1912 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 January 2014 1912 United States presidential election 1912 United States presidential election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1908 United States presidential election in New York 1908 1916 United States presidential election in New York 1916 72.1%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 7.6 pp November 5, 1912 x160px Woodrow Wilson-H&E.jpg Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) New Jersey Thomas R. Marshall 45 655,573 41.27% Unsuccessful 1912.jpg William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Ohio Nicholas Murray Butler 0 455,487 28.68% Unsuccessful 1912 2.jpg Theodore Roosevelt Progressive New York Hiram Johnson 0 A2ED70 390,093 24.56% 400px 440px County results Wilson #d3e7ff 30–40%#b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60% Taft #ffccd0 30–40%#f2b3be 40–50% President William Howard Taft Republican Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson Democratic Party (United States) The 1912 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 5, 1912. All 48 contiguous states were part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was won by the Democratic nominees, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson and his running mate, Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Opposing him were the Republican nominees, incumbent President William Howard Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman, and the Progressive Party candidates, former President Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate California Governor Hiram Johnson. Also in the running was the Socialist Party candidate, Eugene V. Debs, who ran with Emil Seidel. Wilson won New York with a plurality of 41.27% of the vote, Taft came in second, with 28.68%, and Roosevelt came in third, with 24.56%. Wilson's margin over Taft was thus 12.59%, whilst Debs came in fourth, with 3.99%. In terms of margin, Wilson finished 18.6 percentage points ahead of Taft nationally, but only 12.6 percentage points ahead of Taft in New York State, so New York State weighed in at about 6% more Republican than the nation in the 1912 presidential election. Wilson's vote margin of victory over Taft in the state was by 200,086 votes. New York during the Fourth Party System was usually a Republican state in presidential elections. However, the strong third party run by former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt as the Bull Moose Party candidate against the incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft split the Republican vote, enabling Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic candidate to win New York's electoral votes in 1912 with a plurality of only 41% of the vote. This was the only presidential election during the Fourth Party System that New York voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Prior to 1912, New York had not given its electoral votes to a Democratic presidential candidate since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Wilson would lose New York State four years later in the midst of his re-election against native son Charles Evans Hughes in 1916, and the state would not vote Democratic again until 1932. Results 1912 United States presidential election in New Yorkhttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1912&fips=36&f=1 2013-07-27 1912 Presidential Election Results - New York Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Woodrow Wilson 655,573 41.27% 45 Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 455,487 28.68% 0 Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 390,093 24.56% 0 Socialist Eugene V. Debs 63,434 3.99% 0 Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 19,455 1.22% 0 Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 4,273 0.27% 0 Totals 1,588,315 100.0% 45 New York City results 1912 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal DemocraticWoodrow Wilson166,157109,74828,0768,445312,42647.06%47.79%44.86%50.32%53.60% ProgressiveTheodore Roosevelt98,98571,17314,9673,771188,89628.45%28.47%29.09%26.82%23.93% RepublicanWilliam Howard Taft63,10751,2399,2013,035126,58219.07%18.15%20.94%16.49%19.26% SocialistEugene V. Debs18,12411,4593,32932733,2395.01%5.21%4.68%5.97%2.08% Socialist LaborArthur E. Reimer930568117341,6490.25%0.27%0.23%0.21%0.22% ProhibitionEugene W. Chafin3524761081451,0810.16%0.10%0.19%0.19%0.92%TOTAL347,655244,66355,79815,757663,873100.00% Results by county County Woodrow WilsonDemocratic William Howard TaftRepublican Theodore RooseveltProgressive "Bull Moose" Eugene V. DebsGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1912debs.htm 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene DebsSocialist Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Arthur E. ReimerSocialist Labor Margin Total votescastRobinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 275-280 9780804716963 # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Albany17,23540.07%20,41847.47%4,48710.43%6251.45%1980.46%520.12%-3,183-7.40%43,015Allegany2,77728.15%3,66837.19%2,66427.01%2832.87%4494.55%230.23%-891-9.04%9,864Broome6,53335.79%7,94943.55%2,58614.17%3551.94%7984.37%310.17%-1,416-7.76%18,252Cattaraugus4,88634.02%4,82033.56%3,48724.28%6084.23%5373.74%250.17%660.46%14,363Cayuga4,69134.05%5,78842.01%2,42817.62%5263.82%2912.11%530.38%-1,097-7.96%13,777Chautauqua4,95422.68%7,89936.16%6,57730.11%1,3546.20%9474.34%1130.52%1,322 In this county where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Wilson, the margin and percentage margin given are those between Taft and Roosevelt (Taft positive).6.05%21,844Chemung6,00846.27%3,31725.54%2,73321.05%4103.16%4943.80%230.18%2,69120.73%12,985Chenango3,34135.29%4,04342.71%1,60917.00%981.04%3663.87%90.10%-702-7.42%9,466Clinton3,32338.09%3,90344.74%1,20713.84%520.60%2152.46%230.26%-580-6.65%8,723Columbia4,59946.73%3,74138.01%1,31813.39%780.79%900.91%150.15%8588.72%9,841Cortland2,28330.86%2,95939.99%1,62922.02%700.95%4466.03%120.16%-676-9.13%7,399Delaware4,51138.45%4,73140.32%1,89516.15%3292.80%2552.17%120.10%-220-1.87%11,733Dutchess8,87143.43%8,91643.65%2,12610.41%2041.00%2821.38%260.13%-45-0.22%20,425Erie33,51839.38%19,18522.54%26,35330.96%4,7795.61%6800.80%5980.70%7,165"RooseveltdTaft" In this county where Roosevelt ran second ahead of Taft, the margins given are those between Wilson and Roosevelt and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.8.42%85,113Essex2,07029.26%3,12744.20%1,72024.31%680.96%781.10%120.17%-1,057-14.94%7,075Franklin2,71132.30%3,93046.82%1,36316.24%740.88%2983.55%170.20%-1,219-14.52%8,393Fulton2,55025.90%3,74138.00%2,17322.07%1,04310.59%2702.74%690.70%-1,191-12.10%9,846Genesee2,65632.14%3,23139.10%2,06124.94%810.98%2252.72%100.12%-575-6.96%8,264Greene3,64748.82%2,71136.29%81810.95%931.24%1952.61%70.09%93612.53%7,471Hamilton49343.44%45440.00%16314.36%70.62%181.59%00.00%393.44%1,135Herkimer5,12237.72%4,66534.35%3,12923.04%4593.38%1631.20%420.31%4573.37%13,580Jefferson6,05434.35%6,69237.97%3,60320.44%6023.42%6353.60%380.22%-638-3.62%17,624Kings109,74844.86%51,23920.94%71,17329.09%11,4594.68%4760.19%5680.23%38,575"RooseveltdTaft"15.77%244,663Lewis2,33938.39%2,06433.87%1,51224.82%310.51%1392.28%80.13%2754.52%6,093Livingston3,20335.70%3,72641.52%1,78619.89%510.57%2002.23%70.08%-523-5.82%8,973Madison3,16431.86%3,49035.15%2,70927.28%2902.92%2452.47%320.32%-326-3.29%9,930Monroe17,86333.34%16,88031.51%14,91927.85%2,9435.49%7051.32%2670.50%9831.83%53,577Montgomery4,50837.57%5,04042.00%1,89415.78%4083.40%1211.01%280.23%-532-4.43%11,999Nassau7,07338.14%4,60824.85%6,56335.39%1500.81%1420.77%100.05%510"RooseveltdTaft"2.75%18,546New York166,15747.79%63,10718.15%98,98528.47%18,1245.21%3520.10%9300.27%67,172"RooseveltdTaft"19.32%347,655Niagara7,64740.66%5,65430.06%4,25622.63%7664.07%4272.27%580.31%1,99310.60%18,808Oneida12,18236.17%11,24533.39%8,33224.74%1,2673.76%4541.35%1960.58%9372.78%33,676Onondaga15,82734.47%16,20235.29%10,69423.29%2,4305.29%6021.31%1620.35%-375-0.82%45,917Ontario4,73438.55%4,89739.88%2,27818.55%1661.35%1911.56%130.11%-163-1.33%12,279Orange9,40439.14%10,36443.14%3,50914.61%3981.66%2811.17%700.29%-960-4.00%24,026Orleans2,44833.94%2,98341.36%1,43219.86%731.01%2683.72%80.11%-535-7.42%7,212Oswego5,25632.84%5,99637.47%3,95024.68%1490.93%6273.92%250.16%-740-4.63%16,003Otsego5,33842.23%5,13840.65%1,69613.42%1250.99%3352.65%90.07%2001.58%12,641Putnam1,32141.13%1,26739.45%59318.46%90.28%200.62%20.06%541.68%3,212Queens28,07650.32%9,20116.49%14,96726.82%3,3295.97%1080.19%1170.21%13,109"RooseveltdTaft"23.50%55,798Rensselaer11,68442.50%10,85339.48%3,73513.59%8593.12%2620.95%980.36%8313.02%27,491Richmond8,44553.60%3,03519.26%3,77123.93%3272.08%1450.92%340.22%4,674"RooseveltdTaft"29.67%15,757Rockland4,24146.87%2,22124.55%2,30225.44%1781.97%870.96%190.21%1,939"RooseveltdTaft"21.43%9,048Saratoga5,29636.16%6,40143.71%2,64018.03%310.21%2721.86%40.03%-1,105-7.55%14,644Schenectady5,34532.19%5,23031.49%2,22013.37%3,45620.81%2451.48%1110.67%1150.70%16,607Schoharie3,35551.58%2,39136.76%5808.92%410.63%1362.09%20.03%96414.82%6,505Schuyler1,41637.15%1,64943.26%52713.82%842.20%1283.36%80.21%-233-6.11%3,812Seneca2,57338.07%2,33634.57%1,08216.01%1982.93%5438.03%260.38%2373.50%6,758St. Lawrence5,32928.52%8,40444.98%4,22122.59%3411.82%3621.94%280.15%-3,075-16.46%18,685Steuben7,39638.97%5,98631.54%4,10921.65%6493.42%8134.28%270.14%1,4107.43%18,980Suffolk7,87840.08%5,59528.47%5,48427.90%3441.75%3191.62%350.18%2,28311.61%19,655Sullivan3,86447.75%3,03937.56%96111.88%1361.68%790.98%130.16%82510.19%8,092Tioga2,40037.31%2,64241.08%1,05216.36%1261.96%1993.09%130.20%-242-3.77%6,432Tompkins3,27240.38%2,23727.61%2,06825.52%1231.52%3774.65%260.32%1,03512.77%8,103Ulster8,51043.58%7,48538.33%2,95115.11%1510.77%4062.08%230.12%1,0255.25%19,526Warren2,80235.17%3,15539.60%1,60820.18%2553.20%1271.59%210.26%-353-4.43%7,968Washington3,55531.68%4,59340.94%2,60523.22%1981.76%2552.27%140.12%-1,038-9.26%11,220Wayne3,93433.26%4,77040.32%2,57421.76%820.69%4613.90%80.07%-836-7.06%11,829Westchester21,16039.40%15,84329.50%15,05128.02%1,3452.50%2890.54%230.04%5,3179.90%53,711Wyoming2,54132.05%2,83835.79%2,27028.63%610.77%2122.67%70.09%-297-3.74%7,929Yates1,45633.34%1,79541.10%90520.72%831.90%1152.63%130.30%-339-7.76%4,367Totals655,57341.27%455,48728.68%390,09324.56%63,4343.99%19,4551.22%4,2730.27%200,08612.79%1,588,315 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Cattaraugus Chemung Columbia Erie Greene Hamilton Herkimer Kings Lewis Monroe Nassau Niagara Oneida Otsego Putnam Rensselaer Rockland Schenectady Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tompkins Ulster Westchester Analysis Although Theodore Roosevelt finished strong for a third-party candidate with 24.56% of the vote, New York was not amongst his strongest states. New York's Republican Party organizationRobinson; Edgar Eugene; 'Distribution of the Presidential Vote of 1912'; The American Journal of Sociology; 20(1) (1914); pp. 18-30 and traditional Republican voters proved to be mostly loyal to President Taft as the official Republican nominee. While Roosevelt came in second place nationally ahead of Taft, Taft beat Roosevelt in New York State and finished second in the state behind Wilson. While Taft won the most counties in New York State, 32 compared to Wilson's 29, Roosevelt failed to win a single county in New York State. As a result, Roosevelt was the last candidate to claim an electoral vote in a presidential election without winning any county in his home state until Mitt Romney 100 years later.James B. Weaver, the Populist candidate in 1892, is the only other case since the Civil War: he won five states but no county in his home state of Iowa. Debs performed best in upstate Schenectady County, where he broke 20% of the vote, and it was the only county in the state where Debs finished third, ahead of Roosevelt. In the more sparsely populated rural counties of Upstate New York, Debs tended to be beaten down into fifth place by Prohibition candidate Chafin. While Debs got 3.99% of New York state's vote compared to Chafin's 1.22%, Debs finished below Chafin in 34 of the state's 61 counties. Wilson won many counties in New York which have been Republican bastions for most of history. However, aside from Schoharie County, every upstate county won by Wilson was won with a plurality of less than fifty percent of the vote and some with less than forty percent. He was the first Democrat to win Cattaraugus County since 1836, Herkimer, Tompkins, and Steuben counties since 1852, Lewis County since 1876, Monroe and Nassau counties for the first time ever, Oneida, Suffolk, Sullivan, and Otsego counties since 1884, and Putnam County since 1868. Wilson won pluralities in several suburban counties surrounding New York City and in Long Island, as well as several in upstate New York, that would not vote Democratic again until Lyndon B. Johnson swept the state in the 1964 Democratic landslide, namely Cattaraugus, Columbia, Herkimer, Lewis, Nassau, Putnam, Seneca, Steuben, Suffolk, Tompkins, Ulster, and Westchester counties. Johnson alone has since won PutnamThe Political Graveyard; Putnam County, New York and Steuben Counties.The Political Graveyard; Steuben County, New York Despite Wilson's relatively strong showing on the county map, upstate New York nevertheless remained one of the most loyally Republican regions in the nation in the 1912 election, and the majority of counties in the region still favored Taft. Taft's most significant wins in the state were his victories in Albany County, home to the state capital of Albany, and Onondaga County, home to the city of Syracuse, while most of his victories came from the many rural counties upstate. However, due to the Republican split, Wilson became the first Democrat to carry the state outside of New York City since 1852, albeit with a 15,000-vote plurality. This would not occur again until 1964. See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of William Howard Taft Presidency of Woodrow Wilson Notes References expanded New York 1912 Category:1912 New York (state) elections