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1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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The 1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Minnesota voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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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 12 0
Popular vote 125,856 106,426
Percentage 37.66% 31.84%
 
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 64,334 27,505
Percentage 19.25% 8.23%
County Results
President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

Minnesota was won by the Progressive candidate, former President Theodore Roosevelt, won the state over the Democratic candidate, New Jersey governor Woodrow Wilson, by a margin of 19,430 votes, or 5.82%, while Republican incumbent President William Howard Taft came in third, with just 19.25% of the vote, and perennial Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs came in fourth while winning the votes of 8.23% of Minnesota voters. Nationally, Wilson won the election, with 435 electoral votes and a landslide 14.44% lead over Roosevelt in the popular vote, while Taft finished third, with 23.17% of the vote, and Debs won a personal record 5.99% of the national popular vote.

Nationally, the 1912 election was the first United States presidential election since 1860 in which there were four candidates who each won more than five percent of the popular vote, and the first since 1852 in which the ticket of a party other than the Democratic and Republican parties finished second (as well as the last, as of 2020). It was the only presidential election in American history in which an incumbent president faced both his immediate predecessor and his immediate successor in the general election. As a result of the 1912 election, Woodrow Wilson became the second of only two Democrats elected president between 1860 and 1932. It was also the first presidential election in which all 48 of the contiguous United States participated.

The 1912 election was the first presidential election held since statehood in which the Republican ticket lost in Minnesota, and the only presidential election in which a party other than the Democratic and Republican parties won Minnesota's electoral votes. It was the only presidential election since statehood in which the Republican ticket failed to carry a single county in Minnesota, and the only presidential election in which the Republican ticket finished less than second in the state. Taft's 19.25% still ranks as the lowest percentage of the popular vote any Republican presidential nominee has ever won in Minnesota.

The 1912 election also marked the high water point for the Socialist Party of America, both nationally and in Minnesota. No Socialist Party candidate—before or since—has ever won a higher percentage of the national popular vote than Debs did in 1912, and no Socialist Party candidate for any office has won a higher percentage of the statewide vote in Minnesota. In Minnesota, Debs carried two counties (Beltrami and Lake); nationally, he carried two more (Crawford County, Kansas and Burke County, North Dakota).

Minnesota would not go against the Republican Party in a presidential election again until Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state in 1932.

With 37.66% of the popular vote, Minnesota would prove to be Roosevelt's fourth-strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage in the 1912 election after South Dakota, California and Michigan.[1]

Results

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1912 United States presidential election in Minnesota[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 125,856 37.66% 12
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 106,426 31.84% 0
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 64,334 19.25% 0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 27,505 8.23% 0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 7,886 2.36% 0
Socialist Labor Arthur E. Reimer 2,212 0.66% 0
Totals 334,219 100.00% 12

Results By County

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1912 United States Presidential Election in Minnesota (By County)[3]
County Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive

Woodrow Wilson

Democratic

William Howard Taft

Republican

Eugene V. Debs

Socialist

Eugene W. Chafin

Prohibition

Arthur E. Reimer

Socialist Labor

Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Aitkin 842 40.42% 413 19.83% 362 17.38% 378 18.15% 72 3.46% 16 0.77% 429 20.59% 2,083
Anoka 729 35.06% 591 28.43% 562 27.03% 90 4.33% 92 4.43% 15 0.72% 138 6.63% 2,079
Becker 1,350 44.45% 732 24.10% 509 16.76% 257 8.46% 165 5.43% 24 0.79% 618 20.35% 3,037
Beltrami 794 26.25% 790 26.12% 490 16.20% 871 28.79% 39 1.29% 41 1.36% -77[a] -0.25% 3,025
Benton 728 37.92% 562 29.27% 468 24.38% 117 6.09% 24 1.25% 21 1.09% 166 8.65% 1,920
Big Stone 591 35.26% 677 40.39% 244 14.56% 98 5.85% 62 3.70% 4 0.24% -86 -5.13% 1,676
Blue Earth 1,579 29.84% 2,025 38.27% 1,344 25.40% 184 3.48% 141 2.66% 18 0.34% -446 -8.43% 5,291
Brown 1,359 42.99% 943 29.83% 472 14.93% 348 11.01% 21 0.66% 18 0.57% 416 13.16% 3,161
Carlton 1,115 43.10% 631 24.39% 283 10.94% 449 17.36% 89 3.44% 20 0.77% 484 18.71% 2,587
Carver 933 33.78% 1,008 36.50% 742 26.86% 41 1.48% 30 1.09% 8 0.29% -75 -2.72% 2,762
Cass 693 33.05% 565 26.94% 431 20.55% 341 16.26% 51 2.43% 16 0.76% 128 6.11% 2,097
Chippewa 1,133 42.56% 870 32.68% 412 15.48% 122 4.58% 116 4.36% 9 0.34% 263 9.88% 2,662
Chisago 1,649 63.42% 435 16.73% 346 13.31% 128 4.92% 32 1.23% 10 0.38% 1,214 46.69% 2,600
Clay 1,300 42.60% 942 30.87% 549 17.99% 169 5.54% 79 2.59% 13 0.43% 358 11.73% 3,052
Clearwater 566 51.69% 123 11.23% 125 11.42% 234 21.37% 33 3.01% 14 1.28% 332[b] 30.32% 1,095
Cook 172 49.43% 65 18.68% 30 8.62% 61 17.53% 15 4.31% 5 1.44% 107 30.75% 348
Cottonwood 1,032 51.17% 511 25.33% 325 16.11% 94 4.66% 39 1.93% 16 0.79% 521 25.84% 2,017
Crow Wing 1,079 32.73% 709 21.50% 691 20.96% 736 22.32% 56 1.70% 26 0.79% 343[c] 10.41% 3,297
Dakota 1,608 37.48% 1,777 41.42% 609 14.20% 196 4.57% 87 2.03% 13 0.30% -169 -3.94% 4,290
Dodge 897 44.56% 543 26.97% 470 23.35% 40 2.93% 59 1.99% 4 0.20% 354 17.59% 2,013
Douglas 1,379 47.36% 793 27.23% 435 14.94% 161 5.53% 125 4.29% 19 0.65% 586 20.13% 2,912
Faribault 1,724 51.36% 919 27.38% 393 11.71% 77 2.29% 233 6.94% 11 0.33% 805 23.98% 3,357
Fillmore 1,888 42.33% 990 22.20% 1,169 26.21% 133 2.98% 266 5.96% 14 0.31% 719[d] 16.12% 4,460
Freeborn 1,902 48.23% 880 22.31% 672 17.04% 240 6.09% 234 5.93% 16 0.41% 1,022 25.92% 3,944
Goodhue 2,844 49.56% 1,405 24.48% 1,051 18.31% 185 3.22% 233 4.06% 21 0.37% 1,439 25.08% 5,739
Grant 952 61.03% 381 24.42% 146 9.36% 24 1.54% 52 3.33% 5 0.32% 571 36.61% 1,560
Hennepin 11,489 23.69% 15,530 32.02% 14,379 29.64% 5,820 12.00% 668 1.38% 619 1.28% -1,151[e] -2.38% 48,505
Houston 1,278 46.05% 762 27.46% 659 23.75% 27 0.97% 43 1.55% 6 0.22% 516 18.59% 2,775
Hubbard 503 29.71% 450 26.58% 359 21.20% 285 16.83% 73 4.31% 23 1.36% 53 3.13% 1,693
Isanti 1,025 47.45% 333 15.42% 314 14.54% 369 17.08% 112 5.19% 7 0.32% 656[f] 30.37% 2,160
Itasca 880 32.73% 699 25.99% 446 16.59% 578 21.49% 59 2.19% 27 1.00% 181 6.74% 2,689
Jackson 1,234 45.18% 913 33.43% 468 17.14% 57 2.09% 43 1.57% 16 0.59% 321 11.75% 2,731
Kanabec 498 38.82% 270 21.04% 218 16.99% 258 20.11% 29 2.26% 10 0.78% 228 17.78% 1,283
Kandiyohi 1,668 50.27% 855 25.77% 484 14.59% 196 5.91% 98 2.95% 17 0.51% 813 24.50% 3,318
Kittson 770 53.10% 362 24.97% 185 12.76% 80 5.52% 46 3.17% 7 0.48% 408 28.13% 1,450
Koochiching 522 27.59% 638 33.72% 239 12.63% 460 24.31% 16 0.85% 17 0.90% -116 -6.13% 1,892
Lac Qui Parle 1,405 55.36% 608 23.96% 343 13.51% 68 2.68% 107 4.22% 7 0.28% 797 31.40% 2,538
Lake 369 29.15% 195 15.40% 182 14.38% 466 36.81% 46 3.63% 8 0.63% -97[g] -7.66% 1,266
Le Sueur 952 26.79% 1,488 41.87% 886 24.93% 133 3.74% 79 2.22% 16 0.45% -536 -15.08% 3,554
Lincoln 666 41.37% 548 34.04% 264 16.40% 62 3.85% 62 3.85% 8 0.50% 118 7.33% 1,610
Lyon 1,167 39.71% 1,068 36.34% 460 15.65% 128 4.36% 100 3.40% 16 0.54% 99 3.37% 2,939
McLeod 891 30.98% 1,225 42.59% 655 22.77% 34 1.18% 59 2.05% 12 0.42% -334 -11.61% 2,876
Mahnomen 154 24.64% 293 46.88% 68 10.88% 98 15.68% 10 1.60% 2 0.32% -139 -22.24% 625
Marshall 1,721 58.74% 567 19.35% 331 11.30% 197 6.72% 99 3.38% 15 0.51% 1,154 39.39% 2,930
Martin 1,347 40.69% 1,141 34.47% 578 17.46% 98 2.96% 140 4.23% 6 0.18% 206 6.22% 3,310
Meeker 1,458 45.07% 1,099 33.97% 560 17.31% 67 2.07% 43 1.33% 8 0.25% 359 11.10% 3,235
Mille Lacs 751 37.46% 449 22.39% 392 19.55% 329 16.41% 65 3.24% 19 0.95% 302 15.07% 2,005
Morrison 1,327 36.41% 1,341 36.79% 699 19.18% 223 6.12% 41 1.12% 14 0.38% -14 -0.38% 3,645
Mower 1,371 32.82% 1,228 29.40% 1,321 31.63% 159 3.81% 82 1.96% 16 0.38% 50[h] 1.19% 4,177
Murray 958 42.43% 775 34.32% 388 17.18% 72 3.19% 57 2.52% 8 0.35% 183 8.11% 2,258
Nicollet 825 34.01% 929 38.29% 525 21.64% 70 2.89% 53 2.18% 24 0.99% -104 -4.28% 2,426
Nobles 1,122 38.54% 994 34.15% 605 20.78% 119 4.09% 62 2.13% 9 0.31% 128 4.39% 2,911
Norman 983 44.04% 510 22.85% 329 14.74% 252 11.29% 146 6.54% 12 0.54% 473 21.19% 2,232
Olmsted 1,467 37.11% 1,542 39.01% 720 18.21% 93 2.35% 112 2.83% 19 0.48% -75 -1.90% 3,953
Otter Tail 3,168 48.40% 1,739 26.57% 755 11.53% 578 8.83% 263 4.02% 43 2.66% 1,429 21.83% 6,546
Pennington 784 41.88% 423 22.60% 244 13.03% 343 18.32% 67 3.58% 11 0.59% 361 19.28% 1,872
Pine 1,281 42.56% 777 25.81% 513 17.04% 345 11.46% 71 2.36% 23 0.76% 504 16.75% 3,010
Pipestone 675 40.56% 505 30.35% 301 18.09% 118 7.09% 56 3.37% 9 0.54% 170 10.21% 1,664
Polk 2,326 40.47% 1,662 28.92% 735 12.79% 789 13.73% 199 3.46% 36 0.63% 664 11.55% 5,747
Pope 1,283 56.30% 443 19.44% 379 16.63% 40 1.76% 126 5.53% 8 0.35% 840 36.86% 2,279
Ramsey 12,426 38.41% 12,431 38.43% 4,109 12.70% 2,942 9.09% 275 0.85% 167 0.52% -5 -0.02% 32,350
Red Lake 226 24.33% 374 40.26% 259 27.88% 54 5.81% 11 1.18% 5 0.54% -115[i] -12.38% 929
Redwood 1,291 40.67% 1,126 35.48% 542 17.08% 139 4.38% 59 1.86% 17 0.54% 165 5.19% 3,174
Renville 1,712 43.87% 1,310 33.57% 703 18.02% 99 2.54% 72 1.85% 6 0.15% 402 10.30% 3,902
Rice 1,765 38.39% 1,613 35.09% 1,020 22.19% 78 1.70% 101 2.20% 20 0.44% 152 3.30% 4,597
Rock 757 41.82% 466 25.75% 463 25.58% 72 3.98% 47 2.60% 5 0.28% 291 16.07% 1,810
Roseau 859 44.79% 299 15.59% 278 14.49% 426 22.21% 41 2.14% 15 0.78% 433[j] 22.58% 1,918
St. Louis 8,480 40.62% 5,124 24.54% 3,881 18.59% 2,853 13.67% 420 2.01% 120 0.57% 3,356 16.08% 20,878
Scott 596 26.12% 1,172 51.36% 462 20.25% 25 1.10% 23 1.01% 4 0.18% -576 -25.24% 2,282
Sherburne 676 44.53% 360 23.72% 335 22.07% 70 4.61% 64 4.22% 13 0.86% 316 20.81% 1,518
Sibley 1,139 45.04% 890 35.19% 383 15.14% 62 2.45% 43 1.70% 12 0.47% 249 9.85% 2,529
Stearns 1,682 26.14% 3,317 51.55% 1,134 17.63% 182 2.83% 92 1.43% 27 0.42% -1,635 -25.41% 6,434
Steele 1,105 34.53% 1,294 40.44% 651 20.34% 59 1.84% 84 2.63% 7 0.22% -189 -5.91% 3,200
Stevens 628 38.20% 640 38.93% 286 17.40% 33 2.01% 52 3.16% 5 0.30% -12 -0.73% 1,644
Swift 1,038 39.72% 937 35.86% 442 16.92% 100 3.83% 88 3.37% 8 0.31% 101 3.86% 2,613
Todd 1,098 29.37% 1,068 28.56% 1,038 27.76% 404 10.81% 107 2.86% 24 0.64% 30 0.81% 3,739
Traverse 541 42.70% 561 44.28% 131 10.34% 16 1.26% 13 1.03% 5 0.39% -20 -1.58% 1,267
Wabasha 1,068 31.26% 1,422 41.62% 797 23.32% 67 1.96% 56 1.64% 7 0.20% -354 -10.36% 3,417
Wadena 515 38.72% 336 25.26% 278 20.90% 167 12.56% 28 2.11% 6 0.45% 179 13.46% 1,330
Waseca 940 34.89% 1,062 39.42% 553 20.53% 63 2.34% 62 2.30% 14 0.52% -122 -4.53% 2,694
Washington 2,078 49.21% 1,289 30.52% 581 13.76% 202 4.78% 57 1.35% 16 0.38% 789 18.69% 4,223
Watonwan 1,139 54.81% 618 29.74% 254 12.22% 33 1.59% 30 1.44% 4 0.19% 521 25.07% 2,078
Wilkin 561 38.85% 586 40.58% 209 14.47% 56 3.88% 30 2.08% 2 0.14% -25 -1.73% 1,444
Winona 1,676 26.60% 3,004 47.68% 1,042 16.54% 338 5.37% 62 0.98% 178 2.83% -1,328 -21.08% 6,300
Wright 1,917 44.49% 1,333 30.94% 837 19.42% 101 2.34% 106 2.46% 15 0.35% 584 13.55% 4,309
Yellow Medicine 1,203 48.67% 737 29.81% 352 14.24% 79 3.20% 94 3.80% 7 0.28% 466 18.86% 2,472
Totals 125,856 37.66% 106,426 31.84% 64,334 19.25% 27,505 8.23% 7,886 2.36% 2,212 0.66% 19,430 5.82% 334,219

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Notes

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  1. ^ In this county where Debs ran first ahead of Roosevelt, Wilson, and Taft, margin given is Debs vote minus Roosevelt vote, while percentage given is Debs percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
  2. ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Wilson and Taft, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Debs vote and percentage given is Roosevelt percentage minus Debs percentage.
  3. ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Wilson and Taft, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Debs vote and percentage given is Roosevelt percentage minus Debs percentage.
  4. ^ In this county where Taft ran second ahead of Wilson, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Taft vote and percentage given is Roosevelt percentage minus Taft percentage.
  5. ^ In this county where Taft ran second ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage given is Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
  6. ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Taft and Wilson, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Debs vote and percentage given is Roosevelt percentage minus Debs percentage.
  7. ^ In this county where Debs ran first ahead of Roosevelt, Wilson, and Taft, margin given is Debs vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage given is Debs percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
  8. ^ In this county where Taft ran second ahead of Wilson, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Taft vote and percentage given is Roosevelt percentage minus Taft percentage.
  9. ^ In this county where Taft ran second ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage given is Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
  10. ^ In this county where Debs ran second ahead of Wilson and Taft, margin given is Roosevelt vote minus Debs vote and percentage given is Roosevelt percentage minus Debs percentage.

References

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  1. ^ "1912 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on November 16, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1912 Presidential Election Results, 1912". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns - MN US President Race - Nov 05, 1912". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
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