1912 United States presidential election in Missouri
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Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Home state New Jersey Ohio New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas M. Butler Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote 18 0 0
Popular vote 330,746 207,821 124,375
Percentage 47.35% 29.75% 17.80%
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson (D), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 47.35% 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 29.75% 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 17.80% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Douglas County and Ozark County did not vote for the Republican Presidential candidate.[2][3]

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Missouri[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 330,746 47.35%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 207,821 29.75%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 124,375 17.80%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 28,466 4.07%
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 5,380 0.77%
Socialist Labor Arthur Reimer 1,778 0.25%
Total votes 698,566 100%

Results by county

1912 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[4]
County Woodrow Wilson
Democratic 		William Howard Taft
Republican 		Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive 		Eugene V. Debs
Socialist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,784 36.46% 1,427 29.16% 1,200 24.52% 398 8.13% 84 1.72% 357 7.30% 4,893
Andrew 1,750 45.00% 1,634 42.02% 432 11.11% 31 0.80% 42 1.08% 116 2.98% 3,889
Atchison 1,534 46.53% 1,138 34.52% 529 16.04% 37 1.12% 59 1.79% 396 12.01% 3,297
Audrain 3,332 64.79% 1,360 26.44% 377 7.33% 31 0.60% 43 0.84% 1,972 38.34% 5,143
Barry 2,300 45.65% 1,396 27.71% 1,053 20.90% 227 4.51% 62 1.23% 904 17.94% 5,038
Barton 1,791 47.12% 1,010 26.57% 639 16.81% 280 7.37% 81 2.13% 781 20.55% 3,801
Bates 3,057 50.72% 1,383 22.95% 1,301 21.59% 151 2.51% 135 2.24% 1,674 27.78% 6,027
Benton 1,209 39.57% 1,142 37.38% 618 20.23% 54 1.77% 32 1.05% 67 2.19% 3,055
Bollinger 1,512 48.93% 1,100 35.60% 348 11.26% 102 3.30% 28 0.91% 412 13.33% 3,090
Boone 5,027 70.23% 1,350 18.86% 695 9.71% 54 0.75% 32 0.45% 3,677 51.37% 7,158
Buchanan 8,869 53.18% 4,412 26.46% 2,639 15.83% 623 3.74% 133 0.80% 4,457 26.73% 16,676
Butler 1,946 41.71% 1,851 39.68% 408 8.75% 407 8.72% 53 1.14% 95 2.04% 4,665
Caldwell 1,483 40.36% 1,187 32.31% 965 26.27% 6 0.16% 33 0.90% 296 8.06% 3,674
Callaway 3,544 65.61% 1,525 28.23% 284 5.26% 13 0.24% 36 0.67% 2,019 37.38% 5,402
Camden 667 35.69% 918 49.12% 246 13.16% 30 1.61% 8 0.43% -251 -13.43% 1,869
Cape Girardeau 2,587 44.19% 2,203 37.63% 899 15.36% 110 1.88% 55 0.94% 384 6.56% 5,854
Carroll 2,648 46.80% 1,519 26.85% 1,361 24.05% 73 1.29% 57 1.01% 1,129 19.95% 5,658
Carter 458 49.46% 256 27.65% 116 12.53% 78 8.42% 18 1.94% 202 21.81% 926
Cass 3,247 57.70% 1,034 18.38% 1,178 20.93% 103 1.83% 65 1.16% 2,069[a] 36.77% 5,627
Cedar 1,392 40.42% 1,242 36.06% 623 18.09% 134 3.89% 53 1.54% 150 4.36% 3,444
Chariton 3,112 56.90% 1,528 27.94% 745 13.62% 37 0.68% 47 0.86% 1,584 28.96% 5,469
Christian 793 26.07% 1,203 39.55% 832 27.35% 176 5.79% 38 1.25% 371[b] 12.20% 3,042
Clark 1,586 47.73% 1,214 36.53% 484 14.57% 12 0.36% 27 0.81% 372 11.19% 3,323
Clay 3,417 72.00% 592 12.47% 679 14.31% 41 0.86% 17 0.36% 2,738[a] 57.69% 4,746
Clinton 1,968 56.42% 777 22.28% 679 19.47% 10 0.29% 54 1.55% 1,191 34.15% 3,488
Cole 2,447 50.29% 2,103 43.22% 252 5.18% 45 0.92% 19 0.39% 344 7.07% 4,866
Cooper 2,444 48.28% 2,270 44.84% 299 5.91% 26 0.51% 23 0.45% 174 3.44% 5,062
Crawford 1,037 41.71% 1,045 42.04% 327 13.15% 54 2.17% 23 0.93% -8 -0.32% 2,486
Dade 1,313 38.81% 1,196 35.35% 776 22.94% 59 1.74% 39 1.15% 117 3.46% 3,383
Dallas 870 35.61% 1,051 43.02% 480 19.65% 24 0.98% 18 0.74% -181 -7.41% 2,443
Daviess 2,284 49.29% 1,099 23.72% 1,170 25.25% 12 0.26% 69 1.49% 1,114[a] 24.04% 4,634
DeKalb 1,652 50.18% 1,090 33.11% 499 15.16% 16 0.49% 35 1.06% 562 17.07% 3,292
Dent 1,280 51.38% 959 38.50% 153 6.14% 79 3.17% 20 0.80% 321 12.89% 2,491
Douglas 566 20.23% 855 30.56% 1,092 39.03% 255 9.11% 30 1.07% -237[b] -8.47% 2,798
Dunklin 2,723 51.89% 987 18.81% 494 9.41% 1,001 19.07% 43 0.82% 1,722[c] 32.81% 5,248
Franklin 2,239 40.02% 2,424 43.32% 671 11.99% 213 3.81% 48 0.86% -185 -3.31% 5,595
Gasconade 518 19.84% 1,539 58.94% 495 18.96% 25 0.96% 34 1.30% -1,021 -39.10% 2,611
Gentry 2,268 54.25% 1,268 30.33% 524 12.53% 56 1.34% 65 1.55% 1,000 23.92% 4,181
Greene 5,089 40.52% 4,350 34.63% 2,184 17.39% 758 6.04% 179 1.43% 739 5.88% 12,560
Grundy 1,310 33.44% 1,051 26.83% 1,484 37.89% 24 0.61% 48 1.23% -174[a] -4.44% 3,917
Harrison 1,985 38.62% 2,081 40.49% 965 18.77% 37 0.72% 72 1.40% -96 -1.87% 5,140
Henry 3,396 53.78% 1,162 18.40% 1,500 23.75% 132 2.09% 125 1.98% 1,896[a] 30.02% 6,315
Hickory 421 26.25% 735 45.82% 375 23.38% 58 3.62% 15 0.94% -314 -19.58% 1,604
Holt 1,519 41.14% 1,522 41.22% 583 15.79% 23 0.62% 45 1.22% -3 -0.08% 3,692
Howard 2,672 70.48% 896 23.63% 192 5.06% 15 0.40% 16 0.42% 1,776 46.85% 3,791
Howell 1,565 36.45% 1,465 34.12% 836 19.47% 368 8.57% 60 1.40% 100 2.33% 4,294
Iron 845 51.03% 666 40.22% 65 3.93% 55 3.32% 25 1.51% 179 10.81% 1,656
Jackson 32,209 50.97% 5,618 8.89% 23,152 36.64% 1,697 2.69% 518 0.82% 9,057[a] 14.33% 63,194
Jasper 6,789 40.64% 4,571 27.36% 3,309 19.81% 1,676 10.03% 359 2.15% 2,218 13.28% 16,704
Jefferson 2,368 45.47% 2,127 40.84% 485 9.31% 200 3.84% 28 0.54% 241 4.63% 5,208
Johnson 3,468 52.87% 1,772 27.02% 1,141 17.40% 95 1.45% 83 1.27% 1,696 25.86% 6,559
Knox 1,666 52.99% 1,092 34.73% 297 9.45% 43 1.37% 46 1.46% 574 18.26% 3,144
Laclede 1,634 44.03% 1,478 39.83% 463 12.48% 113 3.05% 23 0.62% 156 4.20% 3,711
Lafayette 3,650 48.93% 2,367 31.73% 1,241 16.64% 157 2.10% 44 0.59% 1,283 17.20% 7,459
Lawrence 2,384 42.45% 1,312 23.36% 1,536 27.35% 311 5.54% 73 1.30% 848[a] 15.10% 5,616
Lewis 2,340 62.27% 1,004 26.72% 334 8.89% 47 1.25% 33 0.88% 1,336 35.55% 3,758
Lincoln 2,326 61.32% 1,258 33.17% 167 4.40% 10 0.26% 32 0.84% 1,068 28.16% 3,793
Linn 2,890 48.13% 1,452 24.18% 1,434 23.88% 131 2.18% 97 1.62% 1,438 23.95% 6,004
Livingston 2,314 48.04% 885 18.37% 1,502 31.18% 58 1.20% 58 1.20% 812[a] 16.86% 4,817
Macon 3,610 51.68% 1,288 18.44% 1,830 26.20% 171 2.45% 86 1.23% 1,780[a] 25.48% 6,985
Madison 1,126 51.18% 827 37.59% 171 7.77% 53 2.41% 23 1.05% 299 13.59% 2,200
Maries 1,096 63.39% 448 25.91% 128 7.40% 39 2.26% 18 1.04% 648 37.48% 1,729
Marion 3,471 58.74% 1,693 28.65% 531 8.99% 125 2.12% 89 1.51% 1,778 30.09% 5,909
McDonald 1,326 46.06% 916 31.82% 442 15.35% 157 5.45% 38 1.32% 410 14.24% 2,879
Mercer 780 27.34% 995 34.88% 996 34.91% 42 1.47% 40 1.40% -1[b] -0.04% 2,853
Miller 1,257 39.52% 1,240 38.98% 512 16.10% 143 4.50% 29 0.91% 17 0.53% 3,181
Mississippi 1,388 52.20% 1,050 39.49% 78 2.93% 119 4.48% 24 0.90% 338 12.71% 2,659
Moniteau 1,612 48.76% 1,375 41.59% 215 6.50% 67 2.03% 37 1.12% 237 7.17% 3,306
Monroe 3,586 80.22% 583 13.04% 218 4.88% 64 1.43% 19 0.43% 3,003 67.18% 4,470
Montgomery 1,883 48.54% 1,697 43.75% 219 5.65% 23 0.59% 57 1.47% 186 4.80% 3,879
Morgan 1,163 42.68% 1,239 45.47% 282 10.35% 19 0.70% 22 0.81% -76 -2.79% 2,725
New Madrid 1,945 43.04% 1,607 35.56% 344 7.61% 564 12.48% 59 1.31% 338 7.48% 4,519
Newton 2,421 44.84% 1,470 27.23% 1,033 19.13% 341 6.32% 134 2.48% 951 17.61% 5,399
Nodaway 3,490 49.49% 2,139 30.33% 1,307 18.53% 49 0.69% 67 0.95% 1,351 19.16% 7,052
Oregon 1,688 62.94% 486 18.12% 333 12.42% 164 6.11% 11 0.41% 1,202 44.82% 2,682
Osage 1,394 47.69% 981 33.56% 485 16.59% 29 0.99% 34 1.16% 413 14.13% 2,923
Ozark 575 27.05% 695 32.69% 787 37.02% 50 2.35% 19 0.89% -92[b] -4.33% 2,126
Pemiscot 1,617 51.11% 973 30.75% 283 8.94% 259 8.19% 32 1.01% 644 20.35% 3,164
Perry 1,564 45.85% 1,735 50.86% 86 2.52% 15 0.44% 11 0.32% -171 -5.01% 3,411
Pettis 3,771 47.12% 2,423 30.28% 1,512 18.89% 210 2.62% 87 1.09% 1,348 16.84% 8,003
Phelps 1,565 55.58% 782 27.77% 379 13.46% 63 2.24% 27 0.96% 783 27.81% 2,816
Pike 2,720 56.01% 1,901 39.15% 176 3.62% 32 0.66% 27 0.56% 819 16.87% 4,856
Platte 2,535 73.58% 510 14.80% 375 10.89% 11 0.32% 14 0.41% 2,025 58.78% 3,445
Polk 1,935 41.92% 1,802 39.04% 754 16.33% 81 1.75% 44 0.95% 133 2.88% 4,616
Pulaski 1,268 56.66% 631 28.19% 267 11.93% 40 1.79% 32 1.43% 637 28.46% 2,238
Putnam 933 27.96% 1,859 55.71% 420 12.59% 64 1.92% 61 1.83% -926 -27.75% 3,337
Ralls 1,734 67.13% 591 22.88% 240 9.29% 8 0.31% 10 0.39% 1,143 44.25% 2,583
Randolph 4,186 68.18% 1,126 18.34% 641 10.44% 119 1.94% 68 1.11% 3,060 49.84% 6,140
Ray 3,042 61.70% 1,192 24.18% 561 11.38% 80 1.62% 55 1.12% 1,850 37.53% 4,930
Reynolds 1,030 62.27% 367 22.19% 169 10.22% 77 4.66% 11 0.67% 663 40.08% 1,654
Ripley 1,249 51.17% 651 26.67% 353 14.46% 157 6.43% 31 1.27% 598 24.50% 2,441
Saint Charles 1,792 37.36% 2,350 49.00% 525 10.95% 105 2.19% 24 0.50% -558 -11.63% 4,796
Saint Clair 1,710 46.00% 1,046 28.14% 727 19.56% 190 5.11% 44 1.18% 664 17.86% 3,717
Saint Francois 2,786 44.76% 2,305 37.03% 344 5.53% 732 11.76% 58 0.93% 481 7.73% 6,225
Saint Louis County 5,409 34.84% 6,177 39.78% 2,854 18.38% 929 5.98% 157 1.01% -768 -4.95% 15,526
Saint Louis City 58,845 41.93% 46,509 33.14% 24,746 17.63% 9,159 6.53% 1,068 0.76% 12,336 8.79% 140,327
Sainte Genevieve 1,138 49.22% 1,100 47.58% 47 2.03% 19 0.82% 8 0.35% 38 1.64% 2,312
Saline 3,929 57.01% 1,443 20.94% 1,413 20.50% 41 0.59% 66 0.96% 2,486 36.07% 6,892
Schuyler 1,218 54.35% 766 34.18% 193 8.61% 30 1.34% 34 1.52% 452 20.17% 2,241
Scotland 1,525 53.34% 860 30.08% 379 13.26% 65 2.27% 30 1.05% 665 23.26% 2,859
Scott 1,945 46.45% 1,235 29.50% 303 7.24% 649 15.50% 55 1.31% 710 16.96% 4,187
Shannon 1,110 52.98% 385 18.38% 376 17.95% 193 9.21% 31 1.48% 725 34.61% 2,095
Shelby 2,450 65.51% 859 22.97% 331 8.85% 33 0.88% 67 1.79% 1,591 42.54% 3,740
Stoddard 2,603 49.54% 1,363 25.94% 586 11.15% 648 12.33% 54 1.03% 1,240 23.60% 5,254
Stone 506 22.18% 946 41.47% 642 28.15% 165 7.23% 22 0.96% 304[b] 13.33% 2,281
Sullivan 2,226 47.35% 1,819 38.69% 576 12.25% 43 0.91% 37 0.79% 407 8.66% 4,701
Taney 588 32.98% 852 47.78% 259 14.53% 72 4.04% 12 0.67% -264 -14.81% 1,783
Texas 2,067 51.30% 1,232 30.58% 553 13.73% 129 3.20% 48 1.19% 835 20.72% 4,029
Vernon 3,483 55.94% 1,654 26.57% 655 10.52% 323 5.19% 111 1.78% 1,829 29.38% 6,226
Warren 431 21.09% 1,067 52.20% 499 24.41% 36 1.76% 11 0.54% 568[b] 27.79% 2,044
Washington 1,121 43.69% 1,059 41.27% 307 11.96% 53 2.07% 26 1.01% 62 2.42% 2,566
Wayne 1,432 48.26% 1,052 35.46% 304 10.25% 152 5.12% 27 0.91% 380 12.81% 2,967
Webster 1,649 42.12% 1,387 35.43% 744 19.00% 82 2.09% 53 1.35% 262 6.69% 3,915
Worth 973 49.49% 769 39.11% 183 9.31% 6 0.31% 35 1.78% 204 10.38% 1,966
Wright 1,356 38.45% 1,163 32.97% 895 25.38% 86 2.44% 27 0.77% 193 5.47% 3,527
Totals 330,746 47.35% 207,821 29.75% 124,375 17.80% 28,466 4.07% 7,158 1.02% 122,925 17.60% 698,566

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i In this county where Taft finished third behind Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
  2. ^ a b c d e f In this county where Wilson finished third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
  3. ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of both Roosevelt and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Debs percentage.

References

  1. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results — Missouri". uselecitonatlas.org. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 239–246. ISBN 0786422173.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ^ "Vote for President, 1912". Official Manual of the State of Missouri for the Years 1913-1914 (Report). Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections. 1914. pp. 755–756.
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