1912 United States presidential election in Indiana
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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Progressive
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote 15 0
Popular vote 281,890 162,007
Percentage 43.07% 24.75%
 
Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Socialist
Home state Ohio Indiana
Running mate Nicholas M. Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote 0 0
Popular vote 151,267 36,931
Percentage 23.11% 5.64%
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William Howard Taft
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Woodrow Wilson
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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 (P–New 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 (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 5.64% of the popular vote.[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the only election that Hamilton County or Hendricks County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Indiana[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 281,890 43.07%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 162,007 24.75%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 151,267 23.11%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 36,931 5.64%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 19,249 2.94%
Socialist Labor Arthur Reimer 3,130 0.48%
Total votes 654,474 100%

Results by county

1912 United States presidential election in Indiana by county
County Thomas Woodrow Wilson[3]
Democratic 		William Howard Taft[3]
Republican 		Theodore Roosevelt[3]
Progressive 		Eugene Victor Debs[4]
Socialist 		Various candidates[4]
Other parties 		Margin[a] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 2,961 61.62% 917 19.08% 732 15.23% 30 0.62% 165 3.43% 2,044[b] 42.54% 4,805
Allen 8,659 46.63% 3,423 18.43% 4,246 22.87% 1,512 8.14% 729 3.93% 4,413 23.77% 18,569
Bartholomew 3,147 48.26% 1,321 20.26% 1,604 24.60% 196 3.01% 253 3.88% 1,543 23.66% 6,521
Benton 1,425 42.09% 1,030 30.42% 796 23.51% 30 0.89% 105 3.10% 395[b] 11.67% 3,386
Blackford 1,651 45.56% 399 11.01% 1,163 32.09% 256 7.06% 155 4.28% 488 13.47% 3,624
Boone 3,280 48.70% 1,181 17.54% 2,014 29.90% 90 1.34% 170 2.52% 1,266 18.80% 6,735
Brown 909 59.30% 305 19.90% 253 16.50% 12 0.78% 54 3.52% 604[b] 39.40% 1,533
Carroll 2,275 46.59% 1,467 30.04% 926 18.96% 83 1.70% 132 2.70% 808[b] 16.55% 4,883
Cass 4,421 46.48% 1,573 16.54% 3,094 32.53% 187 1.97% 236 2.48% 1,327 13.95% 9,511
Clark 3,315 48.93% 805 11.88% 2,453 36.21% 137 2.02% 65 0.96% 862 12.72% 6,775
Clay 3,297 45.12% 1,494 20.45% 1,614 22.09% 697 9.54% 205 2.81% 1,683 23.03% 7,307
Clinton 3,255 45.52% 2,182 30.52% 1,281 17.92% 219 3.06% 213 2.98% 1,073[b] 15.01% 7,150
Crawford 1,159 43.33% 663 24.79% 542 20.26% 128 4.79% 183 6.84% 496[b] 18.54% 2,675
Daviess 2,759 43.51% 2,005 31.62% 1,061 16.73% 327 5.16% 189 2.98% 754[b] 11.89% 6,341
Dearborn 2,957 56.13% 1,366 25.93% 701 13.31% 146 2.77% 98 1.86% 1,591[b] 30.20% 5,268
Decatur 2,246 43.44% 1,263 24.43% 1,436 27.78% 88 1.70% 137 2.65% 810 15.67% 5,170
DeKalb 2,766 44.53% 1,125 18.11% 1,623 26.13% 437 7.04% 260 4.19% 1,143 18.40% 6,211
Delaware 4,313 35.13% 2,018 16.44% 4,059 33.06% 1,199 9.77% 689 5.61% 254 2.07% 12,278
Dubois 3,059 68.01% 666 14.81% 606 13.47% 106 2.36% 61 1.36% 2,393[b] 53.20% 4,498
Elkhart 4,300 37.22% 1,199 10.38% 4,533 39.24% 856 7.41% 665 5.76% -233 -2.02% 11,553
Fayette 1,455 36.20% 1,030 25.63% 1,214 30.21% 231 5.75% 89 2.21% 241 6.00% 4,019
Floyd 3,236 46.66% 669 9.65% 2,580 37.20% 341 4.92% 110 1.59% 656 9.46% 6,936
Fountain 2,499 46.19% 1,560 28.84% 1,067 19.72% 140 2.59% 144 2.66% 939[b] 17.36% 5,410
Franklin 2,305 57.99% 929 23.37% 630 15.85% 30 0.75% 81 2.04% 1,376[b] 34.62% 3,975
Fulton 2,022 45.60% 1,427 32.18% 694 15.65% 70 1.58% 221 4.98% 595[b] 13.42% 4,434
Gibson 3,250 44.44% 2,266 30.98% 1,270 17.36% 295 4.03% 233 3.19% 984[b] 13.45% 7,314
Grant 4,390 33.68% 3,939 30.22% 2,185 16.76% 1,323 10.15% 1,199 9.20% 451[b] 3.46% 13,036
Greene 3,373 39.28% 2,156 25.11% 1,563 18.20% 1,203 14.01% 291 3.39% 1,217[b] 14.17% 8,586
Hamilton 2,463 34.93% 2,247 31.86% 1,834 26.01% 90 1.28% 418 5.93% 216[b] 3.06% 7,052
Hancock 2,594 51.90% 738 14.77% 1,375 27.51% 133 2.66% 158 3.16% 1,219 24.39% 4,998
Harrison 2,106 47.34% 900 20.23% 1,219 27.40% 118 2.65% 106 2.38% 887 19.94% 4,449
Hendricks 2,372 43.10% 1,439 26.15% 1,495 27.17% 48 0.87% 149 2.71% 877 15.94% 5,503
Henry 2,687 34.82% 2,479 32.12% 1,550 20.09% 437 5.66% 564 7.31% 208[b] 2.70% 7,717
Howard 2,824 31.95% 2,152 24.35% 2,184 24.71% 1,107 12.52% 572 6.47% 640 7.24% 8,839
Huntington 3,119 41.72% 2,108 28.20% 1,586 21.21% 252 3.37% 411 5.50% 1,011[b] 13.52% 7,476
Jackson 3,225 56.91% 921 16.25% 1,236 21.81% 175 3.09% 110 1.94% 1,989 35.10% 5,667
Jasper 1,292 39.18% 1,238 37.54% 694 21.04% 14 0.42% 60 1.82% 54[b] 1.64% 3,298
Jay 2,786 44.29% 1,282 20.38% 1,596 25.37% 218 3.47% 408 6.49% 1,190 18.92% 6,290
Jefferson 2,325 45.31% 1,563 30.46% 943 18.38% 137 2.67% 163 3.18% 762[b] 14.85% 5,131
Jennings 1,577 44.69% 955 27.06% 839 23.77% 81 2.30% 77 2.18% 622[b] 17.63% 3,529
Johnson 2,890 52.59% 924 16.82% 1,408 25.62% 49 0.89% 224 4.08% 1,482 26.97% 5,495
Knox 4,448 45.61% 2,805 28.76% 1,316 13.49% 892 9.15% 291 2.98% 1,643[b] 16.85% 9,752
Kosciusko 2,817 39.02% 1,767 24.47% 2,096 29.03% 210 2.91% 330 4.57% 721 9.99% 7,220
LaGrange 1,233 35.11% 758 21.58% 1,402 39.92% 22 0.63% 97 2.76% -169 -4.81% 3,512
Lake 5,136 29.38% 5,176 29.61% 5,659 32.37% 1,182 6.76% 330 1.89% -483[c] -2.76% 17,483
LaPorte 4,847 44.62% 2,701 24.87% 2,749 25.31% 397 3.65% 168 1.55% 2,098 19.32% 10,862
Lawrence 2,579 37.70% 1,633 23.87% 2,106 30.79% 398 5.82% 124 1.81% 473 6.92% 6,840
Madison 6,676 42.37% 1,771 11.24% 4,751 30.15% 1,947 12.36% 612 3.88% 1,925 12.22% 15,757
Marion 29,805 44.22% 12,280 18.22% 18,396 27.29% 5,268 7.82% 1,659 2.46% 11,409 16.93% 67,408
Marshall 2,859 48.31% 1,196 20.21% 1,490 25.18% 164 2.77% 209 3.53% 1,369 23.13% 5,918
Martin 1,440 47.68% 975 32.28% 553 18.31% 22 0.73% 30 0.99% 465[b] 15.40% 3,020
Miami 3,366 44.92% 1,426 19.03% 1,995 26.62% 422 5.63% 285 3.80% 1,371 18.29% 7,494
Monroe 2,396 43.48% 1,388 25.19% 1,497 27.16% 84 1.52% 146 2.65% 899 16.31% 5,511
Montgomery 3,821 46.51% 2,747 33.43% 1,246 15.17% 173 2.11% 229 2.79% 1,074[b] 13.07% 8,216
Morgan 2,608 46.70% 1,353 24.23% 1,236 22.13% 185 3.31% 202 3.62% 1,255[b] 22.47% 5,584
Newton 965 36.92% 892 34.12% 633 24.22% 26 0.99% 98 3.75% 73[b] 2.79% 2,614
Noble 2,888 45.81% 1,443 22.89% 1,760 27.92% 106 1.68% 107 1.70% 1,128 17.89% 6,304
Ohio 553 49.07% 406 36.02% 120 10.65% 9 0.80% 39 3.46% 147[b] 13.04% 1,127
Orange 1,830 42.43% 1,521 35.27% 849 19.68% 53 1.23% 60 1.39% 309[b] 7.16% 4,313
Owen 1,621 48.32% 711 21.19% 784 23.37% 161 4.80% 78 2.32% 837 24.95% 3,355
Parke 2,031 38.93% 1,891 36.25% 684 13.11% 346 6.63% 265 5.08% 140[b] 2.68% 5,217
Perry 1,931 52.90% 520 14.25% 1,130 30.96% 34 0.93% 35 0.96% 801 21.95% 3,650
Pike 1,984 45.53% 1,515 34.76% 489 11.22% 298 6.84% 72 1.65% 469[b] 10.76% 4,358
Porter 1,352 31.59% 1,510 35.28% 1,241 29.00% 120 2.80% 57 1.33% -158[b] -3.69% 4,280
Posey 2,767 55.55% 1,193 23.95% 745 14.96% 132 2.65% 144 2.89% 1,574[b] 31.60% 4,981
Pulaski 1,250 42.57% 729 24.83% 586 19.96% 135 4.60% 236 8.04% 521[b] 17.75% 2,936
Putnam 2,922 52.70% 1,354 24.42% 1,079 19.46% 91 1.64% 99 1.79% 1,568[b] 28.28% 5,545
Randolph 2,158 29.66% 1,988 27.33% 2,471 33.97% 272 3.74% 386 5.31% -313 -4.30% 7,275
Ripley 2,431 47.95% 1,492 29.43% 884 17.44% 163 3.21% 100 1.97% 939[b] 18.52% 5,070
Rush 2,312 41.39% 1,931 34.57% 1,075 19.24% 77 1.38% 191 3.42% 381[b] 6.82% 5,586
St. Joseph 5,391 34.56% 3,146 20.17% 5,240 33.59% 1,285 8.24% 539 3.45% 151 0.97% 15,601
Scott 1,033 53.17% 327 16.83% 531 27.33% 18 0.93% 34 1.75% 502 25.84% 1,943
Shelby 3,432 47.47% 1,254 17.34% 1,969 27.23% 319 4.41% 256 3.54% 1,463 20.24% 7,230
Spencer 2,428 47.50% 1,268 24.80% 1,142 22.34% 151 2.95% 123 2.41% 1,160[b] 22.69% 5,112
Starke 1,208 43.14% 787 28.11% 696 24.86% 54 1.93% 55 1.96% 421[b] 15.04% 2,800
Steuben 1,266 31.74% 1,290 32.34% 1,210 30.33% 41 1.03% 182 4.56% -24[b] -0.60% 3,989
Sullivan 3,707 47.70% 1,406 18.09% 1,068 13.74% 1,045 13.45% 545 7.01% 2,301[b] 29.61% 7,771
Switzerland 1,342 46.28% 882 30.41% 322 11.10% 75 2.59% 279 9.62% 460[b] 15.86% 2,900
Tippecanoe 4,442 42.14% 3,006 28.51% 2,838 26.92% 191 1.81% 65 0.62% 1,436[b] 13.62% 10,542
Tipton 2,185 46.89% 1,262 27.08% 914 19.61% 113 2.42% 186 3.99% 923[b] 19.81% 4,660
Union 705 36.53% 643 33.32% 342 17.72% 38 1.97% 202 10.47% 62[b] 3.21% 1,930
Vanderburgh 7,219 41.12% 4,839 27.56% 2,738 15.59% 2,572 14.65% 190 1.08% 2,380[b] 13.56% 17,558
Vermillion 1,780 36.78% 1,621 33.50% 680 14.05% 550 11.37% 208 4.30% 159[b] 3.29% 4,839
Vigo 7,256 40.18% 3,103 17.18% 4,988 27.62% 1,862 10.31% 851 4.71% 2,268 12.56% 18,060
Wabash 2,371 34.92% 1,363 20.08% 2,432 35.82% 308 4.54% 315 4.64% -61 -0.90% 6,789
Warren 872 30.49% 1,183 41.36% 695 24.30% 46 1.61% 64 2.24% -311[b] -10.87% 2,860
Warrick 2,218 43.84% 1,421 28.09% 819 16.19% 310 6.13% 291 5.75% 797[b] 15.75% 5,059
Washington 2,233 53.31% 712 17.00% 1,113 26.57% 61 1.46% 70 1.67% 1,120 26.74% 4,189
Wayne 3,806 33.12% 1,851 16.11% 4,457 38.79% 1,032 8.98% 345 3.00% -651 -5.67% 11,491
Wells 2,760 54.20% 812 15.95% 1,080 21.21% 132 2.59% 308 6.05% 1,680 32.99% 5,092
White 2,059 44.38% 1,613 34.77% 822 17.72% 41 0.88% 104 2.24% 446[b] 9.61% 4,639
Whitley 2,206 48.96% 1,082 24.01% 990 21.97% 70 1.55% 158 3.51% 1,124[b] 24.94% 4,506
Totals 281,889 43.06% 151,267 23.10% 162,007 24.75% 36,931 5.64% 22,601 3.45% 119,882 18.31% 654,695

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Because Roosevelt finished second ahead of Taft in Indiana as a whole, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margins Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless states otherwise for the county in question.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax In this county where Roosevelt did run behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage
  3. ^ In this county where Wilson ran third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage amrgin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
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