1912 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results
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1912 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

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1912 US Presidential Election Result, Past US election Result, US Presidential Election History Details winner candidates party vote %, US Election Results

The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. The election was a rare four-way contest.[1] Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the Republican Party with the support of its conservative wing. After former President Theodore Roosevelt failed to receive the Republican nomination, he called his own convention and created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party"). 

1912 US Presidential Election Result

Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral Running mate
Count Pct vote Vice-presidential candidate Home state Elect. vote
Woodrow Wilson Democratic New Jersey 62,96,284 41.84% 435 Thomas R. Marshall Indiana 435
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive New York 41,22,721 27.40% 88 Hiram W. Johnson California 88
William Howard Taft(Incumbent) Republican Ohio 34,86,242 23.17% 8 Nicholas Murray Butler New York 8
Eugene V. Debs Socialist Indiana 9,01,551 5.99% 0 Emil Seidel Wisconsin 0
Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition Illinois 2,08,156 1.38% 0 Aaron S. Watkins Ohio 0
Arthur E. Reimer Socialist Labor Massachusetts 29,324 0.19% 0 August Gillhaus New York 0
Other 4,556 0.03% Other
Total 1,50,48,834 100% 531   531
Needed to win 266   266

Source: Wikipedia

 

 

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