1912 United States presidential election in Maine

The 1912 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1912 United States presidential election in Maine

November 5, 1912

Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Party Democratic Progressive Republican Home state New Jersey New York Ohio Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson Nicholas Murray Butler (replacing James S. Sherman) Electoral vote 6 0 0 Popular vote 51,113 48,495 26,545 Percentage 39.43% 37.41% 20.48%

County Results Wilson   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Roosevelt   30-40%   40-50%   60-70%

President before election William Howard Taft Republican Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

Maine was won by the Democratic nominees, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson and Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson and Marshall defeated incumbent President William Howard Taft, and his running mate Vice President James S. Sherman and Progressive Party candidates, former President Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate California Governor Hiram Johnson.

Wilson won Maine by a narrow margin of 2.02%, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state. This would be the final time until Lyndon B. Johnson won the state in 1964 where a Democratic presidential candidate would carry Maine.

With 37.41% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be Roosevelt's fifth strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage in the 1912 election after South Dakota, California, Michigan and Minnesota.[1]

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Maine[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey	Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana	51,113	39.43%	6	100.00%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt of New York	Hiram Warren Johnson of California	48,495	37.41%	0	0.00%
	Republican	William Howard Taft of Ohio	Nicholas Murray Butler of New York	26,545	20.48%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana	Emil Seidel of Wisconsin	2,541	1.96%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois	Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio	946	0.73%	0	0.00%
Total				129,640	100.00%	6	100.00%

Results by county

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive		Eugene Victor Debs[4] Socialist		Eugene Wilder Chafin[4] Prohibition		Margin[lower-alpha 1]		Total votes cast[5]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Androscoggin	4,516	44.38%	859	8.44%	4,424	43.47%	316	3.11%	61	0.60%	92	0.91%	10,176
Aroostook	1,924	24.63%	898	11.49%	4,799	61.42%	100	1.28%	92	1.18%	-2,875	-36.79%	7,813
Cumberland	8,480	41.04%	5,154	24.95%	6,537	31.64%	355	1.72%	135	0.65%	1,943	9.40%	20,661
Franklin	1,421	37.36%	668	17.56%	1,633	42.93%	38	1.00%	43	1.13%	-212	-5.57%	3,804
Hancock	2,655	43.09%	1,399	22.70%	1,932	31.35%	156	2.53%	20	0.32%	723	11.74%	6,162
Kennebec	4,397	37.82%	1,782	15.33%	5,196	44.69%	175	1.51%	76	0.65%	-799	-6.87%	11,626
Knox	2,751	50.03%	1,097	19.95%	1,392	25.31%	233	4.24%	26	0.47%	1,359	24.72%	5,499
Lincoln	1,633	43.89%	457	12.28%	1,527	41.04%	83	2.23%	21	0.56%	106	2.85%	3,721
Oxford	2,941	39.79%	1,234	16.69%	3,068	41.50%	111	1.50%	38	0.51%	-127	-1.71%	7,392
Penobscot	5,093	36.17%	3,367	23.91%	5,294	37.59%	145	1.03%	183	1.30%	-201	-1.42%	14,082
Piscataquis	1,210	32.10%	807	21.41%	1,705	45.23%	20	0.53%	28	0.74%	-495	-13.13%	3,770
Sagadahoc	1,331	38.06%	885	25.31%	1,129	32.28%	108	3.09%	44	1.26%	202	5.78%	3,497
Somerset	2,317	36.45%	1,235	19.43%	2,479	39.00%	286	4.50%	39	0.61%	-162	-2.55%	6,356
Waldo	2,145	44.31%	881	18.20%	1,636	33.79%	146	3.02%	33	0.68%	509	10.52%	4,841
Washington	3,178	44.44%	1,862	26.03%	1,993	27.87%	86	1.20%	33	0.46%	1,185	16.57%	7,152
York	5,121	39.12%	3,960	30.25%	3,751	28.66%	183	1.40%	74	0.57%	1,161[lower-alpha 2]	8.87%	13,089
Totals	51,113	39.43%	26,545	20.48%	48,495	37.41%	2,541	1.96%	946	0.73%	2,618	2.02%	129,641

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maine

Notes

1. Because Wilson finished first and Roosevelt second in Maine as a whole and in all but one county, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless otherwise stated.
2. In this county where Taft did run second ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.

References

1. "1912 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
2. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)
5. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 223-224 ISBN 9780804716963