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1912 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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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. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1912 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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Nominee Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson
Party Progressive Democratic
Home state New York New Jersey
Running mate Hiram Johnson Thomas R. Marshall
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 113,698 86,840
Percentage 35.22% 26.90%
 
Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Socialist
Home state Ohio Indiana
Running mate Nicholas Murray Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote 0 0
Popular vote 70,445 40,134
Percentage 21.82% 12.43%
County Results
President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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% of the popular vote against the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 26.90% 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% 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]

As a result of his win as a Progressive, Roosevelt became the first and only third party candidate to win the State of Washington. It is the only time ever that neighboring Oregon voted Democratic and Washington did not.

This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote. In 1910, the voters of Washington passed a constitutional amendment which granted full suffrage to women.

Results

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General Election Results[2]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Helen J. Scott 113,698
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt George H. Walker 113,533
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Austin Mires 113,474
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt G. Alfred Haynes 113,440
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt William J. Biggar 113,423
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Fred J. Meinike 113,401
Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Donald Urquhart 113,336
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Edward P. English 86,840
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Edward F. Hogan 86,644
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson J. D. Matthews 86,640
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Ande P. Anderson 86,592
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson William E. Cass 86,577
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Robert E. Tumstall 86,536
Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Robert A. Mullenger 86,442
Republican Party William Howard Taft George H. Rummens 70,445
Republican Party William Howard Taft William Joseph Smith 70,278
Republican Party William Howard Taft Nathan O. Richards 70,228
Republican Party William Howard Taft William George Potts 70,193
Republican Party William Howard Taft William Bishop 70,190
Republican Party William Howard Taft Alexander Polson 70,118
Republican Party William Howard Taft John A. Byerly 70,066
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Ernest Luhr 40,134
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Agnes J. Tompson 40,101
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Minnie Davis 40,073
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs I. P. Buck 40,034
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs J. C. Robbins 40,030
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs H. W. Sauser 40,010
Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Hortense Wagenknecht 39,989
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin John Anderson 9,810
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin JN. U. Blackmore 9,760
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Walter F. McDowell 9,753
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin H. J. Probstfeld 9,750
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin J. V. Mohr 9,749
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin W. A. Moore 9,743
Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin J. N. Emerson 9,736
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer James M. Carnahan 1,872
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer Andrew P. Anderson 1,851
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer Jerry E. Sullivan 1,842
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer James C. Anderson 1,834
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer W. Edward Clemont 1,833
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer Frederick Kurtzman 1,832
Socialist Labor Party Arthur E. Reimer Gustav Rush 1,823
Votes cast[a] 322,799

Results by county

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County Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive "Bull Moose" 		Woodrow Wilson
Democratic 		William Howard Taft
Republican 		Eugene V. Debs
Socialist 		Eugene W. Chafin
Prohibition 		Arthur E. Reimer
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 788 33.70% 949 40.59% 398 17.02% 155 6.63% 42 1.80% 6 0.26% -161 -6.89% 2,338
Asotin 513 27.80% 551 29.86% 579 31.38% 133 7.21% 66 3.58% 3 0.16% -28[c] -1.52% 1,845
Benton 1,373 36.05% 1,238 32.50% 728 19.11% 356 9.35% 78 2.05% 36 0.95% 135 3.54% 3,809
Chehalis 1,847 20.96% 1,953 22.16% 3,055 34.66% 1,683 19.09% 228 2.59% 48 0.54% -1,102[c] -12.50% 8,814
Chelan 1,994 38.72% 1,331 25.84% 970 18.83% 623 12.10% 204 3.96% 28 0.54% 663 12.87% 5,150
Clallam 686 27.05% 464 18.30% 727 28.67% 610 24.05% 36 1.42% 13 0.51% -41[d] -1.62% 2,536
Clark 2,082 25.99% 2,549 31.82% 1,872 23.37% 966 12.06% 513 6.40% 28 0.35% -467 -5.83% 8,010
Columbia 803 31.32% 855 33.35% 673 26.25% 172 6.71% 59 2.30% 2 0.08% -52 -2.03% 2,564
Cowlitz 1,006 25.87% 919 23.63% 1,348 34.66% 527 13.55% 79 2.03% 10 0.26% -342[d] -8.79% 3,889
Douglas 794 24.93% 1,357 42.61% 642 20.16% 316 9.92% 65 2.04% 11 0.35% -563 -17.68% 3,185
Ferry 502 29.74% 609 36.08% 286 16.94% 269 15.94% 13 0.77% 9 0.53% -107 -6.34% 1,688
Franklin 525 29.41% 612 34.29% 293 16.41% 302 16.92% 38 2.13% 15 0.84% -87 -4.87% 1,785
Garfield 667 42.84% 426 27.36% 345 22.16% 86 5.52% 32 2.06% 1 0.06% 241 15.48% 1,557
Grant 914 34.75% 771 29.32% 458 17.41% 414 15.74% 62 2.36% 11 0.42% 143 5.44% 2,630
Island 503 31.98% 310 19.71% 332 21.11% 347 22.06% 80 5.09% 1 0.06% 156[e] 9.92% 1,573
Jefferson 741 31.86% 642 27.60% 636 27.34% 285 12.25% 11 0.47% 11 0.47% 99 4.26% 2,326
King 26,887 37.70% 20,088 28.17% 15,579 21.85% 6,839 9.59% 1,251 1.75% 665 0.93% 6,799 9.53% 71,309
Kitsap 2,321 38.16% 969 15.93% 1,224 20.12% 1,429 23.50% 101 1.66% 38 0.62% 892[e] 14.67% 6,082
Kittitas 1,902 36.89% 1,407 27.29% 1,157 22.44% 515 9.99% 142 2.75% 33 0.64% 495 9.60% 5,156
Klickitat 795 22.98% 1,028 29.72% 1,163 33.62% 351 10.15% 107 3.09% 15 0.43% -135[c] -3.90% 3,459
Lewis 2,032 20.76% 2,471 25.25% 3,200 32.70% 1,637 16.73% 410 4.19% 36 0.37% -729[c] -7.45% 9,786
Lincoln 1,864 39.00% 1,829 38.26% 691 14.46% 293 6.13% 88 1.84% 15 0.31% 35 0.73% 4,780
Mason 464 25.81% 522 29.03% 439 24.42% 339 18.85% 22 1.22% 12 0.67% -58 -3.23% 1,798
Okanogan 1,088 25.67% 1,461 34.47% 804 18.97% 827 19.51% 38 0.90% 21 0.50% -373 -8.80% 4,239
Pacific 1,251 30.72% 971 23.85% 1,375 33.77% 382 9.38% 82 2.01% 11 0.27% -124[d] -3.05% 4,072
Pend Oreille 716 34.19% 747 35.67% 305 14.57% 288 13.75% 32 1.53% 6 0.29% -31 -1.48% 2,094
Pierce 13,074 41.30% 6,855 21.65% 6,517 20.59% 4,075 12.87% 964 3.05% 172 0.54% 6,219 19.64% 31,657
San Juan 346 27.93% 311 25.10% 341 27.52% 217 17.51% 18 1.45% 6 0.48% 5[f] 0.40% 1,239
Skagit 2,529 27.38% 1,962 21.24% 2,399 25.97% 1,781 19.28% 508 5.50% 58 0.63% 130[f] 1.41% 9,237
Skamania 218 26.27% 262 31.57% 251 30.24% 86 10.36% 10 1.20% 3 0.36% -11[g] -1.33% 830
Snohomish 7,347 38.30% 3,846 20.05% 3,007 15.68% 3,969 20.69% 896 4.67% 117 0.61% 3,378[e] 17.61% 19,182
Spokane 16,687 47.31% 10,845 30.75% 4,205 11.92% 2,553 7.24% 779 2.21% 199 0.56% 5,842 16.56% 35,268
Stevens 1,971 32.84% 1,979 32.98% 810 13.50% 988 16.46% 227 3.78% 26 0.43% -8 -0.13% 6,001
Thurston 1,471 23.31% 1,456 23.07% 1,937 30.69% 1,160 18.38% 270 4.28% 17 0.27% -466[d] -7.38% 6,311
Wahkiakum 287 32.47% 185 20.93% 282 31.90% 111 12.56% 14 1.58% 5 0.57% 5[f] 0.57% 884
Walla Walla 2,727 35.59% 2,507 32.72% 1,937 25.28% 346 4.52% 125 1.63% 21 0.27% 220 2.87% 7,663
Whatcom 4,562 30.40% 2,773 18.48% 4,187 27.90% 2,809 18.72% 573 3.82% 101 0.67% 375[f] 2.50% 15,005
Whitman 3,061 30.79% 3,621 36.42% 1,989 20.00% 631 6.35% 617 6.21% 24 0.24% -560 -5.63% 9,943
Yakima 4,360 33.27% 3,209 24.49% 3,304 25.21% 1,264 9.65% 930 7.10% 38 0.29% 1,056[f] 8.06% 13,105
Totals 113,698 35.22% 86,840 26.90% 70,445 21.82% 40,134 12.43% 9,810 3.04% 1,872 0.58% 26,858 8.32% 322,799

Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
  2. ^ Based on highest elector on each ticket
  3. ^ a b c d Taft's margin over Wilson
  4. ^ a b c d Taft's margin over Roosevelt
  5. ^ a b c Roosevelt's margin over Debs
  6. ^ a b c d e Roosevelt's margin over Taft
  7. ^ Wilson's margin over Taft

References

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  1. ^ "1912 Presidential Election Results Washington".
  2. ^ Washington Secretary of State. "For Presidential Electors". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election held November 5, 1912. Olympia, Washington. pp. 4–7.
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