United States presidential election in Washington (state), 1912
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Washington voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Washington was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 35.22 percent of the popular vote against the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 26.90 percent of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 21.82 percent of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 12.43% of the popular vote[1].
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 113,698 | 35.22% | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 86,840 | 26.90% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 70,445 | 21.82% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 40,134 | 12.43% | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 9,810 | 3.04% | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 1,872 | 0.58% | |
Total votes | 322,799 | 100% |
Results by county
Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive |
Eugene Debs[4] Socialist |
Eugene Chafin[4] Prohibition |
Arthur Reimer[4] Socialist Labor |
Total votes cast | |||||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 949 | 40.59% | 398 | 17.02% | 788 | 33.70% | 155 | 6.63% | 42 | 1.80% | 6 | 0.26% | 2,338 |
Asotin | 551 | 29.86% | 579 | 31.38% | 513 | 27.80% | 133 | 7.21% | 66 | 3.58% | 3 | 0.16% | 1,845 |
Benton | 1,238 | 32.50% | 728 | 19.11% | 1,373 | 36.05% | 356 | 9.35% | 78 | 2.05% | 36 | 0.95% | 3,809 |
Chehalis | 1,953 | 22.16% | 3,055 | 34.66% | 1,847 | 20.96% | 1,683 | 19.09% | 228 | 2.59% | 48 | 0.54% | 8,814 |
Chelan | 1,331 | 25.84% | 970 | 18.83% | 1,994 | 38.72% | 623 | 12.10% | 204 | 3.96% | 28 | 0.54% | 5,150 |
Clallam | 464 | 18.30% | 727 | 28.67% | 686 | 27.05% | 610 | 24.05% | 36 | 1.42% | 13 | 0.51% | 2,536 |
Clark | 2,549 | 31.82% | 1,872 | 23.37% | 2,082 | 25.99% | 966 | 12.06% | 513 | 6.40% | 28 | 0.35% | 8,010 |
Columbia | 855 | 33.35% | 673 | 26.25% | 803 | 31.32% | 172 | 6.71% | 59 | 2.30% | 2 | 0.08% | 2,564 |
Cowlitz | 919 | 23.63% | 1,348 | 34.66% | 1,006 | 25.87% | 527 | 13.55% | 79 | 2.03% | 10 | 0.26% | 3,889 |
Douglas | 1,357 | 42.61% | 642 | 20.16% | 794 | 24.93% | 316 | 9.92% | 65 | 2.04% | 11 | 0.35% | 3,185 |
Ferry | 609 | 36.08% | 286 | 16.94% | 502 | 29.74% | 269 | 15.94% | 13 | 0.77% | 9 | 0.53% | 1,688 |
Franklin | 612 | 34.29% | 293 | 16.41% | 525 | 29.41% | 302 | 16.92% | 38 | 2.13% | 15 | 0.84% | 1,785 |
Garfield | 426 | 27.36% | 345 | 22.16% | 667 | 42.84% | 86 | 5.52% | 32 | 2.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,557 |
Grant | 771 | 29.32% | 458 | 17.41% | 914 | 34.75% | 414 | 15.74% | 62 | 2.36% | 11 | 0.42% | 2,630 |
Island | 310 | 19.71% | 332 | 21.11% | 503 | 31.98% | 347 | 22.06% | 80 | 5.09% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,573 |
Jefferson | 642 | 27.60% | 636 | 27.34% | 741 | 31.86% | 285 | 12.25% | 11 | 0.47% | 11 | 0.47% | 2,326 |
King | 20,088 | 28.17% | 15,579 | 21.85% | 26,887 | 37.70% | 6,839 | 9.59% | 1,251 | 1.75% | 665 | 0.93% | 71,309 |
Kitsap | 969 | 15.93% | 1,224 | 20.12% | 2,321 | 38.16% | 1,429 | 23.50% | 101 | 1.66% | 38 | 0.62% | 6,082 |
Kittitas | 1,407 | 27.29% | 1,157 | 22.44% | 1,902 | 36.89% | 515 | 9.99% | 142 | 2.75% | 33 | 0.64% | 5,156 |
Klickitat | 1,028 | 29.72% | 1,163 | 33.62% | 795 | 22.98% | 351 | 10.15% | 107 | 3.09% | 15 | 0.43% | 3,459 |
Lewis | 2,471 | 25.25% | 3,200 | 32.70% | 2,032 | 20.76% | 1,637 | 16.73% | 410 | 4.19% | 36 | 0.37% | 9,786 |
Lincoln | 1,829 | 38.26% | 691 | 14.46% | 1,864 | 39.00% | 293 | 6.13% | 88 | 1.84% | 15 | 0.31% | 4,780 |
Mason | 522 | 29.03% | 439 | 24.42% | 464 | 25.81% | 339 | 18.85% | 22 | 1.22% | 12 | 0.67% | 1,798 |
Okanogan | 1,461 | 34.47% | 804 | 18.97% | 1,088 | 25.67% | 827 | 19.51% | 38 | 0.90% | 21 | 0.50% | 4,239 |
Pacific | 971 | 23.85% | 1,375 | 33.77% | 1,251 | 30.72% | 382 | 9.38% | 82 | 2.01% | 11 | 0.27% | 4,072 |
Pend Oreille | 747 | 35.67% | 305 | 14.57% | 716 | 34.19% | 288 | 13.75% | 32 | 1.53% | 6 | 0.29% | 2,094 |
Pierce | 6,855 | 21.65% | 6,517 | 20.59% | 13,074 | 41.30% | 4,075 | 12.87% | 964 | 3.05% | 172 | 0.54% | 31,657 |
San Juan | 311 | 25.10% | 341 | 27.52% | 346 | 27.93% | 217 | 17.51% | 18 | 1.45% | 6 | 0.48% | 1,239 |
Skagit | 1,962 | 21.24% | 2,399 | 25.97% | 2,529 | 27.38% | 1,781 | 19.28% | 508 | 5.50% | 58 | 0.63% | 9,237 |
Skamania | 262 | 31.57% | 251 | 30.24% | 218 | 26.27% | 86 | 10.36% | 10 | 1.20% | 3 | 0.36% | 830 |
Snohomish | 3,846 | 20.05% | 3,007 | 15.68% | 7,347 | 38.30% | 3,969 | 20.69% | 896 | 4.67% | 117 | 0.61% | 19,182 |
Spokane | 10,845 | 30.75% | 4,205 | 11.92% | 16,687 | 47.31% | 2,553 | 7.24% | 779 | 2.21% | 199 | 0.56% | 35,268 |
Stevens | 1,979 | 32.98% | 810 | 13.50% | 1,971 | 32.84% | 988 | 16.46% | 227 | 3.78% | 26 | 0.43% | 6,001 |
Thurston | 1,456 | 23.07% | 1,937 | 30.69% | 1,471 | 23.31% | 1,160 | 18.38% | 270 | 4.28% | 17 | 0.27% | 6,311 |
Wahkiakum | 185 | 20.93% | 282 | 31.90% | 287 | 32.47% | 111 | 12.56% | 14 | 1.58% | 5 | 0.57% | 884 |
Walla Walla | 2,507 | 32.72% | 1,937 | 25.28% | 2,727 | 35.59% | 346 | 4.52% | 125 | 1.63% | 21 | 0.27% | 7,663 |
Whatcom | 2,773 | 18.48% | 4,187 | 27.90% | 4,562 | 30.40% | 2,809 | 18.72% | 573 | 3.82% | 101 | 0.67% | 15,005 |
Whitman | 3,621 | 36.42% | 1,989 | 20.00% | 3,061 | 30.79% | 631 | 6.35% | 617 | 6.21% | 24 | 0.24% | 9,943 |
Yakima | 3,209 | 24.49% | 3,304 | 25.21% | 4,360 | 33.27% | 1,264 | 9.65% | 930 | 7.10% | 38 | 0.29% | 13,105 |
Totals | 86,840 | 26.90% | 70,445 | 21.82% | 113,698 | 35.22% | 40,134 | 12.43% | 9,810 | 3.04% | 1,872 | 0.58% | 322,799 |
References
- 1 2 "1912 Presidential Election Results Washington".
- 1 2 Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
- ↑ Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
- 1 2 3 Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (xlsx file for €15)