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The1912 United States presidential election in Ohio took place onNovember5,1912 as part of the1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 24 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Ohio was won by theDemocratic nomineeWoodrow Wilson and his running mateThomas R. Marshall. As a result of his victory, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate sinceFranklin Pierce in1852 to win the state. Due to the creation of the Republican party two years after that victory, in 1854, Taft became the first ever Presidential nominee of the Republican party to lose Ohio.
Ohio had been a Republican state since1856, but broke tradition due to the strong performance by theProgressive Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party) led byTheodore Roosevelt, which ultimately split the Republican vote. Theodore Roosevelt was able to gain 22.16 percent of the popular vote - though trailed theRepublican Party nomineeWilliam Howard Taft, an Ohio native, who won 26.82% of the popular vote, and Wilson of the Democratic Party who won 40.96% of the popular vote. It marked Ohio's shift from a reliably Republican state to abellwether state, as it would vote for the winning candidate in every presidential election thereafter except1944,1960, and2020.
| 1912 United States presidential election in Ohio[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 424,834 | 40.96% | 24 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 278,168 | 26.82% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 229,807 | 22.16% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 90,144 | 8.69% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,511 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur E. Reimer | 2,630 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,037,094 | 100.0% | 24 | ||
| County | Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic | William Howard Taft[2] Republican | Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose" | Eugene Debs[4] Socialist | Eugene Chafin[4] Prohibition | Arthur Reimer[4] Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,279 | 46.52% | 1,863 | 38.03% | 563 | 11.49% | 133 | 2.71% | 54 | 1.10% | 7 | 0.14% | 416 | 8.49% | 4,899 |
| Allen | 5,696 | 48.21% | 2,638 | 22.33% | 2,337 | 19.78% | 977 | 8.27% | 140 | 1.18% | 27 | 0.23% | 3,058 | 25.88% | 11,815 |
| Ashland | 3,364 | 53.45% | 1,017 | 16.16% | 1,559 | 24.77% | 274 | 4.35% | 64 | 1.02% | 16 | 0.25% | 1,805[a] | 28.68% | 6,294 |
| Ashtabula | 3,181 | 25.84% | 2,214 | 17.99% | 5,189 | 42.16% | 1,552 | 12.61% | 142 | 1.15% | 30 | 0.24% | -2,008[a] | -16.31% | 12,308 |
| Athens | 2,393 | 25.23% | 3,090 | 32.58% | 2,811 | 29.64% | 1,056 | 11.14% | 106 | 1.12% | 27 | 0.28% | 279[b] | 2.94% | 9,483 |
| Auglaize | 3,726 | 55.81% | 1,401 | 20.99% | 1,025 | 15.35% | 460 | 6.89% | 56 | 0.84% | 8 | 0.12% | 2,325 | 34.83% | 6,676 |
| Belmont | 5,412 | 34.94% | 5,267 | 34.00% | 1,584 | 10.23% | 2,731 | 17.63% | 433 | 2.80% | 64 | 0.41% | 145 | 0.94% | 15,491 |
| Brown | 3,451 | 59.13% | 1,650 | 28.27% | 569 | 9.75% | 125 | 2.14% | 39 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,801 | 30.86% | 5,836 |
| Butler | 7,763 | 46.59% | 3,431 | 20.59% | 1,787 | 10.72% | 3,500 | 21.00% | 99 | 0.59% | 83 | 0.50% | 4,263[c] | 25.58% | 16,663 |
| Carroll | 1,293 | 34.74% | 1,096 | 29.45% | 1,089 | 29.26% | 108 | 2.90% | 128 | 3.44% | 8 | 0.21% | 197 | 5.29% | 3,722 |
| Champaign | 2,763 | 40.53% | 2,392 | 35.08% | 1,423 | 20.87% | 172 | 2.52% | 62 | 0.91% | 6 | 0.09% | 371 | 5.44% | 6,818 |
| Clark | 5,217 | 31.25% | 6,036 | 36.16% | 3,239 | 19.40% | 1,909 | 11.44% | 246 | 1.47% | 46 | 0.28% | -819 | -4.91% | 16,693 |
| Clermont | 3,610 | 47.52% | 2,543 | 33.47% | 1,115 | 14.68% | 269 | 3.54% | 51 | 0.67% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,067 | 14.05% | 7,597 |
| Clinton | 2,010 | 33.56% | 2,916 | 48.68% | 841 | 14.04% | 146 | 2.44% | 72 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.08% | -906 | -15.13% | 5,990 |
| Columbiana | 4,816 | 29.93% | 4,601 | 28.59% | 3,811 | 23.68% | 1,916 | 11.91% | 915 | 5.69% | 32 | 0.20% | 215 | 1.34% | 16,091 |
| Coshocton | 3,465 | 47.77% | 1,984 | 27.35% | 968 | 13.34% | 667 | 9.19% | 148 | 2.04% | 22 | 0.30% | 1,481 | 20.42% | 7,254 |
| Crawford | 4,733 | 58.84% | 1,432 | 17.80% | 1,176 | 14.62% | 588 | 7.31% | 93 | 1.16% | 22 | 0.27% | 3,301 | 41.04% | 8,044 |
| Cuyahoga | 43,610 | 42.49% | 14,176 | 13.81% | 33,824 | 32.96% | 10,096 | 9.84% | 373 | 0.36% | 545 | 0.53% | 9,786[a] | 9.54% | 102,624 |
| Darke | 5,027 | 49.24% | 3,107 | 30.43% | 1,175 | 11.51% | 296 | 2.90% | 595 | 5.83% | 9 | 0.09% | 1,920 | 18.81% | 10,209 |
| Defiance | 2,784 | 50.58% | 872 | 15.84% | 1,459 | 26.51% | 331 | 6.01% | 51 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,325[a] | 24.07% | 5,504 |
| Delaware | 2,934 | 40.10% | 2,584 | 35.32% | 1,510 | 20.64% | 123 | 1.68% | 157 | 2.15% | 8 | 0.11% | 350 | 4.78% | 7,316 |
| Erie | 3,504 | 39.29% | 2,695 | 30.22% | 1,675 | 18.78% | 961 | 10.77% | 54 | 0.61% | 30 | 0.34% | 809 | 9.07% | 8,919 |
| Fairfield | 5,101 | 57.45% | 1,672 | 18.83% | 1,774 | 19.98% | 188 | 2.12% | 138 | 1.55% | 6 | 0.07% | 3,327[a] | 37.47% | 8,879 |
| Fayette | 2,261 | 41.08% | 2,186 | 39.72% | 844 | 15.33% | 141 | 2.56% | 69 | 1.25% | 3 | 0.05% | 75 | 1.36% | 5,504 |
| Franklin | 20,697 | 40.81% | 12,791 | 25.22% | 11,737 | 23.14% | 5,005 | 9.87% | 398 | 0.78% | 87 | 0.17% | 7,906 | 15.59% | 50,715 |
| Fulton | 1,805 | 34.28% | 929 | 17.64% | 2,304 | 43.76% | 164 | 3.11% | 55 | 1.04% | 8 | 0.15% | -499[a] | -9.48% | 5,265 |
| Gallia | 1,765 | 32.87% | 1,355 | 25.23% | 2,027 | 37.75% | 170 | 3.17% | 48 | 0.89% | 5 | 0.09% | -262[a] | -4.88% | 5,370 |
| Geauga | 873 | 27.47% | 579 | 18.22% | 1,618 | 50.91% | 77 | 2.42% | 24 | 0.76% | 7 | 0.22% | -745[a] | -23.44% | 3,178 |
| Greene | 2,107 | 29.92% | 3,242 | 46.03% | 993 | 14.10% | 533 | 7.57% | 151 | 2.14% | 17 | 0.24% | -1,135 | -16.12% | 7,043 |
| Guernsey | 2,726 | 29.98% | 3,426 | 37.68% | 1,373 | 15.10% | 1,342 | 14.76% | 180 | 1.98% | 45 | 0.49% | -700 | -7.70% | 9,092 |
| Hamilton | 42,909 | 39.03% | 42,119 | 38.31% | 16,828 | 15.31% | 7,542 | 6.86% | 384 | 0.35% | 167 | 0.15% | 790 | 0.72% | 109,949 |
| Hancock | 4,309 | 47.66% | 2,241 | 24.79% | 1,757 | 19.43% | 614 | 6.79% | 104 | 1.15% | 16 | 0.18% | 2,068 | 22.87% | 9,041 |
| Hardin | 3,912 | 46.83% | 2,775 | 33.22% | 1,236 | 14.80% | 313 | 3.75% | 93 | 1.11% | 25 | 0.30% | 1,137 | 13.61% | 8,354 |
| Harrison | 1,714 | 37.29% | 1,950 | 42.43% | 704 | 15.32% | 147 | 3.20% | 76 | 1.65% | 5 | 0.11% | -236 | -5.13% | 4,596 |
| Henry | 2,994 | 57.20% | 804 | 15.36% | 1,166 | 22.28% | 204 | 3.90% | 55 | 1.05% | 11 | 0.21% | 1,828[a] | 34.93% | 5,234 |
| Highland | 3,314 | 44.43% | 2,757 | 36.96% | 1,116 | 14.96% | 185 | 2.48% | 80 | 1.07% | 7 | 0.09% | 557 | 7.47% | 7,459 |
| Hocking | 2,295 | 45.79% | 1,354 | 27.02% | 935 | 18.66% | 368 | 7.34% | 46 | 0.92% | 14 | 0.28% | 941 | 18.77% | 5,012 |
| Holmes | 2,429 | 66.90% | 465 | 12.81% | 581 | 16.00% | 123 | 3.39% | 29 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,848[a] | 50.90% | 3,631 |
| Huron | 3,317 | 40.05% | 1,707 | 20.61% | 2,810 | 33.92% | 356 | 4.30% | 71 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.27% | 507[a] | 6.12% | 8,283 |
| Jackson | 2,049 | 33.12% | 1,860 | 30.06% | 1,584 | 25.60% | 612 | 9.89% | 53 | 0.86% | 29 | 0.47% | 189 | 3.05% | 6,187 |
| Jefferson | 3,171 | 27.78% | 4,777 | 41.85% | 2,042 | 17.89% | 1,193 | 10.45% | 205 | 1.80% | 27 | 0.24% | -1,606 | -14.07% | 11,415 |
| Knox | 3,632 | 46.01% | 2,530 | 32.05% | 1,226 | 15.53% | 396 | 5.02% | 96 | 1.22% | 14 | 0.18% | 1,102 | 13.96% | 7,894 |
| Lake | 1,429 | 28.34% | 1,155 | 22.91% | 2,115 | 41.95% | 299 | 5.93% | 29 | 0.58% | 15 | 0.30% | -686[a] | -13.61% | 5,042 |
| Lawrence | 2,042 | 28.81% | 2,650 | 37.39% | 1,937 | 27.33% | 407 | 5.74% | 45 | 0.63% | 6 | 0.08% | -608 | -8.58% | 7,087 |
| Licking | 6,120 | 46.01% | 4,487 | 33.73% | 1,683 | 12.65% | 819 | 6.16% | 162 | 1.22% | 30 | 0.23% | 1,633 | 12.28% | 13,301 |
| Logan | 2,727 | 37.34% | 1,977 | 27.07% | 2,278 | 31.19% | 229 | 3.14% | 84 | 1.15% | 9 | 0.12% | 449[a] | 6.15% | 7,304 |
| Lorain | 4,591 | 33.71% | 2,226 | 16.34% | 5,156 | 37.85% | 1,556 | 11.42% | 67 | 0.49% | 25 | 0.18% | -565[a] | -4.15% | 13,621 |
| Lucas | 13,999 | 37.22% | 5,622 | 14.95% | 12,442 | 33.08% | 5,173 | 13.75% | 216 | 0.57% | 158 | 0.42% | 1,557[a] | 4.14% | 37,610 |
| Madison | 2,172 | 41.48% | 2,271 | 43.37% | 681 | 13.01% | 66 | 1.26% | 45 | 0.86% | 1 | 0.02% | -99 | -1.89% | 5,236 |
| Mahoning | 6,838 | 33.03% | 5,839 | 28.20% | 5,226 | 25.24% | 2,422 | 11.70% | 321 | 1.55% | 57 | 0.28% | 999 | 4.83% | 20,703 |
| Marion | 4,024 | 45.07% | 3,218 | 36.04% | 934 | 10.46% | 639 | 7.16% | 98 | 1.10% | 15 | 0.17% | 806 | 9.03% | 8,928 |
| Medina | 2,108 | 37.15% | 685 | 12.07% | 2,514 | 44.31% | 302 | 5.32% | 55 | 0.97% | 10 | 0.18% | -406[a] | -7.16% | 5,674 |
| Meigs | 1,738 | 29.71% | 2,129 | 36.39% | 1,353 | 23.13% | 548 | 9.37% | 63 | 1.08% | 19 | 0.32% | -391 | -6.68% | 5,850 |
| Mercer | 3,591 | 63.19% | 1,324 | 23.30% | 570 | 10.03% | 126 | 2.22% | 67 | 1.18% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,267 | 39.89% | 5,683 |
| Miami | 4,310 | 38.74% | 3,615 | 32.49% | 2,056 | 18.48% | 1,010 | 9.08% | 111 | 1.00% | 23 | 0.21% | 695 | 6.25% | 11,125 |
| Monroe | 3,199 | 66.08% | 1,055 | 21.79% | 380 | 7.85% | 123 | 2.54% | 77 | 1.59% | 7 | 0.14% | 2,144 | 44.29% | 4,841 |
| Montgomery | 15,544 | 39.31% | 10,341 | 26.15% | 6,236 | 15.77% | 7,079 | 17.90% | 250 | 0.63% | 88 | 0.22% | 5,203 | 13.16% | 39,538 |
| Morgan | 1,633 | 40.26% | 1,448 | 35.70% | 705 | 17.38% | 141 | 3.48% | 126 | 3.11% | 3 | 0.07% | 185 | 4.56% | 4,056 |
| Morrow | 1,880 | 41.92% | 1,240 | 27.65% | 1,124 | 25.06% | 102 | 2.27% | 132 | 2.94% | 7 | 0.16% | 640 | 14.27% | 4,485 |
| Muskingum | 5,376 | 38.47% | 4,134 | 29.59% | 3,207 | 22.95% | 1,015 | 7.26% | 221 | 1.58% | 20 | 0.14% | 1,242 | 8.89% | 13,973 |
| Noble | 1,842 | 40.90% | 1,804 | 40.05% | 681 | 15.12% | 96 | 2.13% | 76 | 1.69% | 5 | 0.11% | 38 | 0.84% | 4,504 |
| Ottawa | 2,728 | 59.16% | 791 | 17.15% | 957 | 20.75% | 104 | 2.26% | 23 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.17% | 1,771 | 38.41% | 4,611 |
| Paulding | 2,296 | 43.58% | 1,542 | 29.27% | 1,223 | 23.21% | 153 | 2.90% | 53 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.04% | 754 | 14.31% | 5,269 |
| Perry | 3,147 | 39.08% | 1,739 | 21.60% | 2,220 | 27.57% | 806 | 10.01% | 104 | 1.29% | 36 | 0.45% | 927 | 11.51% | 8,052 |
| Pickaway | 3,311 | 52.41% | 2,282 | 36.12% | 569 | 9.01% | 82 | 1.30% | 68 | 1.08% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,029 | 16.29% | 6,317 |
| Pike | 1,691 | 49.20% | 1,184 | 34.45% | 443 | 12.89% | 81 | 2.36% | 34 | 0.99% | 4 | 0.12% | 507 | 14.75% | 3,437 |
| Portage | 2,855 | 38.65% | 1,162 | 15.73% | 2,583 | 34.97% | 681 | 9.22% | 101 | 1.37% | 5 | 0.07% | 272 | 3.68% | 7,387 |
| Preble | 2,859 | 46.43% | 2,135 | 34.67% | 910 | 14.78% | 177 | 2.87% | 76 | 1.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 724 | 11.76% | 6,158 |
| Putnam | 4,000 | 62.40% | 1,000 | 15.60% | 1,182 | 18.44% | 144 | 2.25% | 69 | 1.08% | 15 | 0.23% | 2,818[a] | 43.96% | 6,410 |
| Richland | 5,201 | 48.62% | 2,389 | 22.33% | 2,058 | 19.24% | 925 | 8.65% | 97 | 0.91% | 28 | 0.26% | 2,812 | 26.29% | 10,698 |
| Ross | 4,494 | 45.89% | 3,600 | 36.76% | 1,096 | 11.19% | 464 | 4.74% | 122 | 1.25% | 16 | 0.16% | 894 | 9.13% | 9,792 |
| Sandusky | 4,333 | 50.66% | 1,576 | 18.43% | 2,103 | 24.59% | 446 | 5.21% | 77 | 0.90% | 18 | 0.21% | 2,230[a] | 26.07% | 8,553 |
| Scioto | 3,508 | 33.26% | 3,609 | 34.22% | 2,012 | 19.08% | 1,222 | 11.59% | 168 | 1.59% | 28 | 0.27% | -101 | -0.96% | 10,547 |
| Seneca | 5,082 | 49.63% | 2,362 | 23.07% | 2,062 | 20.14% | 567 | 5.54% | 147 | 1.44% | 20 | 0.20% | 2,720 | 26.56% | 10,240 |
| Shelby | 3,305 | 56.00% | 1,613 | 27.33% | 678 | 11.49% | 245 | 4.15% | 52 | 0.88% | 9 | 0.15% | 1,692 | 28.67% | 5,902 |
| Stark | 9,908 | 37.07% | 6,033 | 22.57% | 6,802 | 25.45% | 3,606 | 13.49% | 309 | 1.16% | 71 | 0.27% | 3,106[a] | 11.62% | 26,729 |
| Summit | 7,786 | 33.57% | 3,502 | 15.10% | 7,473 | 32.22% | 3,936 | 16.97% | 378 | 1.63% | 117 | 0.50% | 313[a] | 1.35% | 23,192 |
| Trumbull | 3,347 | 29.42% | 2,633 | 23.15% | 3,556 | 31.26% | 1,640 | 14.42% | 161 | 1.42% | 38 | 0.33% | -209[a] | -1.84% | 11,375 |
| Tuscarawas | 4,978 | 39.84% | 3,417 | 27.34% | 1,749 | 14.00% | 2,177 | 17.42% | 105 | 0.84% | 70 | 0.56% | 1,561 | 12.49% | 12,496 |
| Union | 2,362 | 40.68% | 2,051 | 35.32% | 1,209 | 20.82% | 121 | 2.08% | 59 | 1.02% | 5 | 0.09% | 311 | 5.36% | 5,807 |
| Van Wert | 3,287 | 46.26% | 2,490 | 35.04% | 1,050 | 14.78% | 209 | 2.94% | 60 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.14% | 797 | 11.22% | 7,106 |
| Vinton | 1,228 | 41.11% | 952 | 31.87% | 581 | 19.45% | 203 | 6.80% | 15 | 0.50% | 8 | 0.27% | 276 | 9.24% | 2,987 |
| Warren | 2,101 | 33.52% | 2,788 | 44.49% | 1,100 | 17.55% | 207 | 3.30% | 61 | 0.97% | 10 | 0.16% | -687 | -10.96% | 6,267 |
| Washington | 4,637 | 46.65% | 3,326 | 33.46% | 1,222 | 12.29% | 618 | 6.22% | 121 | 1.22% | 17 | 0.17% | 1,311 | 13.19% | 9,941 |
| Wayne | 4,737 | 51.14% | 1,674 | 18.07% | 2,351 | 25.38% | 350 | 3.78% | 137 | 1.48% | 14 | 0.15% | 2,386[a] | 25.76% | 9,263 |
| Williams | 2,875 | 44.81% | 1,145 | 17.85% | 2,081 | 32.43% | 219 | 3.41% | 81 | 1.26% | 15 | 0.23% | 794[a] | 12.38% | 6,416 |
| Wood | 4,356 | 43.46% | 2,020 | 20.15% | 3,021 | 30.14% | 473 | 4.72% | 133 | 1.33% | 21 | 0.21% | 1,335[a] | 13.32% | 10,024 |
| Wyandot | 2,848 | 54.46% | 1,409 | 26.94% | 854 | 16.33% | 93 | 1.78% | 22 | 0.42% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,439 | 27.51% | 5,230 |
| Totals | 424,834 | 40.96% | 278,168 | 26.82% | 229,807 | 22.16% | 90,164 | 8.69% | 11,511 | 1.11% | 2,630 | 0.25% | 146,666 | 14.14% | 1,037,114 |
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