1912 United States presidential election in Missouri

1912 United States presidential election in Missouri

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Home state New Jersey Ohio New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Nicholas M. Butler Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote 18 0 0
Popular vote 330,746 207,821 124,375
Percentage 47.35% 29.75% 17.80%

County Results

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1912 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose 18 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Missouri was won by governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson (D), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 47.35% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (ROhio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 29.75% of the popular vote and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (PNew York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 17.80% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Douglas County and Ozark County did not vote for the Republican Presidential candidate.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1912 Presidential Election Results — Missouri". uselecitonatlas.org. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 239–246. ISBN 0786422173.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

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