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The1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the1912 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Rhode Island was won by theDemocratic Party nominees, New JerseyGovernorWoodrow Wilson and IndianaGovernorThomas R. Marshall. Wilson and Marshall defeated incumbentPresidentWilliam Howard Taft, and his running mateVice PresidentJames S. Sherman andProgressive Party candidates, former PresidentTheodore Roosevelt and his running mate CaliforniaGovernorHiram Johnson.
Wilson won Rhode Island by a narrow margin of 3.48 points, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate sinceFranklin Pierce in1852 to win the state. Wilson also became the first Democrat since Pierce to winProvidence County or any county in the state. Another Democratic candidate wouldn't win Rhode Island again untilAl Smith won it in1928. This was the first of three times that the state voted differently thanMinnesota, along with1928 and1984.
| 1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson ofNew Jersey | Thomas Riley Marshall ofIndiana | 30,412 | 39.04% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | William Howard Taft ofOhio | Nicholas Murray Butler ofNew York | 27,703 | 35.56% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt ofNew York | Hiram Warren Johnson ofCalifornia | 16,878 | 21.67% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Eugene Victor Debs ofIndiana | Emil Seidel ofWisconsin | 2,049 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin ofIllinois | Aaron Sherman Watkins ofOhio | 616 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Elmer Reimer ofMassachusetts | August Gillhaus ofNew York | 236 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 77,894 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% | ||||
| 1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island by town | |||||||||||||||
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| Town | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barrington | 98 | 26.85% | 131 | 35.89% | 121 | 33.15% | 3 | 0.82% | 12 | 3.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 10[a] | 2.74% | 365 |
| Bristol | 589 | 40.79% | 629 | 43.56% | 203 | 14.06% | 13 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.62% | 1 | 0.07% | -40 | -2.77% | 1,444 |
| Burrillville | 596 | 39.06% | 698 | 45.74% | 187 | 12.25% | 32 | 2.10% | 5 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.52% | -102 | -6.68% | 1,526 |
| Central Falls | 919 | 36.51% | 1,100 | 43.70% | 427 | 16.96% | 52 | 2.07% | 16 | 0.64% | 3 | 0.12% | -181 | -7.19% | 2,517 |
| Charlestown | 40 | 17.62% | 103 | 45.37% | 64 | 28.19% | 7 | 3.08% | 10 | 4.41% | 3 | 1.32% | 39[a] | 17.18% | 227 |
| Coventry | 324 | 37.33% | 398 | 45.85% | 124 | 14.29% | 5 | 0.58% | 16 | 1.84% | 1 | 0.12% | -74 | -8.53% | 868 |
| Cranston | 1,282 | 34.08% | 1,170 | 31.10% | 1,164 | 30.94% | 116 | 3.08% | 24 | 0.64% | 6 | 0.16% | 112 | 2.98% | 3,762 |
| Cumberland | 820 | 48.43% | 635 | 37.51% | 195 | 11.52% | 34 | 2.01% | 5 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.24% | 185 | 10.93% | 1,693 |
| East Greenwich | 153 | 23.79% | 267 | 41.52% | 212 | 32.97% | 3 | 0.47% | 7 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.16% | 55[a] | 8.55% | 643 |
| East Providence | 1,003 | 37.18% | 783 | 29.02% | 825 | 30.58% | 51 | 1.89% | 27 | 1.00% | 9 | 0.33% | 178[b] | 6.60% | 2,698 |
| Exeter | 84 | 40.19% | 95 | 45.45% | 28 | 13.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -11 | -5.26% | 209 |
| Foster | 108 | 39.13% | 127 | 46.01% | 39 | 14.13% | 1 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -19 | -6.88% | 276 |
| Glocester | 128 | 33.33% | 199 | 51.82% | 50 | 13.02% | 4 | 1.04% | 3 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | -71 | -18.49% | 384 |
| Hopkinton | 113 | 26.28% | 224 | 52.09% | 75 | 17.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 17 | 3.95% | 1 | 0.23% | -111 | -25.81% | 430 |
| Jamestown | 37 | 15.74% | 109 | 46.38% | 87 | 37.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 22[a] | 9.36% | 235 |
| Johnston | 136 | 17.55% | 454 | 58.58% | 135 | 17.42% | 41 | 5.29% | 6 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.39% | -318 | -41.03% | 775 |
| Lincoln | 511 | 37.63% | 592 | 43.59% | 169 | 12.44% | 71 | 5.23% | 8 | 0.59% | 7 | 0.52% | -81 | -5.96% | 1,358 |
| Little Compton | 53 | 24.54% | 122 | 56.48% | 37 | 17.13% | 3 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | -69 | -31.94% | 216 |
| Middletown | 80 | 26.67% | 137 | 45.67% | 77 | 25.67% | 1 | 0.33% | 5 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -19.00% | 300 |
| Narragansett | 140 | 48.11% | 117 | 40.21% | 32 | 11.00% | 1 | 0.34% | 1 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 7.90% | 291 |
| New Shoreham | 138 | 37.50% | 208 | 56.52% | 21 | 5.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | -70 | -19.02% | 368 |
| Newport | 1,875 | 43.40% | 1,463 | 33.87% | 910 | 21.06% | 42 | 0.97% | 19 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.25% | 412 | 9.54% | 4,320 |
| North Kingstown | 286 | 35.53% | 359 | 44.60% | 148 | 18.39% | 1 | 0.12% | 9 | 1.12% | 2 | 0.25% | -73 | -9.07% | 805 |
| North Providence | 245 | 27.87% | 419 | 47.67% | 170 | 19.34% | 39 | 4.44% | 3 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.34% | -174 | -19.80% | 879 |
| North Smithfield | 146 | 36.59% | 190 | 47.62% | 52 | 13.03% | 5 | 1.25% | 2 | 0.50% | 4 | 1.00% | -44 | -11.03% | 399 |
| Pawtucket | 3,081 | 34.50% | 4,055 | 45.41% | 1,405 | 15.73% | 280 | 3.14% | 79 | 0.88% | 30 | 0.34% | -974 | -10.91% | 8,930 |
| Portsmouth | 119 | 33.33% | 157 | 43.98% | 53 | 14.85% | 2 | 0.56% | 26 | 7.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -38 | -10.64% | 357 |
| Providence | 12,429 | 43.98% | 6,924 | 24.50% | 7,542 | 26.69% | 1,080 | 3.82% | 188 | 0.67% | 99 | 0.35% | 4,887[b] | 17.29% | 28,262 |
| Richmond | 97 | 32.23% | 169 | 56.15% | 24 | 7.97% | 4 | 1.33% | 6 | 1.99% | 1 | 0.33% | -72 | -23.92% | 301 |
| Scituate | 396 | 47.14% | 325 | 38.69% | 96 | 11.43% | 2 | 0.24% | 18 | 2.14% | 3 | 0.36% | 71 | 8.45% | 840 |
| Smithfield | 139 | 33.99% | 208 | 50.86% | 52 | 12.71% | 6 | 1.47% | 3 | 0.73% | 1 | 0.24% | -69 | -16.87% | 409 |
| South Kingstown | 561 | 47.06% | 472 | 39.60% | 120 | 10.07% | 19 | 1.59% | 20 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 7.47% | 1,192 |
| Tiverton | 185 | 27.45% | 387 | 57.42% | 94 | 13.95% | 2 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.74% | 1 | 0.15% | -202 | -29.97% | 674 |
| Warren | 390 | 44.02% | 366 | 41.31% | 113 | 12.75% | 5 | 0.56% | 6 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.68% | 24 | 2.71% | 886 |
| Warwick | 1,542 | 38.88% | 1,428 | 36.01% | 935 | 23.58% | 32 | 0.81% | 20 | 0.50% | 9 | 0.23% | 114 | 2.87% | 3,966 |
| West Greenwich | 11 | 10.78% | 77 | 75.49% | 13 | 12.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 64[a] | 62.75% | 102 |
| Westerly | 370 | 28.77% | 590 | 45.88% | 297 | 23.09% | 7 | 0.54% | 18 | 1.40% | 4 | 0.31% | -220 | -17.11% | 1,286 |
| Woonsocket | 1,188 | 32.10% | 1,816 | 49.07% | 582 | 15.73% | 85 | 2.30% | 15 | 0.41% | 15 | 0.41% | -628 | -16.97% | 3,701 |
| Totals | 30,412 | 39.04% | 27,703 | 35.56% | 16,878 | 21.67% | 2,049 | 2.63% | 616 | 0.79% | 236 | 0.30% | 2,709 | 3.48% | 77,894 |
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