1912 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 1912 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1912 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

November 5, 1912

Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson Party Progressive Democratic Home state New York New Jersey Running mate Hiram Johnson Thomas R. Marshall Electoral vote 7 0 Popular vote 113,698 86,840 Percentage 35.22% 26.90%   Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Socialist Home state Ohio Indiana Running mate Nicholas M. Butler (replacing James S. Sherman) Emil Seidel Electoral vote 0 0 Popular vote 70,445 40,134 Percentage 21.82% 12.43%

County Results Roosevelt   30-40%   40-50% Wilson   30-40%   40-50% Taft   30-40%

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

Washington was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 35.22% of the popular vote against the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 26.90% 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 21.82% 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 12.43% of the popular vote.[1]

As a result of his win as a Progressive, Roosevelt became the first and only third party candidate to win the State of Washington.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Washington[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	113,698	35.22%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	86,840	26.90%
	Republican	William Howard Taft	70,445	21.82%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	40,134	12.43%
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	9,810	3.04%
	Socialist Labor	Arthur Reimer	1,872	0.58%
Total votes			322,799	100%

Results by county

County	Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic		William Howard Taft[2] Republican		Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive		Eugene Debs[4] Socialist		Eugene Chafin[4] Prohibition		Arthur Reimer[4] Socialist Labor		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	949	40.59%	398	17.02%	788	33.70%	155	6.63%	42	1.80%	6	0.26%	2,338
Asotin	551	29.86%	579	31.38%	513	27.80%	133	7.21%	66	3.58%	3	0.16%	1,845
Benton	1,238	32.50%	728	19.11%	1,373	36.05%	356	9.35%	78	2.05%	36	0.95%	3,809
Chehalis	1,953	22.16%	3,055	34.66%	1,847	20.96%	1,683	19.09%	228	2.59%	48	0.54%	8,814
Chelan	1,331	25.84%	970	18.83%	1,994	38.72%	623	12.10%	204	3.96%	28	0.54%	5,150
Clallam	464	18.30%	727	28.67%	686	27.05%	610	24.05%	36	1.42%	13	0.51%	2,536
Clark	2,549	31.82%	1,872	23.37%	2,082	25.99%	966	12.06%	513	6.40%	28	0.35%	8,010
Columbia	855	33.35%	673	26.25%	803	31.32%	172	6.71%	59	2.30%	2	0.08%	2,564
Cowlitz	919	23.63%	1,348	34.66%	1,006	25.87%	527	13.55%	79	2.03%	10	0.26%	3,889
Douglas	1,357	42.61%	642	20.16%	794	24.93%	316	9.92%	65	2.04%	11	0.35%	3,185
Ferry	609	36.08%	286	16.94%	502	29.74%	269	15.94%	13	0.77%	9	0.53%	1,688
Franklin	612	34.29%	293	16.41%	525	29.41%	302	16.92%	38	2.13%	15	0.84%	1,785
Garfield	426	27.36%	345	22.16%	667	42.84%	86	5.52%	32	2.06%	1	0.06%	1,557
Grant	771	29.32%	458	17.41%	914	34.75%	414	15.74%	62	2.36%	11	0.42%	2,630
Island	310	19.71%	332	21.11%	503	31.98%	347	22.06%	80	5.09%	1	0.06%	1,573
Jefferson	642	27.60%	636	27.34%	741	31.86%	285	12.25%	11	0.47%	11	0.47%	2,326
King	20,088	28.17%	15,579	21.85%	26,887	37.70%	6,839	9.59%	1,251	1.75%	665	0.93%	71,309
Kitsap	969	15.93%	1,224	20.12%	2,321	38.16%	1,429	23.50%	101	1.66%	38	0.62%	6,082
Kittitas	1,407	27.29%	1,157	22.44%	1,902	36.89%	515	9.99%	142	2.75%	33	0.64%	5,156
Klickitat	1,028	29.72%	1,163	33.62%	795	22.98%	351	10.15%	107	3.09%	15	0.43%	3,459
Lewis	2,471	25.25%	3,200	32.70%	2,032	20.76%	1,637	16.73%	410	4.19%	36	0.37%	9,786
Lincoln	1,829	38.26%	691	14.46%	1,864	39.00%	293	6.13%	88	1.84%	15	0.31%	4,780
Mason	522	29.03%	439	24.42%	464	25.81%	339	18.85%	22	1.22%	12	0.67%	1,798
Okanogan	1,461	34.47%	804	18.97%	1,088	25.67%	827	19.51%	38	0.90%	21	0.50%	4,239
Pacific	971	23.85%	1,375	33.77%	1,251	30.72%	382	9.38%	82	2.01%	11	0.27%	4,072
Pend Oreille	747	35.67%	305	14.57%	716	34.19%	288	13.75%	32	1.53%	6	0.29%	2,094
Pierce	6,855	21.65%	6,517	20.59%	13,074	41.30%	4,075	12.87%	964	3.05%	172	0.54%	31,657
San Juan	311	25.10%	341	27.52%	346	27.93%	217	17.51%	18	1.45%	6	0.48%	1,239
Skagit	1,962	21.24%	2,399	25.97%	2,529	27.38%	1,781	19.28%	508	5.50%	58	0.63%	9,237
Skamania	262	31.57%	251	30.24%	218	26.27%	86	10.36%	10	1.20%	3	0.36%	830
Snohomish	3,846	20.05%	3,007	15.68%	7,347	38.30%	3,969	20.69%	896	4.67%	117	0.61%	19,182
Spokane	10,845	30.75%	4,205	11.92%	16,687	47.31%	2,553	7.24%	779	2.21%	199	0.56%	35,268
Stevens	1,979	32.98%	810	13.50%	1,971	32.84%	988	16.46%	227	3.78%	26	0.43%	6,001
Thurston	1,456	23.07%	1,937	30.69%	1,471	23.31%	1,160	18.38%	270	4.28%	17	0.27%	6,311
Wahkiakum	185	20.93%	282	31.90%	287	32.47%	111	12.56%	14	1.58%	5	0.57%	884
Walla Walla	2,507	32.72%	1,937	25.28%	2,727	35.59%	346	4.52%	125	1.63%	21	0.27%	7,663
Whatcom	2,773	18.48%	4,187	27.90%	4,562	30.40%	2,809	18.72%	573	3.82%	101	0.67%	15,005
Whitman	3,621	36.42%	1,989	20.00%	3,061	30.79%	631	6.35%	617	6.21%	24	0.24%	9,943
Yakima	3,209	24.49%	3,304	25.21%	4,360	33.27%	1,264	9.65%	930	7.10%	38	0.29%	13,105
Totals	86,840	26.90%	70,445	21.82%	113,698	35.22%	40,134	12.43%	9,810	3.04%	1,872	0.58%	322,799

References

1. "1912 Presidential Election Results Washington".
2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
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)