1912 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1912 United States presidential election 1912 United States presidential election in California California Flag of California (1911–1924).pngborder presidential no 1908 United States presidential election in California 1908 1916 United States presidential election in California 1916 71.68% (of registered voters) 45.11% (of eligible voters)Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State 2022-05-05 November 5, 1912 x160px Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Republican New York Hiram Johnson 11 283,610 41.83% Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 2 283,436 41.81% Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Emil Seidel 0 79,201 11.68% 1912 United States presidential election in California results map by county.svg 300px County results Roosevelt #c7ffaf 30–40% #c6e9af 40–50% #aade87 50–60% Wilson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) The 1912 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Theodore Roosevelt received 11 electors by winning 174 more votes than Woodrow Wilson, who received 2 electors. This was the closest presidential election in California history. California narrowly voted for the Progressive Party nominee, former president Theodore Roosevelt, over the Democratic nominee, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, though two electors cast their votes for Wilson. Although Roosevelt was the candidate of the “Bull Moose” Progressive Party nationally, in California and South Dakota he gained the support of the state Republican Party and acquired the "Republican" line, whilst the incumbent, and national GOP nominee William Howard Taft did not appear on the ballot and was a write-in candidate.Other incumbent Presidents not on the ballot in all states have been Benjamin Harrison in Florida in 1892, Taft in South Dakota during this 1912 election, Harry S. Truman in Alabama in 1948, and Lyndon B. Johnson also in Alabama in 1964. Roosevelt's running mate was incumbent Governor of California Hiram Johnson. This was the closest presidential election in California history, with Roosevelt winning by just 174 votes out of 677,944 cast, a margin of 0.02567%. It remains the fourth-closest presidential race in any state in history, behind Florida in 2000, Maryland in 1832, and Maryland in 1904, the latter of which also involved Roosevelt.Although Roosevelt won Maryland by fifty-one votes, voters in Maryland in those days voted for individual electors and only one Republican, elector, Charles Bonaparte, survived the tally. The other seven top vote recipients were Democrats. Although Wilson narrowly failed to win the state, he did become the first Democrat to carry Napa, Solano"Southern Democrat" John Breckinridge (Buchanan's Vice-President) did carry Solano County in 1860 and Marin Counties since James Buchanan in 1856, the first to carry San Mateo and Sierra County since Stephen A. Douglas in 1860, the first to win San Diego County since 1868, the first to ever carry Ventura County, which had been created in 1872, and the first to carry Calaveras County and Sutter County since 1876.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 153-155 0786422173 Since this election, Solano County has voted Democratic in all but six Republican landslide elections of 1920, 1924, 1928, 1972, 1980 and 1984. With 41.83% of the popular vote, California would prove to be Roosevelt's second-strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage in the 1912 election after South Dakota.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1912&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1912 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 California would not vote for the losing candidate again until 1960. Votes cast for individual electors This was the fourth occasion in which California's electoral vote was split, rather than being awarded to a single candidate. The previous occasions when this happened were in 1880, 1892, and 1896.DIVIDED ELECTORAL VOTES https://www.newspapers.com/image/431184246 Newspapers.com The Boston Globe 1 June 2021 en subscription 11 Nov 1912 This occurred because, at the time, electors were not awarded based upon the popular vote in the presidential preference vote. Instead, voters cast votes for individual electors, with the thirteen top vote-getters among elector nominees becoming elected the state's members of the United States Electoral College.NEITHER SIDE WINS STATE https://www.newspapers.com/image/380213055 Newspapers.com Los Angeles Times Associated Press 1 June 2021 en subscription 16 Nov 1912 A split in the electoral vote would never again occur in California. Results Results by Elector + General Election ResultsStatement of the Vote of California at the General Election held November 5, 1912 1968 Sacramento, California 4–13 https://archive.org/details/statementofvo19081922cali/page/n35/mode/2up?view=theater 15 July 2024Party Pledged to Elector Votes Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt A. J. Wallace283,610 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Thomas F. Griffin283,436 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt Charles S. Wheeler283,193 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt George C. Pardee283,057 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt Marshall Stimson282,910 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt Philip Bancroft282,888 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt John P. McLaughlin282,868 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt Frank H. Devlin282,790 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt Florence Collins Porter282,781 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt R. G. Fernald282,676 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt M. B. Harris282,671 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt Ralph W. Bull282,653 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson R. F. Del Valle282,651 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt J. W. Finney282,594 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Henry E. Monroe282,594 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson T. W. H. Shanahan282,579 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Clarence F. Lea282,578 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Joseph F. Tobin282,530 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson F. B. Lynch282,516 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Stephen J. Sill282,432 Republican Party (Progressive) Theodore Roosevelt M. A. Luce282,383 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson George W. Mordecai282,325 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson E. L. Doheny282,309 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Mary Bourn Tucker282,215 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Mary E. Foy282,213 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson George M. Cooley282,198 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs W. M. Boyd79,201 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Job Harriman78,910 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Dr. A. E. Briggs78,905 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs H. F. Whitley78,867 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs T. W. Williams78,860 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs James Andrews78,813 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Rose Walker78,791 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Jennie Ream78,757 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs H. J. Duffy78,740 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Ida Kinney78,735 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. R. Cothran78,709 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Ethel Lynn78,689 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Mary Garbutt78,534 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Annie E. K. Bidwell23,366 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Stephen H. Taft23,265 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Frank Willard Emerson23,144 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Ellsworth L. Rich23,053 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Lucy S. Blanchard23,052 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin William P. Fassett23,040 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Frederick Head23,010 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Stella B. Irvine23,004 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Henry French23,001 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Simeon P. Meads22,997 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Byron E. Paddock22,995 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Edward F. Van Vlear22,988 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Thomas K. Bear22,983 Republican Party William Howard Taft Anson S. Blake3,914 Republican Party William Howard Taft Fred A. Dodge3,908 Republican Party William Howard Taft Arthur E. Miller3,903 Republican Party William Howard Taft Jotham Bixby3,902 Republican Party William Howard Taft Charles N. Felton3,896 Republican Party William Howard Taft Norman Bridge3,783 Republican Party William Howard Taft Ross Campbell3,753 Republican Party William Howard Taft Charles E. Clinch3,677 Republican Party William Howard Taft Mrs. K. M. Flynn3,582 Republican Party William Howard Taft Joseph Martin3,525 Republican Party William Howard Taft Robert Sweeney3,313 Republican Party William Howard Taft Simon Levi3,057 Republican Party William Howard Taft Andrea Sbarboro2,847 Write-in Scattering4,417Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 677,944 Results by county County Theodore RooseveltRepublican/Progressive "Bull Moose" Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Eugene V. DebsSocialist Eugene W. ChafinProhibition William Howard TaftRepublican (write-in) ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes castBased on the highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda31,54247.47%24,41836.75%9,33214.04%1,1601.75%00.00%00.00%7,12410.72%66,452Alpine3645.00%3442.50%22.50%00.00%810.00%00.00%22.50%80Amador68427.33%1,62264.80%1355.39%572.28%50.20%00.00%-938-37.48%2,503Butte3,36538.14%4,02845.66%93010.54%4895.54%100.11%00.00%-663-7.52%8,822Calaveras75024.28%1,86960.51%39912.92%662.14%50.16%00.00%-1,119-36.23%3,089Colusa81029.26%1,76063.58%1114.01%843.03%30.11%00.00%-950-34.32%2,768Contra Costa3,53942.38%3,29039.40%1,30015.57%1812.17%400.48%00.00%2492.98%8,350Del Norte37644.60%32338.32%10412.34%404.74%00.00%00.00%536.29%843El Dorado77628.40%1,61359.04%27810.18%491.79%160.59%00.00%-837-30.64%2,732Fresno8,83942.71%8,89142.96%2,27811.01%5902.85%950.46%30.01%-52-0.25%20,696Glenn90637.21%1,32554.41%1265.17%672.75%110.45%00.00%-419-17.21%2,435Humboldt3,60942.20%2,88733.76%1,78120.83%1772.07%931.09%50.06%7228.44%8,552Imperial1,42042.17%1,29538.46%44613.25%1935.73%130.39%00.00%1253.71%3,367Inyo43126.49%80649.54%30518.75%774.73%80.49%00.00%-375-23.05%1,627Kern3,64733.88%5,56951.73%1,30012.08%1821.69%670.62%00.00%-1,922-17.85%10,765Kings1,41935.94%1,96749.82%40610.28%1563.95%00.00%00.00%-548-13.88%3,948Lake64930.10%1,11851.86%26612.34%1235.71%00.00%00.00%-469-21.75%2,156Lassen55939.59%64445.61%14810.48%342.41%271.91%00.00%-85-6.02%1,412Los Angeles75,59345.73%55,11033.34%19,89512.04%8,1904.95%2,1811.32%4,3272.62%20,48312.39%165,296Madera94338.98%1,15447.71%2269.34%893.68%10.04%60.25%-211-8.72%2,419Marin2,75042.97%2,84944.52%73311.45%681.06%00.00%00.00%-99-1.55%6,400Mariposa30626.15%68958.89%13811.79%171.45%201.71%00.00%-393-32.74%1,170Mendocino2,23739.61%2,50744.39%75213.31%1412.50%110.19%00.00%-270-4.78%5,648Merced1,57137.16%1,97846.78%44110.43%2285.39%100.24%00.00%-407-9.63%4,228Modoc60835.47%94154.90%1196.94%452.63%10.06%00.00%-333-19.43%1,714Mono10628.73%18249.32%6718.16%112.98%30.81%00.00%-76-20.60%369Monterey3,08142.02%3,39246.26%5577.60%3014.11%10.01%00.00%-311-4.24%7,332Napa2,43242.52%2,66246.55%4788.36%1262.20%00.00%210.37%-230-4.02%5,719Nevada1,38134.40%1,85146.11%64816.14%1112.77%230.57%00.00%-470-11.71%4,014Orange5,14345.03%4,40638.58%8967.85%8527.46%1231.08%10.01%7376.45%11,421Placer1,91343.91%1,82341.84%48111.04%1252.87%150.34%00.00%902.07%4,357Plumas76242.78%74241.66%23613.25%301.68%110.62%00.00%201.12%1,781Riverside5,14650.94%2,96329.33%1,03610.25%8348.25%1241.23%00.00%2,18321.61%10,103Sacramento7,53439.23%9,86951.39%1,5538.09%2131.11%360.19%00.00%-2,335-12.16%19,205San Benito1,05440.96%1,25348.70%1796.96%742.88%130.51%00.00%-199-7.73%2,573San Bernardino6,20240.42%5,83538.03%1,90112.39%1,2338.04%1721.12%00.00%3672.39%15,343San Diego7,92236.46%9,73144.79%2,87313.22%1,1395.24%630.29%00.00%-1,809-8.33%21,728San Francisco38,61038.17%48,95348.40%12,35412.21%1,1581.14%650.06%80.01%-10,343-10.23%101,148San Joaquin4,31431.40%7,96958.00%9957.24%4263.10%350.25%00.00%-3,655-26.60%13,739San Luis Obispo2,37342.73%2,24840.48%70412.68%2143.85%130.23%10.02%1252.25%5,553San Mateo2,82540.44%3,24646.47%82711.84%801.15%70.10%00.00%-421-6.03%6,985Santa Barbara3,39546.78%2,81938.84%6198.53%3574.92%680.94%00.00%5767.94%7,258Santa Clara10,86846.97%9,17339.64%2,0688.94%8243.56%1730.75%330.14%1,6957.33%23,139Santa Cruz3,05942.77%2,87540.20%89212.47%3234.52%30.04%00.00%1842.57%7,152Shasta1,63634.93%2,04043.55%93820.03%541.15%160.34%00.00%-404-8.63%4,684Sierra48341.71%51544.47%13311.49%131.12%100.86%40.35%-32-2.76%1,158Siskiyou1,74034.99%2,46549.57%63312.73%1042.09%290.58%20.04%-725-14.58%4,973Solano3,35341.95%3,65045.66%7819.77%1692.11%400.50%00.00%-297-3.72%7,993Sonoma5,80640.89%6,50045.78%1,49410.52%3672.58%320.23%00.00%-694-4.89%14,199Stanislaus3,14339.78%3,12739.58%7499.48%86410.94%170.22%00.00%160.20%7,900Sutter84641.11%1,06351.65%793.84%653.16%50.24%00.00%-217-10.54%2,058Tehama1,21836.01%1,59547.16%38811.47%1684.97%130.38%00.00%-377-11.15%3,382Trinity34334.44%46146.29%18218.27%90.90%10.10%00.00%-118-11.85%996Tulare4,28342.21%4,29342.31%1,23312.15%2652.61%730.72%00.00%-10-0.10%10,147Tuolumne75528.76%1,45955.58%36313.83%381.45%80.30%20.08%-704-26.82%2,625Ventura2,05542.52%2,10843.62%4268.81%1693.50%711.47%40.08%-53-1.10%4,833Yolo1,33233.35%2,23956.06%3017.54%1132.83%90.23%00.00%-907-22.71%3,994Yuba1,13243.36%1,24247.57%1867.12%341.30%170.65%00.00%-110-4.21%2,611Total 283,61041.834%283,43641.808%79,20111.68%23,3663.45%3,9140.58%4,4170.65%1740.026%677,944 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 8em Amador Butte Calaveras Fresno Kern Kings Lassen Madera Marin Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Sacramento San Benito San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Mateo Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Sutter Tehama Tulare Trinity Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba See also United States presidential elections in California Notes References California 1912 Category:1912 California elections