1912 United States presidential election

The 1912 United States presidential election was the 33rd election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 5, 1912. This election was a 4-way race between Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson, Former President Theodore Roosevelt of New York, Incumbent President William Howard Taft of Ohio, and former Congressman Eugene V. Debs of Indiana. Wilson won the election with 435 electoral votes, while Roosevelt got 88 electoral votes, Taft got 8 electoral votes, (lowest for an Incumbent President and lowest of any Republican Candidate), and Debs received 0 electoral votes.

1912 United States presidential election

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531 members of the Electoral College 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	58.8% 6.6 pp
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Party Democratic Progressive Home state New Jersey New York Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson Electoral vote 435 88 States carried 40 6 Popular vote 6,296,284 4,122,721 Percentage 41.8% 27.4%   Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Socialist Home state Ohio Indiana Running mate Nicholas M. Butler (replacing James S. Sherman) Emil Seidel Electoral vote 8 0 States carried 2 0 Popular vote 3,486,242 901,551 Percentage 23.2% 6.0%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Wilson/Marshall, light green denotes those won by Roosevelt/Johnson, red denotes states won by Taft/Butler. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election William Howard Taft Republican Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

Candidates

Republican Party

• William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) (Nominee) (Incumbent)
• Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) (Ran as a third party)
• Robert M. La Follette, Senator of Wisconsin (1906-1925)
• Albert B. Cummings, Senator of Iowa (1909-1926)

Democratic Party

• Woodrow Wilson, Governor of New Jersey (1911-1913) (Nominee)
• Champ Clark, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1911-1919)
• Judson Harmon, Governor of Ohio (1909-1913)
• Oscar Underwood, Senator of Alabama (1915-1927)
• John Burke, Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913)

Progressive Party

• Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) (Nominee)
• Hiram Johnson, Governor of California (1911-1913)