1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

Summary

The 1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Home state New Jersey Ohio Indiana
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas M. Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote 10 0 0
Popular vote 119,156 90,786 41,674
Percentage 46.95% 35.77% 16.42%

County Results

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Oklahoma was won by the Democratic nominees, governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson and governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 46.95 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican ticket of incumbent president William Howard Taft (ROhio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 35.77 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 (SIndiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 16.42 percent of the popular vote.[1]

Oklahoma was the second best state in percentage points for Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs with 16.42 percent with Nevada being his best with 16.47 percent. This was also the only state in which the Progressive Party candidates, former president Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate, governor of California Hiram Johnson, were not on the ballot.

Results edit

1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma[1][a]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 119,156 46.95%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 90,786 35.77%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 41,674 16.42%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 2,185 0.86%
Total votes 253,801 100%

Results by county edit

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson[2]
Democratic
William Howard Taft[2]
Republican
Eugene Victor Debs[3]
Socialist
Eugene Chafin[3]
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 916 47.51% 850 44.09% 151 7.83% 11 0.57% 66 3.42% 1,928
Alfalfa 1,179 34.91% 1,714 50.76% 395 11.70% 89 2.64% -535 -15.84% 3,377
Atoka 1,100 46.89% 669 28.52% 566 24.13% 11 0.47% 431 18.37% 2,346
Beaver 926 36.80% 1,070 42.53% 446 17.73% 74 2.94% -144 -5.72% 2,516
Beckham 1,566 50.42% 648 20.86% 871 28.04% 21 0.68% 695[b] 22.38% 3,106
Blaine 744 38.17% 831 42.64% 350 17.96% 24 1.23% -87 -4.46% 1,949
Bryan 2,278 59.76% 711 18.65% 809 21.22% 14 0.37% 1,469[b] 38.54% 3,812
Caddo 2,514 42.08% 2,413 40.38% 993 16.62% 55 0.92% 101 1.69% 5,975
Canadian 2,047 48.51% 1,794 42.51% 337 7.99% 42 1.00% 253 6.00% 4,220
Carter 1,860 57.67% 652 20.22% 702 21.77% 11 0.34% 1,158[b] 35.91% 3,225
Cherokee 1,094 49.64% 962 43.65% 139 6.31% 9 0.41% 132 5.99% 2,204
Choctaw 1,392 49.59% 692 24.65% 703 25.04% 20 0.71% 689[b] 24.55% 2,807
Cimarron 342 48.10% 263 36.99% 94 13.22% 12 1.69% 79 11.11% 711
Cleveland 1,471 51.40% 938 32.77% 424 14.81% 29 1.01% 533 18.62% 2,862
Coal 1,109 48.15% 571 24.79% 623 27.05% 0 0.00% 486[b] 21.10% 2,303
Comanche 1,931 49.73% 1,320 33.99% 606 15.61% 26 0.67% 611 15.74% 3,883
Cotton 1,063 54.85% 587 30.29% 269 13.88% 19 0.98% 476 24.56% 1,938
Craig 1,772 53.93% 1,391 42.33% 113 3.44% 10 0.30% 381 11.59% 3,286
Creek 1,676 36.64% 1,902 41.58% 948 20.73% 48 1.05% -226 -4.94% 4,574
Custer 1,777 44.28% 1,693 42.19% 505 12.58% 38 0.95% 84 2.09% 4,013
Delaware 983 51.71% 732 38.51% 176 9.26% 10 0.53% 251 13.20% 1,901
Dewey 1,075 36.42% 1,086 36.79% 768 26.02% 23 0.78% -11 -0.37% 2,952
Ellis 918 32.80% 1,373 49.05% 471 16.83% 37 1.32% -455 -16.26% 2,799
Garfield 2,353 41.14% 2,900 50.71% 398 6.96% 68 1.19% -547 -9.56% 5,719
Garvin 2,114 53.93% 740 18.88% 1,051 26.81% 15 0.38% 1,063[b] 27.12% 3,920
Grady 2,577 57.60% 1,121 25.06% 757 16.92% 19 0.42% 1,456 32.54% 4,474
Grant 1,558 42.70% 1,729 47.38% 259 7.10% 103 2.82% -171 -4.69% 3,649
Greer 1,334 63.86% 351 16.80% 385 18.43% 19 0.91% 949[b] 45.43% 2,089
Harmon 895 64.71% 197 14.24% 279 20.17% 12 0.87% 616[b] 44.54% 1,383
Harper 523 34.75% 679 45.12% 280 18.60% 23 1.53% -156 -10.37% 1,505
Haskell 1,388 46.66% 902 30.32% 672 22.59% 13 0.44% 486 16.34% 2,975
Hughes 1,769 44.21% 1,228 30.69% 984 24.59% 20 0.50% 541 13.52% 4,001
Jackson 1,819 58.79% 588 19.00% 652 21.07% 35 1.13% 1,167[b] 37.72% 3,094
Jefferson 1,118 51.95% 361 16.78% 660 30.67% 13 0.60% 458[b] 21.28% 2,152
Johnston 1,289 50.49% 506 19.82% 741 29.02% 17 0.67% 548[b] 21.46% 2,553
Kay 2,380 44.57% 2,508 46.97% 375 7.02% 77 1.44% -128 -2.40% 5,340
Kingfisher 1,235 39.63% 1,527 49.01% 318 10.21% 36 1.16% -292 -9.37% 3,116
Kiowa 1,831 46.40% 1,167 29.57% 918 23.26% 30 0.76% 664 16.83% 3,946
Latimer 722 46.49% 482 31.04% 342 22.02% 7 0.45% 240 15.45% 1,553
Le Flore 2,009 49.30% 1,538 37.74% 507 12.44% 21 0.52% 471 11.56% 4,075
Lincoln 2,137 38.39% 2,459 44.17% 915 16.44% 56 1.01% -322 -5.78% 5,567
Logan 1,700 35.34% 2,546 52.92% 481 10.00% 84 1.75% -846 -17.58% 4,811
Love 750 55.11% 199 14.62% 407 29.90% 5 0.37% 343[b] 25.20% 1,361
Major 689 27.62% 1,210 48.50% 545 21.84% 51 2.04% -521 -20.88% 2,495
Marshall 958 48.51% 315 15.95% 690 34.94% 12 0.61% 268[b] 13.57% 1,975
Mayes 1,391 51.81% 1,079 40.19% 202 7.52% 13 0.48% 312 11.62% 2,685
McClain 1,273 55.93% 583 25.62% 409 17.97% 11 0.48% 690 30.32% 2,276
McCurtain 1,059 40.56% 704 26.96% 831 31.83% 17 0.65% 228[b] 8.73% 2,611
McIntosh 1,325 46.74% 970 34.22% 528 18.62% 12 0.42% 355 12.52% 2,835
Murray 987 52.95% 321 17.22% 550 29.51% 6 0.32% 437[b] 23.44% 1,864
Muskogee 3,681 55.76% 2,385 36.13% 513 7.77% 23 0.35% 1,296 19.63% 6,602
Noble 1,188 43.25% 1,266 46.09% 270 9.83% 23 0.84% -78 -2.84% 2,747
Nowata 1,012 44.56% 1,087 47.86% 146 6.43% 26 1.14% -75 -3.30% 2,271
Okfuskee 952 40.63% 651 27.78% 724 30.90% 16 0.68% 228[b] 9.73% 2,343
Oklahoma 6,963 51.30% 5,706 42.04% 822 6.06% 83 0.61% 1,257 9.26% 13,574
Okmulgee 1,243 42.14% 1,140 38.64% 540 18.31% 27 0.92% 103 3.49% 2,950
Osage 1,900 46.33% 1,713 41.77% 467 11.39% 21 0.51% 187 4.56% 4,101
Ottawa 1,384 48.19% 1,315 45.79% 165 5.75% 8 0.28% 69 2.40% 2,872
Pawnee 1,316 42.15% 1,332 42.66% 443 14.19% 31 0.99% -16 -0.51% 3,122
Payne 1,534 38.24% 1,669 41.61% 737 18.37% 71 1.77% -135 -3.37% 4,011
Pittsburg 2,767 47.55% 1,574 27.05% 1,443 24.80% 35 0.60% 1,193 20.50% 5,819
Pontotoc 1,842 53.81% 642 18.76% 921 26.91% 18 0.53% 921[b] 26.91% 3,423
Pottawatomie 3,082 49.56% 2,075 33.37% 1,021 16.42% 41 0.66% 1,007 16.19% 6,219
Pushmataha 747 43.53% 479 27.91% 482 28.09% 8 0.47% 265[b] 15.44% 1,716
Roger Mills 902 41.19% 716 32.69% 555 25.34% 17 0.78% 186 8.49% 2,190
Rogers 1,637 48.92% 1,258 37.60% 432 12.91% 19 0.57% 379 11.33% 3,346
Seminole 1,172 44.18% 715 26.95% 749 28.23% 17 0.64% 423[b] 15.94% 2,653
Sequoyah 1,416 51.55% 1,099 40.01% 220 8.01% 12 0.44% 317 11.54% 2,747
Stephens 1,735 53.65% 598 18.49% 882 27.27% 19 0.59% 853[b] 26.38% 3,234
Texas 764 44.24% 683 39.55% 239 13.84% 41 2.37% 81 4.69% 1,727
Tillman 1,801 64.02% 638 22.68% 353 12.55% 21 0.75% 1,163 41.34% 2,813
Tulsa 2,747 51.37% 2,029 37.95% 523 9.78% 48 0.90% 718 13.43% 5,347
Wagoner 888 51.51% 555 32.19% 270 15.66% 11 0.64% 333 19.32% 1,724
Washington 1,561 46.62% 1,447 43.22% 315 9.41% 25 0.75% 114 3.41% 3,348
Washita 1,663 47.07% 1,100 31.14% 734 20.78% 36 1.02% 563 15.94% 3,533
Woods 1,247 35.95% 1,679 48.40% 501 14.44% 42 1.21% -432 -12.45% 3,469
Woodward 1,083 35.14% 1,403 45.52% 568 18.43% 28 0.91% -320 -10.38% 3,082
Totals[a] 119,143 46.96% 90,726 35.76% 41,630 16.41% 2,195 0.87% 28,417 11.20% 253,694

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b There are some differences in the totals between Dave Leip’s and those of Eugene Robinson that were used by Géoelections and are quoted for the county table.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft, the margin given is that between Wilson and Debs.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ a b Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)