1912 United States presidential election in Indiana
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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[update], this is the only election that Hamilton County or Hendricks County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Results
[edit]| 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
[edit]| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson[3] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[3] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose" |
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
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ In this county where Wilson ran third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results — Indiana".
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ a b c "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
