1912 United States presidential election in Arizona

none June 2025 September 2023 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona presidential no 1916 United States presidential election in Arizona 1916 November 5, 1912 x200px Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 3 10,324 43.52% Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Progressive New York Hiram Johnson A2ED70 0 6,949 29.29% Eugene Debs portrait.jpeg Eugene V. Debs Socialist Party of America Indiana Emil Seidel 0 3,163 13.33% File:William Howard Taft Portrait (3x4 cropped).jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio Nicholas M. Butler 0 3,021 12.74% 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona results map by county.svg 250px County results Wilson #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% President William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) 1912 United States presidential election The 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In Arizona, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a state, as in the other states. This was the first presidential election Arizona participated in, as it had been admitted as the 48th state on February 14 of the same year. The state was won by Democratic Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson, running with Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall, with 43.52% of the popular vote. Wilson defeated three other major candidates including former progressive Republican President Theodore Roosevelt who ran under the Progressive Party challenging then current Republican conservative President William Howard Taft and earning nearly 29% of the total vote. Another third-party candidate, Eugene V. Debs ran under the Socialist Party of America garnering a large left wing voting base of 13%. President Taft finished fourth place at under 13% of the popular vote, the lowest support for a Republican nominee in Arizona state history due to his low approval ratings and a severe split in the GOP causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win the state despite receiving only 43.52% in total.1912 Presidential Election Results Arizona http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1912&fips=4&f=0&off=0&elect=0 In 1912, more than 87% of Arizonans voted for one of three economically left-leaning candidates (Wilson, Roosevelt, Debs). Only 13% of the state sided with the conservative incumbent President Taft, who moved further to the right during his one term presidency. Arizona also voted in large numbers for two major third-party candidates; Theodore Roosevelt and Eugene Debs, both of whom won a combined 43% of the popular vote, nearly the same as Wilson's vote total. Roosevelt's 29.29% remains the best-ever third-party presidential performance in Arizona history. Party division among Republican voters helped Wilson carry every single county in Arizona, winning all but three of them with less than a majority. Arizona was one of only three states outside the former Confederate States of America in which the combined total of Roosevelt and Taft would not have defeated Wilson, the other two being Kentucky and Oklahoma (although the latter did not have Roosevelt on the ballot). This makes Arizona the sole non-southern or border state in which Wilson would have won over the combined Republican vote (though Arizonan territory was claimed by the Confederacy in the Civil War). Beginning with this election, Arizona voted for every presidential election winner until 1960.Thomas, G. Scott; The Pursuit of the White House: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics and History, p. 420 0313257957 Results 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) #5600AB 10,324 43.52% Theodore Roosevelt Progressive #90EE90 6,949 29.29% Eugene V. Debs Socialist #8B0000 3,163 13.33% William Howard Taft (incumbent) Republican #FF0000 3,021 12.74% Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition #FF00FF 265 1.12% 23,722 100% + General election resultsGeneral election returns, State of Arizona, November 5, 1912 State of Arizona official canvass https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/102390 Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Wiley E. Jones10,324 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson V. T. Webb10,174 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson John R. Hampton10,130 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt E. S. Clark6,949 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt John C. Greenway6,879 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Dwight B. Heard6,873 Socialist Party of America Eugene V. Debs J. L. Brooks3,163 Socialist Party of America Eugene V. Debs E. B. Simanton3,139 Socialist Party of America Eugene V. Debs Paul E. White3,132 Republican Party William Howard Taft Hoval A. Smith3,021 Republican Party William Howard Taft Fred S. Breen2,986 Republican Party William Howard Taft Walter Talbot2,975 Prohibition Party Eugene Wilder Chafin Thomas F. Wilson265 Prohibition Party Eugene Wilder Chafin J. Stanley Howard221 Prohibition Party Eugene Wilder Chafin Roy E. Sibley219Total votes 23,722 Results by county CountyWoodrow WilsonGéoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote https://web.archive.org/web/20180613185010/http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1912.htm 2018-06-13 (.xlsx file for €15)DemocraticWilliam Howard Taft"differences" There exist differences between the Géoelections and Dave Leip totals in this county for the Taft ticket only. This table’s figures are the Leip totals.RepublicanTheodore RooseveltProgressiveEugene V. DebsGéoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)SocialistEugene ChafinProhibitionMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Apache 108 42.35% 56 21.96% 79 30.98% 10 3.92% 2 0.78% 29 11.37% 255 Cochise 1,973 42.71% 403"differences" 8.72% 1,396 30.22% 819 17.73% 28 0.61% 577 12.49% 4,619 Coconino 339 39.65% 237"differences" 27.72% 178 20.82% 96 11.23% 5 0.58% 102 11.93% 855 Gila 779 38.09% 210"differences" 10.27% 542 26.50% 501 24.50% 13 0.64% 237 11.59% 2,045 Graham 540 51.09% 103"differences" 9.74% 243 22.99% 164 15.52% 7 0.66% 297 28.10% 1,057 Greenlee 652 55.54% 109"differences" 9.28% 287 24.45% 122 10.39% 4 0.34% 365 31.09% 1,174 Maricopa 2,606 45.97% 642"differences" 11.32% 1,818 32.07% 472 8.33% 131 2.31% 788 13.90% 5,669 Mohave 320 39.70% 69"differences" 8.56% 228 28.29% 184 22.83% 5 0.62% 92 11.41% 806 Navajo 287 39.05% 168"differences" 22.86% 233 31.70% 40 5.44% 7 0.95% 54 7.35% 735 Pima 693 38.41% 353"differences" 19.57% 615 34.09% 109 6.04% 34 1.88% 78 4.32% 1,804 Pinal 352 43.73% 80"differences" 9.94% 311 38.63% 61 7.58% 1 0.12% 41 5.10% 805 Santa Cruz 250 53.30% 56 11.94% 123 26.23% 38 8.10% 2 0.43% 127 27.07% 469 Yavapai 1,001 42.38% 445"differences" 18.84% 537 22.73% 358 15.16% 21 0.89% 464 19.65% 2,362 Yuma 424 39.74% 90"differences" 8.43% 359 33.65% 189 17.71% 5 0.47% 65 6.09% 1,067Totals10,32443.52%3,021"differences"12.74%6,94929.29%3,16313.33%2651.12%3,37514.23%23,722 See also United States presidential elections in Arizona Notes References Arizona 1912 Category:1912 Arizona elections