1912 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Michigan was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 38.95% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 27.63% of the popular vote and Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 27.36% of the popular vote.[1]
Michigan was one only two states where Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson came in third behind former president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and the current president of the United States William Howard Taft - the only other such state being Vermont where Wilson finished a much more distant third. Since 1912 there has been only one occasion (Bill Clinton in Utah in 1992) where a winning presidential candidate finished third in any non-Confederate state. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Ottawa County, Sanilac County, and Missaukee County did not support the Republican candidate.[2][3] This was the only time Michigan ever voted for a third-party presidential candidate.
With 38.95% of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Roosevelt's third-strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage in the 1912 election after South Dakota and California.[4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 214,584 | 38.95% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 152,244 | 27.63% | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 150,751 | 27.36% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 23,211 | 4.21% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 8,934 | 1.62% | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 1,252 | 0.23% | |
| Total votes | 550,976 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | William Howard Taft Republican |
Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive |
Eugene Debs Socialist |
Eugene Chafin Prohibition |
Arthur Reimer Socialist Labor |
Margin[lower-alpha 1] | Total votes cast[5] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 291 | 29.45% | 145 | 14.68% | 461 | 46.66% | 81 | 8.20% | 9 | 0.91% | 1 | 0.10% | -170 | -17.21% | 988 |
| Alger | 290 | 26.56% | 263 | 24.08% | 469 | 42.95% | 53 | 4.85% | 17 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -179 | -16.39% | 1,092 |
| Allegan | 2,121 | 27.92% | 1,925 | 25.34% | 3,103 | 40.85% | 291 | 3.83% | 130 | 1.71% | 26 | 0.34% | -982[lower-alpha 2] | -12.93% | 7,596 |
| Alpena | 709 | 19.99% | 1,105 | 31.15% | 1,642 | 46.29% | 64 | 1.80% | 23 | 0.65% | 4 | 0.11% | -537 | -15.14% | 3,547 |
| Antrim | 603 | 24.22% | 450 | 18.07% | 1,221 | 49.04% | 180 | 7.23% | 36 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -618 | -24.82% | 2,490 |
| Arenac | 421 | 21.17% | 452 | 22.72% | 955 | 48.01% | 115 | 5.78% | 43 | 2.16% | 3 | 0.15% | -503[lower-alpha 2] | -25.29% | 1,989 |
| Baraga | 295 | 25.97% | 280 | 24.65% | 507 | 44.63% | 37 | 3.26% | 17 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -212 | -18.66% | 1,136 |
| Barry | 1,585 | 28.84% | 1,800 | 32.75% | 1,880 | 34.21% | 105 | 1.91% | 121 | 2.20% | 5 | 0.09% | -80[lower-alpha 2] | -1.46% | 5,496 |
| Bay | 2,625 | 23.43% | 2,990 | 26.68% | 4,748 | 42.37% | 521 | 4.65% | 238 | 2.12% | 83 | 0.74% | -1,758[lower-alpha 2] | -15.69% | 11,205 |
| Benzie | 568 | 29.69% | 326 | 17.04% | 645 | 33.72% | 264 | 13.80% | 102 | 5.33% | 8 | 0.42% | -77 | -4.03% | 1,913 |
| Berrien | 2,752 | 23.06% | 4,225 | 35.40% | 4,341 | 36.37% | 442 | 3.70% | 175 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -116[lower-alpha 2] | -0.97% | 11,935 |
| Branch | 1,865 | 30.11% | 2,185 | 35.28% | 1,840 | 29.71% | 170 | 2.75% | 125 | 2.02% | 8 | 0.13% | 320[lower-alpha 2] | 5.17% | 6,193 |
| Calhoun | 3,447 | 26.42% | 3,781 | 28.98% | 4,450 | 34.11% | 979 | 7.50% | 223 | 1.71% | 165 | 1.26% | -669[lower-alpha 2] | -5.13% | 13,045 |
| Cass | 1,462 | 27.14% | 2,076 | 38.54% | 1,433 | 26.60% | 343 | 6.37% | 73 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -614[lower-alpha 3] | -11.40% | 5,387 |
| Charlevoix | 1,296 | 36.82% | 566 | 16.08% | 1,201 | 34.12% | 407 | 11.56% | 44 | 1.25% | 6 | 0.17% | 95 | 2.70% | 3,520 |
| Cheboygan | 896 | 27.69% | 981 | 30.32% | 1,167 | 36.06% | 146 | 4.51% | 31 | 0.96% | 15 | 0.46% | -186[lower-alpha 2] | -5.75% | 3,236 |
| Chippewa | 889 | 23.31% | 879 | 23.05% | 1,599 | 41.92% | 192 | 5.03% | 248 | 6.50% | 7 | 0.18% | -710 | -18.62% | 3,814 |
| Clare | 563 | 30.99% | 435 | 23.94% | 658 | 36.21% | 125 | 6.88% | 29 | 1.60% | 7 | 0.39% | -95 | -5.23% | 1,827 |
| Clinton | 1,723 | 31.97% | 1,723 | 31.97% | 1,812 | 33.62% | 41 | 0.76% | 87 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.06% | -89[lower-alpha 4] | -1.65% | 5,389 |
| Crawford | 257 | 34.97% | 185 | 25.17% | 249 | 33.88% | 35 | 4.76% | 8 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.14% | 8 | 1.09% | 735 |
| Delta | 1,111 | 25.38% | 1,066 | 24.35% | 1,913 | 43.70% | 244 | 5.57% | 44 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -802 | -18.32% | 4,378 |
| Dickinson | 1,371 | 40.90% | 361 | 10.77% | 1,337 | 39.89% | 233 | 6.95% | 43 | 1.28% | 7 | 0.21% | 34 | 1.01% | 3,352 |
| Eaton | 2,333 | 32.02% | 2,482 | 34.06% | 2,217 | 30.42% | 125 | 1.72% | 111 | 1.52% | 19 | 0.26% | 149[lower-alpha 2] | 2.04% | 7,287 |
| Emmet | 830 | 25.00% | 920 | 27.71% | 1,100 | 33.13% | 417 | 12.56% | 53 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -180[lower-alpha 2] | -5.42% | 3,320 |
| Genesee | 3,426 | 25.73% | 3,005 | 22.57% | 5,934 | 44.57% | 659 | 4.95% | 255 | 1.92% | 34 | 0.26% | -2,508 | -18.84% | 13,313 |
| Gladwin | 638 | 39.07% | 331 | 20.27% | 549 | 33.62% | 85 | 5.21% | 25 | 1.53% | 5 | 0.31% | 89 | 5.45% | 1,633 |
| Gogebic | 818 | 26.92% | 572 | 18.82% | 1,360 | 44.75% | 124 | 4.08% | 146 | 4.80% | 19 | 0.63% | -542 | -17.83% | 3,039 |
| Grand Traverse | 899 | 23.25% | 937 | 24.23% | 1,676 | 43.34% | 283 | 7.32% | 53 | 1.37% | 19 | 0.49% | -739[lower-alpha 2] | -19.11% | 3,867 |
| Gratiot | 1,809 | 30.64% | 1,835 | 31.08% | 2,130 | 36.07% | 45 | 0.76% | 83 | 1.41% | 3 | 0.05% | -295[lower-alpha 2] | -5.00% | 5,905 |
| Hillsdale | 1,437 | 20.68% | 2,229 | 32.08% | 3,047 | 43.85% | 59 | 0.85% | 171 | 2.46% | 6 | 0.09% | -818[lower-alpha 2] | -11.77% | 6,949 |
| Houghton | 3,571 | 29.18% | 2,385 | 19.49% | 5,460 | 44.62% | 443 | 3.62% | 369 | 3.02% | 10 | 0.08% | -1,889[lower-alpha 2] | -15.44% | 12,238 |
| Huron | 1,813 | 28.61% | 1,236 | 19.50% | 3,165 | 49.94% | 68 | 1.07% | 53 | 0.84% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,352 | -21.34% | 6,337 |
| Ingham | 3,515 | 26.71% | 3,915 | 29.75% | 4,780 | 36.32% | 574 | 4.36% | 324 | 2.46% | 51 | 0.39% | -865[lower-alpha 2] | -6.57% | 13,159 |
| Ionia | 2,049 | 26.50% | 2,757 | 35.66% | 2,579 | 33.35% | 170 | 2.20% | 165 | 2.13% | 12 | 0.16% | 178[lower-alpha 2] | 2.30% | 7,732 |
| Iosco | 521 | 28.90% | 418 | 23.18% | 808 | 44.81% | 30 | 1.66% | 24 | 1.33% | 2 | 0.11% | -287 | -15.92% | 1,803 |
| Iron | 1,031 | 45.24% | 218 | 9.57% | 871 | 38.22% | 108 | 4.74% | 24 | 1.05% | 27 | 1.18% | 160 | 7.02% | 2,279 |
| Isabella | 1,417 | 29.71% | 1,389 | 29.13% | 1,754 | 36.78% | 141 | 2.96% | 64 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.08% | -337 | -7.07% | 4,769 |
| Jackson | 2,456 | 18.68% | 4,283 | 32.58% | 5,801 | 44.13% | 375 | 2.85% | 198 | 1.51% | 32 | 0.24% | -1,518[lower-alpha 2] | -11.55% | 13,145 |
| Kalamazoo | 2,642 | 21.47% | 3,660 | 29.74% | 4,125 | 33.51% | 1,438 | 11.68% | 403 | 3.27% | 40 | 0.32% | -465[lower-alpha 2] | -3.78% | 12,308 |
| Kalkaska | 488 | 32.28% | 293 | 21.11% | 473 | 34.08% | 126 | 9.08% | 44 | 3.17% | 4 | 0.29% | -25 | -1.80% | 1,428 |
| Kent | 6,498 | 20.35% | 9,412 | 29.48% | 13,610 | 42.63% | 1,899 | 5.95% | 447 | 1.40% | 60 | 0.19% | -4,198[lower-alpha 2] | -13.15% | 31,926 |
| Keweenaw | 495 | 44.80% | 59 | 5.34% | 500 | 45.25% | 33 | 2.99% | 17 | 1.54% | 1 | 0.09% | -5 | -0.45% | 1,105 |
| Lake | 227 | 24.02% | 186 | 19.68% | 478 | 50.58% | 45 | 4.76% | 9 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -251 | -26.56% | 945 |
| Lapeer | 1,728 | 32.09% | 1,200 | 22.28% | 2,311 | 42.92% | 39 | 0.72% | 103 | 1.91% | 4 | 0.07% | -583 | -10.83% | 5,385 |
| Leelanau | 621 | 35.42% | 344 | 19.62% | 678 | 38.68% | 84 | 4.79% | 21 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.29% | -57 | -3.25% | 1,753 |
| Lenawee | 2,996 | 27.02% | 4,239 | 38.23% | 3,497 | 31.54% | 139 | 1.25% | 218 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 742[lower-alpha 2] | 6.69% | 11,089 |
| Livingston | 1,408 | 28.49% | 1,960 | 39.66% | 1,455 | 29.44% | 14 | 0.28% | 104 | 2.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 505[lower-alpha 2] | 10.22% | 4,942 |
| Luce | 234 | 37.38% | 102 | 16.29% | 271 | 43.29% | 11 | 1.76% | 8 | 1.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -37 | -5.91% | 626 |
| Mackinac | 612 | 34.63% | 730 | 41.31% | 395 | 22.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 1.58% | 2 | 0.11% | -118[lower-alpha 3] | -6.68% | 1,767 |
| Macomb | 2,508 | 34.45% | 2,829 | 38.85% | 1,800 | 24.72% | 28 | 0.38% | 110 | 1.51% | 6 | 0.08% | -321[lower-alpha 3] | -4.41% | 7,281 |
| Manistee | 1,240 | 26.27% | 1,790 | 37.92% | 1,312 | 27.79% | 289 | 6.12% | 76 | 1.61% | 14 | 0.30% | 478[lower-alpha 2] | 10.12% | 4,721 |
| Marquette | 2,603 | 33.28% | 997 | 12.75% | 3,607 | 46.11% | 490 | 6.26% | 103 | 1.32% | 22 | 0.28% | -1,004 | -12.84% | 7,822 |
| Mason | 844 | 21.51% | 1,073 | 27.34% | 1,726 | 43.99% | 174 | 4.43% | 104 | 2.65% | 3 | 0.08% | -653[lower-alpha 2] | -16.64% | 3,924 |
| Mecosta | 1,059 | 26.84% | 958 | 24.28% | 1,637 | 41.50% | 201 | 5.10% | 85 | 2.15% | 5 | 0.13% | -578 | -14.65% | 3,945 |
| Menominee | 1,191 | 26.94% | 1,195 | 27.03% | 1,810 | 40.94% | 191 | 4.32% | 30 | 0.68% | 4 | 0.09% | -615[lower-alpha 2] | -13.91% | 4,421 |
| Midland | 902 | 29.09% | 671 | 21.64% | 1,440 | 46.44% | 44 | 1.42% | 43 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.03% | -538 | -17.35% | 3,101 |
| Missaukee | 671 | 32.88% | 347 | 17.00% | 899 | 44.05% | 83 | 4.07% | 33 | 1.62% | 8 | 0.39% | -228 | -11.17% | 2,041 |
| Monroe | 2,253 | 30.88% | 2,995 | 41.04% | 1,881 | 25.78% | 69 | 0.95% | 89 | 1.22% | 10 | 0.14% | -742[lower-alpha 3] | -10.17% | 7,297 |
| Montcalm | 1,874 | 28.80% | 1,373 | 21.10% | 2,843 | 43.68% | 288 | 4.43% | 112 | 1.72% | 18 | 0.28% | -969 | -14.89% | 6,508 |
| Montmorency | 325 | 43.62% | 163 | 21.88% | 238 | 31.95% | 16 | 2.15% | 3 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 11.68% | 745 |
| Muskegon | 1,523 | 18.47% | 1,678 | 20.35% | 4,314 | 52.32% | 633 | 7.68% | 70 | 0.85% | 28 | 0.34% | -2,636[lower-alpha 2] | -31.97% | 8,246 |
| Newaygo | 964 | 24.59% | 776 | 19.80% | 1,850 | 47.19% | 247 | 6.30% | 74 | 1.89% | 9 | 0.23% | -886 | -22.60% | 3,920 |
| Oakland | 4,083 | 35.46% | 3,668 | 31.86% | 3,296 | 28.63% | 213 | 1.85% | 249 | 2.16% | 4 | 0.03% | 415[lower-alpha 3] | 3.60% | 11,513 |
| Oceana | 857 | 23.00% | 796 | 21.36% | 1,827 | 49.03% | 119 | 3.19% | 116 | 3.11% | 11 | 0.30% | -970 | -26.03% | 3,726 |
| Ogemaw | 541 | 31.64% | 319 | 18.65% | 724 | 42.34% | 77 | 4.50% | 43 | 2.51% | 6 | 0.35% | -183 | -10.70% | 1,710 |
| Ontonagon | 719 | 41.13% | 359 | 20.54% | 513 | 29.35% | 137 | 7.84% | 20 | 1.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 206 | 11.78% | 1,748 |
| Osceola | 1,306 | 37.03% | 609 | 17.27% | 1,408 | 39.92% | 104 | 2.95% | 94 | 2.67% | 6 | 0.17% | -102 | -2.89% | 3,527 |
| Oscoda | 110 | 32.45% | 66 | 19.47% | 158 | 46.61% | 3 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.29% | -48 | -14.16% | 339 |
| Otsego | 448 | 42.79% | 194 | 18.53% | 378 | 36.10% | 12 | 1.15% | 15 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 70 | 6.69% | 1,047 |
| Ottawa | 1,825 | 20.87% | 2,036 | 23.28% | 4,411 | 50.43% | 333 | 3.81% | 125 | 1.43% | 16 | 0.18% | -2,375[lower-alpha 2] | -27.16% | 8,746 |
| Presque Isle | 729 | 37.42% | 259 | 13.30% | 890 | 45.69% | 59 | 3.03% | 10 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.05% | -161 | -8.26% | 1,948 |
| Roscommon | 134 | 22.60% | 150 | 25.30% | 273 | 46.04% | 30 | 5.06% | 5 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.17% | -123[lower-alpha 2] | -20.74% | 593 |
| Saginaw | 5,032 | 27.94% | 5,845 | 32.46% | 5,664 | 31.45% | 1,291 | 7.17% | 175 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 181[lower-alpha 2] | 1.01% | 18,007 |
| Sanilac | 2,166 | 32.19% | 1,161 | 17.26% | 3,215 | 47.79% | 69 | 1.03% | 113 | 1.68% | 4 | 0.06% | -1,049 | -15.59% | 6,728 |
| Schoolcraft | 595 | 37.95% | 337 | 21.49% | 570 | 36.35% | 49 | 3.13% | 14 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.19% | 25 | 1.59% | 1,568 |
| Shiawassee | 2,309 | 30.05% | 1,957 | 25.47% | 2,892 | 37.64% | 249 | 3.24% | 263 | 3.42% | 13 | 0.17% | -583 | -7.59% | 7,683 |
| St. Clair | 2,958 | 27.48% | 3,008 | 27.95% | 4,423 | 41.09% | 241 | 2.24% | 113 | 1.05% | 21 | 0.20% | -1,415[lower-alpha 2] | -13.15% | 10,764 |
| St. Joseph | 1,224 | 19.03% | 2,388 | 37.13% | 2,395 | 37.24% | 325 | 5.05% | 90 | 1.40% | 10 | 0.16% | -7[lower-alpha 2] | -0.11% | 6,432 |
| Tuscola | 2,559 | 34.65% | 1,255 | 16.99% | 3,353 | 45.40% | 59 | 0.80% | 148 | 2.00% | 11 | 0.15% | -794 | -10.75% | 7,385 |
| Van Buren | 2,101 | 29.01% | 1,994 | 27.53% | 2,809 | 38.79% | 250 | 3.45% | 88 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -708 | -9.78% | 7,242 |
| Washtenaw | 2,495 | 23.64% | 4,164 | 39.45% | 3,642 | 34.50% | 118 | 1.12% | 121 | 1.15% | 16 | 0.15% | 522[lower-alpha 2] | 4.95% | 10,556 |
| Wayne | 26,599 | 30.08% | 22,678 | 25.65% | 34,680 | 39.22% | 3,657 | 4.14% | 547 | 0.62% | 260 | 0.29% | -8,081 | -9.14% | 88,421 |
| Wexford | 1,075 | 26.52% | 817 | 20.15% | 1,710 | 42.18% | 310 | 7.65% | 126 | 3.11% | 16 | 0.39% | -635 | -15.66% | 4,054 |
| Totals | 152,244 | 27.63% | 150,751 | 27.36% | 214,584 | 38.95% | 23,211 | 4.21% | 8,934 | 1.62% | 1,252 | 0.23% | -62,340 | -11.31% | 550,976 |
Notes
- Because Roosevelt finished first in Michigan as a whole, and Taft was second and the first-finished major party nominee, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage – unless noted otherwise for the county in question.
- In this county where Wilson finished second ahead of Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
- In this county where both Wilson and Taft finished ahead of state winner Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Wilson vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Wilson percentage.
- In this county Wilson and Taft tied for second position, margin given is as usual Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote.
References
- "1912 Presidential Election Results Michigan".
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 222-227 ISBN 0786422173
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "1912 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Michigan Depart of State – Bureau of Elections; Michigan Manual (1913), pp. 672-673 (counties), 739 (total)
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