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The1912 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Missouri was won bygovernor of New JerseyWoodrow Wilson (D), running withgovernor of IndianaThomas R. Marshall, with 47.35% of the popular vote, against the27th president of the United StatesWilliam Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running withColumbia University PresidentNicholas Murray Butler, with 29.75% of the popular vote and the26th president of the United StatesTheodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running withgovernor of CaliforniaHiram Johnson, with 17.80% of the popular vote.[1] As of the2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichDouglas County andOzark County did not vote for the Republican presidential candidate.[2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 330,746 | 47.35% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 207,821 | 29.75% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 124,375 | 17.80% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 28,466 | 4.07% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 5,380 | 0.77% | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 1,778 | 0.25% | |
| Total votes | 698,566 | 100% | ||
| 1912 United States presidential election in Missouri by county[4] | |||||||||||||
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| County | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose Party" | Eugene V. Debs Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,784 | 36.46% | 1,427 | 29.16% | 1,200 | 24.52% | 398 | 8.13% | 84 | 1.72% | 357 | 7.30% | 4,893 |
| Andrew | 1,750 | 45.00% | 1,634 | 42.02% | 432 | 11.11% | 31 | 0.80% | 42 | 1.08% | 116 | 2.98% | 3,889 |
| Atchison | 1,534 | 46.53% | 1,138 | 34.52% | 529 | 16.04% | 37 | 1.12% | 59 | 1.79% | 396 | 12.01% | 3,297 |
| Audrain | 3,332 | 64.79% | 1,360 | 26.44% | 377 | 7.33% | 31 | 0.60% | 43 | 0.84% | 1,972 | 38.34% | 5,143 |
| Barry | 2,300 | 45.65% | 1,396 | 27.71% | 1,053 | 20.90% | 227 | 4.51% | 62 | 1.23% | 904 | 17.94% | 5,038 |
| Barton | 1,791 | 47.12% | 1,010 | 26.57% | 639 | 16.81% | 280 | 7.37% | 81 | 2.13% | 781 | 20.55% | 3,801 |
| Bates | 3,057 | 50.72% | 1,383 | 22.95% | 1,301 | 21.59% | 151 | 2.51% | 135 | 2.24% | 1,674 | 27.78% | 6,027 |
| Benton | 1,209 | 39.57% | 1,142 | 37.38% | 618 | 20.23% | 54 | 1.77% | 32 | 1.05% | 67 | 2.19% | 3,055 |
| Bollinger | 1,512 | 48.93% | 1,100 | 35.60% | 348 | 11.26% | 102 | 3.30% | 28 | 0.91% | 412 | 13.33% | 3,090 |
| Boone | 5,027 | 70.23% | 1,350 | 18.86% | 695 | 9.71% | 54 | 0.75% | 32 | 0.45% | 3,677 | 51.37% | 7,158 |
| Buchanan | 8,869 | 53.18% | 4,412 | 26.46% | 2,639 | 15.83% | 623 | 3.74% | 133 | 0.80% | 4,457 | 26.73% | 16,676 |
| Butler | 1,946 | 41.71% | 1,851 | 39.68% | 408 | 8.75% | 407 | 8.72% | 53 | 1.14% | 95 | 2.04% | 4,665 |
| Caldwell | 1,483 | 40.36% | 1,187 | 32.31% | 965 | 26.27% | 6 | 0.16% | 33 | 0.90% | 296 | 8.06% | 3,674 |
| Callaway | 3,544 | 65.61% | 1,525 | 28.23% | 284 | 5.26% | 13 | 0.24% | 36 | 0.67% | 2,019 | 37.38% | 5,402 |
| Camden | 667 | 35.69% | 918 | 49.12% | 246 | 13.16% | 30 | 1.61% | 8 | 0.43% | -251 | -13.43% | 1,869 |
| Cape Girardeau | 2,587 | 44.19% | 2,203 | 37.63% | 899 | 15.36% | 110 | 1.88% | 55 | 0.94% | 384 | 6.56% | 5,854 |
| Carroll | 2,648 | 46.80% | 1,519 | 26.85% | 1,361 | 24.05% | 73 | 1.29% | 57 | 1.01% | 1,129 | 19.95% | 5,658 |
| Carter | 458 | 49.46% | 256 | 27.65% | 116 | 12.53% | 78 | 8.42% | 18 | 1.94% | 202 | 21.81% | 926 |
| Cass | 3,247 | 57.70% | 1,034 | 18.38% | 1,178 | 20.93% | 103 | 1.83% | 65 | 1.16% | 2,069[a] | 36.77% | 5,627 |
| Cedar | 1,392 | 40.42% | 1,242 | 36.06% | 623 | 18.09% | 134 | 3.89% | 53 | 1.54% | 150 | 4.36% | 3,444 |
| Chariton | 3,112 | 56.90% | 1,528 | 27.94% | 745 | 13.62% | 37 | 0.68% | 47 | 0.86% | 1,584 | 28.96% | 5,469 |
| Christian | 793 | 26.07% | 1,203 | 39.55% | 832 | 27.35% | 176 | 5.79% | 38 | 1.25% | 371[b] | 12.20% | 3,042 |
| Clark | 1,586 | 47.73% | 1,214 | 36.53% | 484 | 14.57% | 12 | 0.36% | 27 | 0.81% | 372 | 11.19% | 3,323 |
| Clay | 3,417 | 72.00% | 592 | 12.47% | 679 | 14.31% | 41 | 0.86% | 17 | 0.36% | 2,738[a] | 57.69% | 4,746 |
| Clinton | 1,968 | 56.42% | 777 | 22.28% | 679 | 19.47% | 10 | 0.29% | 54 | 1.55% | 1,191 | 34.15% | 3,488 |
| Cole | 2,447 | 50.29% | 2,103 | 43.22% | 252 | 5.18% | 45 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.39% | 344 | 7.07% | 4,866 |
| Cooper | 2,444 | 48.28% | 2,270 | 44.84% | 299 | 5.91% | 26 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.45% | 174 | 3.44% | 5,062 |
| Crawford | 1,037 | 41.71% | 1,045 | 42.04% | 327 | 13.15% | 54 | 2.17% | 23 | 0.93% | -8 | -0.32% | 2,486 |
| Dade | 1,313 | 38.81% | 1,196 | 35.35% | 776 | 22.94% | 59 | 1.74% | 39 | 1.15% | 117 | 3.46% | 3,383 |
| Dallas | 870 | 35.61% | 1,051 | 43.02% | 480 | 19.65% | 24 | 0.98% | 18 | 0.74% | -181 | -7.41% | 2,443 |
| Daviess | 2,284 | 49.29% | 1,099 | 23.72% | 1,170 | 25.25% | 12 | 0.26% | 69 | 1.49% | 1,114[a] | 24.04% | 4,634 |
| DeKalb | 1,652 | 50.18% | 1,090 | 33.11% | 499 | 15.16% | 16 | 0.49% | 35 | 1.06% | 562 | 17.07% | 3,292 |
| Dent | 1,280 | 51.38% | 959 | 38.50% | 153 | 6.14% | 79 | 3.17% | 20 | 0.80% | 321 | 12.89% | 2,491 |
| Douglas | 566 | 20.23% | 855 | 30.56% | 1,092 | 39.03% | 255 | 9.11% | 30 | 1.07% | -237[b] | -8.47% | 2,798 |
| Dunklin | 2,723 | 51.89% | 987 | 18.81% | 494 | 9.41% | 1,001 | 19.07% | 43 | 0.82% | 1,722[c] | 32.81% | 5,248 |
| Franklin | 2,239 | 40.02% | 2,424 | 43.32% | 671 | 11.99% | 213 | 3.81% | 48 | 0.86% | -185 | -3.31% | 5,595 |
| Gasconade | 518 | 19.84% | 1,539 | 58.94% | 495 | 18.96% | 25 | 0.96% | 34 | 1.30% | -1,021 | -39.10% | 2,611 |
| Gentry | 2,268 | 54.25% | 1,268 | 30.33% | 524 | 12.53% | 56 | 1.34% | 65 | 1.55% | 1,000 | 23.92% | 4,181 |
| Greene | 5,089 | 40.52% | 4,350 | 34.63% | 2,184 | 17.39% | 758 | 6.04% | 179 | 1.43% | 739 | 5.88% | 12,560 |
| Grundy | 1,310 | 33.44% | 1,051 | 26.83% | 1,484 | 37.89% | 24 | 0.61% | 48 | 1.23% | -174[a] | -4.44% | 3,917 |
| Harrison | 1,985 | 38.62% | 2,081 | 40.49% | 965 | 18.77% | 37 | 0.72% | 72 | 1.40% | -96 | -1.87% | 5,140 |
| Henry | 3,396 | 53.78% | 1,162 | 18.40% | 1,500 | 23.75% | 132 | 2.09% | 125 | 1.98% | 1,896[a] | 30.02% | 6,315 |
| Hickory | 421 | 26.25% | 735 | 45.82% | 375 | 23.38% | 58 | 3.62% | 15 | 0.94% | -314 | -19.58% | 1,604 |
| Holt | 1,519 | 41.14% | 1,522 | 41.22% | 583 | 15.79% | 23 | 0.62% | 45 | 1.22% | -3 | -0.08% | 3,692 |
| Howard | 2,672 | 70.48% | 896 | 23.63% | 192 | 5.06% | 15 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.42% | 1,776 | 46.85% | 3,791 |
| Howell | 1,565 | 36.45% | 1,465 | 34.12% | 836 | 19.47% | 368 | 8.57% | 60 | 1.40% | 100 | 2.33% | 4,294 |
| Iron | 845 | 51.03% | 666 | 40.22% | 65 | 3.93% | 55 | 3.32% | 25 | 1.51% | 179 | 10.81% | 1,656 |
| Jackson | 32,209 | 50.97% | 5,618 | 8.89% | 23,152 | 36.64% | 1,697 | 2.69% | 518 | 0.82% | 9,057[a] | 14.33% | 63,194 |
| Jasper | 6,789 | 40.64% | 4,571 | 27.36% | 3,309 | 19.81% | 1,676 | 10.03% | 359 | 2.15% | 2,218 | 13.28% | 16,704 |
| Jefferson | 2,368 | 45.47% | 2,127 | 40.84% | 485 | 9.31% | 200 | 3.84% | 28 | 0.54% | 241 | 4.63% | 5,208 |
| Johnson | 3,468 | 52.87% | 1,772 | 27.02% | 1,141 | 17.40% | 95 | 1.45% | 83 | 1.27% | 1,696 | 25.86% | 6,559 |
| Knox | 1,666 | 52.99% | 1,092 | 34.73% | 297 | 9.45% | 43 | 1.37% | 46 | 1.46% | 574 | 18.26% | 3,144 |
| Laclede | 1,634 | 44.03% | 1,478 | 39.83% | 463 | 12.48% | 113 | 3.05% | 23 | 0.62% | 156 | 4.20% | 3,711 |
| Lafayette | 3,650 | 48.93% | 2,367 | 31.73% | 1,241 | 16.64% | 157 | 2.10% | 44 | 0.59% | 1,283 | 17.20% | 7,459 |
| Lawrence | 2,384 | 42.45% | 1,312 | 23.36% | 1,536 | 27.35% | 311 | 5.54% | 73 | 1.30% | 848[a] | 15.10% | 5,616 |
| Lewis | 2,340 | 62.27% | 1,004 | 26.72% | 334 | 8.89% | 47 | 1.25% | 33 | 0.88% | 1,336 | 35.55% | 3,758 |
| Lincoln | 2,326 | 61.32% | 1,258 | 33.17% | 167 | 4.40% | 10 | 0.26% | 32 | 0.84% | 1,068 | 28.16% | 3,793 |
| Linn | 2,890 | 48.13% | 1,452 | 24.18% | 1,434 | 23.88% | 131 | 2.18% | 97 | 1.62% | 1,438 | 23.95% | 6,004 |
| Livingston | 2,314 | 48.04% | 885 | 18.37% | 1,502 | 31.18% | 58 | 1.20% | 58 | 1.20% | 812[a] | 16.86% | 4,817 |
| Macon | 3,610 | 51.68% | 1,288 | 18.44% | 1,830 | 26.20% | 171 | 2.45% | 86 | 1.23% | 1,780[a] | 25.48% | 6,985 |
| Madison | 1,126 | 51.18% | 827 | 37.59% | 171 | 7.77% | 53 | 2.41% | 23 | 1.05% | 299 | 13.59% | 2,200 |
| Maries | 1,096 | 63.39% | 448 | 25.91% | 128 | 7.40% | 39 | 2.26% | 18 | 1.04% | 648 | 37.48% | 1,729 |
| Marion | 3,471 | 58.74% | 1,693 | 28.65% | 531 | 8.99% | 125 | 2.12% | 89 | 1.51% | 1,778 | 30.09% | 5,909 |
| McDonald | 1,326 | 46.06% | 916 | 31.82% | 442 | 15.35% | 157 | 5.45% | 38 | 1.32% | 410 | 14.24% | 2,879 |
| Mercer | 780 | 27.34% | 995 | 34.88% | 996 | 34.91% | 42 | 1.47% | 40 | 1.40% | -1[b] | -0.04% | 2,853 |
| Miller | 1,257 | 39.52% | 1,240 | 38.98% | 512 | 16.10% | 143 | 4.50% | 29 | 0.91% | 17 | 0.53% | 3,181 |
| Mississippi | 1,388 | 52.20% | 1,050 | 39.49% | 78 | 2.93% | 119 | 4.48% | 24 | 0.90% | 338 | 12.71% | 2,659 |
| Moniteau | 1,612 | 48.76% | 1,375 | 41.59% | 215 | 6.50% | 67 | 2.03% | 37 | 1.12% | 237 | 7.17% | 3,306 |
| Monroe | 3,586 | 80.22% | 583 | 13.04% | 218 | 4.88% | 64 | 1.43% | 19 | 0.43% | 3,003 | 67.18% | 4,470 |
| Montgomery | 1,883 | 48.54% | 1,697 | 43.75% | 219 | 5.65% | 23 | 0.59% | 57 | 1.47% | 186 | 4.80% | 3,879 |
| Morgan | 1,163 | 42.68% | 1,239 | 45.47% | 282 | 10.35% | 19 | 0.70% | 22 | 0.81% | -76 | -2.79% | 2,725 |
| New Madrid | 1,945 | 43.04% | 1,607 | 35.56% | 344 | 7.61% | 564 | 12.48% | 59 | 1.31% | 338 | 7.48% | 4,519 |
| Newton | 2,421 | 44.84% | 1,470 | 27.23% | 1,033 | 19.13% | 341 | 6.32% | 134 | 2.48% | 951 | 17.61% | 5,399 |
| Nodaway | 3,490 | 49.49% | 2,139 | 30.33% | 1,307 | 18.53% | 49 | 0.69% | 67 | 0.95% | 1,351 | 19.16% | 7,052 |
| Oregon | 1,688 | 62.94% | 486 | 18.12% | 333 | 12.42% | 164 | 6.11% | 11 | 0.41% | 1,202 | 44.82% | 2,682 |
| Osage | 1,394 | 47.69% | 981 | 33.56% | 485 | 16.59% | 29 | 0.99% | 34 | 1.16% | 413 | 14.13% | 2,923 |
| Ozark | 575 | 27.05% | 695 | 32.69% | 787 | 37.02% | 50 | 2.35% | 19 | 0.89% | -92[b] | -4.33% | 2,126 |
| Pemiscot | 1,617 | 51.11% | 973 | 30.75% | 283 | 8.94% | 259 | 8.19% | 32 | 1.01% | 644 | 20.35% | 3,164 |
| Perry | 1,564 | 45.85% | 1,735 | 50.86% | 86 | 2.52% | 15 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.32% | -171 | -5.01% | 3,411 |
| Pettis | 3,771 | 47.12% | 2,423 | 30.28% | 1,512 | 18.89% | 210 | 2.62% | 87 | 1.09% | 1,348 | 16.84% | 8,003 |
| Phelps | 1,565 | 55.58% | 782 | 27.77% | 379 | 13.46% | 63 | 2.24% | 27 | 0.96% | 783 | 27.81% | 2,816 |
| Pike | 2,720 | 56.01% | 1,901 | 39.15% | 176 | 3.62% | 32 | 0.66% | 27 | 0.56% | 819 | 16.87% | 4,856 |
| Platte | 2,535 | 73.58% | 510 | 14.80% | 375 | 10.89% | 11 | 0.32% | 14 | 0.41% | 2,025 | 58.78% | 3,445 |
| Polk | 1,935 | 41.92% | 1,802 | 39.04% | 754 | 16.33% | 81 | 1.75% | 44 | 0.95% | 133 | 2.88% | 4,616 |
| Pulaski | 1,268 | 56.66% | 631 | 28.19% | 267 | 11.93% | 40 | 1.79% | 32 | 1.43% | 637 | 28.46% | 2,238 |
| Putnam | 933 | 27.96% | 1,859 | 55.71% | 420 | 12.59% | 64 | 1.92% | 61 | 1.83% | -926 | -27.75% | 3,337 |
| Ralls | 1,734 | 67.13% | 591 | 22.88% | 240 | 9.29% | 8 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,143 | 44.25% | 2,583 |
| Randolph | 4,186 | 68.18% | 1,126 | 18.34% | 641 | 10.44% | 119 | 1.94% | 68 | 1.11% | 3,060 | 49.84% | 6,140 |
| Ray | 3,042 | 61.70% | 1,192 | 24.18% | 561 | 11.38% | 80 | 1.62% | 55 | 1.12% | 1,850 | 37.53% | 4,930 |
| Reynolds | 1,030 | 62.27% | 367 | 22.19% | 169 | 10.22% | 77 | 4.66% | 11 | 0.67% | 663 | 40.08% | 1,654 |
| Ripley | 1,249 | 51.17% | 651 | 26.67% | 353 | 14.46% | 157 | 6.43% | 31 | 1.27% | 598 | 24.50% | 2,441 |
| Saint Charles | 1,792 | 37.36% | 2,350 | 49.00% | 525 | 10.95% | 105 | 2.19% | 24 | 0.50% | -558 | -11.63% | 4,796 |
| Saint Clair | 1,710 | 46.00% | 1,046 | 28.14% | 727 | 19.56% | 190 | 5.11% | 44 | 1.18% | 664 | 17.86% | 3,717 |
| Saint Francois | 2,786 | 44.76% | 2,305 | 37.03% | 344 | 5.53% | 732 | 11.76% | 58 | 0.93% | 481 | 7.73% | 6,225 |
| Saint Louis County | 5,409 | 34.84% | 6,177 | 39.78% | 2,854 | 18.38% | 929 | 5.98% | 157 | 1.01% | -768 | -4.95% | 15,526 |
| Saint Louis City | 58,845 | 41.93% | 46,509 | 33.14% | 24,746 | 17.63% | 9,159 | 6.53% | 1,068 | 0.76% | 12,336 | 8.79% | 140,327 |
| Sainte Genevieve | 1,138 | 49.22% | 1,100 | 47.58% | 47 | 2.03% | 19 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.35% | 38 | 1.64% | 2,312 |
| Saline | 3,929 | 57.01% | 1,443 | 20.94% | 1,413 | 20.50% | 41 | 0.59% | 66 | 0.96% | 2,486 | 36.07% | 6,892 |
| Schuyler | 1,218 | 54.35% | 766 | 34.18% | 193 | 8.61% | 30 | 1.34% | 34 | 1.52% | 452 | 20.17% | 2,241 |
| Scotland | 1,525 | 53.34% | 860 | 30.08% | 379 | 13.26% | 65 | 2.27% | 30 | 1.05% | 665 | 23.26% | 2,859 |
| Scott | 1,945 | 46.45% | 1,235 | 29.50% | 303 | 7.24% | 649 | 15.50% | 55 | 1.31% | 710 | 16.96% | 4,187 |
| Shannon | 1,110 | 52.98% | 385 | 18.38% | 376 | 17.95% | 193 | 9.21% | 31 | 1.48% | 725 | 34.61% | 2,095 |
| Shelby | 2,450 | 65.51% | 859 | 22.97% | 331 | 8.85% | 33 | 0.88% | 67 | 1.79% | 1,591 | 42.54% | 3,740 |
| Stoddard | 2,603 | 49.54% | 1,363 | 25.94% | 586 | 11.15% | 648 | 12.33% | 54 | 1.03% | 1,240 | 23.60% | 5,254 |
| Stone | 506 | 22.18% | 946 | 41.47% | 642 | 28.15% | 165 | 7.23% | 22 | 0.96% | 304[b] | 13.33% | 2,281 |
| Sullivan | 2,226 | 47.35% | 1,819 | 38.69% | 576 | 12.25% | 43 | 0.91% | 37 | 0.79% | 407 | 8.66% | 4,701 |
| Taney | 588 | 32.98% | 852 | 47.78% | 259 | 14.53% | 72 | 4.04% | 12 | 0.67% | -264 | -14.81% | 1,783 |
| Texas | 2,067 | 51.30% | 1,232 | 30.58% | 553 | 13.73% | 129 | 3.20% | 48 | 1.19% | 835 | 20.72% | 4,029 |
| Vernon | 3,483 | 55.94% | 1,654 | 26.57% | 655 | 10.52% | 323 | 5.19% | 111 | 1.78% | 1,829 | 29.38% | 6,226 |
| Warren | 431 | 21.09% | 1,067 | 52.20% | 499 | 24.41% | 36 | 1.76% | 11 | 0.54% | 568[b] | 27.79% | 2,044 |
| Washington | 1,121 | 43.69% | 1,059 | 41.27% | 307 | 11.96% | 53 | 2.07% | 26 | 1.01% | 62 | 2.42% | 2,566 |
| Wayne | 1,432 | 48.26% | 1,052 | 35.46% | 304 | 10.25% | 152 | 5.12% | 27 | 0.91% | 380 | 12.81% | 2,967 |
| Webster | 1,649 | 42.12% | 1,387 | 35.43% | 744 | 19.00% | 82 | 2.09% | 53 | 1.35% | 262 | 6.69% | 3,915 |
| Worth | 973 | 49.49% | 769 | 39.11% | 183 | 9.31% | 6 | 0.31% | 35 | 1.78% | 204 | 10.38% | 1,966 |
| Wright | 1,356 | 38.45% | 1,163 | 32.97% | 895 | 25.38% | 86 | 2.44% | 27 | 0.77% | 193 | 5.47% | 3,527 |
| Totals | 330,746 | 47.35% | 207,821 | 29.75% | 124,375 | 17.80% | 28,466 | 4.07% | 7,158 | 1.02% | 122,925 | 17.60% | 698,566 |
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