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The1912 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Washington was won by the26th president of the United StatesTheodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running withgovernor of CaliforniaHiram Johnson, with 35.22% of the popular vote against thePrinceton University PresidentWoodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running withgovernor of IndianaThomas R. Marshall, with 26.90% of the popular vote, the27th president of the United StatesWilliam Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running withColumbia University PresidentNicholas Murray Butler, with 21.82% of the popular vote and thefive-time candidate of theSocialist Party of America forPresident of the United StatesEugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the firstSocialist mayor of a major city in theUnited StatesEmil Seidel, with 12.43% of the popular vote.[1]
As a result of his win as a Progressive, Roosevelt became the first and onlythird party candidate to win the State of Washington. It is the only time ever that neighboring Oregon voted Democratic and Washington did not.
This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote. In 1910, the voters of Washington passed a constitutional amendment which granted full suffrage to women.
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Helen J. Scott | 113,698 | |
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | George H. Walker | 113,533 | |
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Austin Mires | 113,474 | |
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | G. Alfred Haynes | 113,440 | |
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | William J. Biggar | 113,423 | |
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Fred J. Meinike | 113,401 | |
| Progressive Party | Theodore Roosevelt | Donald Urquhart | 113,336 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Edward P. English | 86,840 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Edward F. Hogan | 86,644 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | J. D. Matthews | 86,640 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Ande P. Anderson | 86,592 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | William E. Cass | 86,577 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Robert E. Tumstall | 86,536 | |
| Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Robert A. Mullenger | 86,442 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | George H. Rummens | 70,445 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | William Joseph Smith | 70,278 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Nathan O. Richards | 70,228 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | William George Potts | 70,193 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | William Bishop | 70,190 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Alexander Polson | 70,118 | |
| Republican Party | William Howard Taft | John A. Byerly | 70,066 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Ernest Luhr | 40,134 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Agnes J. Tompson | 40,101 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Minnie Davis | 40,073 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | I. P. Buck | 40,034 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | J. C. Robbins | 40,030 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | H. W. Sauser | 40,010 | |
| Socialist Party | Eugene V. Debs | Hortense Wagenknecht | 39,989 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | John Anderson | 9,810 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | JN. U. Blackmore | 9,760 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | Walter F. McDowell | 9,753 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | H. J. Probstfeld | 9,750 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | J. V. Mohr | 9,749 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | W. A. Moore | 9,743 | |
| Prohibition Party | Eugene W. Chafin | J. N. Emerson | 9,736 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | James M. Carnahan | 1,872 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | Andrew P. Anderson | 1,851 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | Jerry E. Sullivan | 1,842 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | James C. Anderson | 1,834 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | W. Edward Clemont | 1,833 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | Frederick Kurtzman | 1,832 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Arthur E. Reimer | Gustav Rush | 1,823 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 322,799 | |||
| County | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Eugene V. Debs Socialist | Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition | Arthur E. Reimer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast[b] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 788 | 33.70% | 949 | 40.59% | 398 | 17.02% | 155 | 6.63% | 42 | 1.80% | 6 | 0.26% | -161 | -6.89% | 2,338 |
| Asotin | 513 | 27.80% | 551 | 29.86% | 579 | 31.38% | 133 | 7.21% | 66 | 3.58% | 3 | 0.16% | -28[c] | -1.52% | 1,845 |
| Benton | 1,373 | 36.05% | 1,238 | 32.50% | 728 | 19.11% | 356 | 9.35% | 78 | 2.05% | 36 | 0.95% | 135 | 3.54% | 3,809 |
| Chehalis | 1,847 | 20.96% | 1,953 | 22.16% | 3,055 | 34.66% | 1,683 | 19.09% | 228 | 2.59% | 48 | 0.54% | -1,102[c] | -12.50% | 8,814 |
| Chelan | 1,994 | 38.72% | 1,331 | 25.84% | 970 | 18.83% | 623 | 12.10% | 204 | 3.96% | 28 | 0.54% | 663 | 12.87% | 5,150 |
| Clallam | 686 | 27.05% | 464 | 18.30% | 727 | 28.67% | 610 | 24.05% | 36 | 1.42% | 13 | 0.51% | -41[d] | -1.62% | 2,536 |
| Clarke | 2,082 | 25.99% | 2,549 | 31.82% | 1,872 | 23.37% | 966 | 12.06% | 513 | 6.40% | 28 | 0.35% | -467 | -5.83% | 8,010 |
| Columbia | 803 | 31.32% | 855 | 33.35% | 673 | 26.25% | 172 | 6.71% | 59 | 2.30% | 2 | 0.08% | -52 | -2.03% | 2,564 |
| Cowlitz | 1,006 | 25.87% | 919 | 23.63% | 1,348 | 34.66% | 527 | 13.55% | 79 | 2.03% | 10 | 0.26% | -342[d] | -8.79% | 3,889 |
| Douglas | 794 | 24.93% | 1,357 | 42.61% | 642 | 20.16% | 316 | 9.92% | 65 | 2.04% | 11 | 0.35% | -563 | -17.68% | 3,185 |
| Ferry | 502 | 29.74% | 609 | 36.08% | 286 | 16.94% | 269 | 15.94% | 13 | 0.77% | 9 | 0.53% | -107 | -6.34% | 1,688 |
| Franklin | 525 | 29.41% | 612 | 34.29% | 293 | 16.41% | 302 | 16.92% | 38 | 2.13% | 15 | 0.84% | -87 | -4.87% | 1,785 |
| Garfield | 667 | 42.84% | 426 | 27.36% | 345 | 22.16% | 86 | 5.52% | 32 | 2.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 241 | 15.48% | 1,557 |
| Grant | 914 | 34.75% | 771 | 29.32% | 458 | 17.41% | 414 | 15.74% | 62 | 2.36% | 11 | 0.42% | 143 | 5.44% | 2,630 |
| Island | 503 | 31.98% | 310 | 19.71% | 332 | 21.11% | 347 | 22.06% | 80 | 5.09% | 1 | 0.06% | 156[e] | 9.92% | 1,573 |
| Jefferson | 741 | 31.86% | 642 | 27.60% | 636 | 27.34% | 285 | 12.25% | 11 | 0.47% | 11 | 0.47% | 99 | 4.26% | 2,326 |
| King | 26,887 | 37.70% | 20,088 | 28.17% | 15,579 | 21.85% | 6,839 | 9.59% | 1,251 | 1.75% | 665 | 0.93% | 6,799 | 9.53% | 71,309 |
| Kitsap | 2,321 | 38.16% | 969 | 15.93% | 1,224 | 20.12% | 1,429 | 23.50% | 101 | 1.66% | 38 | 0.62% | 892[e] | 14.67% | 6,082 |
| Kittitas | 1,902 | 36.89% | 1,407 | 27.29% | 1,157 | 22.44% | 515 | 9.99% | 142 | 2.75% | 33 | 0.64% | 495 | 9.60% | 5,156 |
| Klickitat | 795 | 22.98% | 1,028 | 29.72% | 1,163 | 33.62% | 351 | 10.15% | 107 | 3.09% | 15 | 0.43% | -135[c] | -3.90% | 3,459 |
| Lewis | 2,032 | 20.76% | 2,471 | 25.25% | 3,200 | 32.70% | 1,637 | 16.73% | 410 | 4.19% | 36 | 0.37% | -729[c] | -7.45% | 9,786 |
| Lincoln | 1,864 | 39.00% | 1,829 | 38.26% | 691 | 14.46% | 293 | 6.13% | 88 | 1.84% | 15 | 0.31% | 35 | 0.73% | 4,780 |
| Mason | 464 | 25.81% | 522 | 29.03% | 439 | 24.42% | 339 | 18.85% | 22 | 1.22% | 12 | 0.67% | -58 | -3.23% | 1,798 |
| Okanogan | 1,088 | 25.67% | 1,461 | 34.47% | 804 | 18.97% | 827 | 19.51% | 38 | 0.90% | 21 | 0.50% | -373 | -8.80% | 4,239 |
| Pacific | 1,251 | 30.72% | 971 | 23.85% | 1,375 | 33.77% | 382 | 9.38% | 82 | 2.01% | 11 | 0.27% | -124[d] | -3.05% | 4,072 |
| Pend Oreille | 716 | 34.19% | 747 | 35.67% | 305 | 14.57% | 288 | 13.75% | 32 | 1.53% | 6 | 0.29% | -31 | -1.48% | 2,094 |
| Pierce | 13,074 | 41.30% | 6,855 | 21.65% | 6,517 | 20.59% | 4,075 | 12.87% | 964 | 3.05% | 172 | 0.54% | 6,219 | 19.64% | 31,657 |
| San Juan | 346 | 27.93% | 311 | 25.10% | 341 | 27.52% | 217 | 17.51% | 18 | 1.45% | 6 | 0.48% | 5[f] | 0.40% | 1,239 |
| Skagit | 2,529 | 27.38% | 1,962 | 21.24% | 2,399 | 25.97% | 1,781 | 19.28% | 508 | 5.50% | 58 | 0.63% | 130[f] | 1.41% | 9,237 |
| Skamania | 218 | 26.27% | 262 | 31.57% | 251 | 30.24% | 86 | 10.36% | 10 | 1.20% | 3 | 0.36% | -11[g] | -1.33% | 830 |
| Snohomish | 7,347 | 38.30% | 3,846 | 20.05% | 3,007 | 15.68% | 3,969 | 20.69% | 896 | 4.67% | 117 | 0.61% | 3,378[e] | 17.61% | 19,182 |
| Spokane | 16,687 | 47.31% | 10,845 | 30.75% | 4,205 | 11.92% | 2,553 | 7.24% | 779 | 2.21% | 199 | 0.56% | 5,842 | 16.56% | 35,268 |
| Stevens | 1,971 | 32.84% | 1,979 | 32.98% | 810 | 13.50% | 988 | 16.46% | 227 | 3.78% | 26 | 0.43% | -8 | -0.13% | 6,001 |
| Thurston | 1,471 | 23.31% | 1,456 | 23.07% | 1,937 | 30.69% | 1,160 | 18.38% | 270 | 4.28% | 17 | 0.27% | -466[d] | -7.38% | 6,311 |
| Wahkiakum | 287 | 32.47% | 185 | 20.93% | 282 | 31.90% | 111 | 12.56% | 14 | 1.58% | 5 | 0.57% | 5[f] | 0.57% | 884 |
| Walla Walla | 2,727 | 35.59% | 2,507 | 32.72% | 1,937 | 25.28% | 346 | 4.52% | 125 | 1.63% | 21 | 0.27% | 220 | 2.87% | 7,663 |
| Whatcom | 4,562 | 30.40% | 2,773 | 18.48% | 4,187 | 27.90% | 2,809 | 18.72% | 573 | 3.82% | 101 | 0.67% | 375[f] | 2.50% | 15,005 |
| Whitman | 3,061 | 30.79% | 3,621 | 36.42% | 1,989 | 20.00% | 631 | 6.35% | 617 | 6.21% | 24 | 0.24% | -560 | -5.63% | 9,943 |
| Yakima | 4,360 | 33.27% | 3,209 | 24.49% | 3,304 | 25.21% | 1,264 | 9.65% | 930 | 7.10% | 38 | 0.29% | 1,056[f] | 8.06% | 13,105 |
| Totals | 113,698 | 35.22% | 86,840 | 26.90% | 70,445 | 21.82% | 40,134 | 12.43% | 9,810 | 3.04% | 1,872 | 0.58% | 26,858 | 8.32% | 322,799 |
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