1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The 1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 42.11% 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 29.43% 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 21.11% 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 5.67% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Ritchie County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the only election in which Grant County did not vote for the Republican candidate.[2]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 113,197 | 42.11% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 79,112 | 29.43% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 56,754 | 21.11% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 15,248 | 5.67% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 4,517[a] | 1.68% | |
| Total votes | 268,828 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Margin[b] | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 1,561 | 42.29% | 607 | 16.45% | 1,424 | 38.58% | 99 | 2.68% | 137 | 3.71% | 3,691 |
| Berkeley | 2,703 | 50.14% | 1,349 | 25.02% | 1,204 | 22.33% | 135 | 2.50% | 1,354[c] | 25.12% | 5,391 |
| Boone | 1,119 | 45.19% | 416 | 16.80% | 627 | 25.32% | 314 | 12.68% | 492 | 19.87% | 2,476 |
| Braxton | 2,611 | 51.74% | 580 | 11.49% | 1,816 | 35.99% | 39 | 0.77% | 795 | 15.76% | 5,046 |
| Brooke | 850 | 33.74% | 972 | 38.59% | 453 | 17.98% | 244 | 9.69% | -122[c] | -4.85% | 2,519 |
| Cabell | 4,793 | 46.62% | 1,798 | 17.49% | 3,210 | 31.22% | 480 | 4.67% | 1,583 | 15.40% | 10,281 |
| Calhoun | 1,349 | 55.93% | 575 | 23.84% | 476 | 19.73% | 12 | 0.50% | 774[c] | 32.09% | 2,412 |
| Clay | 932 | 44.28% | 352 | 16.72% | 766 | 36.39% | 55 | 2.61% | 166 | 7.89% | 2,105 |
| Doddridge | 866 | 31.79% | 622 | 22.83% | 1,192 | 43.76% | 44 | 1.62% | -326 | -11.97% | 2,724 |
| Fayette | 3,757 | 34.09% | 2,697 | 24.47% | 3,140 | 28.49% | 1,428 | 12.96% | 617 | 5.60% | 11,022 |
| Gilmer | 1,493 | 59.72% | 469 | 18.76% | 516 | 20.64% | 22 | 0.88% | 977 | 39.08% | 2,500 |
| Grant | 356 | 20.42% | 349 | 20.02% | 1,025 | 58.81% | 13 | 0.75% | -669 | -38.39% | 1,743 |
| Greenbrier | 2,707 | 51.96% | 622 | 11.94% | 1,797 | 34.49% | 84 | 1.61% | 910 | 17.47% | 5,210 |
| Hampshire | 1,777 | 72.44% | 406 | 16.55% | 266 | 10.84% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,371[c] | 55.89% | 2,453 |
| Hancock | 634 | 32.02% | 664 | 33.54% | 557 | 28.13% | 125 | 6.31% | -30[c] | -1.52% | 1,980 |
| Hardy | 1,209 | 64.51% | 344 | 18.36% | 314 | 16.76% | 7 | 0.37% | 865[c] | 46.16% | 1,874 |
| Harrison | 4,378 | 41.10% | 1,754 | 16.47% | 3,443 | 32.32% | 1,077 | 10.11% | 935 | 8.78% | 10,652 |
| Jackson | 1,935 | 42.65% | 1,199 | 26.43% | 1,355 | 29.87% | 48 | 1.06% | 580 | 12.78% | 4,537 |
| Jefferson | 2,525 | 67.79% | 993 | 26.66% | 152 | 4.08% | 55 | 1.48% | 1,532[c] | 41.13% | 3,725 |
| Kanawha | 6,658 | 37.26% | 1,780 | 9.96% | 6,360 | 35.59% | 3,071 | 17.19% | 298 | 1.67% | 17,869 |
| Lewis | 1,929 | 45.39% | 1,029 | 24.21% | 1,146 | 26.96% | 146 | 3.44% | 783 | 18.42% | 4,250 |
| Lincoln | 1,876 | 44.87% | 631 | 15.09% | 1,618 | 38.70% | 56 | 1.34% | 258 | 6.17% | 4,181 |
| Logan | 1,404 | 49.95% | 518 | 18.43% | 642 | 22.84% | 247 | 8.79% | 762 | 27.11% | 2,811 |
| Marion | 4,535 | 48.08% | 1,625 | 17.23% | 2,447 | 25.94% | 826 | 8.76% | 2,088 | 22.14% | 9,433 |
| Marshall | 2,405 | 37.71% | 1,610 | 25.24% | 1,842 | 28.88% | 521 | 8.17% | 563 | 8.83% | 6,378 |
| Mason | 1,812 | 37.95% | 1,024 | 21.45% | 1,692 | 35.43% | 247 | 5.17% | 120 | 2.51% | 4,775 |
| McDowell | 2,497 | 26.77% | 4,341 | 46.54% | 2,425 | 26.00% | 64 | 0.69% | -1,844[c] | -19.77% | 9,327 |
| Mercer | 3,497 | 43.07% | 1,507 | 18.56% | 2,958 | 36.43% | 158 | 1.95% | 539 | 6.64% | 8,120 |
| Mineral | 1,367 | 39.16% | 513 | 14.69% | 1,446 | 41.42% | 165 | 4.73% | -79 | -2.26% | 3,491 |
| Mingo | 1,832 | 42.05% | 1,569 | 36.01% | 884 | 20.29% | 72 | 1.65% | 263[c] | 6.04% | 4,357 |
| Monongalia | 1,673 | 31.92% | 1,216 | 23.20% | 1,772 | 33.81% | 580 | 11.07% | -99 | -1.89% | 5,241 |
| Monroe | 1,570 | 50.21% | 798 | 25.52% | 742 | 23.73% | 17 | 0.54% | 772[c] | 24.69% | 3,127 |
| Morgan | 549 | 31.30% | 612 | 34.89% | 518 | 29.53% | 75 | 4.28% | -63[c] | -3.59% | 1,754 |
| Nicholas | 2,018 | 49.75% | 584 | 14.40% | 1,425 | 35.13% | 29 | 0.71% | 593 | 14.62% | 4,056 |
| Ohio | 5,771 | 41.30% | 3,956 | 28.31% | 2,666 | 19.08% | 1,579 | 11.30% | 1,815[c] | 12.99% | 13,972 |
| Pendleton | 1,162 | 55.65% | 475 | 22.75% | 434 | 20.79% | 17 | 0.81% | 687[c] | 32.90% | 2,088 |
| Pleasants | 796 | 47.52% | 493 | 29.43% | 364 | 21.73% | 22 | 1.31% | 303[c] | 18.09% | 1,675 |
| Pocahontas | 1,428 | 44.67% | 589 | 18.42% | 1,086 | 33.97% | 94 | 2.94% | 342 | 10.70% | 3,197 |
| Preston | 1,845 | 31.20% | 1,461 | 24.70% | 2,387 | 40.36% | 221 | 3.74% | -542 | -9.16% | 5,914 |
| Putnam | 1,540 | 40.55% | 531 | 13.98% | 1,401 | 36.89% | 326 | 8.58% | 139 | 3.66% | 3,798 |
| Raleigh | 2,343 | 35.89% | 897 | 13.74% | 2,854 | 43.72% | 434 | 6.65% | -511 | -7.83% | 6,528 |
| Randolph | 2,563 | 50.25% | 756 | 14.82% | 1,411 | 27.66% | 371 | 7.27% | 1,152 | 22.58% | 5,101 |
| Ritchie | 1,270 | 35.65% | 937 | 26.31% | 1,264 | 35.49% | 91 | 2.55% | 6 | 0.17% | 3,562 |
| Roane | 2,045 | 45.70% | 708 | 15.82% | 1,670 | 37.32% | 52 | 1.16% | 375 | 8.38% | 4,475 |
| Summers | 2,111 | 49.79% | 791 | 18.66% | 1,250 | 29.48% | 88 | 2.08% | 861 | 20.31% | 4,240 |
| Taylor | 1,445 | 38.77% | 791 | 21.22% | 1,316 | 35.31% | 175 | 4.70% | 129 | 3.46% | 3,727 |
| Tucker | 1,221 | 37.15% | 548 | 16.67% | 1,265 | 38.48% | 253 | 7.70% | -44 | -1.33% | 3,287 |
| Tyler | 1,193 | 37.30% | 706 | 22.08% | 1,129 | 35.30% | 170 | 5.32% | 64 | 2.00% | 3,198 |
| Upshur | 895 | 25.59% | 835 | 23.88% | 1,706 | 48.78% | 61 | 1.74% | -811 | -23.19% | 3,497 |
| Wayne | 2,634 | 52.88% | 1,465 | 29.41% | 797 | 16.00% | 85 | 1.71% | 1,169[c] | 23.47% | 4,981 |
| Webster | 1,330 | 60.90% | 307 | 14.06% | 524 | 23.99% | 23 | 1.05% | 806 | 36.90% | 2,184 |
| Wetzel | 2,710 | 57.68% | 1,092 | 23.24% | 733 | 15.60% | 163 | 3.47% | 1,618[c] | 34.44% | 4,698 |
| Wirt | 953 | 48.72% | 213 | 10.89% | 762 | 38.96% | 28 | 1.43% | 191 | 9.76% | 1,956 |
| Wood | 3,784 | 44.29% | 2,509 | 29.37% | 1,823 | 21.34% | 428 | 5.01% | 1,275[c] | 14.92% | 8,544 |
| Wyoming | 881 | 42.40% | 569 | 27.38% | 620 | 29.84% | 8 | 0.38% | 261 | 12.56% | 2,078 |
| Totals | 113,197 | 42.11% | 56,754 | 21.11% | 79,112 | 29.43% | 15,248 | 7.35% | 34,085 | 12.68% | 268,828 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ These Prohibition Party votes were not shown for individual counties but only as a state-wide total.
- ^ Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in West Virginia as a whole, all margins give are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q In this county where Taft did run ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ West Virginia Secretary of State (1917). West Virginia Vote for President — 1916-1912 (Report). The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Virginia. West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register.