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1912 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1912 United States presidential election in Kansas

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Independent
Alliance Progressive
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 143,663 120,210
Percentage 39.30% 32.88%

 
Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Socialist
Home state Ohio Indiana
Running mate Nicholas M. Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote 0 0
Popular vote 74,845 26,779
Percentage 20.47% 7.33%

County Results

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1912 United States presidential election in Kansas 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.

Kansas was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (DNew Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 39.30 percent of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (I[a]New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 32.88 percent of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (ROhio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 20.47 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 7.33 percent of the popular vote.[1]

As a result of his win in the state, Wilson became the second Democratic presidential candidate to ever win Kansas as well as the first one since William Jennings Bryan in 1896.

This is the only election when heavily Yankee Brown County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and also the only election until 2020 when Riley County – another heavily Yankee county in the Dissected Till Plains of northeastern Kansas – has not supported the official Republican nominee.[2] This election marks the last time four different candidates won at least one county within one individual state. This feat would be shared by North Dakota in the same election, but the only other occurrence has been in Missouri in 1860.

Results

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1912 United States presidential election in Kansas[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 143,663 39.30%
Independent[a] Theodore Roosevelt 120,210 32.88%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 74,845 20.47%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 26,779 7.33%
Total votes 365,560 100%

Results by county

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1912 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[3][4][5]
County Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic
William Howard Taft
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt
Independent
Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist
Margin[b] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allen 1,739 36.04% 1,692 35.07% 1,003 20.79% 391 8.10% 47[c] 0.97% 4,825
Anderson 1,365 43.92% 618 19.88% 934 30.05% 191 6.15% 431 13.87% 3,108
Atchison 2,449 43.72% 1,535 27.40% 1,527 27.26% 91 1.62% 914[c] 16.32% 5,602
Barber 883 38.11% 295 12.73% 1,027 44.32% 112 4.83% -144 -6.21% 2,317
Barton 2,069 50.85% 692 17.01% 1,113 27.35% 195 4.79% 956 23.49% 4,069
Bourbon 2,209 41.25% 1,448 27.04% 991 18.51% 707 13.20% 761[c] 14.21% 5,355
Brown 1,774 36.65% 1,512 31.24% 1,435 29.65% 119 2.46% 262[c] 5.41% 4,840
Butler 2,005 37.79% 971 18.30% 2,096 39.50% 234 4.41% -91 -1.72% 5,306
Chase 812 43.35% 476 25.41% 503 26.86% 82 4.38% 309 16.50% 1,873
Chautauqua 752 28.82% 818 31.35% 762 29.21% 277 10.62% 56[d] 2.15% 2,609
Cherokee 2,641 35.15% 1,994 26.54% 872 11.61% 2,006 26.70% 635[e] 8.45% 7,513
Cheyenne 301 34.13% 140 15.87% 302 34.24% 139 15.76% -1 -0.11% 882
Clark 485 43.54% 162 14.54% 412 36.98% 55 4.94% 73 6.55% 1,114
Clay 1,373 36.96% 843 22.69% 1,250 33.65% 249 6.70% 123 3.31% 3,715
Cloud 1,658 40.18% 899 21.79% 1,289 31.24% 280 6.79% 369 8.94% 4,126
Coffey 1,581 43.48% 681 18.73% 1,190 32.73% 184 5.06% 391 10.75% 3,636
Comanche 377 33.25% 148 13.05% 537 47.35% 72 6.35% -160 -14.11% 1,134
Cowley 2,539 35.93% 1,113 15.75% 2,594 36.71% 820 11.60% -55 -0.78% 7,066
Crawford 2,781 26.14% 2,676 25.16% 1,427 13.42% 3,753 35.28% -972[e] -9.14% 10,637
Decatur 955 55.52% 256 14.88% 388 22.56% 121 7.03% 567 32.97% 1,720
Dickinson 2,182 40.44% 988 18.31% 1,937 35.90% 288 5.34% 245 4.54% 5,395
Doniphan 1,017 30.13% 1,321 39.14% 945 28.00% 92 2.73% -304[c] -9.01% 3,375
Douglas 1,888 36.29% 1,133 21.78% 2,053 39.46% 129 2.48% -165 -3.17% 5,203
Edwards 764 44.42% 276 16.05% 584 33.95% 96 5.58% 180 10.47% 1,720
Elk 971 38.67% 605 24.09% 735 29.27% 200 7.96% 236 9.40% 2,511
Ellis 1,381 64.87% 175 8.22% 535 25.13% 38 1.78% 846 39.74% 2,129
Ellsworth 1,045 45.38% 353 15.33% 860 37.34% 45 1.95% 185 8.03% 2,303
Finney 573 36.38% 283 17.97% 586 37.21% 133 8.44% -13 -0.83% 1,575
Ford 1,125 40.79% 529 19.18% 939 34.05% 165 5.98% 186 6.74% 2,758
Franklin 1,970 40.29% 672 13.75% 1,971 40.31% 276 5.65% -1 -0.02% 4,889
Geary 800 35.94% 387 17.39% 918 41.24% 121 5.44% -118 -5.30% 2,226
Gove 355 38.76% 170 18.56% 356 38.86% 35 3.82% -1 -0.11% 916
Graham 636 39.43% 327 20.27% 481 29.82% 169 10.48% 155 9.61% 1,613
Grant 80 29.74% 56 20.82% 111 41.26% 22 8.18% -31 -11.52% 269
Gray 243 34.62% 112 15.95% 267 38.03% 80 11.40% -24 -3.42% 702
Greeley 33 12.36% 95 35.58% 106 39.70% 33 12.36% -11[d] -4.12% 267
Greenwood 1,334 36.11% 954 25.83% 1,125 30.45% 281 7.61% 209 5.66% 3,694
Hamilton 263 41.81% 134 21.30% 199 31.64% 33 5.25% 64 10.17% 629
Harper 1,274 40.60% 365 11.63% 1,296 41.30% 203 6.47% -22 -0.70% 3,138
Harvey 1,499 37.74% 703 17.70% 1,590 40.03% 180 4.53% -91 -2.29% 3,972
Haskell 100 41.67% 61 25.42% 58 24.17% 21 8.75% 39[c] 16.25% 240
Hodgeman 302 38.13% 136 17.17% 319 40.28% 35 4.42% -17 -2.15% 792
Jackson 1,565 39.89% 1,027 26.18% 1,286 32.78% 45 1.15% 279 7.11% 3,923
Jefferson 1,537 39.59% 1,155 29.75% 1,116 28.75% 74 1.91% 382[c] 9.84% 3,882
Jewell 1,871 42.36% 906 20.51% 1,497 33.89% 143 3.24% 374 8.47% 4,417
Johnson 1,837 41.85% 834 19.00% 1,562 35.58% 157 3.58% 275 6.26% 4,390
Kearny 236 35.54% 113 17.02% 232 34.94% 83 12.50% 4 0.60% 664
Kingman 1,421 46.35% 336 10.96% 1,160 37.83% 149 4.86% 261 8.51% 3,066
Kiowa 506 35.91% 276 19.59% 549 38.96% 78 5.54% -43 -3.05% 1,409
Labette 2,568 37.02% 1,516 21.85% 1,746 25.17% 1,107 15.96% 822 11.85% 6,937
Lane 237 38.10% 158 25.40% 155 24.92% 72 11.58% 79[c] 12.70% 622
Leavenworth 3,099 39.97% 2,562 33.05% 1,778 22.93% 314 4.05% 537[c] 6.93% 7,753
Lincoln 1,091 44.93% 381 15.69% 853 35.13% 103 4.24% 238 9.80% 2,428
Linn 1,283 35.82% 858 23.95% 1,052 29.37% 389 10.86% 231 6.45% 3,582
Logan 259 31.55% 166 20.22% 315 38.37% 81 9.87% -56 -6.82% 821
Lyon 2,363 42.77% 962 17.41% 1,878 33.99% 322 5.83% 485 8.78% 5,525
Marion 1,732 40.10% 863 19.98% 1,500 34.73% 224 5.19% 232 5.37% 4,319
Marshall 2,278 41.20% 1,492 26.98% 1,581 28.59% 178 3.22% 697 12.61% 5,529
McPherson 1,639 35.27% 455 9.79% 2,406 51.78% 147 3.16% -767 -16.51% 4,647
Meade 383 34.29% 204 18.26% 418 37.42% 112 10.03% -35 -3.13% 1,117
Miami 1,919 44.05% 1,033 23.71% 1,165 26.74% 239 5.49% 754 17.31% 4,356
Mitchell 1,441 43.13% 737 22.06% 951 28.46% 212 6.35% 490 14.67% 3,341
Montgomery 3,011 33.56% 1,842 20.53% 2,924 32.59% 1,194 13.31% 87 0.97% 8,971
Morris 1,144 38.73% 487 16.49% 1,244 42.11% 79 2.67% -100 -3.39% 2,954
Morton 144 40.79% 120 33.99% 64 18.13% 25 7.08% 24[c] 6.80% 353
Nemaha 1,936 44.71% 961 22.19% 1,393 32.17% 40 0.92% 543 12.54% 4,330
Neosho 1,993 38.07% 1,580 30.18% 1,190 22.73% 472 9.02% 413[c] 7.89% 5,235
Ness 458 35.78% 232 18.13% 464 36.25% 126 9.84% -6 -0.47% 1,280
Norton 1,081 43.34% 598 23.98% 674 27.02% 141 5.65% 407 16.32% 2,494
Osage 1,969 40.82% 850 17.62% 1,588 32.92% 417 8.64% 381 7.90% 4,824
Osborne 972 35.51% 733 26.78% 915 33.43% 117 4.27% 57 2.08% 2,737
Ottawa 1,264 44.68% 517 18.28% 899 31.78% 149 5.27% 365 12.90% 2,829
Pawnee 1,050 46.63% 366 16.25% 759 33.70% 77 3.42% 291 12.92% 2,252
Phillips 1,257 39.59% 594 18.71% 1,181 37.20% 143 4.50% 76 2.39% 3,175
Pottawatomie 1,599 37.93% 1,058 25.09% 1,504 35.67% 55 1.30% 95 2.25% 4,216
Pratt 947 38.32% 372 15.05% 984 39.82% 168 6.80% -37 -1.50% 2,471
Rawlins 568 42.93% 220 16.63% 354 26.76% 181 13.68% 214 16.18% 1,323
Reno 3,360 42.13% 1,668 20.92% 2,502 31.37% 445 5.58% 858 10.76% 7,975
Republic 1,816 44.12% 895 21.74% 1,278 31.05% 127 3.09% 538 13.07% 4,116
Rice 1,314 38.77% 697 20.57% 1,186 35.00% 192 5.67% 128 3.78% 3,389
Riley 1,170 30.67% 425 11.14% 2,047 53.66% 173 4.53% -877 -22.99% 3,815
Rooks 865 38.31% 545 24.14% 715 31.67% 133 5.89% 150 6.64% 2,258
Rush 870 47.52% 210 11.47% 659 35.99% 92 5.02% 211 11.52% 1,831
Russell 983 39.96% 416 16.91% 993 40.37% 68 2.76% -10 -0.41% 2,460
Saline 2,263 47.23% 534 11.15% 1,773 37.01% 221 4.61% 490 10.23% 4,791
Scott 247 40.76% 56 9.24% 232 38.28% 71 11.72% 15 2.48% 606
Sedgwick 5,752 39.61% 1,419 9.77% 6,546 45.08% 804 5.54% -794 -5.47% 14,521
Seward 394 38.07% 155 14.98% 355 34.30% 131 12.66% 39 3.77% 1,035
Shawnee 5,094 38.76% 3,592 27.33% 4,057 30.87% 398 3.03% 1,037 7.89% 13,141
Sheridan 509 47.48% 195 18.19% 316 29.48% 52 4.85% 193 18.00% 1,072
Sherman 465 47.26% 129 13.11% 290 29.47% 100 10.16% 175 17.78% 984
Smith 1,534 40.86% 970 25.84% 1,022 27.22% 228 6.07% 512 13.64% 3,754
Stafford 1,094 41.85% 422 16.14% 938 35.88% 160 6.12% 156 5.97% 2,614
Stanton 114 43.18% 42 15.91% 77 29.17% 31 11.74% 37 14.02% 264
Stevens 237 39.17% 117 19.34% 214 35.37% 37 6.12% 23 3.80% 605
Sumner 2,557 39.97% 781 12.21% 2,615 40.87% 445 6.96% -58 -0.91% 6,398
Thomas 432 48.16% 127 14.16% 259 28.87% 79 8.81% 173 19.29% 897
Trego 449 40.23% 160 14.34% 417 37.37% 90 8.06% 32 2.87% 1,116
Wabaunsee 1,128 38.63% 783 26.82% 936 32.05% 73 2.50% 192 6.58% 2,920
Wallace 152 28.46% 81 15.17% 264 49.44% 37 6.93% -112 -20.97% 534
Washington 1,914 41.01% 1,326 28.41% 1,314 28.16% 113 2.42% 588[c] 12.60% 4,667
Wichita 135 36.39% 82 22.10% 113 30.46% 41 11.05% 22 5.93% 371
Wilson 1,304 30.60% 849 19.92% 1,415 33.21% 693 16.26% -111 -2.61% 4,261
Woodson 900 37.78% 694 29.14% 608 25.52% 180 7.56% 206[c] 8.65% 2,382
Wyandotte 7,370 39.10% 2,107 11.18% 8,109 43.02% 1,262 6.70% -739 -3.92% 18,848
Totals 143,663 39.30% 74,845 20.47% 120,210 32.88% 26,842 7.34% 68,818 23,453 365,560

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Although Roosevelt ran under the “Progressive” or “Bull Moose” banner in most states, he was listed as “Independent” in Kansas.
  2. ^ Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Kansas as a whole, all margins give are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m In this county where Taft did run second ahead of Roosevelt, the margin given is that between Wilson and Taft and the percentage margin is Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
  4. ^ a b 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.
  5. ^ a b In this county where Debs ran ahead of both Taft and Roosevelt, margin give is Wilson vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Debs percentage.

References

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  1. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results — Kansas". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 199-206 ISBN 0786422173
  3. ^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
  4. ^ "Popular Vote for Theodore Roosevelt (1912)". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
  5. ^ "1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)