1912 United States presidential election in Iowa
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 37.64% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 32.87% of the popular vote and the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 24.33% of the popular vote.[1]
Wilson was the first Democrat to win Iowa's electoral votes since Franklin Pierce in 1852. No Democrat would obtain a majority until Franklin Roosevelt in 1932.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 185,325 | 37.64% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 161,819 | 32.87% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 119,805 | 24.33% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 16,967 | 3.45% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 8,440 | 1.71% | |
| Total votes | 492,356 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[2] | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,195 | 35.13% | 1,248 | 36.68% | 890 | 26.16% | 31 | 0.91% | 38 | 1.12% | -53[b] | -1.56% | 3,402 |
| Adams | 1,215 | 43.66% | 913 | 32.81% | 571 | 20.52% | 32 | 1.15% | 52 | 1.87% | 302[b] | 10.85% | 2,783 |
| Allamakee | 1,767 | 40.52% | 1,269 | 29.10% | 1,273 | 29.19% | 39 | 0.89% | 13 | 0.30% | 494 | 11.33% | 4,361 |
| Appanoose | 2,058 | 35.44% | 2,356 | 40.57% | 969 | 16.69% | 359 | 6.18% | 65 | 1.12% | -298[b] | -5.13% | 5,807 |
| Audubon | 963 | 36.39% | 692 | 26.15% | 968 | 36.58% | 10 | 0.38% | 13 | 0.49% | -5 | -0.19% | 2,646 |
| Benton | 2,472 | 42.56% | 1,831 | 31.53% | 1,234 | 21.25% | 199 | 3.43% | 72 | 1.24% | 641[b] | 11.04% | 5,808 |
| Black Hawk | 3,702 | 34.76% | 1,601 | 15.03% | 4,724 | 44.36% | 411 | 3.86% | 211 | 1.98% | -1,022 | -9.60% | 10,649 |
| Boone | 1,601 | 27.23% | 802 | 13.64% | 2,835 | 48.21% | 537 | 9.13% | 105 | 1.79% | -1,234 | -20.99% | 5,880 |
| Bremer | 1,944 | 51.65% | 1,013 | 26.91% | 741 | 19.69% | 24 | 0.64% | 42 | 1.12% | 931[b] | 24.73% | 3,764 |
| Buchanan | 1,866 | 39.54% | 1,271 | 26.93% | 1,455 | 30.83% | 23 | 0.49% | 104 | 2.20% | 411 | 8.71% | 4,719 |
| Buena Vista | 921 | 25.34% | 755 | 20.77% | 1,852 | 50.95% | 61 | 1.68% | 46 | 1.27% | -931 | -25.61% | 3,635 |
| Butler | 926 | 26.48% | 903 | 25.82% | 1,553 | 44.41% | 28 | 0.80% | 87 | 2.49% | -627 | -17.93% | 3,497 |
| Calhoun | 1,182 | 32.66% | 963 | 26.61% | 1,324 | 36.58% | 85 | 2.35% | 65 | 1.80% | -142 | -3.92% | 3,619 |
| Carroll | 2,326 | 54.32% | 664 | 15.51% | 1,188 | 27.74% | 53 | 1.24% | 51 | 1.19% | 1,138 | 26.58% | 4,282 |
| Cass | 1,510 | 33.59% | 1,724 | 38.35% | 1,096 | 24.38% | 103 | 2.29% | 62 | 1.38% | -214[b] | -4.76% | 4,495 |
| Cedar | 1,938 | 43.85% | 1,036 | 23.44% | 1,364 | 30.86% | 43 | 0.97% | 39 | 0.88% | 574 | 12.99% | 4,420 |
| Cerro Gordo | 1,742 | 33.49% | 1,334 | 25.64% | 1,814 | 34.87% | 212 | 4.08% | 100 | 1.92% | -72 | -1.38% | 5,202 |
| Cherokee | 930 | 30.08% | 381 | 12.32% | 1,680 | 54.33% | 56 | 1.81% | 45 | 1.46% | -750 | -24.26% | 3,092 |
| Chickasaw | 1,891 | 52.08% | 1,022 | 28.15% | 662 | 18.23% | 35 | 0.96% | 21 | 0.58% | 869[b] | 23.93% | 3,631 |
| Clarke | 910 | 36.56% | 882 | 35.44% | 595 | 23.91% | 21 | 0.84% | 81 | 3.25% | 28[b] | 1.12% | 2,489 |
| Clay | 707 | 25.04% | 679 | 24.04% | 1,347 | 47.70% | 50 | 1.77% | 41 | 1.45% | -640 | -22.66% | 2,824 |
| Clayton | 2,919 | 49.80% | 1,239 | 21.14% | 1,471 | 25.10% | 142 | 2.42% | 90 | 1.54% | 1,448 | 24.71% | 5,861 |
| Clinton | 3,633 | 39.55% | 1,890 | 20.58% | 3,188 | 34.71% | 403 | 4.39% | 71 | 0.77% | 445 | 4.84% | 9,185 |
| Crawford | 2,193 | 46.96% | 1,169 | 25.03% | 1,181 | 25.29% | 66 | 1.41% | 61 | 1.31% | 1,012 | 21.67% | 4,670 |
| Dallas | 1,718 | 32.73% | 1,825 | 34.77% | 1,361 | 25.93% | 200 | 3.81% | 145 | 2.76% | -107[b] | -2.04% | 5,249 |
| Davis | 1,453 | 47.41% | 1,184 | 38.63% | 353 | 11.52% | 44 | 1.44% | 31 | 1.01% | 269[b] | 8.78% | 3,065 |
| Decatur | 1,659 | 42.24% | 1,351 | 34.39% | 773 | 19.68% | 90 | 2.29% | 55 | 1.40% | 308[b] | 7.84% | 3,928 |
| Delaware | 1,399 | 34.42% | 1,394 | 34.30% | 1,145 | 28.17% | 83 | 2.04% | 43 | 1.06% | 5[b] | 0.12% | 4,064 |
| Des Moines | 3,169 | 39.30% | 2,136 | 26.49% | 2,090 | 25.92% | 537 | 6.66% | 132 | 1.64% | 1,033[b] | 12.81% | 8,064 |
| Dickinson | 502 | 26.96% | 457 | 24.54% | 850 | 45.65% | 38 | 2.04% | 15 | 0.81% | -348 | -18.69% | 1,862 |
| Dubuque | 6,237 | 53.20% | 1,620 | 13.82% | 3,421 | 29.18% | 415 | 3.54% | 31 | 0.26% | 2,816 | 24.02% | 11,724 |
| Emmet | 486 | 25.01% | 602 | 30.98% | 738 | 37.98% | 99 | 5.10% | 18 | 0.93% | -136[c] | -7.00% | 1,943 |
| Fayette | 2,379 | 38.20% | 1,192 | 19.14% | 2,240 | 35.97% | 250 | 4.01% | 166 | 2.67% | 139 | 2.23% | 6,227 |
| Floyd | 1,244 | 31.85% | 1,216 | 31.13% | 1,256 | 32.16% | 142 | 3.64% | 48 | 1.23% | -12 | -0.31% | 3,906 |
| Franklin | 694 | 22.64% | 773 | 25.21% | 1,403 | 45.76% | 67 | 2.19% | 129 | 4.21% | -630[c] | -20.55% | 3,066 |
| Fremont | 1,762 | 47.63% | 973 | 26.30% | 861 | 23.28% | 65 | 1.76% | 38 | 1.03% | 789[b] | 21.33% | 3,699 |
| Greene | 980 | 27.51% | 1,324 | 37.17% | 1,166 | 32.73% | 29 | 0.81% | 63 | 1.77% | 158[c] | 4.44% | 3,562 |
| Grundy | 1,149 | 37.12% | 421 | 13.60% | 1,465 | 47.33% | 12 | 0.39% | 48 | 1.55% | -316 | -10.21% | 3,095 |
| Guthrie | 1,390 | 33.93% | 1,258 | 30.71% | 1,303 | 31.80% | 74 | 1.81% | 72 | 1.76% | 87 | 2.12% | 4,097 |
| Hamilton | 1,041 | 24.27% | 831 | 19.37% | 2,282 | 53.19% | 68 | 1.59% | 68 | 1.59% | -1,241 | -28.93% | 4,290 |
| Hancock | 710 | 28.32% | 860 | 34.30% | 899 | 35.86% | 8 | 0.32% | 30 | 1.20% | -39[c] | -1.56% | 2,507 |
| Hardin | 1,072 | 24.07% | 732 | 16.43% | 2,362 | 53.03% | 87 | 1.95% | 201 | 4.51% | -1,290 | -28.96% | 4,454 |
| Harrison | 2,157 | 40.54% | 1,528 | 28.72% | 1,336 | 25.11% | 226 | 4.25% | 74 | 1.39% | 629[b] | 11.82% | 5,321 |
| Henry | 1,580 | 37.17% | 1,663 | 39.12% | 856 | 20.14% | 47 | 1.11% | 105 | 2.47% | -83[b] | -1.95% | 4,251 |
| Howard | 1,416 | 45.17% | 750 | 23.92% | 837 | 26.70% | 69 | 2.20% | 63 | 2.01% | 579 | 18.47% | 3,135 |
| Humboldt | 634 | 24.93% | 477 | 18.76% | 1,377 | 54.15% | 16 | 0.63% | 39 | 1.53% | -743 | -29.22% | 2,543 |
| Ida | 1,087 | 38.93% | 530 | 18.98% | 1,144 | 40.97% | 18 | 0.64% | 13 | 0.47% | -57 | -2.04% | 2,792 |
| Iowa | 1,841 | 45.77% | 1,237 | 30.76% | 875 | 21.76% | 24 | 0.60% | 45 | 1.12% | 604[b] | 15.02% | 4,022 |
| Jackson | 2,259 | 47.06% | 1,174 | 24.46% | 1,003 | 20.90% | 109 | 2.27% | 255 | 5.31% | 1,085[b] | 22.60% | 4,800 |
| Jasper | 2,487 | 39.20% | 1,766 | 27.83% | 1,531 | 24.13% | 397 | 6.26% | 164 | 2.58% | 721[b] | 11.36% | 6,345 |
| Jefferson | 1,311 | 35.80% | 1,378 | 37.63% | 786 | 21.46% | 72 | 1.97% | 115 | 3.14% | -67[b] | -1.83% | 3,662 |
| Johnson | 3,327 | 56.52% | 1,645 | 27.95% | 763 | 12.96% | 92 | 1.56% | 59 | 1.00% | 1,682[b] | 28.58% | 5,886 |
| Jones | 2,189 | 47.93% | 1,622 | 35.52% | 689 | 15.09% | 34 | 0.74% | 33 | 0.72% | 567[b] | 12.42% | 4,567 |
| Keokuk | 2,434 | 46.63% | 1,361 | 26.07% | 1,232 | 23.60% | 74 | 1.42% | 119 | 2.28% | 1,073[b] | 20.56% | 5,220 |
| Kossuth | 1,813 | 39.53% | 857 | 18.69% | 1,860 | 40.56% | 21 | 0.46% | 35 | 0.76% | -47 | -1.02% | 4,586 |
| Lee | 3,891 | 45.67% | 2,016 | 23.66% | 2,299 | 26.98% | 258 | 3.03% | 56 | 0.66% | 1,592 | 18.69% | 8,520 |
| Linn | 5,422 | 40.12% | 4,326 | 32.01% | 3,038 | 22.48% | 487 | 3.60% | 242 | 1.79% | 1,096[b] | 8.11% | 13,515 |
| Louisa | 881 | 29.94% | 1,070 | 36.36% | 891 | 30.28% | 58 | 1.97% | 43 | 1.46% | 179[c] | 6.08% | 2,943 |
| Lucas | 968 | 33.11% | 939 | 32.11% | 855 | 29.24% | 110 | 3.76% | 52 | 1.78% | 29[b] | 0.99% | 2,924 |
| Lyon | 896 | 32.27% | 412 | 14.84% | 1,361 | 49.01% | 89 | 3.20% | 19 | 0.68% | -465 | -16.74% | 2,777 |
| Madison | 1,185 | 31.43% | 1,274 | 33.79% | 1,121 | 29.73% | 86 | 2.28% | 104 | 2.76% | -89[b] | -2.36% | 3,770 |
| Mahaska | 2,576 | 39.95% | 1,682 | 26.09% | 1,705 | 26.44% | 202 | 3.13% | 283 | 4.39% | 871 | 13.51% | 6,448 |
| Marion | 2,276 | 43.31% | 1,191 | 22.66% | 1,419 | 27.00% | 297 | 5.65% | 72 | 1.37% | 857 | 16.31% | 5,255 |
| Marshall | 2,162 | 32.19% | 926 | 13.79% | 3,106 | 46.24% | 324 | 4.82% | 199 | 2.96% | -944 | -14.05% | 6,717 |
| Mills | 1,312 | 39.22% | 850 | 25.41% | 1,093 | 32.68% | 57 | 1.70% | 33 | 0.99% | 219 | 6.55% | 3,345 |
| Mitchell | 1,082 | 37.28% | 590 | 20.33% | 1,171 | 40.35% | 29 | 1.00% | 30 | 1.03% | -89 | -3.07% | 2,902 |
| Monona | 1,358 | 35.51% | 1,109 | 29.00% | 1,289 | 33.71% | 36 | 0.94% | 32 | 0.84% | 69 | 1.80% | 3,824 |
| Monroe | 1,485 | 28.11% | 1,385 | 26.22% | 1,495 | 28.30% | 856 | 16.21% | 61 | 1.15% | -10 | -0.19% | 5,282 |
| Montgomery | 1,206 | 30.35% | 917 | 23.07% | 1,713 | 43.11% | 106 | 2.67% | 32 | 0.81% | -507 | -12.76% | 3,974 |
| Muscatine | 2,679 | 37.68% | 789 | 11.10% | 2,796 | 39.32% | 758 | 10.66% | 88 | 1.24% | -117 | -1.65% | 7,110 |
| O'Brien | 1,506 | 38.91% | 620 | 16.02% | 1,659 | 42.87% | 53 | 1.37% | 32 | 0.83% | -153 | -3.95% | 3,870 |
| Osceola | 786 | 40.14% | 520 | 26.56% | 609 | 31.10% | 29 | 1.48% | 14 | 0.72% | 177 | 9.04% | 1,958 |
| Page | 1,462 | 29.32% | 980 | 19.65% | 2,216 | 44.44% | 197 | 3.95% | 132 | 2.65% | -754 | -15.12% | 4,987 |
| Palo Alto | 1,274 | 40.51% | 953 | 30.30% | 755 | 24.01% | 101 | 3.21% | 62 | 1.97% | 321[b] | 10.21% | 3,145 |
| Plymouth | 2,038 | 41.24% | 825 | 16.69% | 2,005 | 40.57% | 28 | 0.57% | 46 | 0.93% | 33 | 0.67% | 4,942 |
| Pocahontas | 1,176 | 35.52% | 760 | 22.95% | 1,277 | 38.57% | 69 | 2.08% | 29 | 0.88% | -101 | -3.05% | 3,311 |
| Polk | 7,239 | 32.07% | 4,665 | 20.66% | 8,110 | 35.92% | 1,695 | 7.51% | 866 | 3.84% | -871 | -3.86% | 22,575 |
| Pottawattamie | 4,993 | 42.08% | 1,753 | 14.77% | 4,538 | 38.24% | 489 | 4.12% | 93 | 0.78% | 455 | 3.83% | 11,866 |
| Poweshiek | 1,631 | 35.89% | 902 | 19.85% | 1,792 | 39.43% | 107 | 2.35% | 113 | 2.49% | -161 | -3.54% | 4,545 |
| Ringgold | 958 | 32.72% | 916 | 31.28% | 939 | 32.07% | 45 | 1.54% | 70 | 2.39% | 19 | 0.65% | 2,928 |
| Sac | 1,124 | 30.67% | 622 | 16.97% | 1,819 | 49.63% | 58 | 1.58% | 42 | 1.15% | -695 | -18.96% | 3,665 |
| Scott | 5,632 | 41.17% | 1,568 | 11.46% | 4,977 | 36.38% | 1,444 | 10.56% | 58 | 0.42% | 655 | 4.79% | 13,679 |
| Shelby | 1,841 | 47.78% | 872 | 22.63% | 1,073 | 27.85% | 38 | 0.99% | 29 | 0.75% | 768 | 19.93% | 3,853 |
| Sioux | 1,453 | 31.15% | 575 | 12.33% | 2,566 | 55.02% | 55 | 1.18% | 15 | 0.32% | -1,113 | -23.86% | 4,664 |
| Story | 1,224 | 23.39% | 1,247 | 23.82% | 2,515 | 48.05% | 76 | 1.45% | 172 | 3.29% | -1,268[c] | -24.23% | 5,234 |
| Tama | 2,446 | 44.76% | 1,179 | 21.57% | 1,722 | 31.51% | 45 | 0.82% | 73 | 1.34% | 724 | 13.25% | 5,465 |
| Taylor | 1,372 | 35.61% | 1,364 | 35.40% | 999 | 25.93% | 40 | 1.04% | 78 | 2.02% | 8[b] | 0.21% | 3,853 |
| Union | 1,528 | 39.25% | 1,096 | 28.15% | 1,115 | 28.64% | 75 | 1.93% | 79 | 2.03% | 413 | 10.61% | 3,893 |
| Van Buren | 1,495 | 39.68% | 1,483 | 39.36% | 675 | 17.91% | 52 | 1.38% | 63 | 1.67% | 12[b] | 0.32% | 3,768 |
| Wapello | 3,102 | 36.62% | 2,755 | 32.53% | 1,838 | 21.70% | 699 | 8.25% | 76 | 0.90% | 347[b] | 4.10% | 8,470 |
| Warren | 1,396 | 34.46% | 1,386 | 34.21% | 1,102 | 27.20% | 53 | 1.31% | 114 | 2.81% | 10[b] | 0.25% | 4,051 |
| Washington | 2,003 | 41.76% | 1,264 | 26.35% | 1,330 | 27.73% | 84 | 1.75% | 116 | 2.42% | 673 | 14.03% | 4,797 |
| Wayne | 1,581 | 41.93% | 1,193 | 31.64% | 796 | 21.11% | 88 | 2.33% | 113 | 3.00% | 388[b] | 10.29% | 3,771 |
| Webster | 2,370 | 33.25% | 2,123 | 29.79% | 2,171 | 30.46% | 316 | 4.43% | 147 | 2.06% | 199 | 2.79% | 7,127 |
| Winnebago | 390 | 17.48% | 532 | 23.85% | 1,035 | 46.39% | 142 | 6.36% | 132 | 5.92% | -503[c] | -22.55% | 2,231 |
| Winneshiek | 2,105 | 41.03% | 802 | 15.63% | 2,136 | 41.64% | 61 | 1.19% | 26 | 0.51% | -31 | -0.60% | 5,130 |
| Woodbury | 4,564 | 34.89% | 2,441 | 18.66% | 5,463 | 41.76% | 449 | 3.43% | 165 | 1.26% | -899 | -6.87% | 13,082 |
| Worth | 402 | 20.28% | 354 | 17.86% | 1,147 | 57.87% | 42 | 2.12% | 37 | 1.87% | -745 | -37.59% | 1,982 |
| Wright | 765 | 21.52% | 805 | 22.64% | 1,856 | 52.21% | 54 | 1.52% | 75 | 2.11% | -1,051[c] | -29.56% | 3,555 |
| Total | 185,325 | 37.64% | 119,805 | 24.33% | 161,819 | 32.87% | 16,967 | 3.45% | 8,440 | 1.71% | 23,506 | 4.77% | 492,356 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Because Wilson finished first and Roosevelt second in Iowa as a whole, all margins given are Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margins Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af In this county where Roosevelt did run third behind 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 g h 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
- ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results – Iowa".
- ^ Iowa Secretary of State; ‘Official Canvass of Votes by Counties for President 1912, Governor 1910-’; Iowa Official Register 1913 pp. 504-506
