1912 United States presidential election in Missouri
The 1912 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Missouri voters chose eighteen representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Missouri was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 47.35% 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 29.75% of the popular vote and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 17.80% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Douglas County and Ozark County did not vote for the Republican Presidential candidate.[2][3]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 330,746 | 47.35% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 207,821 | 29.75% | |
Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 124,375 | 17.80% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 28,466 | 4.07% | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 5,380 | 0.77% | |
Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 1,778 | 0.25% | |
Total votes | 698,566 | 100% |
Results by county
County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 1,784 | 36.46% | 1,427 | 29.16% | 1,200 | 24.52% | 398 | 8.13% | 84 | 1.72% | 357 | 7.30% | 4,893 |
Andrew | 1,750 | 45.00% | 1,634 | 42.02% | 432 | 11.11% | 31 | 0.80% | 42 | 1.08% | 116 | 2.98% | 3,889 |
Atchison | 1,534 | 46.53% | 1,138 | 34.52% | 529 | 16.04% | 37 | 1.12% | 59 | 1.79% | 396 | 12.01% | 3,297 |
Audrain | 3,332 | 64.79% | 1,360 | 26.44% | 377 | 7.33% | 31 | 0.60% | 43 | 0.84% | 1,972 | 38.34% | 5,143 |
Barry | 2,300 | 45.65% | 1,396 | 27.71% | 1,053 | 20.90% | 227 | 4.51% | 62 | 1.23% | 904 | 17.94% | 5,038 |
Barton | 1,791 | 47.12% | 1,010 | 26.57% | 639 | 16.81% | 280 | 7.37% | 81 | 2.13% | 781 | 20.55% | 3,801 |
Bates | 3,057 | 50.72% | 1,383 | 22.95% | 1,301 | 21.59% | 151 | 2.51% | 135 | 2.24% | 1,674 | 27.78% | 6,027 |
Benton | 1,209 | 39.57% | 1,142 | 37.38% | 618 | 20.23% | 54 | 1.77% | 32 | 1.05% | 67 | 2.19% | 3,055 |
Bollinger | 1,512 | 48.93% | 1,100 | 35.60% | 348 | 11.26% | 102 | 3.30% | 28 | 0.91% | 412 | 13.33% | 3,090 |
Boone | 5,027 | 70.23% | 1,350 | 18.86% | 695 | 9.71% | 54 | 0.75% | 32 | 0.45% | 3,677 | 51.37% | 7,158 |
Buchanan | 8,869 | 53.18% | 4,412 | 26.46% | 2,639 | 15.83% | 623 | 3.74% | 133 | 0.80% | 4,457 | 26.73% | 16,676 |
Butler | 1,946 | 41.71% | 1,851 | 39.68% | 408 | 8.75% | 407 | 8.72% | 53 | 1.14% | 95 | 2.04% | 4,665 |
Caldwell | 1,483 | 40.36% | 1,187 | 32.31% | 965 | 26.27% | 6 | 0.16% | 33 | 0.90% | 296 | 8.06% | 3,674 |
Callaway | 3,544 | 65.61% | 1,525 | 28.23% | 284 | 5.26% | 13 | 0.24% | 36 | 0.67% | 2,019 | 37.38% | 5,402 |
Camden | 667 | 35.69% | 918 | 49.12% | 246 | 13.16% | 30 | 1.61% | 8 | 0.43% | -251 | -13.43% | 1,869 |
Cape Girardeau | 2,587 | 44.19% | 2,203 | 37.63% | 899 | 15.36% | 110 | 1.88% | 55 | 0.94% | 384 | 6.56% | 5,854 |
Carroll | 2,648 | 46.80% | 1,519 | 26.85% | 1,361 | 24.05% | 73 | 1.29% | 57 | 1.01% | 1,129 | 19.95% | 5,658 |
Carter | 458 | 49.46% | 256 | 27.65% | 116 | 12.53% | 78 | 8.42% | 18 | 1.94% | 202 | 21.81% | 926 |
Cass | 3,247 | 57.70% | 1,034 | 18.38% | 1,178 | 20.93% | 103 | 1.83% | 65 | 1.16% | 2,069[lower-alpha 1] | 36.77% | 5,627 |
Cedar | 1,392 | 40.42% | 1,242 | 36.06% | 623 | 18.09% | 134 | 3.89% | 53 | 1.54% | 150 | 4.36% | 3,444 |
Chariton | 3,112 | 56.90% | 1,528 | 27.94% | 745 | 13.62% | 37 | 0.68% | 47 | 0.86% | 1,584 | 28.96% | 5,469 |
Christian | 793 | 26.07% | 1,203 | 39.55% | 832 | 27.35% | 176 | 5.79% | 38 | 1.25% | 371[lower-alpha 2] | 12.20% | 3,042 |
Clark | 1,586 | 47.73% | 1,214 | 36.53% | 484 | 14.57% | 12 | 0.36% | 27 | 0.81% | 372 | 11.19% | 3,323 |
Clay | 3,417 | 72.00% | 592 | 12.47% | 679 | 14.31% | 41 | 0.86% | 17 | 0.36% | 2,738[lower-alpha 1] | 57.69% | 4,746 |
Clinton | 1,968 | 56.42% | 777 | 22.28% | 679 | 19.47% | 10 | 0.29% | 54 | 1.55% | 1,191 | 34.15% | 3,488 |
Cole | 2,447 | 50.29% | 2,103 | 43.22% | 252 | 5.18% | 45 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.39% | 344 | 7.07% | 4,866 |
Cooper | 2,444 | 48.28% | 2,270 | 44.84% | 299 | 5.91% | 26 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.45% | 174 | 3.44% | 5,062 |
Crawford | 1,037 | 41.71% | 1,045 | 42.04% | 327 | 13.15% | 54 | 2.17% | 23 | 0.93% | -8 | -0.32% | 2,486 |
Dade | 1,313 | 38.81% | 1,196 | 35.35% | 776 | 22.94% | 59 | 1.74% | 39 | 1.15% | 117 | 3.46% | 3,383 |
Dallas | 870 | 35.61% | 1,051 | 43.02% | 480 | 19.65% | 24 | 0.98% | 18 | 0.74% | -181 | -7.41% | 2,443 |
Daviess | 2,284 | 49.29% | 1,099 | 23.72% | 1,170 | 25.25% | 12 | 0.26% | 69 | 1.49% | 1,114[lower-alpha 1] | 24.04% | 4,634 |
DeKalb | 1,652 | 50.18% | 1,090 | 33.11% | 499 | 15.16% | 16 | 0.49% | 35 | 1.06% | 562 | 17.07% | 3,292 |
Dent | 1,280 | 51.38% | 959 | 38.50% | 153 | 6.14% | 79 | 3.17% | 20 | 0.80% | 321 | 12.89% | 2,491 |
Douglas | 566 | 20.23% | 855 | 30.56% | 1,092 | 39.03% | 255 | 9.11% | 30 | 1.07% | -237[lower-alpha 2] | -8.47% | 2,798 |
Dunklin | 2,723 | 51.89% | 987 | 18.81% | 494 | 9.41% | 1,001 | 19.07% | 43 | 0.82% | 1,722[lower-alpha 3] | 32.81% | 5,248 |
Franklin | 2,239 | 40.02% | 2,424 | 43.32% | 671 | 11.99% | 213 | 3.81% | 48 | 0.86% | -185 | -3.31% | 5,595 |
Gasconade | 518 | 19.84% | 1,539 | 58.94% | 495 | 18.96% | 25 | 0.96% | 34 | 1.30% | -1,021 | -39.10% | 2,611 |
Gentry | 2,268 | 54.25% | 1,268 | 30.33% | 524 | 12.53% | 56 | 1.34% | 65 | 1.55% | 1,000 | 23.92% | 4,181 |
Greene | 5,089 | 40.52% | 4,350 | 34.63% | 2,184 | 17.39% | 758 | 6.04% | 179 | 1.43% | 739 | 5.88% | 12,560 |
Grundy | 1,310 | 33.44% | 1,051 | 26.83% | 1,484 | 37.89% | 24 | 0.61% | 48 | 1.23% | -174[lower-alpha 1] | -4.44% | 3,917 |
Harrison | 1,985 | 38.62% | 2,081 | 40.49% | 965 | 18.77% | 37 | 0.72% | 72 | 1.40% | -96 | -1.87% | 5,140 |
Henry | 3,396 | 53.78% | 1,162 | 18.40% | 1,500 | 23.75% | 132 | 2.09% | 125 | 1.98% | 1,896[lower-alpha 1] | 30.02% | 6,315 |
Hickory | 421 | 26.25% | 735 | 45.82% | 375 | 23.38% | 58 | 3.62% | 15 | 0.94% | -314 | -19.58% | 1,604 |
Holt | 1,519 | 41.14% | 1,522 | 41.22% | 583 | 15.79% | 23 | 0.62% | 45 | 1.22% | -3 | -0.08% | 3,692 |
Howard | 2,672 | 70.48% | 896 | 23.63% | 192 | 5.06% | 15 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.42% | 1,776 | 46.85% | 3,791 |
Howell | 1,565 | 36.45% | 1,465 | 34.12% | 836 | 19.47% | 368 | 8.57% | 60 | 1.40% | 100 | 2.33% | 4,294 |
Iron | 845 | 51.03% | 666 | 40.22% | 65 | 3.93% | 55 | 3.32% | 25 | 1.51% | 179 | 10.81% | 1,656 |
Jackson | 32,209 | 50.97% | 5,618 | 8.89% | 23,152 | 36.64% | 1,697 | 2.69% | 518 | 0.82% | 9,057[lower-alpha 1] | 14.33% | 63,194 |
Jasper | 6,789 | 40.64% | 4,571 | 27.36% | 3,309 | 19.81% | 1,676 | 10.03% | 359 | 2.15% | 2,218 | 13.28% | 16,704 |
Jefferson | 2,368 | 45.47% | 2,127 | 40.84% | 485 | 9.31% | 200 | 3.84% | 28 | 0.54% | 241 | 4.63% | 5,208 |
Johnson | 3,468 | 52.87% | 1,772 | 27.02% | 1,141 | 17.40% | 95 | 1.45% | 83 | 1.27% | 1,696 | 25.86% | 6,559 |
Knox | 1,666 | 52.99% | 1,092 | 34.73% | 297 | 9.45% | 43 | 1.37% | 46 | 1.46% | 574 | 18.26% | 3,144 |
Laclede | 1,634 | 44.03% | 1,478 | 39.83% | 463 | 12.48% | 113 | 3.05% | 23 | 0.62% | 156 | 4.20% | 3,711 |
Lafayette | 3,650 | 48.93% | 2,367 | 31.73% | 1,241 | 16.64% | 157 | 2.10% | 44 | 0.59% | 1,283 | 17.20% | 7,459 |
Lawrence | 2,384 | 42.45% | 1,312 | 23.36% | 1,536 | 27.35% | 311 | 5.54% | 73 | 1.30% | 848[lower-alpha 1] | 15.10% | 5,616 |
Lewis | 2,340 | 62.27% | 1,004 | 26.72% | 334 | 8.89% | 47 | 1.25% | 33 | 0.88% | 1,336 | 35.55% | 3,758 |
Lincoln | 2,326 | 61.32% | 1,258 | 33.17% | 167 | 4.40% | 10 | 0.26% | 32 | 0.84% | 1,068 | 28.16% | 3,793 |
Linn | 2,890 | 48.13% | 1,452 | 24.18% | 1,434 | 23.88% | 131 | 2.18% | 97 | 1.62% | 1,438 | 23.95% | 6,004 |
Livingston | 2,314 | 48.04% | 885 | 18.37% | 1,502 | 31.18% | 58 | 1.20% | 58 | 1.20% | 812[lower-alpha 1] | 16.86% | 4,817 |
Macon | 3,610 | 51.68% | 1,288 | 18.44% | 1,830 | 26.20% | 171 | 2.45% | 86 | 1.23% | 1,780[lower-alpha 1] | 25.48% | 6,985 |
Madison | 1,126 | 51.18% | 827 | 37.59% | 171 | 7.77% | 53 | 2.41% | 23 | 1.05% | 299 | 13.59% | 2,200 |
Maries | 1,096 | 63.39% | 448 | 25.91% | 128 | 7.40% | 39 | 2.26% | 18 | 1.04% | 648 | 37.48% | 1,729 |
Marion | 3,471 | 58.74% | 1,693 | 28.65% | 531 | 8.99% | 125 | 2.12% | 89 | 1.51% | 1,778 | 30.09% | 5,909 |
McDonald | 1,326 | 46.06% | 916 | 31.82% | 442 | 15.35% | 157 | 5.45% | 38 | 1.32% | 410 | 14.24% | 2,879 |
Mercer | 780 | 27.34% | 995 | 34.88% | 996 | 34.91% | 42 | 1.47% | 40 | 1.40% | -1[lower-alpha 2] | -0.04% | 2,853 |
Miller | 1,257 | 39.52% | 1,240 | 38.98% | 512 | 16.10% | 143 | 4.50% | 29 | 0.91% | 17 | 0.53% | 3,181 |
Mississippi | 1,388 | 52.20% | 1,050 | 39.49% | 78 | 2.93% | 119 | 4.48% | 24 | 0.90% | 338 | 12.71% | 2,659 |
Moniteau | 1,612 | 48.76% | 1,375 | 41.59% | 215 | 6.50% | 67 | 2.03% | 37 | 1.12% | 237 | 7.17% | 3,306 |
Monroe | 3,586 | 80.22% | 583 | 13.04% | 218 | 4.88% | 64 | 1.43% | 19 | 0.43% | 3,003 | 67.18% | 4,470 |
Montgomery | 1,883 | 48.54% | 1,697 | 43.75% | 219 | 5.65% | 23 | 0.59% | 57 | 1.47% | 186 | 4.80% | 3,879 |
Morgan | 1,163 | 42.68% | 1,239 | 45.47% | 282 | 10.35% | 19 | 0.70% | 22 | 0.81% | -76 | -2.79% | 2,725 |
New Madrid | 1,945 | 43.04% | 1,607 | 35.56% | 344 | 7.61% | 564 | 12.48% | 59 | 1.31% | 338 | 7.48% | 4,519 |
Newton | 2,421 | 44.84% | 1,470 | 27.23% | 1,033 | 19.13% | 341 | 6.32% | 134 | 2.48% | 951 | 17.61% | 5,399 |
Nodaway | 3,490 | 49.49% | 2,139 | 30.33% | 1,307 | 18.53% | 49 | 0.69% | 67 | 0.95% | 1,351 | 19.16% | 7,052 |
Oregon | 1,688 | 62.94% | 486 | 18.12% | 333 | 12.42% | 164 | 6.11% | 11 | 0.41% | 1,202 | 44.82% | 2,682 |
Osage | 1,394 | 47.69% | 981 | 33.56% | 485 | 16.59% | 29 | 0.99% | 34 | 1.16% | 413 | 14.13% | 2,923 |
Ozark | 575 | 27.05% | 695 | 32.69% | 787 | 37.02% | 50 | 2.35% | 19 | 0.89% | -92[lower-alpha 2] | -4.33% | 2,126 |
Pemiscot | 1,617 | 51.11% | 973 | 30.75% | 283 | 8.94% | 259 | 8.19% | 32 | 1.01% | 644 | 20.35% | 3,164 |
Perry | 1,564 | 45.85% | 1,735 | 50.86% | 86 | 2.52% | 15 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.32% | -171 | -5.01% | 3,411 |
Pettis | 3,771 | 47.12% | 2,423 | 30.28% | 1,512 | 18.89% | 210 | 2.62% | 87 | 1.09% | 1,348 | 16.84% | 8,003 |
Phelps | 1,565 | 55.58% | 782 | 27.77% | 379 | 13.46% | 63 | 2.24% | 27 | 0.96% | 783 | 27.81% | 2,816 |
Pike | 2,720 | 56.01% | 1,901 | 39.15% | 176 | 3.62% | 32 | 0.66% | 27 | 0.56% | 819 | 16.87% | 4,856 |
Platte | 2,535 | 73.58% | 510 | 14.80% | 375 | 10.89% | 11 | 0.32% | 14 | 0.41% | 2,025 | 58.78% | 3,445 |
Polk | 1,935 | 41.92% | 1,802 | 39.04% | 754 | 16.33% | 81 | 1.75% | 44 | 0.95% | 133 | 2.88% | 4,616 |
Pulaski | 1,268 | 56.66% | 631 | 28.19% | 267 | 11.93% | 40 | 1.79% | 32 | 1.43% | 637 | 28.46% | 2,238 |
Putnam | 933 | 27.96% | 1,859 | 55.71% | 420 | 12.59% | 64 | 1.92% | 61 | 1.83% | -926 | -27.75% | 3,337 |
Ralls | 1,734 | 67.13% | 591 | 22.88% | 240 | 9.29% | 8 | 0.31% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,143 | 44.25% | 2,583 |
Randolph | 4,186 | 68.18% | 1,126 | 18.34% | 641 | 10.44% | 119 | 1.94% | 68 | 1.11% | 3,060 | 49.84% | 6,140 |
Ray | 3,042 | 61.70% | 1,192 | 24.18% | 561 | 11.38% | 80 | 1.62% | 55 | 1.12% | 1,850 | 37.53% | 4,930 |
Reynolds | 1,030 | 62.27% | 367 | 22.19% | 169 | 10.22% | 77 | 4.66% | 11 | 0.67% | 663 | 40.08% | 1,654 |
Ripley | 1,249 | 51.17% | 651 | 26.67% | 353 | 14.46% | 157 | 6.43% | 31 | 1.27% | 598 | 24.50% | 2,441 |
Saint Charles | 1,792 | 37.36% | 2,350 | 49.00% | 525 | 10.95% | 105 | 2.19% | 24 | 0.50% | -558 | -11.63% | 4,796 |
Saint Clair | 1,710 | 46.00% | 1,046 | 28.14% | 727 | 19.56% | 190 | 5.11% | 44 | 1.18% | 664 | 17.86% | 3,717 |
Saint Francois | 2,786 | 44.76% | 2,305 | 37.03% | 344 | 5.53% | 732 | 11.76% | 58 | 0.93% | 481 | 7.73% | 6,225 |
Saint Louis County | 5,409 | 34.84% | 6,177 | 39.78% | 2,854 | 18.38% | 929 | 5.98% | 157 | 1.01% | -768 | -4.95% | 15,526 |
Saint Louis City | 58,845 | 41.93% | 46,509 | 33.14% | 24,746 | 17.63% | 9,159 | 6.53% | 1,068 | 0.76% | 12,336 | 8.79% | 140,327 |
Sainte Genevieve | 1,138 | 49.22% | 1,100 | 47.58% | 47 | 2.03% | 19 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.35% | 38 | 1.64% | 2,312 |
Saline | 3,929 | 57.01% | 1,443 | 20.94% | 1,413 | 20.50% | 41 | 0.59% | 66 | 0.96% | 2,486 | 36.07% | 6,892 |
Schuyler | 1,218 | 54.35% | 766 | 34.18% | 193 | 8.61% | 30 | 1.34% | 34 | 1.52% | 452 | 20.17% | 2,241 |
Scotland | 1,525 | 53.34% | 860 | 30.08% | 379 | 13.26% | 65 | 2.27% | 30 | 1.05% | 665 | 23.26% | 2,859 |
Scott | 1,945 | 46.45% | 1,235 | 29.50% | 303 | 7.24% | 649 | 15.50% | 55 | 1.31% | 710 | 16.96% | 4,187 |
Shannon | 1,110 | 52.98% | 385 | 18.38% | 376 | 17.95% | 193 | 9.21% | 31 | 1.48% | 725 | 34.61% | 2,095 |
Shelby | 2,450 | 65.51% | 859 | 22.97% | 331 | 8.85% | 33 | 0.88% | 67 | 1.79% | 1,591 | 42.54% | 3,740 |
Stoddard | 2,603 | 49.54% | 1,363 | 25.94% | 586 | 11.15% | 648 | 12.33% | 54 | 1.03% | 1,240 | 23.60% | 5,254 |
Stone | 506 | 22.18% | 946 | 41.47% | 642 | 28.15% | 165 | 7.23% | 22 | 0.96% | 304[lower-alpha 2] | 13.33% | 2,281 |
Sullivan | 2,226 | 47.35% | 1,819 | 38.69% | 576 | 12.25% | 43 | 0.91% | 37 | 0.79% | 407 | 8.66% | 4,701 |
Taney | 588 | 32.98% | 852 | 47.78% | 259 | 14.53% | 72 | 4.04% | 12 | 0.67% | -264 | -14.81% | 1,783 |
Texas | 2,067 | 51.30% | 1,232 | 30.58% | 553 | 13.73% | 129 | 3.20% | 48 | 1.19% | 835 | 20.72% | 4,029 |
Vernon | 3,483 | 55.94% | 1,654 | 26.57% | 655 | 10.52% | 323 | 5.19% | 111 | 1.78% | 1,829 | 29.38% | 6,226 |
Warren | 431 | 21.09% | 1,067 | 52.20% | 499 | 24.41% | 36 | 1.76% | 11 | 0.54% | 568[lower-alpha 2] | 27.79% | 2,044 |
Washington | 1,121 | 43.69% | 1,059 | 41.27% | 307 | 11.96% | 53 | 2.07% | 26 | 1.01% | 62 | 2.42% | 2,566 |
Wayne | 1,432 | 48.26% | 1,052 | 35.46% | 304 | 10.25% | 152 | 5.12% | 27 | 0.91% | 380 | 12.81% | 2,967 |
Webster | 1,649 | 42.12% | 1,387 | 35.43% | 744 | 19.00% | 82 | 2.09% | 53 | 1.35% | 262 | 6.69% | 3,915 |
Worth | 973 | 49.49% | 769 | 39.11% | 183 | 9.31% | 6 | 0.31% | 35 | 1.78% | 204 | 10.38% | 1,966 |
Wright | 1,356 | 38.45% | 1,163 | 32.97% | 895 | 25.38% | 86 | 2.44% | 27 | 0.77% | 193 | 5.47% | 3,527 |
Totals | 330,746 | 47.35% | 207,821 | 29.75% | 124,375 | 17.80% | 28,466 | 4.07% | 7,158 | 1.02% | 122,925 | 17.60% | 698,566 |
Notes
- In this county where Taft finished third behind Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
- In this county where Wilson finished third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
- In this county where Debs ran second ahead of both Roosevelt and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Debs percentage.
References
- "1912 Presidential Election Results Missouri".
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 239-246 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
- Missouri Office of the Secretary of State Elections; ‘Vote for President, 1912’, Official Manual of the State of Missouri for the Years 1913-1914 pp. 755-756