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The1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place onNovember5,1912 as part of the1912 United States presidential election. This was the first time thatArizona andNew Mexico took part in a presidential election having been admitted to the Union earlier in the year. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
This election was a four-way contest.Pennsylvania voted for theProgressive nominee formerPresidentTheodore "Teddy" Roosevelt over theDemocratic nomineeNew Jersey GovernorWoodrow Wilson,Republican nomineePresidentWilliam Howard Taft, andSocialist Party of America nominee union leaderEugene V. Debs. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.04%. He also became the first non-Republican candidate to win Pennsylvania since Democratic candidate and native sonJames Buchanan won the state in1856.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichWayne County,Snyder County, andUnion County did not vote for the Republican candidate.[1]
| 1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 444,894 | 36.53% | 38 | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 395,637 | 32.49% | 0 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 273,360 | 22.45% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 83,614 | 6.87% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 19,525 | 1.60% | 0 | |
| Industrialist | Arthur Reimer | 706 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,217,736 | 100.00% | 40 | ||
| County | Woodrow Wilson[3] Democratic | William Howard Taft[3] Republican | Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose" | Eugene V. Debs[4] Socialist | Eugene Chafin[4] Prohibition | Arthur Reimer[4] Industrialist | Margin[a] | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,682 | 51.07% | 819 | 11.36% | 2,548 | 35.34% | 90 | 1.25% | 67 | 0.93% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,134 | 15.73% | 7,210 |
| Allegheny | 31,417 | 24.86% | 23,822 | 18.85% | 50,017 | 39.57% | 19,554 | 15.47% | 1,402 | 1.11% | 174 | 0.14% | -18,600 | -14.72% | 126,386 |
| Armstrong | 3,027 | 30.06% | 1,904 | 18.91% | 4,297 | 42.67% | 643 | 6.39% | 198 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,270 | -12.61% | 10,070 |
| Beaver | 3,037 | 24.10% | 2,759 | 21.89% | 4,517 | 35.84% | 1,748 | 13.87% | 534 | 4.24% | 7 | 0.06% | -1,480 | -11.74% | 12,602 |
| Bedford | 2,694 | 36.68% | 1,140 | 15.52% | 2,971 | 40.45% | 423 | 5.76% | 115 | 1.57% | 1 | 0.01% | -277 | -3.77% | 7,344 |
| Berks | 16,430 | 47.54% | 3,032 | 8.77% | 11,284 | 32.65% | 3,636 | 10.52% | 160 | 0.46% | 18 | 0.05% | 5,146 | 14.89% | 34,560 |
| Blair | 4,108 | 23.78% | 3,138 | 18.16% | 8,179 | 47.34% | 1,599 | 9.26% | 223 | 1.29% | 29 | 0.17% | -4,071 | -23.56% | 17,276 |
| Bradford | 2,960 | 27.01% | 2,034 | 18.56% | 5,379 | 49.09% | 238 | 2.17% | 342 | 3.12% | 4 | 0.04% | -2,419 | -22.08% | 10,957 |
| Bucks | 6,773 | 39.75% | 5,452 | 32.00% | 4,280 | 25.12% | 411 | 2.41% | 119 | 0.70% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,321[b] | 7.75% | 17,037 |
| Butler | 4,022 | 35.86% | 1,273 | 11.35% | 4,327 | 38.58% | 450 | 4.01% | 1,139 | 10.16% | 4 | 0.04% | -305 | -2.72% | 11,215 |
| Cambria | 7,282 | 33.52% | 3,252 | 14.97% | 10,066 | 46.33% | 869 | 4.00% | 243 | 1.12% | 13 | 0.06% | -2,784 | -12.81% | 21,725 |
| Cameron | 291 | 22.58% | 388 | 30.10% | 553 | 42.90% | 36 | 2.79% | 20 | 1.55% | 1 | 0.08% | -165[c] | -12.80% | 1,289 |
| Carbon | 3,652 | 40.88% | 1,246 | 13.95% | 3,549 | 39.72% | 428 | 4.79% | 57 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.02% | 103 | 1.15% | 8,934 |
| Centre | 3,445 | 43.46% | 1,507 | 19.01% | 2,612 | 32.95% | 227 | 2.86% | 132 | 1.67% | 3 | 0.04% | 833 | 10.51% | 7,926 |
| Chester | 6,901 | 34.88% | 5,708 | 28.85% | 6,596 | 33.34% | 314 | 1.59% | 263 | 1.33% | 4 | 0.02% | 305 | 1.54% | 19,786 |
| Clarion | 3,079 | 49.17% | 916 | 14.63% | 1,724 | 27.53% | 315 | 5.03% | 224 | 3.58% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,355 | 21.64% | 6,262 |
| Clearfield | 4,670 | 36.20% | 1,523 | 11.81% | 4,902 | 38.00% | 1,410 | 10.93% | 381 | 2.95% | 14 | 0.11% | -232 | -1.80% | 12,900 |
| Clinton | 2,200 | 36.45% | 1,214 | 20.12% | 1,926 | 31.91% | 613 | 10.16% | 77 | 1.28% | 5 | 0.08% | 274 | 4.54% | 6,035 |
| Columbia | 4,905 | 55.05% | 889 | 9.98% | 2,697 | 30.27% | 242 | 2.72% | 175 | 1.96% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,208 | 24.78% | 8,910 |
| Crawford | 3,908 | 32.17% | 2,497 | 20.56% | 4,139 | 34.07% | 1,041 | 8.57% | 556 | 4.58% | 6 | 0.05% | -231 | -1.90% | 12,147 |
| Cumberland | 5,023 | 42.89% | 2,566 | 21.91% | 3,507 | 29.94% | 345 | 2.95% | 262 | 2.24% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,516 | 12.94% | 11,712 |
| Dauphin | 7,470 | 28.93% | 6,012 | 23.29% | 10,676 | 41.35% | 1,363 | 5.28% | 287 | 1.11% | 11 | 0.04% | -3,206 | -12.42% | 25,819 |
| Delaware | 6,001 | 25.82% | 8,418 | 36.23% | 8,272 | 35.60% | 374 | 1.61% | 170 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.01% | 146[c] | 0.63% | 23,238 |
| Elk | 2,057 | 35.82% | 603 | 10.50% | 2,638 | 45.94% | 363 | 6.32% | 79 | 1.38% | 2 | 0.03% | -581 | -10.12% | 5,742 |
| Erie | 5,633 | 30.60% | 4,958 | 26.93% | 5,019 | 27.27% | 1,972 | 10.71% | 800 | 4.35% | 26 | 0.14% | 614 | 3.34% | 18,408 |
| Fayette | 7,363 | 38.97% | 4,168 | 22.06% | 4,257 | 22.53% | 2,462 | 13.03% | 632 | 3.35% | 10 | 0.05% | 3,106 | 16.44% | 18,892 |
| Forest | 373 | 23.91% | 240 | 15.38% | 588 | 37.69% | 263 | 16.86% | 96 | 6.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -215 | -13.78% | 1,560 |
| Franklin | 4,505 | 39.10% | 2,710 | 23.52% | 3,787 | 32.86% | 414 | 3.59% | 105 | 0.91% | 2 | 0.02% | 718 | 6.23% | 11,523 |
| Fulton | 1,080 | 52.25% | 317 | 15.34% | 622 | 30.09% | 23 | 1.11% | 24 | 1.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 458 | 22.16% | 2,067 |
| Greene | 3,551 | 58.67% | 1,150 | 19.00% | 1,063 | 17.56% | 176 | 2.91% | 109 | 1.80% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,401[b] | 39.67% | 6,052 |
| Huntingdon | 1,538 | 24.41% | 903 | 14.33% | 3,493 | 55.44% | 263 | 4.17% | 102 | 1.62% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,955 | -31.03% | 6,300 |
| Indiana | 1,593 | 18.72% | 1,720 | 20.21% | 3,969 | 46.64% | 524 | 6.16% | 695 | 8.17% | 9 | 0.11% | -2,249[c] | -26.43% | 8,510 |
| Jefferson | 2,510 | 29.11% | 1,608 | 18.65% | 3,501 | 40.61% | 572 | 6.63% | 430 | 4.99% | 1 | 0.01% | -991 | -11.49% | 8,622 |
| Juniata | 1,148 | 40.91% | 374 | 13.33% | 1,184 | 42.20% | 73 | 2.60% | 27 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -36 | -1.28% | 2,806 |
| Lackawanna | 12,423 | 37.78% | 3,799 | 11.55% | 15,199 | 46.22% | 959 | 2.92% | 489 | 1.49% | 14 | 0.04% | -2,776 | -8.44% | 32,883 |
| Lancaster | 8,574 | 25.01% | 12,668 | 36.95% | 12,031 | 35.09% | 687 | 2.00% | 310 | 0.90% | 12 | 0.04% | 637[c] | 1.86% | 34,282 |
| Lawrence | 1,976 | 20.07% | 2,128 | 21.62% | 3,348 | 34.01% | 1,641 | 16.67% | 749 | 7.61% | 3 | 0.03% | -1,220[c] | -12.39% | 9,845 |
| Lebanon | 2,972 | 28.09% | 2,378 | 22.48% | 4,540 | 42.91% | 393 | 3.71% | 296 | 2.80% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,568 | -14.82% | 10,580 |
| Lehigh | 10,834 | 48.56% | 2,722 | 12.20% | 7,580 | 33.97% | 1,059 | 4.75% | 106 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.04% | 3,254 | 14.58% | 22,311 |
| Luzerne | 13,461 | 32.56% | 4,970 | 12.02% | 20,104 | 48.63% | 2,464 | 5.96% | 320 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.05% | -6,643 | -16.07% | 41,338 |
| Lycoming | 6,039 | 40.73% | 1,631 | 11.00% | 5,208 | 35.13% | 1,523 | 10.27% | 423 | 2.85% | 3 | 0.02% | 831 | 5.60% | 14,827 |
| McKean | 2,362 | 29.52% | 1,345 | 16.81% | 3,489 | 43.61% | 512 | 6.40% | 275 | 3.44% | 18 | 0.22% | -1,127 | -14.09% | 8,001 |
| Mercer | 4,039 | 31.76% | 1,873 | 14.73% | 4,418 | 34.74% | 1,708 | 13.43% | 677 | 5.32% | 3 | 0.02% | -379 | -2.98% | 12,718 |
| Mifflin | 1,400 | 31.25% | 654 | 14.60% | 1,831 | 40.87% | 531 | 11.85% | 62 | 1.38% | 2 | 0.04% | -431 | -9.62% | 4,480 |
| Monroe | 3,107 | 67.48% | 536 | 11.64% | 844 | 18.33% | 23 | 0.50% | 93 | 2.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,263 | 49.15% | 4,604 |
| Montgomery | 11,894 | 35.37% | 8,978 | 26.69% | 11,491 | 34.17% | 1,129 | 3.36% | 136 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.01% | 403 | 1.20% | 33,632 |
| Montour | 1,492 | 53.19% | 308 | 10.98% | 937 | 33.40% | 39 | 1.39% | 29 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 555 | 19.79% | 2,805 |
| Northampton | 10,325 | 47.50% | 3,893 | 17.91% | 6,602 | 30.37% | 639 | 2.94% | 274 | 1.26% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,723 | 17.13% | 21,736 |
| Northumberland | 6,802 | 35.53% | 2,371 | 12.39% | 7,064 | 36.90% | 2,726 | 14.24% | 172 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.05% | -262 | -1.37% | 19,144 |
| Perry | 1,941 | 39.98% | 1,140 | 23.48% | 1,670 | 34.40% | 72 | 1.48% | 28 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.08% | 271 | 5.58% | 4,855 |
| Philadelphia | 66,308 | 26.35% | 91,944 | 36.53% | 82,963 | 32.96% | 9,784 | 3.89% | 571 | 0.23% | 120 | 0.05% | 8,981[c] | 3.57% | 251,690 |
| Pike | 995 | 59.83% | 191 | 11.49% | 437 | 26.28% | 18 | 1.08% | 20 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.12% | 558 | 33.55% | 1,663 |
| Potter | 1,445 | 30.88% | 850 | 18.17% | 1,907 | 40.76% | 310 | 6.63% | 167 | 3.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -462 | -9.87% | 4,679 |
| Schuylkill | 11,812 | 36.83% | 3,557 | 11.09% | 13,686 | 42.67% | 2,846 | 8.87% | 161 | 0.50% | 13 | 0.04% | -1,874 | -5.84% | 32,075 |
| Snyder | 991 | 29.76% | 626 | 18.80% | 1,622 | 48.71% | 74 | 2.22% | 14 | 0.42% | 3 | 0.09% | -631 | -18.95% | 3,330 |
| Somerset | 2,164 | 22.57% | 1,428 | 14.89% | 5,026 | 52.42% | 655 | 6.83% | 314 | 3.27% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,862 | -29.85% | 9,588 |
| Sullivan | 912 | 44.12% | 547 | 26.46% | 472 | 22.84% | 43 | 2.08% | 88 | 4.26% | 5 | 0.24% | 365[b] | 17.66% | 2,067 |
| Susquehanna | 2,588 | 34.98% | 1,988 | 26.87% | 2,498 | 33.77% | 25 | 0.34% | 298 | 4.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 90 | 1.22% | 7,398 |
| Tioga | 1,901 | 22.48% | 1,895 | 22.40% | 4,314 | 51.00% | 130 | 1.54% | 217 | 2.57% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,413 | -28.53% | 8,458 |
| Union | 1,126 | 32.50% | 470 | 13.56% | 1,776 | 51.26% | 48 | 1.39% | 42 | 1.21% | 3 | 0.09% | -650 | -18.76% | 3,465 |
| Venango | 2,507 | 27.57% | 1,660 | 18.26% | 3,111 | 34.22% | 1,214 | 13.35% | 599 | 6.59% | 1 | 0.01% | -604 | -6.64% | 9,092 |
| Warren | 1,686 | 23.23% | 1,564 | 21.55% | 2,934 | 40.42% | 628 | 8.65% | 439 | 6.05% | 7 | 0.10% | -1,248 | -17.19% | 7,258 |
| Washington | 5,563 | 29.75% | 4,297 | 22.98% | 6,395 | 34.20% | 2,050 | 10.96% | 385 | 2.06% | 7 | 0.04% | -832 | -4.45% | 18,697 |
| Wayne | 1,924 | 35.90% | 659 | 12.29% | 2,594 | 48.40% | 52 | 0.97% | 129 | 2.41% | 2 | 0.04% | -670 | -12.50% | 5,360 |
| Westmoreland | 9,262 | 31.58% | 4,299 | 14.66% | 10,193 | 34.76% | 4,622 | 15.76% | 900 | 3.07% | 49 | 0.17% | -931 | -3.17% | 29,325 |
| Wyoming | 1,505 | 42.60% | 480 | 13.59% | 1,464 | 41.44% | 33 | 0.93% | 51 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 41 | 1.16% | 3,533 |
| York | 14,979 | 49.61% | 5,251 | 17.39% | 8,007 | 26.52% | 1,503 | 4.98% | 446 | 1.48% | 9 | 0.03% | 6,972 | 23.09% | 30,195 |
| Totals | 395,637 | 32.49% | 273,360 | 22.45% | 444,894 | 36.53% | 83,614 | 6.87% | 19,525 | 1.60% | 706 | 0.06% | -49,257 | -4.04% | 1,217,736 |
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