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The1912 United States presidential election in Maryland took place onNovember5,1912, as part of the1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Maryland was won byPrinceton University PresidentWoodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running withgovernor of IndianaThomas R. Marshall, with 48.57% of the popular vote, against the26th president of the United StatesTheodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running withgovernor of CaliforniaHiram Johnson, with 24.91% of the popular vote and the27th president of the United StatesWilliam Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running withColumbia University PresidentNicholas Murray Butler, with 23.69% of the popular vote.[1] As of the2020 presidential election[update], this is the first and only time thatGarrett County did not support the Republican candidate.[2] As of 2020, this is also the last time the Democratic candidate wonCarroll County by more than 10%.[3]
This was the first time since1892 that a Democrat won the popular vote in Maryland.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 112,674 | 48.57% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 57,789 | 24.91% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 54,956 | 23.69% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 3,996 | 1.72% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 2,244 | 0.97% | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 322 | 0.14% | |
| Total votes | 231,981 | 100% | ||
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" | Various candidates Other parties | Margin[a] | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 3,382 | 39.36% | 1,396 | 16.25% | 2,631 | 30.62% | 1,184 | 13.78% | 751 | 8.74% | 8,593 |
| Anne Arundel | 3,049 | 46.10% | 2,222 | 33.60% | 794 | 12.00% | 549 | 8.30% | 827[b] | 12.50% | 6,614 |
| Baltimore | 11,524 | 51.65% | 4,247 | 19.03% | 6,211 | 27.84% | 330 | 1.48% | 5,313 | 23.81% | 22,312 |
| Baltimore City | 48,030 | 48.36% | 15,597 | 15.70% | 33,679 | 33.91% | 2,016 | 2.03% | 14,351 | 14.45% | 99,322 |
| Calvert | 616 | 34.74% | 1,035 | 58.38% | 83 | 4.68% | 39 | 2.20% | -419[b] | -23.63% | 1,773 |
| Caroline | 1,882 | 51.63% | 1,445 | 39.64% | 196 | 5.38% | 122 | 3.35% | 437[b] | 11.99% | 3,645 |
| Carroll | 3,616 | 50.11% | 2,546 | 35.28% | 923 | 12.79% | 131 | 1.82% | 1,070[b] | 14.83% | 7,216 |
| Cecil | 2,491 | 52.60% | 1,509 | 31.86% | 646 | 13.64% | 90 | 1.90% | 982[b] | 20.73% | 4,736 |
| Charles | 918 | 34.69% | 1,573 | 59.45% | 113 | 4.27% | 42 | 1.59% | -655[b] | -24.75% | 2,646 |
| Dorchester | 2,509 | 47.08% | 2,387 | 44.79% | 313 | 5.87% | 120 | 2.25% | 122[b] | 2.29% | 5,329 |
| Frederick | 5,545 | 48.81% | 2,813 | 24.76% | 2,776 | 24.44% | 226 | 1.99% | 2,732[b] | 24.05% | 11,360 |
| Garrett | 1,005 | 34.42% | 655 | 22.43% | 1,069 | 36.61% | 191 | 6.54% | -64 | -2.19% | 2,920 |
| Harford | 3,064 | 53.63% | 1,737 | 30.40% | 802 | 14.04% | 110 | 1.93% | 1,327[b] | 23.23% | 5,713 |
| Howard | 1,523 | 51.45% | 1,004 | 33.92% | 364 | 12.30% | 69 | 2.33% | 519[b] | 17.53% | 2,960 |
| Kent | 1,816 | 53.73% | 1,021 | 30.21% | 463 | 13.70% | 80 | 2.37% | 795[b] | 23.52% | 3,380 |
| Montgomery | 3,501 | 56.10% | 1,675 | 26.84% | 884 | 14.16% | 181 | 2.90% | 1,826[b] | 29.26% | 6,241 |
| Prince George's | 2,424 | 45.38% | 1,456 | 27.26% | 1,308 | 24.49% | 153 | 2.86% | 968[b] | 18.12% | 5,341 |
| Queen Anne's | 1,902 | 55.52% | 1,311 | 38.27% | 119 | 3.47% | 94 | 2.74% | 591[b] | 17.25% | 3,426 |
| St. Mary's | 843 | 36.09% | 1,262 | 54.02% | 144 | 6.16% | 87 | 3.72% | -419[b] | -17.94% | 2,336 |
| Somerset | 1,617 | 45.51% | 1,528 | 43.01% | 370 | 10.41% | 38 | 1.07% | 89[b] | 2.50% | 3,553 |
| Talbot | 1,888 | 47.13% | 1,835 | 45.81% | 190 | 4.74% | 93 | 2.32% | 53[b] | 1.32% | 4,006 |
| Washington | 4,589 | 48.10% | 1,907 | 19.99% | 2,606 | 27.32% | 438 | 4.59% | 1,983 | 20.79% | 9,540 |
| Wicomico | 3,176 | 55.02% | 2,038 | 35.31% | 442 | 7.66% | 116 | 2.01% | 1,138[b] | 19.72% | 5,772 |
| Worcester | 1,764 | 54.33% | 757 | 23.31% | 663 | 20.42% | 63 | 1.94% | 1,007[b] | 31.01% | 3,247 |
| Totals | 112,674 | 48.57% | 54,956 | 23.69% | 57,789 | 24.91% | 6,562 | 2.83% | 54,885 | 23.66% | 231,981 |
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