1912 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1912 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana File:Flag of Indiana (1903–1917).png presidential no 1908 United States presidential election in Indiana 1908 1916 United States presidential election in Indiana 1916 November 5, 1912 77.8%Madison 1986 330 12.1 pp 200x200px File:Woodrow Wilson Portrait 1912 (3x4 cropped).tif Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 15 281,890 43.07% File:Theodore Roosevelt-Pach (cropped).jpg Theodore Roosevelt Bull Moose Party New York Hiram Johnson 0 162,007 24.75% File:William Howard Taft Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio Nicholas Murray Butlerbutler Replacing James S. Sherman. 0 151,267 23.11% Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Emil Seidel 0 36,931 5.64% 1912 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Wilson #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Roosevelt #c7ffaf 30–40% Taft #ffccd0 30–40% #f2b3be 40–50% President William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. The Democratic ticket of the governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson and the governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall defeated the Progressive ticket of the former president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and the governor of California Hiram Johnson. The Republican ticket of the incumbent president William Howard Taft and the president of Columbia University Nicholas Murray Butler finished third, and the Socialist ticket of the former member of the Indiana House of Representatives Eugene V. Debs and the mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Emil Seidel finished fourth. Wilson defeated Roosevelt, Taft, and Debs in the national election with 435 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 78 General election Statistics Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Hamilton County, Indiana. 2024 11 As of 2024, this remains the only occasion on which Hamilton County voted for the Democratic ticket.Aasen 2014 Results Indiana chose 15 electors on a statewide general ticket. State law required voters to elect each member of the Electoral College individually, rather than as a group.Indiana 1912 181 This sometimes resulted in small differences in the number of votes cast for electors pledged to the same presidential candidate, if some voters did not vote for all the electors nominated by a party.Petersen 1963 vii The following table quotes the official returns published by the secretary of state of Indiana, which list the votes for the first elector on each ticket.Ellingham 1912 92–93 1912 United States presidential election in IndianaEllingham 1912 92–93 Woodrow WilsonThomas R. Marshall Democratic Party (United States) 281,890 43.07 3.84 Theodore RooseveltHiram Johnson Bull Moose Party 162,007 24.75 24.75 William Howard TaftNicholas Murray Butlerbutler Republican Party (United States) 151,267 23.11 25.29 Eugene V. DebsEmil Seidel Socialist Party of America 36,931 5.64 3.77 Eugene W. ChafinAaron S. Watkins Prohibition Party 19,249 2.94 0.44 Arthur ReimerAugust Gilhaus Socialist Labor Party of America 3,130 0.48 0.39 654,474 100.00 Results by county + 1912 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyEllingham 1912 92–93 County Woodrow WilsonDemocratic Theodore RooseveltProgressive William H. TaftRepublican Eugene V. DebsSocialist Others MarginDifference of the Democratic vote and the Progressive vote, except where noted. Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 2,961 61.62% 732 15.23% 917 19.08% 30 0.62% 165 3.43% 2,044margin2 Difference of the Democratic vote and the Republican vote. 42.54% 4,805 Allen 8,659 46.63% 4,246 22.87% 3,423 18.43% 1,512 8.14% 729 3.93% 4,413 23.77% 18,569 Bartholomew 3,147 48.26% 1,604 24.60% 1,321 20.26% 196 3.01% 253 3.88% 1,543 23.66% 6,521 Benton 1,425 42.09% 796 23.51% 1,030 30.42% 30 0.89% 105 3.10% 395margin2 11.67% 3,386 Blackford 1,651 45.56% 1,163 32.09% 399 11.01% 256 7.06% 155 4.28% 488 13.47% 3,624 Boone 3,280 48.70% 2,014 29.90% 1,181 17.54% 90 1.34% 170 2.52% 1,266 18.80% 6,735 Brown 909 59.30% 253 16.50% 305 19.90% 12 0.78% 54 3.52% 604margin2 39.40% 1,533 Carroll 2,275 46.59% 926 18.96% 1,467 30.04% 83 1.70% 132 2.70% 808margin2 16.55% 4,883 Cass 4,421 46.48% 3,094 32.53% 1,573 16.54% 187 1.97% 236 2.48% 1,327 13.95% 9,511 Clark 3,315 48.93% 2,453 36.21% 805 11.88% 137 2.02% 65 0.96% 862 12.72% 6,775 Clay 3,297 45.12% 1,614 22.09% 1,494 20.45% 697 9.54% 205 2.81% 1,683 23.03% 7,307 Clinton 3,255 45.52% 1,281 17.92% 2,182 30.52% 219 3.06% 213 2.98% 1,073margin2 15.01% 7,150 Crawford 1,159 43.33% 542 20.26% 663 24.79% 128 4.79% 183 6.84% 496margin2 18.54% 2,675 Daviess 2,759 43.51% 1,061 16.73% 2,005 31.62% 327 5.16% 189 2.98% 754margin2 11.89% 6,341 Dearborn 2,957 56.13% 701 13.31% 1,366 25.93% 146 2.77% 98 1.86% 1,591margin2 30.20% 5,268 Decatur 2,246 43.44% 1,436 27.78% 1,263 24.43% 88 1.70% 137 2.65% 810 15.67% 5,170 DeKalb 2,766 44.53% 1,623 26.13% 1,125 18.11% 437 7.04% 260 4.19% 1,143 18.40% 6,211 Delaware 4,313 35.13% 4,059 33.06% 2,018 16.44% 1,199 9.77% 689 5.61% 254 2.07% 12,278 Dubois 3,059 68.01% 606 13.47% 666 14.81% 106 2.36% 61 1.36% 2,393margin2 53.20% 4,498 Elkhart 4,300 37.22% 4,533 39.24% 1,199 10.38% 856 7.41% 665 5.76% -233 -2.02% 11,553 Fayette 1,455 36.20% 1,214 30.21% 1,030 25.63% 231 5.75% 89 2.21% 241 6.00% 4,019 Floyd 3,236 46.66% 2,580 37.20% 669 9.65% 341 4.92% 110 1.59% 656 9.46% 6,936 Fountain 2,499 46.19% 1,067 19.72% 1,560 28.84% 140 2.59% 144 2.66% 939margin2 17.36% 5,410 Franklin 2,306 58.00% 630 15.84% 929 23.36% 30 0.75% 81 2.04% 1,376margin2 34.62% 3,976 Fulton 2,022 45.60% 694 15.65% 1,427 32.18% 70 1.58% 221 4.98% 595margin2 13.42% 4,434 Gibson 3,250 44.44% 1,270 17.36% 2,266 30.98% 295 4.03% 233 3.19% 984margin2 13.45% 7,314 Grant 4,390 33.68% 2,185 16.76% 3,939 30.22% 1,323 10.15% 1,199 9.20% 451margin2 3.46% 13,036 Greene 3,373 39.28% 1,563 18.20% 2,156 25.11% 1,203 14.01% 291 3.39% 1,217margin2 14.17% 8,586 Hamilton 2,463 34.93% 1,834 26.01% 2,247 31.86% 90 1.28% 418 5.93% 216margin2 3.06% 7,052 Hancock 2,594 51.90% 1,375 27.51% 738 14.77% 133 2.66% 158 3.16% 1,219 24.39% 4,998 Harrison 2,106 47.34% 1,219 27.40% 900 20.23% 118 2.65% 106 2.38% 887 19.94% 4,449 Hendricks 2,372 43.10% 1,495 27.17% 1,439 26.15% 48 0.87% 149 2.71% 877 15.94% 5,503 Henry 2,687 34.82% 1,550 20.09% 2,479 32.12% 437 5.66% 564 7.31% 208margin2 2.70% 7,717 Howard 2,824 31.95% 2,184 24.71% 2,152 24.35% 1,107 12.52% 572 6.47% 640 7.24% 8,839 Huntington 3,119 41.72% 1,586 21.21% 2,108 28.20% 252 3.37% 411 5.50% 1,011margin2 13.52% 7,476 Jackson 3,225 56.91% 1,236 21.81% 921 16.25% 175 3.09% 110 1.94% 1,989 35.10% 5,667 Jasper 1,292 39.18% 694 21.04% 1,238 37.54% 14 0.42% 60 1.82% 54margin2 1.64% 3,298 Jay 2,786 44.29% 1,596 25.37% 1,282 20.38% 218 3.47% 408 6.49% 1,190 18.92% 6,290 Jefferson 2,325 45.31% 943 18.38% 1,563 30.46% 137 2.67% 163 3.18% 762margin2 14.85% 5,131 Jennings 1,577 44.69% 839 23.77% 955 27.06% 81 2.30% 77 2.18% 622margin2 17.63% 3,529 Johnson 2,890 52.59% 1,408 25.62% 924 16.82% 49 0.89% 224 4.08% 1,482 26.97% 5,495 Knox 4,448 45.61% 1,316 13.49% 2,805 28.76% 892 9.15% 291 2.98% 1,643margin2 16.85% 9,752 Kosciusko 2,817 39.02% 2,096 29.03% 1,767 24.47% 210 2.91% 330 4.57% 721 9.99% 7,220 LaGrange 1,233 35.11% 1,402 39.92% 758 21.58% 22 0.63% 97 2.76% -169 -4.81% 3,512 Lake 5,136 29.38% 5,659 32.37% 5,176 29.61% 1,182 6.76% 330 1.89% -483Difference of the Progressive vote and the Republican vote. -2.76% 17,483 LaPorte 4,847 44.62% 2,749 25.31% 2,701 24.87% 397 3.65% 168 1.55% 2,098 19.32% 10,862 Lawrence 2,579 37.70% 2,106 30.79% 1,633 23.87% 398 5.82% 124 1.81% 473 6.92% 6,840 Madison 6,676 42.37% 4,751 30.15% 1,771 11.24% 1,947 12.36% 612 3.88% 1,925 12.22% 15,757 Marion 29,805 44.22% 18,396 27.29% 12,280 18.22% 5,268 7.82% 1,659 2.46% 11,409 16.93% 67,408 Marshall 2,859 48.31% 1,490 25.18% 1,196 20.21% 164 2.77% 209 3.53% 1,369 23.13% 5,918 Martin 1,440 47.68% 553 18.31% 975 32.28% 22 0.73% 30 0.99% 465margin2 15.40% 3,020 Miami 3,366 44.92% 1,995 26.62% 1,426 19.03% 422 5.63% 285 3.80% 1,371 18.29% 7,494 Monroe 2,396 43.48% 1,497 27.16% 1,388 25.19% 84 1.52% 146 2.65% 899 16.31% 5,511 Montgomery 3,821 46.51% 1,246 15.17% 2,747 33.43% 173 2.11% 229 2.79% 1,074margin2 13.07% 8,216 Morgan 2,608 46.70% 1,236 22.13% 1,353 24.23% 185 3.31% 202 3.62% 1,255margin2 22.47% 5,584 Newton 965 36.92% 633 24.22% 892 34.12% 26 0.99% 98 3.75% 73margin2 2.79% 2,614 Noble 2,888 45.81% 1,760 27.92% 1,443 22.89% 106 1.68% 107 1.70% 1,128 17.89% 6,304 Ohio 553 49.07% 120 10.65% 406 36.02% 9 0.80% 39 3.46% 147margin2 13.04% 1,127 Orange 1,830 42.43% 849 19.68% 1,521 35.27% 53 1.23% 60 1.39% 309margin2 7.16% 4,313 Owen 1,621 48.32% 784 23.37% 711 21.19% 161 4.80% 78 2.32% 837 24.95% 3,355 Parke 2,031 38.93% 684 13.11% 1,891 36.25% 346 6.63% 265 5.08% 140margin2 2.68% 5,217 Perry 1,931 52.90% 1,130 30.96% 520 14.25% 34 0.93% 35 0.96% 801 21.95% 3,650 Pike 1,984 45.53% 489 11.22% 1,515 34.76% 298 6.84% 72 1.65% 469margin2 10.76% 4,358 Porter 1,352 31.59% 1,241 29.00% 1,510 35.28% 120 2.80% 57 1.33% -158margin2 -3.69% 4,280 Posey 2,767 55.55% 745 14.96% 1,193 23.95% 132 2.65% 144 2.89% 1,574margin2 31.60% 4,981 Pulaski 1,250 42.57% 586 19.96% 729 24.83% 135 4.60% 236 8.04% 521margin2 17.75% 2,936 Putnam 2,922 52.70% 1,079 19.46% 1,354 24.42% 91 1.64% 99 1.79% 1,568margin2 28.28% 5,545 Randolph 2,158 29.66% 2,471 33.97% 1,988 27.33% 272 3.74% 386 5.31% -313 -4.30% 7,275 Ripley 2,431 47.95% 884 17.44% 1,492 29.43% 163 3.21% 100 1.97% 939margin2 18.52% 5,070 Rush 2,312 41.39% 1,075 19.24% 1,931 34.57% 77 1.38% 191 3.42% 381margin2 6.82% 5,586 St. Joseph 5,391 34.56% 5,240 33.59% 3,146 20.17% 1,285 8.24% 539 3.45% 151 0.97% 15,601 Scott 1,033 53.17% 531 27.33% 327 16.83% 18 0.93% 34 1.75% 502 25.84% 1,943 Shelby 3,432 47.47% 1,969 27.23% 1,254 17.34% 319 4.41% 256 3.54% 1,463 20.24% 7,230 Spencer 2,428 47.50% 1,142 22.34% 1,268 24.80% 151 2.95% 123 2.41% 1,160margin2 22.69% 5,112 Starke 1,208 43.14% 696 24.86% 787 28.11% 54 1.93% 55 1.96% 421margin2 15.04% 2,800 Steuben 1,266 31.74% 1,210 30.33% 1,290 32.34% 41 1.03% 182 4.56% -24margin2 -0.60% 3,989 Sullivan 3,707 48.82% 1,068 14.07% 1,406 18.52% 1,045 13.76% 367 4.83% 2,301margin2 30.30% 7,593 Switzerland 1,342 49.93% 322 11.98% 882 32.81% 75 2.79% 67 2.49% 460margin2 17.12% 2,688 Tippecanoe 4,442 41.70% 2,838 26.64% 3,006 28.22% 191 1.79% 176 1.65% 1,436margin2 13.48% 10,653 Tipton 2,185 46.61% 914 19.50% 1,262 26.92% 113 4.56% 214 4.56 923margin2 19.69% 4,688 Union 705 39.34% 342 19.08% 643 35.88% 38 2.12% 64 3.57% 62margin2 3.46% 1,930 Vanderburgh 7,219 40.83% 2,738 15.48% 4,839 27.37% 2,572 14.55% 314 1.78% 2,380margin2 13.46% 17,682 Vermillion 1,780 36.46% 680 13.93% 1,621 33.20% 550 11.27% 251 5.14% 159margin2 3.26% 4,882 Vigo 7,256 40.18% 4,988 27.62% 3,103 17.18% 1,862 10.31% 851 4.71% 2,268 12.56% 18,060 Wabash 2,371 34.92% 2,432 35.82% 1,363 20.08% 308 4.54% 315 4.64% -61 -0.90% 6,789 Warren 872 30.49% 695 24.30% 1,183 41.36% 46 1.61% 64 2.24% -311margin2 -10.87% 2,860 Warrick 2,218 43.84% 819 16.19% 1,421 28.09% 310 6.13% 291 5.75% 797margin2 15.75% 5,059 Washington 2,233 53.31% 1,113 26.57% 712 17.00% 61 1.46% 70 1.67% 1,120 26.74% 4,189 Wayne 3,806 33.12% 4,457 38.79% 1,851 16.11% 1,032 8.98% 345 3.00% -651 -5.67% 11,491 Wells 2,760 54.20% 1,080 21.21% 812 15.95% 132 2.59% 308 6.05% 1,680 32.99% 5,092 White 2,059 44.38% 822 17.72% 1,613 34.77% 41 0.88% 104 2.24% 446margin2 9.61% 4,639 Whitley 2,206 48.96% 990 21.97% 1,082 24.01% 70 1.55% 158 3.51% 1,124margin2 24.94% 4,506TOTAL 281,890 43.07% 162,007 24.75% 151,267 23.11% 36,931 5.64% 22,379 3.42 119,883 18.32 654,474 See also United States presidential elections in Indiana Notes References Bibliography Aasen Adam An Uphill Battle Current in Carmel April 1, 2014 https://youarecurrent.com/2014/04/01/an-uphill-battle/ Ellingham L. G. Biennial Report of L. G. Ellingham, Secretary of State of the State of Indiana [...] 1912 none Indianapolis https://www.google.com/books/edition/Biennial_Report_of_Secretary_of_State_of/8CMwAQAAMAAJ Indiana Election Laws of Indiana [...] 1912 State Board of Election Commissioners Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000047489137&seq=1 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Indiana 1912 Category:1912 Indiana elections