harmon8,462
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerChristopher Brandt527
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerS. Orsikowsky523
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerCarl Doescher522
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerA. M. Manspeaker520
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerF. Farchmin519
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerF. Hentschel518
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerCarl Pietsch516
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerJohn W. Carl514
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerCarl Schultz512
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerO. T. Rosaas509
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerAlbert Wang508
Socialist Labor PartyArthur E. ReimerOtto Gundermann505
Write-inScattering83
Votes cast400,060

Results by county

CountyWoodrow Wilson
Democratic		William Howard Taft
Republican		Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive		Eugene V. Debs
Socialist		Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition		Arthur E. Reimer
Socialist Labor		MarginTotal votes cast
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Adams46230.90%68946.09%20413.65%664.41%523.48%221.47%-227-15.18%1,495
Ashland1,45141.55%93726.83%67719.39%3159.02%1093.12%30.09%51414.72%3,492
Barron1,06526.83%1,41435.62%96824.38%2656.68%2536.37%50.13%-349-8.79%3,970
Bayfield66629.87%51423.05%67130.09%30613.72%683.05%50.22%-5-0.22%2,230
Brown3,55742.16%2,76432.76%1,39616.55%5696.74%1411.67%90.11%7939.40%8,436
Buffalo84833.28%1,23948.63%37314.64%451.77%401.57%30.12%-391-15.35%2,548
Burnett30520.24%40326.74%57037.82%17211.41%503.32%70.46%-167-11.08%1,507
Calumet1,36647.76%93132.55%45415.87%852.97%170.59%70.24%43515.21%2,860
Chippewa2,02839.63%1,73633.93%1,13222.12%1021.99%1132.21%60.12%2925.71%5,117
Clark1,52834.22%2,03545.58%64814.51%1453.25%1092.44%00.00%-507-11.35%4,465
Columbia2,47342.71%2,46342.54%58510.10%1212.09%1482.56%00.00%100.17%5,790
Crawford1,51544.84%1,40741.64%3239.56%692.04%641.89%10.03%1083.20%3,379
Dane9,01755.49%5,24432.27%1,2927.95%2981.83%3912.41%80.05%3,77323.22%16,251
Dodge5,24659.97%2,55929.26%7058.06%1181.35%1191.36%00.00%2,68730.72%8,747
Door76927.07%1,16741.08%69024.29%772.71%1354.75%30.11%-398-14.01%2,841
Douglas1,18122.99%73014.21%2,28544.49%75214.64%1172.28%711.38%-1,104-21.50%5,136
Dunn83322.23%1,40337.44%1,17431.33%2356.27%942.51%80.21%-229-6.11%3,747
Eau Claire1,72834.59%2,01240.28%89517.92%2394.78%1162.32%50.10%-284-5.69%4,995
Florence13121.83%26243.67%18230.33%152.50%91.50%10.17%-80-13.34%600
Fond du Lac4,83850.32%3,01431.35%1,23612.85%3493.63%1741.81%40.04%1,82418.97%9,615
Forest56742.00%51838.37%21215.70%302.22%221.63%10.07%493.63%1,350
Grant3,61545.84%3,28341.63%6678.46%991.26%2212.80%10.01%3324.21%7,886
Green1,71640.88%1,60138.14%51612.29%831.98%2014.79%70.17%1152.74%4,198
Green Lake1,40747.15%1,26942.53%1956.53%391.31%742.48%00.00%1384.62%2,984
Iowa2,10344.90%1,88640.26%4389.35%320.68%2244.78%10.02%2174.63%4,684
Iron34729.33%47339.98%25421.47%726.09%342.87%30.25%-126-10.65%1,183
Jackson60622.88%1,39852.77%47718.01%782.94%863.25%40.15%-792-29.90%2,649
Jefferson4,38162.38%1,92627.42%4906.98%1001.42%1221.74%40.06%2,45534.96%7,023
Juneau1,23638.78%1,32241.48%43513.65%1354.24%591.85%00.00%-86-2.70%3,187
Kenosha2,21636.10%1,67127.22%1,64926.86%4928.01%1041.69%70.11%5458.88%6,139
Kewaunee1,69654.32%1,11535.71%2638.42%220.70%190.61%70.22%58118.61%3,122
La Crosse4,26353.07%2,27228.28%99912.44%3374.20%1481.84%140.17%1,99124.79%8,033
Lafayette1,85240.59%1,84740.48%75616.57%280.61%771.69%30.07%50.11%4,563
Langlade1,38745.69%71023.39%81026.68%913.00%361.19%20.07%57719.01%3,036
Lincoln1,76052.41%71221.20%62718.67%2126.31%451.34%20.06%1,04831.21%3,358
Manitowoc3,43644.73%2,38931.10%91911.96%89011.59%440.57%30.04%1,04713.63%7,681
Marathon4,04344.26%3,03333.20%1,27413.95%5976.54%1641.80%240.26%1,01011.06%9,135
Marinette1,55833.28%1,61834.56%1,12524.03%2765.89%952.03%100.21%-60-1.28%4,682
Marquette92341.30%88139.42%36516.33%220.98%421.88%20.09%421.88%2,235
Milwaukee27,62838.74%17,87725.07%5,9398.33%19,24326.98%5360.75%930.13%8,38511.76%71,316
Monroe2,08443.16%1,84138.13%62813.01%1252.59%1503.11%00.00%2.435.03%4,828
Oconto1,52335.70%1,98846.60%55412.99%1393.26%541.27%00.00%-465-10.90%4,266
Oneida71733.85%77336.50%43120.35%1758.26%200.94%20.09%-56-2.64%2,118
Outagamie4,13950.00%2,38428.80%1,40116.92%1922.32%1551.87%70.08%1,75521.20%8,278
Ozaukee1,87863.27%74925.24%2418.12%762.56%240.81%00.00%1,12938.04%2,968
Pepin41031.06%52840.00%32924.92%272.05%241.82%20.15%-118-8.94%1,320
Pierce98529.10%98629.13%1,20435.57%1023.01%1033.04%50.15%-218-6.44%3,385
Polk83026.51%84827.08%1,07534.33%2708.62%993.16%90.29%-227-7.25%3,131
Portage2,30043.31%1,93236.38%89016.76%1011.90%851.60%20.04%3686.93%5,310
Price66227.58%70829.50%66227.58%29012.08%753.13%30.13%-46-1.92%2,400
Racine3,90944.12%2,60629.42%1,44016.25%6126.91%2863.23%60.07%1,30314.71%8,859
Richland1,49337.72%1,62341.01%3679.27%1273.21%3458.72%30.08%-130-3.28%3,958
Rock3,03230.64%4,27643.21%2,00220.23%2612.64%3133.16%110.11%-1,244-12.57%9,895
Rusk52230.67%57533.78%34420.21%20411.99%543.17%30.18%-53-3.11%1,702
Sauk2,46443.03%2,17137.91%72012.57%671.17%3025.27%20.03%2935.12%5,726
Sawyer43247.52%29532.45%14415.84%151.65%222.42%10.11%13715.07%909
Shawano1,66036.71%1,53533.95%1,10324.39%992.19%1122.48%130.29%1252.76%4,522
Sheboygan3,96841.80%2,69228.36%1,62817.15%1,08411.42%1091.15%110.12%1,27613.44%9,492
St. Croix1,80638.88%1,72837.20%82317.72%1884.05%992.13%10.02%781.68%4,645
Taylor82135.93%77333.83%37916.59%27111.86%351.53%60.26%482.10%2,285
Trempealeau1,23531.28%1,76344.66%79520.14%501.27%1022.58%30.08%-528-13.37%3,948
Vernon1,25327.12%2,66457.66%46310.02%741.60%1643.55%20.04%-1,411-30.54%4,620
Vilas32735.28%30432.79%21222.87%717.66%90.97%40.43%232.48%927
Walworth2,12536.38%2,09635.88%1,23721.18%781.34%3055.22%00.00%290.50%5,841
Washburn39826.78%40927.52%48832.84%1489.96%432.89%00.00%-79-5.32%1,486
Washington2,42551.57%1,79938.26%3026.42%1503.19%260.55%00.00%62613.31%4,702
Waukesha3,59448.81%2,71436.86%5978.11%1962.66%2613.54%10.01%88011.95%7,363
Waupaca1,56326.70%2,20437.66%1,76730.19%1312.24%1783.04%100.17%-437-7.47%5,853
Waushara77225.49%1,34344.34%74124.46%923.04%752.48%60.20%-571-18.85%3,029
Winnebago4,63141.00%1,92217.02%4,09836.28%4784.23%1461.29%200.18%3334.72%11,295
Wood2,52347.30%1,74232.66%5259.84%3676.88%1392.61%380.71%78114.64%5,334
Total164,22841.05%130,69532.67%62,46015.61%33,4818.37%8,5862.15%5270.13%33,5338.38%400,060

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive

See also

Notes and References

  1. Burnham, Walter Dean; 'The System of 1896: An Analysis'; in The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 178-179
  2. Sundquist, James; Politics and Policy: The Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Years, p. 526
  3. Hansen, John Mark; Shigeo Hirano, and Snyder, James M. Jr.; ‘Parties within Parties: Parties, Factions, and Coordinated Politics, 1900-1980’; in Gerber, Alan S. and Schickler, Eric; Governing in a Polarized Age: Elections, Parties, and Political Representation in America, pp. 165-168
  4. Crews, Kenneth D.; ‘Woodrow Wilson, Wisconsin, and the Election of 1912’; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3: ‘Presidents, Vice Presidents and Political Parties: Performance and Prospects’ (Summer, 1982), pp. 369-376
  5. Web site: 1912 Presidential General Election Results – Wisconsin. August 18, 2016.
  6. Book: 1912 . The Primary Election of 1910 And The Presidential Primary of 1912 . Industrial Commission of Wisconsin.
  7. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  8. Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of Canvassers of the State of Wisconsin for General Election held November 5, 1912
  9. Web site: News Notes of Wisconsin . Chronicling America . The Manitowoc Pilot. 18 August 2024 . en . 24 Oct 1912.

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