The 1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. This was the first time that Arizona and New Mexico took part in a presidential election having been admitted to the Union earlier in the year. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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This election was a four-way contest. Pennsylvania voted for the Progressive nominee former President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt over the Democratic nominee New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, Republican nominee President William Howard Taft, and Socialist Party of America nominee union leader Eugene V. Debs. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.04%. He also became the first non-Republican candidate to win Pennsylvania since Democratic candidate and native son James Buchanan won the state in 1856.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Wayne County, Snyder County, and Union County did not vote for the Republican candidate.[1]
Results
edit| 1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 444,894 | 36.53% | 38 | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 395,637 | 32.49% | 0 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 273,360 | 22.45% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 83,614 | 6.87% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 19,525 | 1.60% | 0 | |
| Industrialist | Arthur Reimer | 706 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,217,736 | 100.00% | 40 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Woodrow Wilson[3] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[3] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Eugene V. Debs[4] Socialist |
Eugene Chafin[4] Prohibition |
Arthur Reimer[4] Industrialist |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 3,682 | 51.07% | 819 | 11.36% | 2,548 | 35.34% | 90 | 1.25% | 67 | 0.93% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,134 | 15.73% | 7,210 |
| Allegheny | 31,417 | 24.86% | 23,822 | 18.85% | 50,017 | 39.57% | 19,554 | 15.47% | 1,402 | 1.11% | 174 | 0.14% | -18,600 | -14.72% | 126,386 |
| Armstrong | 3,027 | 30.06% | 1,904 | 18.91% | 4,297 | 42.67% | 643 | 6.39% | 198 | 1.97% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,270 | -12.61% | 10,070 |
| Beaver | 3,037 | 24.10% | 2,759 | 21.89% | 4,517 | 35.84% | 1,748 | 13.87% | 534 | 4.24% | 7 | 0.06% | -1,480 | -11.74% | 12,602 |
| Bedford | 2,694 | 36.68% | 1,140 | 15.52% | 2,971 | 40.45% | 423 | 5.76% | 115 | 1.57% | 1 | 0.01% | -277 | -3.77% | 7,344 |
| Berks | 16,430 | 47.54% | 3,032 | 8.77% | 11,284 | 32.65% | 3,636 | 10.52% | 160 | 0.46% | 18 | 0.05% | 5,146 | 14.89% | 34,560 |
| Blair | 4,108 | 23.78% | 3,138 | 18.16% | 8,179 | 47.34% | 1,599 | 9.26% | 223 | 1.29% | 29 | 0.17% | -4,071 | -23.56% | 17,276 |
| Bradford | 2,960 | 27.01% | 2,034 | 18.56% | 5,379 | 49.09% | 238 | 2.17% | 342 | 3.12% | 4 | 0.04% | -2,419 | -22.08% | 10,957 |
| Bucks | 6,773 | 39.75% | 5,452 | 32.00% | 4,280 | 25.12% | 411 | 2.41% | 119 | 0.70% | 2 | 0.01% | 1,321[b] | 7.75% | 17,037 |
| Butler | 4,022 | 35.86% | 1,273 | 11.35% | 4,327 | 38.58% | 450 | 4.01% | 1,139 | 10.16% | 4 | 0.04% | -305 | -2.72% | 11,215 |
| Cambria | 7,282 | 33.52% | 3,252 | 14.97% | 10,066 | 46.33% | 869 | 4.00% | 243 | 1.12% | 13 | 0.06% | -2,784 | -12.81% | 21,725 |
| Cameron | 291 | 22.58% | 388 | 30.10% | 553 | 42.90% | 36 | 2.79% | 20 | 1.55% | 1 | 0.08% | -165[c] | -12.80% | 1,289 |
| Carbon | 3,652 | 40.88% | 1,246 | 13.95% | 3,549 | 39.72% | 428 | 4.79% | 57 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.02% | 103 | 1.15% | 8,934 |
| Centre | 3,445 | 43.46% | 1,507 | 19.01% | 2,612 | 32.95% | 227 | 2.86% | 132 | 1.67% | 3 | 0.04% | 833 | 10.51% | 7,926 |
| Chester | 6,901 | 34.88% | 5,708 | 28.85% | 6,596 | 33.34% | 314 | 1.59% | 263 | 1.33% | 4 | 0.02% | 305 | 1.54% | 19,786 |
| Clarion | 3,079 | 49.17% | 916 | 14.63% | 1,724 | 27.53% | 315 | 5.03% | 224 | 3.58% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,355 | 21.64% | 6,262 |
| Clearfield | 4,670 | 36.20% | 1,523 | 11.81% | 4,902 | 38.00% | 1,410 | 10.93% | 381 | 2.95% | 14 | 0.11% | -232 | -1.80% | 12,900 |
| Clinton | 2,200 | 36.45% | 1,214 | 20.12% | 1,926 | 31.91% | 613 | 10.16% | 77 | 1.28% | 5 | 0.08% | 274 | 4.54% | 6,035 |
| Columbia | 4,905 | 55.05% | 889 | 9.98% | 2,697 | 30.27% | 242 | 2.72% | 175 | 1.96% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,208 | 24.78% | 8,910 |
| Crawford | 3,908 | 32.17% | 2,497 | 20.56% | 4,139 | 34.07% | 1,041 | 8.57% | 556 | 4.58% | 6 | 0.05% | -231 | -1.90% | 12,147 |
| Cumberland | 5,023 | 42.89% | 2,566 | 21.91% | 3,507 | 29.94% | 345 | 2.95% | 262 | 2.24% | 9 | 0.08% | 1,516 | 12.94% | 11,712 |
| Dauphin | 7,470 | 28.93% | 6,012 | 23.29% | 10,676 | 41.35% | 1,363 | 5.28% | 287 | 1.11% | 11 | 0.04% | -3,206 | -12.42% | 25,819 |
| Delaware | 6,001 | 25.82% | 8,418 | 36.23% | 8,272 | 35.60% | 374 | 1.61% | 170 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.01% | 146[c] | 0.63% | 23,238 |
| Elk | 2,057 | 35.82% | 603 | 10.50% | 2,638 | 45.94% | 363 | 6.32% | 79 | 1.38% | 2 | 0.03% | -581 | -10.12% | 5,742 |
| Erie | 5,633 | 30.60% | 4,958 | 26.93% | 5,019 | 27.27% | 1,972 | 10.71% | 800 | 4.35% | 26 | 0.14% | 614 | 3.34% | 18,408 |
| Fayette | 7,363 | 38.97% | 4,168 | 22.06% | 4,257 | 22.53% | 2,462 | 13.03% | 632 | 3.35% | 10 | 0.05% | 3,106 | 16.44% | 18,892 |
| Forest | 373 | 23.91% | 240 | 15.38% | 588 | 37.69% | 263 | 16.86% | 96 | 6.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -215 | -13.78% | 1,560 |
| Franklin | 4,505 | 39.10% | 2,710 | 23.52% | 3,787 | 32.86% | 414 | 3.59% | 105 | 0.91% | 2 | 0.02% | 718 | 6.23% | 11,523 |
| Fulton | 1,080 | 52.25% | 317 | 15.34% | 622 | 30.09% | 23 | 1.11% | 24 | 1.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 458 | 22.16% | 2,067 |
| Greene | 3,551 | 58.67% | 1,150 | 19.00% | 1,063 | 17.56% | 176 | 2.91% | 109 | 1.80% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,401[b] | 39.67% | 6,052 |
| Huntingdon | 1,538 | 24.41% | 903 | 14.33% | 3,493 | 55.44% | 263 | 4.17% | 102 | 1.62% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,955 | -31.03% | 6,300 |
| Indiana | 1,593 | 18.72% | 1,720 | 20.21% | 3,969 | 46.64% | 524 | 6.16% | 695 | 8.17% | 9 | 0.11% | -2,249[c] | -26.43% | 8,510 |
| Jefferson | 2,510 | 29.11% | 1,608 | 18.65% | 3,501 | 40.61% | 572 | 6.63% | 430 | 4.99% | 1 | 0.01% | -991 | -11.49% | 8,622 |
| Juniata | 1,148 | 40.91% | 374 | 13.33% | 1,184 | 42.20% | 73 | 2.60% | 27 | 0.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -36 | -1.28% | 2,806 |
| Lackawanna | 12,423 | 37.78% | 3,799 | 11.55% | 15,199 | 46.22% | 959 | 2.92% | 489 | 1.49% | 14 | 0.04% | -2,776 | -8.44% | 32,883 |
| Lancaster | 8,574 | 25.01% | 12,668 | 36.95% | 12,031 | 35.09% | 687 | 2.00% | 310 | 0.90% | 12 | 0.04% | 637[c] | 1.86% | 34,282 |
| Lawrence | 1,976 | 20.07% | 2,128 | 21.62% | 3,348 | 34.01% | 1,641 | 16.67% | 749 | 7.61% | 3 | 0.03% | -1,220[c] | -12.39% | 9,845 |
| Lebanon | 2,972 | 28.09% | 2,378 | 22.48% | 4,540 | 42.91% | 393 | 3.71% | 296 | 2.80% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,568 | -14.82% | 10,580 |
| Lehigh | 10,834 | 48.56% | 2,722 | 12.20% | 7,580 | 33.97% | 1,059 | 4.75% | 106 | 0.48% | 10 | 0.04% | 3,254 | 14.58% | 22,311 |
| Luzerne | 13,461 | 32.56% | 4,970 | 12.02% | 20,104 | 48.63% | 2,464 | 5.96% | 320 | 0.77% | 19 | 0.05% | -6,643 | -16.07% | 41,338 |
| Lycoming | 6,039 | 40.73% | 1,631 | 11.00% | 5,208 | 35.13% | 1,523 | 10.27% | 423 | 2.85% | 3 | 0.02% | 831 | 5.60% | 14,827 |
| McKean | 2,362 | 29.52% | 1,345 | 16.81% | 3,489 | 43.61% | 512 | 6.40% | 275 | 3.44% | 18 | 0.22% | -1,127 | -14.09% | 8,001 |
| Mercer | 4,039 | 31.76% | 1,873 | 14.73% | 4,418 | 34.74% | 1,708 | 13.43% | 677 | 5.32% | 3 | 0.02% | -379 | -2.98% | 12,718 |
| Mifflin | 1,400 | 31.25% | 654 | 14.60% | 1,831 | 40.87% | 531 | 11.85% | 62 | 1.38% | 2 | 0.04% | -431 | -9.62% | 4,480 |
| Monroe | 3,107 | 67.48% | 536 | 11.64% | 844 | 18.33% | 23 | 0.50% | 93 | 2.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,263 | 49.15% | 4,604 |
| Montgomery | 11,894 | 35.37% | 8,978 | 26.69% | 11,491 | 34.17% | 1,129 | 3.36% | 136 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.01% | 403 | 1.20% | 33,632 |
| Montour | 1,492 | 53.19% | 308 | 10.98% | 937 | 33.40% | 39 | 1.39% | 29 | 1.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 555 | 19.79% | 2,805 |
| Northampton | 10,325 | 47.50% | 3,893 | 17.91% | 6,602 | 30.37% | 639 | 2.94% | 274 | 1.26% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,723 | 17.13% | 21,736 |
| Northumberland | 6,802 | 35.53% | 2,371 | 12.39% | 7,064 | 36.90% | 2,726 | 14.24% | 172 | 0.90% | 9 | 0.05% | -262 | -1.37% | 19,144 |
| Perry | 1,941 | 39.98% | 1,140 | 23.48% | 1,670 | 34.40% | 72 | 1.48% | 28 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.08% | 271 | 5.58% | 4,855 |
| Philadelphia | 66,308 | 26.35% | 91,944 | 36.53% | 82,963 | 32.96% | 9,784 | 3.89% | 571 | 0.23% | 120 | 0.05% | 8,981[c] | 3.57% | 251,690 |
| Pike | 995 | 59.83% | 191 | 11.49% | 437 | 26.28% | 18 | 1.08% | 20 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.12% | 558 | 33.55% | 1,663 |
| Potter | 1,445 | 30.88% | 850 | 18.17% | 1,907 | 40.76% | 310 | 6.63% | 167 | 3.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -462 | -9.87% | 4,679 |
| Schuylkill | 11,812 | 36.83% | 3,557 | 11.09% | 13,686 | 42.67% | 2,846 | 8.87% | 161 | 0.50% | 13 | 0.04% | -1,874 | -5.84% | 32,075 |
| Snyder | 991 | 29.76% | 626 | 18.80% | 1,622 | 48.71% | 74 | 2.22% | 14 | 0.42% | 3 | 0.09% | -631 | -18.95% | 3,330 |
| Somerset | 2,164 | 22.57% | 1,428 | 14.89% | 5,026 | 52.42% | 655 | 6.83% | 314 | 3.27% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,862 | -29.85% | 9,588 |
| Sullivan | 912 | 44.12% | 547 | 26.46% | 472 | 22.84% | 43 | 2.08% | 88 | 4.26% | 5 | 0.24% | 365[b] | 17.66% | 2,067 |
| Susquehanna | 2,588 | 34.98% | 1,988 | 26.87% | 2,498 | 33.77% | 25 | 0.34% | 298 | 4.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 90 | 1.22% | 7,398 |
| Tioga | 1,901 | 22.48% | 1,895 | 22.40% | 4,314 | 51.00% | 130 | 1.54% | 217 | 2.57% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,413 | -28.53% | 8,458 |
| Union | 1,126 | 32.50% | 470 | 13.56% | 1,776 | 51.26% | 48 | 1.39% | 42 | 1.21% | 3 | 0.09% | -650 | -18.76% | 3,465 |
| Venango | 2,507 | 27.57% | 1,660 | 18.26% | 3,111 | 34.22% | 1,214 | 13.35% | 599 | 6.59% | 1 | 0.01% | -604 | -6.64% | 9,092 |
| Warren | 1,686 | 23.23% | 1,564 | 21.55% | 2,934 | 40.42% | 628 | 8.65% | 439 | 6.05% | 7 | 0.10% | -1,248 | -17.19% | 7,258 |
| Washington | 5,563 | 29.75% | 4,297 | 22.98% | 6,395 | 34.20% | 2,050 | 10.96% | 385 | 2.06% | 7 | 0.04% | -832 | -4.45% | 18,697 |
| Wayne | 1,924 | 35.90% | 659 | 12.29% | 2,863 | 48.40% | 52 | 0.97% | 129 | 2.41% | 2 | 0.04% | -670 | -12.50% | 5,360 |
| Westmoreland | 9,262 | 31.58% | 4,299 | 14.66% | 10,193 | 34.76% | 4,622 | 15.76% | 900 | 3.07% | 49 | 0.17% | -931 | -3.17% | 29,325 |
| Wyoming | 1,505 | 42.60% | 480 | 13.59% | 1,464 | 41.44% | 33 | 0.93% | 51 | 1.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 41 | 1.16% | 3,533 |
| York | 14,979 | 49.61% | 5,251 | 17.39% | 8,007 | 26.52% | 1,503 | 4.98% | 446 | 1.48% | 9 | 0.03% | 6,972 | 23.09% | 30,195 |
| Totals | 395,637 | 32.49% | 273,360 | 22.45% | 444,894 | 36.53% | 83,614 | 6.87% | 19,525 | 1.60% | 706 | 0.06% | -49,257 | -4.04% | 1,217,736 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Because in Pennsylvania as a whole Roosevelt ran first with Wilson second and both ahead of Taft, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote, and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage, unless otherwise noted.
- ^ a b c In this county where Roosevelt ran third behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
- ^ a b c d e f In this county where Wilson ran third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
References
edit- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ David Leip. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b c Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b c Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)