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The1912 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1912 as part of the1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ever since the decline ofthe Populist movement,Wisconsin had become almost aone-party state dominated by theRepublican Party.[1] TheDemocratic Party became entirely uncompetitive outside certain German Catholic counties adjoiningLake Michigan as the upper classes, along with the majority of workers who followed them, completely fled fromWilliam Jennings Bryan’s agrarian andfree silver sympathies.[2] As Democratic strength weakened severely after 1894 – although the state did develop a strongSocialist Party to provide opposition to the GOP – Wisconsin developed the direct Republican primary in 1903 and this ultimately created competition between the “League” underRobert M. La Follette, and the conservative “Regular” faction.[3]
At the turn of the decade, the Democratic Party underwent a brief revival, as it made significant gains upon its small share of state legislative seats and many people in the state saw inNew Jersey GovernorWoodrow Wilson the possibility of the party returning to the progressive ideals it was felt to have deserted with Bryan fifteen years beforehand.[4] Wilson campaigned in the state as early as 1911 – long before he was the official Democratic nominee – and was soon able to get many Republicans who had supported La Follette onto his bandwagon, and retained them despite former PresidentTheodore Roosevelt running his own “Bull Moose” campaign as a result of the ongoing national split in the Republican Party.[4] Once regular nominee and incumbent PresentWilliam Howard Taft ceased campaigning in August, La Follette's ability to hold Progressive GOP support for Wilson – outside theScandinavianLake Superior Lowland where Roosevelt controlled this group – meant that Democratic Party candidateWoodrow Wilson won Wisconsin's thirteen electoral votes with 41.07 percent of the popular vote.[5]
La Follette won the Republican primary while Wilson won the Democratic primary.Francis E. McGovern andAndrew H. Dahl were elected to serve as delegates for La Follette in the Republican primary whileWilliam D. Hoard ran as a Taft delegate.James William Murphy andGeorge Wilbur Peck ran as delegates forChamp Clark whileWilliam F. Wolfe ran as a delegate for Wilson.[6]
With his win, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Wisconsin sinceGrover Cleveland in1892. Another Democrat would not carry the state again untilFranklin D. Roosevelt in1932.
As of2020[update], this is the only election in whichWalworth County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[7]
| 1912 United States presidential election in Wisconsin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 164,230 | 41.06% | 13 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 130,596 | 32.65% | 0 | |
| Progressive Independent | Theodore Roosevelt | 62,448 | 15.61% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 33,476 | 8.37% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 8,584 | 2.15% | 0 | |
| Independent | Arthur E. Reimer | 632 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | — | 9 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 399,334 | 100.0% | 13 | ||
| County | Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive | Eugene V. Debs Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[8] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 462 | 30.90% | 689 | 46.09% | 204 | 13.65% | 66 | 4.41% | 74 | 4.95% | -227 | -15.19% | 1,495 |
| Ashland | 1,451 | 41.54% | 937 | 26.83% | 677 | 19.38% | 315 | 9.02% | 113 | 3.24% | 514 | 14.71% | 3,493 |
| Barron | 1,065 | 26.83% | 1,414 | 35.62% | 968 | 24.38% | 265 | 6.68% | 258 | 6.50% | -349 | -8.79% | 3,970 |
| Bayfield | 666 | 29.84% | 514 | 23.03% | 671 | 30.06% | 306 | 13.71% | 75 | 3.36% | -5[a] | -0.22% | 2,232 |
| Brown | 3,557 | 42.16% | 2,764 | 32.76% | 1,396 | 16.55% | 569 | 6.74% | 151 | 1.79% | 793 | 9.40% | 8,437 |
| Buffalo | 848 | 33.29% | 1,239 | 48.65% | 372 | 14.61% | 45 | 1.77% | 43 | 1.69% | -391 | -15.36% | 2,547 |
| Burnett | 305 | 20.24% | 403 | 26.74% | 570 | 37.82% | 172 | 11.41% | 57 | 3.78% | -167[b] | -11.08% | 1,507 |
| Calumet | 1,366 | 47.76% | 931 | 32.55% | 454 | 15.87% | 85 | 2.97% | 24 | 0.84% | 435 | 15.21% | 2,860 |
| Chippewa | 2,028 | 39.63% | 1,736 | 33.93% | 1,132 | 22.12% | 102 | 1.99% | 119 | 2.33% | 292 | 5.70% | 5,117 |
| Clark | 1,528 | 34.24% | 2,035 | 45.61% | 648 | 14.52% | 143 | 3.20% | 108 | 2.42% | -507 | -11.37% | 4,462 |
| Columbia | 2,473 | 42.73% | 2,463 | 42.55% | 583 | 10.07% | 121 | 2.09% | 148 | 2.56% | 10 | 0.18% | 5,788 |
| Crawford | 1,515 | 44.86% | 1,407 | 41.66% | 321 | 9.51% | 69 | 2.04% | 65 | 1.92% | 108 | 3.20% | 3,377 |
| Dane | 9,017 | 55.80% | 5,244 | 32.45% | 1,202 | 7.44% | 298 | 1.84% | 399 | 2.47% | 3,773 | 23.35% | 16,160 |
| Dodge | 5,246 | 59.97% | 2,559 | 29.26% | 705 | 8.06% | 118 | 1.35% | 119 | 1.36% | 2,687 | 30.71% | 8,747 |
| Door | 769 | 27.12% | 1,167 | 41.15% | 690 | 24.33% | 72 | 2.54% | 138 | 4.87% | -398 | -14.03% | 2,836 |
| Douglas | 1,181 | 23.00% | 730 | 14.22% | 2,285 | 44.51% | 752 | 14.65% | 186 | 3.62% | -1,104[a] | -21.51% | 5,134 |
| Dunn | 833 | 22.24% | 1,403 | 37.45% | 1,174 | 31.34% | 235 | 6.27% | 101 | 2.70% | 229[b] | 6.11% | 3,746 |
| Eau Claire | 1,727 | 34.57% | 2,013 | 40.29% | 895 | 17.91% | 239 | 4.78% | 122 | 2.44% | -286 | -5.72% | 4,996 |
| Florence | 131 | 21.83% | 262 | 43.67% | 182 | 30.33% | 15 | 2.50% | 10 | 1.67% | 80[b] | 13.34% | 600 |
| Fond du Lac | 4,838 | 50.31% | 3,014 | 31.34% | 1,236 | 12.85% | 349 | 3.63% | 179 | 1.86% | 1,824 | 18.97% | 9,616 |
| Forest | 567 | 42.00% | 518 | 38.37% | 212 | 15.70% | 30 | 2.22% | 23 | 1.70% | 49 | 3.63% | 1,350 |
| Grant | 3,615 | 45.84% | 3,283 | 41.63% | 667 | 8.46% | 99 | 1.26% | 222 | 2.82% | 332 | 4.21% | 7,886 |
| Green | 1,716 | 41.61% | 1,601 | 38.82% | 516 | 12.51% | 83 | 2.01% | 208 | 5.04% | 115 | 2.79% | 4,124 |
| Green Lake | 1,407 | 47.15% | 1,269 | 42.53% | 195 | 6.53% | 39 | 1.31% | 74 | 2.48% | 138 | 4.62% | 2,984 |
| Iowa | 2,103 | 44.90% | 1,886 | 40.26% | 438 | 9.35% | 32 | 0.68% | 225 | 4.80% | 217 | 4.64% | 4,684 |
| Iron | 347 | 29.33% | 473 | 39.98% | 254 | 21.47% | 72 | 6.09% | 37 | 3.13% | -126 | -10.65% | 1,183 |
| Jackson | 606 | 22.88% | 1,398 | 52.77% | 477 | 18.01% | 78 | 2.94% | 90 | 3.40% | -792 | -29.89% | 2,649 |
| Jefferson | 4,381 | 62.40% | 1,926 | 27.43% | 490 | 6.98% | 100 | 1.42% | 124 | 1.77% | 2,455 | 34.97% | 7,021 |
| Juneau | 1,236 | 38.78% | 1,322 | 41.48% | 435 | 13.65% | 135 | 4.24% | 59 | 1.85% | -86 | -2.70% | 3,187 |
| Kenosha | 2,216 | 36.09% | 1,671 | 27.21% | 1,649 | 26.85% | 492 | 8.01% | 113 | 1.84% | 545 | 8.88% | 6,141 |
| Kewaunee | 1,696 | 54.32% | 1,115 | 35.71% | 263 | 8.42% | 22 | 0.70% | 26 | 0.83% | 581 | 18.61% | 3,122 |
| La Crosse | 4,263 | 53.07% | 2,272 | 28.28% | 999 | 12.44% | 337 | 4.20% | 162 | 2.02% | 1,991 | 24.79% | 8,033 |
| Lafayette | 1,852 | 41.50% | 1,747 | 39.14% | 756 | 16.94% | 28 | 0.63% | 80 | 1.79% | 105 | 2.36% | 4,463 |
| Langlade | 1,387 | 45.72% | 710 | 23.40% | 810 | 26.70% | 91 | 3.00% | 36 | 1.19% | 577[a] | 19.02% | 3,034 |
| Lincoln | 1,760 | 52.41% | 712 | 21.20% | 627 | 18.67% | 212 | 6.31% | 47 | 1.40% | 1,048 | 31.21% | 3,358 |
| Manitowoc | 3,436 | 44.74% | 2,389 | 31.11% | 919 | 11.97% | 890 | 11.59% | 46 | 0.60% | 1,047 | 13.63% | 7,680 |
| Marathon | 4,043 | 44.26% | 3,033 | 33.20% | 1,274 | 13.95% | 597 | 6.54% | 188 | 2.06% | 1,010 | 11.06% | 9,135 |
| Marinette | 1,559 | 33.29% | 1,618 | 34.55% | 1,125 | 24.02% | 276 | 5.89% | 105 | 2.24% | -59 | -1.26% | 4,683 |
| Marquette | 923 | 41.30% | 881 | 39.42% | 365 | 16.33% | 22 | 0.98% | 44 | 1.97% | 42 | 1.88% | 2,235 |
| Milwaukee | 27,628 | 38.75% | 17,877 | 25.07% | 5,939 | 8.33% | 19,243 | 26.99% | 615 | 0.86% | 8,385[c] | 11.76% | 71,302 |
| Monroe | 2,084 | 43.16% | 1,841 | 38.13% | 628 | 13.01% | 125 | 2.59% | 150 | 3.11% | 243 | 5.03% | 4,828 |
| Oconto | 1,523 | 35.77% | 1,988 | 46.69% | 554 | 13.01% | 139 | 3.26% | 54 | 1.27% | -465 | -10.92% | 4,258 |
| Oneida | 717 | 33.87% | 774 | 36.56% | 431 | 20.36% | 175 | 8.27% | 20 | 0.94% | -57 | -2.69% | 2,117 |
| Outagamie | 4,139 | 50.04% | 2,384 | 28.82% | 1,401 | 16.94% | 192 | 2.32% | 155 | 1.87% | 1,755 | 21.22% | 8,271 |
| Ozaukee | 1,878 | 63.27% | 749 | 25.24% | 241 | 8.12% | 76 | 2.56% | 24 | 0.81% | 1,129 | 38.03% | 2,968 |
| Pepin | 410 | 31.06% | 528 | 40.00% | 329 | 24.92% | 27 | 2.05% | 26 | 1.97% | -118 | -8.94% | 1,320 |
| Pierce | 985 | 29.10% | 986 | 29.13% | 1,204 | 35.57% | 102 | 3.01% | 108 | 3.19% | -218[b] | -6.44% | 3,385 |
| Polk | 830 | 26.56% | 848 | 27.14% | 1,068 | 34.18% | 270 | 8.64% | 109 | 3.49% | -220[b] | -7.04% | 3,125 |
| Portage | 2,301 | 43.32% | 1,932 | 36.37% | 890 | 16.75% | 101 | 1.90% | 88 | 1.66% | 369 | 6.95% | 5,312 |
| Price | 662 | 27.58% | 708 | 29.50% | 662 | 27.58% | 290 | 12.08% | 78 | 3.25% | -46 | -1.92% | 2,400 |
| Racine | 3,909 | 44.13% | 2,606 | 29.42% | 1,440 | 16.26% | 612 | 6.91% | 291 | 3.29% | 1,303 | 14.71% | 8,858 |
| Richland | 1,493 | 37.72% | 1,623 | 41.01% | 367 | 9.27% | 127 | 3.21% | 348 | 8.79% | -130 | -3.29% | 3,958 |
| Rock | 3,032 | 30.64% | 4,276 | 43.21% | 2,002 | 20.23% | 261 | 2.64% | 324 | 3.27% | -1,244 | -12.57% | 9,895 |
| Rusk | 522 | 30.67% | 575 | 33.78% | 344 | 20.21% | 204 | 11.99% | 57 | 3.35% | -53 | -3.11% | 1,702 |
| Sauk | 432 | 47.52% | 295 | 32.45% | 144 | 15.84% | 15 | 1.65% | 23 | 2.53% | 137 | 15.07% | 909 |
| Sawyer | 1,661 | 36.72% | 1,535 | 33.94% | 1,103 | 24.39% | 99 | 2.19% | 125 | 2.76% | 126 | 2.78% | 4,523 |
| Shawano | 3,968 | 41.23% | 2,692 | 27.97% | 1,628 | 16.91% | 1,084 | 11.26% | 253 | 2.63% | 1,276 | 13.26% | 9,625 |
| Sheboygan | 1,806 | 38.86% | 1,728 | 37.18% | 823 | 17.71% | 188 | 4.04% | 103 | 2.22% | 78 | 1.68% | 4,648 |
| St. Croix | 2,464 | 43.02% | 2,171 | 37.91% | 720 | 12.57% | 67 | 1.17% | 305 | 5.33% | 293 | 5.11% | 5,727 |
| Taylor | 821 | 35.91% | 773 | 33.81% | 379 | 16.58% | 271 | 11.85% | 42 | 1.84% | 48 | 2.10% | 2,286 |
| Trempealeau | 1,235 | 31.28% | 1,763 | 44.66% | 795 | 20.14% | 50 | 1.27% | 105 | 2.66% | -528 | -13.38% | 3,948 |
| Vernon | 1,253 | 27.14% | 2,663 | 57.68% | 463 | 10.03% | 74 | 1.60% | 164 | 3.55% | -1,410 | -30.54% | 4,617 |
| Vilas | 327 | 35.43% | 304 | 32.94% | 212 | 22.97% | 71 | 7.69% | 9 | 0.98% | 23 | 2.49% | 923 |
| Walworth | 2,125 | 36.38% | 2,096 | 35.88% | 1,237 | 21.18% | 78 | 1.34% | 305 | 5.22% | 29 | 0.50% | 5,841 |
| Washburn | 398 | 26.78% | 409 | 27.52% | 488 | 32.84% | 148 | 9.96% | 43 | 2.89% | -79[b] | -5.32% | 1,486 |
| Washington | 2,425 | 51.57% | 1,799 | 38.26% | 302 | 6.42% | 150 | 3.19% | 26 | 0.55% | 626 | 13.31% | 4,702 |
| Waukesha | 3,594 | 48.82% | 2,714 | 36.86% | 597 | 8.11% | 196 | 2.66% | 261 | 3.55% | 880 | 11.96% | 7,362 |
| Waupaca | 1,563 | 26.70% | 2,204 | 37.66% | 1,767 | 30.19% | 131 | 2.24% | 188 | 3.21% | 437[b] | 7.47% | 5,853 |
| Waushara | 772 | 25.54% | 1,343 | 44.43% | 741 | 24.51% | 92 | 3.04% | 75 | 2.48% | -571 | -18.89% | 3,023 |
| Winnebago | 4,631 | 41.00% | 1,922 | 17.01% | 4,098 | 36.28% | 478 | 4.23% | 167 | 1.48% | 533[a] | 4.72% | 11,296 |
| Wood | 2,523 | 47.28% | 1,742 | 32.65% | 525 | 9.84% | 369 | 6.92% | 177 | 3.32% | 781 | 14.63% | 5,336 |
| Totals | 164,230 | 41.06% | 130,596 | 32.65% | 62,448 | 15.61% | 33,476 | 8.37% | 9,225 | 2.31% | 33,634 | 8.41% | 399,975 |
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