1912 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1912 United States presidential election 1912 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia 1904 presidential no 1908 United States presidential election in Virginia 1908 1916 United States presidential election in Virginia 1916 November 5, 1912 x160px Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 12 90,332 65.95% File:William Howard Taft Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio Nicholas Murray Butler 0 23,288 17.00% Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Progressive A2ED70 New York Hiram W. Johnson 0 21,777 15.90% President William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) 435px 435px County and independent city results Wilson #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Taft #f2b3be 40–50% Roosevelt #aade87 50–60% The 1912 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1912. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The 1900s had seen Virginia, like all former Confederate States, almost completely disenfranchise its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.Kousser J. Morgan The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910 1974 Yale University Press 178–181 0-300-01696-4 So severe was the disenfranchising effect of the new 1902 Constitution that the electorate for the 1904 presidential election was halved compared to that of previous elections, and it has been calculated that a third of those who voted were state employees and officeholders. The limited electorate meant Virginian politics was controlled by political machines — firstly one led by Thomas Staples Martin and after he died the Byrd Organization. However, unlike the Deep South, historical fusion with the “Readjuster” Democrats,Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffrey A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968 March 19, 2020 217–221 Cambridge University Press 978-1107158436 defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver,Moger Allen The Rift in Virginia Democracy in 1896 https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-southern-history_1938-08_4_3/page/294 The Journal of Southern History 1938 4 3 295–317 10.2307/2191291 2191291 and an early move towards a “lily white” Jim Crow party meant that in general elections the Republicans retained around one-third of the small statewide electorate,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 210, 242 978-0-691-16324-6 with the majority of GOP support located in the western part of the state. With the already minority state Republican Party divided between conservative incumbent President William Howard Taft and Progressive nominee, former President Theodore Roosevelt, it was clear that the gains Taft had long hoped for in the South would not be made at this election. Polls as early as July showed Virginia as completely safe for Democratic nominee and New Jersey Governor Wilson.July 20, 1912 4 Out Here in Kansas The Salina Evening Journal Salina, Kansas By October it was widely believed that only a few dissident officeholders were behind the Progressive Party.Editorial Snapshots Shenandoah Herald Woodstock, Virginia October 4, 1912 2 Ultimately Wilson won Virginia by 48.96 percentage points over Taft, with Roosevelt a close third. Wilson carried all but two counties, and won the largest popular-vote victory in Virginia since Andrew Jackson in 1832 — although Franklin D. Roosevelt would three times exceed his popular vote percentage. Wilson ultimately won the national election with 41.84 percent of the vote. Results 1912 United States presidential election in VirginiaDave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1912&fips=51&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1912 Presidential General Election Results – Virginia Leip DavePartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Woodrow Wilson 90,332 65.95% 12 Republican William Howard Taft (inc.) 23,288 17.00% 0 Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 21,777 15.90% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 820 0.60% 0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 709 0.52% 0 Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 50 0.04% 0 Totals 136,976 100.00% 12 Results by county 1912 United States presidential election in Virginia by counties and independent citiesRobinson Edgar Eugene The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 Second 354–361 1947 Stanford University PressGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1912roos.htm 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Theodore Roosevelt (.xlsx file for €15)Géoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1912debs.htm 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15) County orcity Woodrow WilsonDemocratic William Howard TaftRepublican Theodore RooseveltProgressive "Bull Moose" Eugene V. DebsSocialist Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Arthur E. ReimerSocialist Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Accomack County 1,825 86.33% 153 7.24% 110 5.20% 1 0.05% 25 1.18%00.00% 1,672 79.09% 2,114 Albemarle County 1,215 80.84% 144 9.58% 126 8.38% 15 1.00% 3 0.20%00.00% 1,071 71.26% 1,503 Alexandria County 394 48.70% 125 15.45% 263 32.51% 10 1.24% 15 1.85%20.25% 131"RooseveltdTaft" In this county or city where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote. 16.19% 809 Alleghany County 325 79.46% 32 7.82% 50 12.22% 0 0.00% 2 0.49%00.00% 275"RooseveltdTaft" 67.24% 409 Amelia County 765 85.28% 64 7.13% 60 6.69% 8 0.89% 0 0.00%00.00% 701 78.15% 897 Amherst County 654 89.10% 28 3.81% 51 6.95% 0 0.00% 1 0.14%00.00% 603"RooseveltdTaft" 82.15% 734 Appomattox County 346 58.15% 86 14.45% 153 25.71% 8 1.34% 2 0.34%00.00% 193"RooseveltdTaft" 32.44% 595 Augusta County 1,556 62.74% 568 22.90% 272 10.97% 11 0.44% 73 2.94%00.00% 988 39.84% 2,480 Bath County 329 60.48% 159 29.23% 39 7.17% 3 0.55% 11 2.02%30.55% 170 31.25% 544 Bedford County 1,219 70.34% 142 8.19% 343 19.79% 9 0.52% 20 1.15%00.00% 876"RooseveltdTaft" 50.55% 1,733 Bland County 290 47.08% 206 33.44% 118 19.16% 1 0.16% 1 0.16%00.00% 84 13.64% 616 Botetourt County 889 55.29% 517 32.15% 191 11.88% 2 0.12% 9 0.56%00.00% 372 23.13% 1,608 Brunswick County 643 84.16% 67 8.77% 43 5.63% 5 0.65% 6 0.79%00.00% 576 75.39% 764 Buchanan County 524 46.05% 223 19.60% 389 34.18% 0 0.00% 2 0.18%00.00% 135"RooseveltdTaft" 11.86% 1,138 Buckingham County 603 74.44% 97 11.98% 110 13.58% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 493"RooseveltdTaft" 60.86% 810 Campbell County 810 77.00% 97 9.22% 126 11.98% 11 1.05% 8 0.76%00.00% 684"RooseveltdTaft" 65.02% 1,052 Caroline County 591 68.17% 144 16.61% 126 14.53% 0 0.00% 6 0.69%00.00% 447 51.56% 867 Carroll County 765 38.48% 874 43.96% 346 17.40% 0 0.00% 3 0.15%00.00% -109 -5.48% 1,988 Charles City County 121 66.85% 37 20.44% 23 12.71% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 84 46.41% 181 Charlotte County 609 66.34% 175 19.06% 123 13.40% 10 1.09% 1 0.11%00.00% 434 47.28% 918 Chesterfield County 702 82.78% 61 7.19% 75 8.84% 8 0.94% 2 0.24%00.00% 627"RooseveltdTaft" 73.94% 848 Clarke County 576 91.43% 39 6.19% 14 2.22% 1 0.16% 0 0.00%00.00% 537 85.24% 630 Craig County 336 60.76% 62 11.21% 150 27.12% 1 0.18% 4 0.72%00.00% 186"RooseveltdTaft" 33.63% 553 Culpeper County 753 82.21% 108 11.79% 49 5.35% 1 0.11% 5 0.55%00.00% 645 70.41% 916 Cumberland County 362 89.60% 10 2.48% 31 7.67% 1 0.25% 0 0.00%00.00% 331"RooseveltdTaft" 81.93% 404 Dickenson County 529 48.58% 398 36.55% 157 14.42% 5 0.46% 0 0.00%00.00% 131 12.03% 1,089 Dinwiddie County 512 78.65% 58 8.91% 75 11.52% 1 0.15% 3 0.46%20.31% 437"RooseveltdTaft" 67.13% 651 Elizabeth City County 347 75.60% 43 9.37% 56 12.20% 8 1.74% 1 0.22%40.87% 291"RooseveltdTaft" 63.40% 459 Essex County 278 77.01% 72 19.94% 11 3.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 206 57.06% 361 Fairfax County 992 74.14% 187 13.98% 150 11.21% 6 0.45% 3 0.22%00.00% 805 60.16% 1,338 Fauquier County 1,187 81.25% 182 12.46% 87 5.95% 2 0.14% 3 0.21%00.00% 1,005 68.79% 1,461 Floyd County 409 30.05% 222 16.31% 712 52.31% 5 0.37% 13 0.96%00.00% -303"RooseveltdTaft" -22.26% 1,361 Fluvanna County 409 77.90% 53 10.10% 58 11.05% 5 0.95% 0 0.00%00.00% 351"RooseveltdTaft" 66.86% 525 Franklin County 1,238 54.73% 415 18.35% 601 26.57% 5 0.22% 3 0.13%00.00% 637"RooseveltdTaft" 28.16% 2,262 Frederick County 922 74.66% 181 14.66% 112 9.07% 3 0.24% 16 1.30%10.08% 741 60.00% 1,235 Giles County 725 58.19% 267 21.43% 247 19.82% 4 0.32% 3 0.24%00.00% 458 36.76% 1,246 Gloucester County 510 79.69% 74 11.56% 56 8.75% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 436 68.13% 640 Goochland County 322 61.45% 114 21.76% 82 15.65% 6 1.15% 0 0.00%00.00% 208 39.69% 524 Grayson County 850 43.06% 832 42.15% 290 14.69% 1 0.05% 1 0.05%00.00% 18 0.91% 1,974 Greene County 238 49.69% 141 29.44% 95 19.83% 0 0.00% 5 1.04%00.00% 97 20.25% 479 Greensville County 294 73.32% 31 7.73% 72 17.96% 1 0.25% 3 0.75%00.00% 222"RooseveltdTaft" 55.36% 401 Halifax County 1,260 68.63% 426 23.20% 127 6.92% 15 0.82% 8 0.44%00.00% 834 45.42% 1,836 Hanover County 609 86.75% 87 12.39% 4 0.57% 0 0.00% 2 0.28%00.00% 522 74.36% 702 Henrico County 952 81.02% 93 7.91% 105 8.94% 16 1.36% 6 0.51%30.26% 847"RooseveltdTaft" 72.09% 1,175 Henry County 707 54.26% 216 16.58% 369 28.32% 8 0.61% 3 0.23%00.00% 338"RooseveltdTaft" 25.94% 1,303 Highland County 313 49.53% 221 34.97% 84 13.29% 0 0.00% 14 2.22%00.00% 92 14.56% 632 Isle of Wight County 708 80.09% 75 8.48% 101 11.43% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 607"RooseveltdTaft" 68.67% 884 James City County 128 82.05% 10 6.41% 15 9.62% 1 0.64% 2 1.28%00.00% 113"RooseveltdTaft" 72.44% 156 King and Queen County 246 67.96% 68 18.78% 48 13.26% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 178 49.17% 362 King George County 256 62.90% 48 11.79% 103 25.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 153"RooseveltdTaft" 37.59% 407 King William County 305 69.48% 69 15.72% 63 14.35% 1 0.23% 1 0.23%00.00% 236 53.76% 439 Lancaster County 479 82.02% 82 14.04% 16 2.74% 1 0.17% 6 1.03%00.00% 397 67.98% 584 Lee County 1,023 44.13% 699 30.16% 577 24.89% 9 0.39% 10 0.43%00.00% 324 13.98% 2,318 Loudoun County 1,386 78.39% 256 14.48% 87 4.92% 4 0.23% 35 1.98%00.00% 1,130 63.91% 1,768 Louisa County 582 70.63% 91 11.04% 141 17.11% 6 0.73% 4 0.49%00.00% 441"RooseveltdTaft" 53.52% 824 Lunenburg County 508 80.89% 66 10.51% 50 7.96% 4 0.64% 0 0.00%00.00% 442 70.38% 628 Madison County 402 59.38% 210 31.02% 63 9.31% 1 0.15% 1 0.15%00.00% 192 28.36% 677 Mathews County 523 86.88% 45 7.48% 34 5.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 478 79.40% 602 Mecklenburg County 1,039 78.30% 191 14.39% 91 6.86% 1 0.08% 5 0.38%00.00% 848 63.90% 1,327 Middlesex County 374 71.37% 128 24.43% 22 4.20% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 246 46.95% 524 Montgomery County 684 42.86% 349 21.87% 531 33.27% 2 0.13% 27 1.69%30.19% 153"RooseveltdTaft" 9.59% 1,596 Nansemond County 544 81.56% 53 7.95% 65 9.75% 2 0.30% 3 0.45%00.00% 479"RooseveltdTaft" 71.81% 667 Nelson County 706 72.71% 163 16.79% 95 9.78% 5 0.51% 2 0.21%00.00% 543 55.92% 971 New Kent County 160 67.51% 30 12.66% 46 19.41% 0 0.00% 1 0.42%00.00% 114"RooseveltdTaft" 48.10% 237 Norfolk County 1,089 62.44% 422 24.20% 215 12.33% 11 0.63% 4 0.23%30.17% 667 38.25% 1,744 Northampton County 726 81.94% 83 9.37% 76 8.58% 1 0.11% 0 0.00%00.00% 643 72.57% 886 Northumberland County 471 75.36% 102 16.32% 52 8.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 369 59.04% 625 Nottoway County 683 81.70% 72 8.61% 70 8.37% 4 0.48% 7 0.84%00.00% 611 73.09% 836 Orange County 619 80.92% 87 11.37% 57 7.45% 0 0.00% 2 0.26%00.00% 532 69.54% 765 Page County 705 57.88% 339 27.83% 138 11.33% 10 0.82% 26 2.13%00.00% 366 30.05% 1,218 Patrick County 698 46.85% 434 29.13% 350 23.49% 3 0.20% 4 0.27%10.07% 264 17.72% 1,490 Pittsylvania County 1,558 64.22% 527 21.72% 321 13.23% 15 0.62% 5 0.21%00.00% 1,031 42.50% 2,426 Powhatan County 230 56.93% 109 26.98% 51 12.62% 11 2.72% 3 0.74%00.00% 121 29.95% 404 Prince Edward County 584 83.07% 72 10.24% 46 6.54% 0 0.00% 1 0.14%00.00% 512 72.83% 703 Prince George County 204 69.15% 42 14.24% 48 16.27% 1 0.34% 0 0.00%00.00% 156"RooseveltdTaft" 52.88% 295 Prince William County 423 74.60% 40 7.05% 93 16.40% 5 0.88% 6 1.06%00.00% 330"RooseveltdTaft" 58.20% 567 Princess Anne County 814 84.88% 82 8.55% 63 6.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 732 76.33% 959 Pulaski County 781 52.88% 196 13.27% 484 32.77% 13 0.88% 3 0.20%00.00% 297"RooseveltdTaft" 20.11% 1,477 Rappahannock County 356 75.11% 94 19.83% 9 1.90% 13 2.74% 2 0.42%00.00% 262 55.27% 474 Richmond County 342 69.51% 110 22.36% 40 8.13% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 232 47.15% 492 Roanoke County 696 68.30% 108 10.60% 191 18.74% 9 0.88% 15 1.47%00.00% 505"RooseveltdTaft" 49.56% 1,019 Rockbridge County 949 58.76% 433 26.81% 212 13.13% 13 0.80% 7 0.43%10.06% 516 31.95% 1,615 Rockingham County 1,764 55.23% 937 29.34% 421 13.18% 25 0.78% 47 1.47%00.00% 827 25.89% 3,194 Russell County 1,298 51.53% 588 23.34% 623 24.73% 6 0.24% 4 0.16%00.00% 675"RooseveltdTaft" 26.80% 2,519 Scott County 1,311 44.26% 557 18.80% 1,075 36.29% 12 0.41% 6 0.20%10.03% 236"RooseveltdTaft" 7.97% 2,962 Shenandoah County 1,336 52.25% 706 27.61% 493 19.28% 7 0.27% 12 0.47%30.12% 630 24.64% 2,557 Smyth County 1,022 46.08% 609 27.46% 578 26.06% 6 0.27% 3 0.14%00.00% 413 18.62% 2,218 Southampton County 861 85.00% 95 9.38% 49 4.84% 0 0.00% 8 0.79%00.00% 766 75.62% 1,013 Spotsylvania County 389 63.15% 58 9.42% 158 25.65% 0 0.00% 11 1.79%00.00% 231"RooseveltdTaft" 37.50% 616 Stafford County 347 51.56% 141 20.95% 183 27.19% 2 0.30% 0 0.00%00.00% 164"RooseveltdTaft" 24.37% 673 Surry County 360 77.42% 57 12.26% 37 7.96% 6 1.29% 5 1.08%00.00% 303 65.16% 465 Sussex County 435 77.54% 59 10.52% 53 9.45% 0 0.00% 14 2.50%00.00% 376 67.02% 561 Tazewell County 979 39.76% 586 23.80% 871 35.38% 19 0.77% 7 0.28%00.00% 108"RooseveltdTaft" 4.39% 2,462 Warren County 571 77.16% 122 16.49% 39 5.27% 2 0.27% 6 0.81%00.00% 449 60.68% 740 Warwick County 123 71.51% 17 9.88% 30 17.44% 1 0.58% 0 0.00%10.58% 93"RooseveltdTaft" 54.07% 172 Washington County 1,721 51.92% 590 17.80% 996 30.05% 4 0.12% 4 0.12%00.00% 725"RooseveltdTaft" 21.87% 3,315 Westmoreland County 341 74.95% 69 15.16% 43 9.45% 2 0.44% 0 0.00%00.00% 272 59.78% 455 Wise County 1,279 46.71% 851 31.08% 573 20.93% 34 1.24% 1 0.04%00.00% 428 15.63% 2,738 Wythe County 1,110 46.27% 633 26.39% 650 27.09% 5 0.21% 1 0.04%00.00% 460"RooseveltdTaft" 19.17% 2,399 York County 211 76.17% 34 12.27% 26 9.39% 3 1.08% 3 1.08%00.00% 177 63.90% 277 Alexandria City 951 79.18% 132 10.99% 104 8.66% 11 0.92% 2 0.17%10.08% 819 68.19% 1,201 Bristol City 405 71.55% 86 15.19% 64 11.31% 8 1.41% 3 0.53%00.00% 319 56.36% 566 Buena Vista City 155 60.31% 43 16.73% 48 18.68% 8 3.11% 3 1.17%00.00% 107"RooseveltdTaft" 41.63% 257 Charlottesville City 454 86.97% 39 7.47% 24 4.60% 4 0.77% 1 0.19%00.00% 415 79.50% 522 Clifton Forge City 293 64.68% 63 13.91% 61 13.47% 34 7.51% 1 0.22%10.22% 230 50.77% 453 Danville City 1,066 84.60% 93 7.38% 79 6.27% 11 0.87% 7 0.56%40.32% 973 77.22% 1,260 Fredericksburg City 414 73.14% 51 9.01% 100 17.67% 0 0.00% 1 0.18%00.00% 314"RooseveltdTaft" 55.48% 566 Hampton City 353 88.47% 13 3.26% 31 7.77% 1 0.25% 1 0.25%00.00% 322"RooseveltdTaft" 80.70% 399 Lynchburg City 1,487 80.82% 111 6.03% 218 11.85% 19 1.03% 5 0.27%00.00% 1,269"RooseveltdTaft" 68.97% 1,840 Newport News City 938 70.58% 100 7.52% 231 17.38% 53 3.99% 3 0.23%40.30% 707"RooseveltdTaft" 53.20% 1,329 Norfolk City 3,539 83.70% 195 4.61% 451 10.67% 33 0.78% 10 0.24%00.00% 3,088"RooseveltdTaft" 73.04% 4,228 Petersburg City 1,122 90.19% 75 6.03% 44 3.54% 2 0.16% 1 0.08%00.00% 1,047 84.16% 1,244 Portsmouth City 1,529 79.02% 64 3.31% 321 16.59% 16 0.83% 1 0.05%40.21% 1,208"RooseveltdTaft" 62.43% 1,935 Radford City 183 56.13% 36 11.04% 95 29.14% 8 2.45% 4 1.23%00.00% 88"RooseveltdTaft" 26.99% 326 Richmond City 5,636 85.05% 405 6.11% 483 7.29% 91 1.37% 10 0.15%20.03% 5,153"RooseveltdTaft" 77.76% 6,627 Roanoke City 1,913 69.74% 268 9.77% 502 18.30% 39 1.42% 16 0.58%50.18% 1,411"RooseveltdTaft" 51.44% 2,743 Staunton City 632 64.23% 65 6.61% 287 29.17% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%00.00% 345"RooseveltdTaft" 35.06% 984 Suffolk City 480 75.83% 71 11.22% 63 9.95% 2 0.32% 17 2.69%00.00% 409 64.61% 633 Williamsburg City 113 81.29% 11 7.91% 14 10.07% 0 0.00% 1 0.72%00.00% 99"RooseveltdTaft" 71.22% 139 Winchester City 447 66.03% 141 20.83% 63 9.31% 3 0.44% 22 3.25%10.15% 306 45.20% 677Totals90,35465.95%23,28717.00%21,77615.90%8200.60%7090.52%500.04%67,06748.96%136,996 See also United States presidential elections in Virginia Notes References Virginia 1912 Category:1912 Virginia elections