1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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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 13 0 0
Popular vote 219,484 115,510 101,766
Percentage 48.48% 25.52% 22.48%
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William Howard Taft
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Woodrow Wilson
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 48.48% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 25.52% of the popular vote and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 22.48% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Pulaski County, Laurel County, Allen County, Casey County, and Edmonson County voted for the Democratic candidate and the last in which McCreary County and Jackson County did not support the Republican candidate.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 219,484 48.48%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 115,510 25.52%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 101,766 22.48%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 11,646 2.57%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 3,253[a] 0.72%
Socialist Labor Arthur Reimer 1,055[a] 0.23%
Total votes 452,714 100%

Results by county

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson[2]
Democratic 		William Howard Taft[2]
Republican 		Theodore Roosevelt[3]
Progressive "Bull Moose" 		Eugene Victor Debs[3]
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adair 1,398 43.46% 786 24.43% 1,024 31.83% 9 0.28% 374[b] 11.63% 3,217
Allen 1,366 41.08% 1,186 35.67% 757 22.77% 16 0.48% 180 5.41% 3,325
Anderson 1,391 58.03% 579 24.16% 419 17.48% 8 0.33% 812 33.88% 2,397
Ballard 1,706 66.20% 555 21.54% 119 4.62% 197 7.64% 1,151 44.66% 2,577
Barren 2,993 56.10% 1,563 29.30% 731 13.70% 48 0.90% 1,430 26.80% 5,335
Bath 1,477 53.57% 1,002 36.34% 263 9.54% 15 0.54% 475 17.23% 2,757
Bell 970 24.38% 1,183 29.74% 1,705 42.86% 120 3.02% -522[c] -13.12% 3,978
Boone 1,738 76.13% 371 16.25% 142 6.22% 32 1.40% 1,367 59.88% 2,283
Bourbon 2,362 51.90% 1,744 38.32% 429 9.43% 16 0.35% 618 13.58% 4,551
Boyd 1,772 39.19% 1,271 28.11% 1,236 27.34% 242 5.35% 501 11.08% 4,521
Boyle 1,798 55.37% 701 21.59% 726 22.36% 22 0.68% 1,072[b] 33.02% 3,247
Bracken 1,315 55.37% 693 29.18% 278 11.71% 89 3.75% 622 26.19% 2,375
Breathitt 1,682 56.09% 910 30.34% 396 13.20% 11 0.37% 772 25.74% 2,999
Breckinridge 1,967 43.82% 1,163 25.91% 1,292 28.78% 67 1.49% 675[b] 15.04% 4,489
Bullitt 1,299 65.11% 209 10.48% 472 23.66% 15 0.75% 827[b] 41.45% 1,995
Butler 879 29.40% 1,070 35.79% 988 33.04% 53 1.77% 82[c] 2.74% 2,990
Caldwell 1,231 41.53% 1,263 42.61% 296 9.99% 174 5.87% -32 -1.08% 2,964
Calloway 2,380 66.28% 628 17.49% 325 9.05% 258 7.18% 1,752 48.79% 3,591
Campbell 4,687 43.00% 2,276 20.88% 2,630 24.13% 1,307 11.99% 2,057[b] 18.87% 10,900
Carlisle 1,409 72.55% 331 17.04% 126 6.49% 76 3.91% 1,078 55.51% 1,942
Carroll 1,573 74.87% 317 15.09% 208 9.90% 3 0.14% 1,256 59.78% 2,101
Carter 1,506 36.74% 1,174 28.64% 1,340 32.69% 79 1.93% 166[b] 4.05% 4,099
Casey 1,158 40.10% 902 31.23% 806 27.91% 22 0.76% 256 8.86% 2,888
Christian 2,784 38.73% 3,520 48.96% 717 9.97% 168 2.34% -736 -10.24% 7,189
Clark 2,321 57.31% 1,056 26.07% 658 16.25% 15 0.37% 1,265 31.23% 4,050
Clay 625 27.74% 1,034 45.89% 516 22.90% 78 3.46% -409 -18.15% 2,253
Clinton 310 24.43% 828 65.25% 112 8.83% 19 1.50% -518 -40.82% 1,269
Crittenden 1,230 40.96% 1,367 45.52% 371 12.35% 35 1.17% -137 -4.56% 3,003
Cumberland 577 33.78% 972 56.91% 156 9.13% 3 0.18% -395 -23.13% 1,708
Daviess 4,314 55.72% 1,506 19.45% 1,839 23.75% 83 1.07% 2,475[b] 31.97% 7,742
Edmonson 799 38.41% 736 35.38% 519 24.95% 26 1.25% 63 3.03% 2,080
Elliott 1,006 65.28% 396 25.70% 136 8.83% 3 0.19% 610 39.58% 1,541
Estill 875 41.37% 869 41.09% 359 16.97% 12 0.57% 6 0.28% 2,115
Fayette 5,268 49.04% 4,060 37.80% 1,337 12.45% 77 0.72% 1,208 11.25% 10,742
Fleming 1,915 50.30% 1,400 36.77% 471 12.37% 21 0.55% 515 13.53% 3,807
Floyd 1,553 51.29% 961 31.74% 465 15.36% 49 1.62% 592 19.55% 3,028
Franklin 2,980 67.93% 783 17.85% 604 13.77% 20 0.46% 2,197 50.08% 4,387
Fulton 1,609 70.60% 520 22.82% 92 4.04% 58 2.54% 1,089 47.78% 2,279
Gallatin 906 75.88% 174 14.57% 112 9.38% 2 0.17% 732 61.31% 1,194
Garrard 1,232 44.40% 481 17.33% 1,055 38.02% 7 0.25% 177[b] 6.38% 2,775
Grant 1,562 60.52% 837 32.43% 171 6.63% 11 0.43% 725 28.09% 2,581
Graves 3,838 67.85% 862 15.24% 939 16.60% 18 0.32% 2,899[b] 51.25% 5,657
Grayson 1,685 42.51% 1,075 27.12% 1,146 28.91% 58 1.46% 539[b] 13.60% 3,964
Green 1,117 44.99% 687 27.67% 670 26.98% 9 0.36% 430 17.32% 2,483
Greenup 1,172 36.32% 923 28.60% 889 27.55% 243 7.53% 249 7.72% 3,227
Hancock 757 43.01% 268 15.23% 677 38.47% 58 3.30% 80[b] 4.55% 1,760
Hardin 2,656 57.51% 632 13.69% 1,250 27.07% 80 1.73% 1,406[b] 30.45% 4,618
Harlan 345 19.30% 612 34.23% 824 46.09% 7 0.39% -212[c] -11.86% 1,788
Harrison 2,514 63.26% 1,193 30.02% 246 6.19% 21 0.53% 1,321 33.24% 3,974
Hart 1,674 45.28% 592 16.01% 1,314 35.54% 117 3.16% 360[b] 9.74% 3,697
Henderson 3,098 57.58% 1,157 21.51% 763 14.18% 362 6.73% 1,941 36.08% 5,380
Henry 2,274 63.61% 805 22.52% 484 13.54% 12 0.34% 1,469 41.09% 3,575
Hickman 1,540 74.50% 365 17.66% 134 6.48% 28 1.35% 1,175 56.85% 2,067
Hopkins 3,147 48.40% 1,357 20.87% 1,616 24.85% 382 5.88% 1,531[b] 23.55% 6,502
Jackson 216 12.78% 577 34.14% 885 52.37% 12 0.71% -308[c] -18.22% 1,690
Jefferson 24,100 46.08% 3,519 6.73% 23,516 44.96% 1,170 2.24% 584[b] 1.12% 52,305
Jessamine 1,506 53.37% 895 31.72% 409 14.49% 12 0.43% 611 21.65% 2,822
Johnson 1,034 30.47% 998 29.40% 1,264 37.24% 98 2.89% -230[b] -6.78% 3,394
Kenton 7,761 56.42% 2,512 18.26% 2,272 16.52% 1,210 8.80% 5,249 38.16% 13,755
Knott 1,114 68.34% 387 23.74% 129 7.91% 0 0.00% 727 44.60% 1,630
Knox 888 24.91% 1,391 39.02% 1,231 34.53% 55 1.54% 160[c] 4.49% 3,565
Larue 1,265 56.35% 390 17.37% 568 25.30% 22 0.98% 697[b] 31.05% 2,245
Laurel 1,094 32.93% 1,085 32.66% 1,020 30.70% 123 3.70% 9 0.27% 3,322
Lawrence 1,648 45.68% 1,280 35.48% 632 17.52% 48 1.33% 368 10.20% 3,608
Lee 728 42.62% 570 33.37% 400 23.42% 10 0.59% 158 9.25% 1,708
Leslie 105 9.18% 606 52.97% 431 37.67% 2 0.17% 175[c] 15.30% 1,144
Letcher 611 31.03% 978 49.67% 372 18.89% 8 0.41% -367 -18.64% 1,969
Lewis 1,017 29.62% 1,185 34.52% 1,063 30.96% 168 4.89% 122[c] 3.55% 3,433
Lincoln 1,863 49.87% 842 22.54% 1,001 26.79% 30 0.80% 862[b] 23.07% 3,736
Livingston 1,009 48.39% 732 35.11% 293 14.05% 51 2.45% 277 13.29% 2,085
Logan 2,697 54.21% 1,632 32.80% 551 11.08% 95 1.91% 1,065 21.41% 4,975
Lyon 996 56.08% 568 31.98% 187 10.53% 25 1.41% 428 24.10% 1,776
Madison 2,992 49.54% 2,094 34.67% 928 15.37% 25 0.41% 898 14.87% 6,039
Magoffin 891 38.60% 1,004 43.50% 406 17.59% 7 0.30% -113 -4.90% 2,308
Marion 1,848 55.30% 735 21.99% 742 22.20% 17 0.51% 1,106[b] 33.09% 3,342
Marshall 1,675 60.10% 634 22.75% 393 14.10% 85 3.05% 1,041 37.35% 2,787
Martin 256 21.17% 655 54.18% 287 23.74% 11 0.91% 368[c] 30.44% 1,209
Mason 2,475 53.75% 1,558 33.83% 542 11.77% 30 0.65% 917 19.91% 4,605
McCracken 2,948 50.99% 1,308 22.62% 1,085 18.77% 441 7.63% 1,640 28.36% 5,782
McCreary 225 18.26% 411 33.36% 501 40.67% 95 7.71% -90[c] -7.31% 1,232
McLean 1,304 49.81% 822 31.40% 381 14.55% 111 4.24% 482 18.41% 2,618
Meade 1,145 56.35% 337 16.58% 489 24.06% 61 3.00% 656[b] 32.28% 2,032
Menifee 643 62.43% 254 24.66% 90 8.74% 43 4.17% 389 37.77% 1,030
Mercer 1,792 54.43% 889 27.00% 606 18.41% 5 0.15% 903 27.43% 3,292
Metcalfe 887 43.95% 482 23.89% 640 31.71% 9 0.45% 247[b] 12.24% 2,018
Monroe 806 31.44% 1,072 41.81% 680 26.52% 6 0.23% -266 -10.37% 2,564
Montgomery 1,615 57.80% 758 27.13% 410 14.67% 11 0.39% 857 30.67% 2,794
Morgan 1,800 61.52% 876 29.94% 219 7.48% 31 1.06% 924 31.58% 2,926
Muhlenberg 2,093 37.40% 1,038 18.55% 1,699 30.36% 766 13.69% 394[b] 7.04% 5,596
Nelson 2,275 60.12% 751 19.85% 735 19.42% 23 0.61% 1,524 40.27% 3,784
Nicholas 1,611 62.03% 700 26.95% 276 10.63% 10 0.39% 911 35.08% 2,597
Ohio 2,563 43.45% 1,150 19.49% 1,825 30.94% 361 6.12% 738[b] 12.51% 5,899
Oldham 1,159 66.08% 261 14.88% 319 18.19% 15 0.86% 840[b] 47.89% 1,754
Owen 2,460 77.65% 430 13.57% 257 8.11% 21 0.66% 2,030 64.08% 3,168
Owsley 221 17.13% 711 55.12% 353 27.36% 5 0.39% 358[c] 27.75% 1,290
Pendleton 1,310 52.38% 746 29.83% 365 14.59% 80 3.20% 564 22.55% 2,501
Perry 560 32.98% 1,023 60.25% 114 6.71% 1 0.06% -463 -27.27% 1,698
Pike 2,583 41.72% 2,777 44.85% 785 12.68% 47 0.76% -194 -3.13% 6,192
Powell 647 54.05% 381 31.83% 163 13.62% 6 0.50% 266 22.22% 1,197
Pulaski 1,980 35.47% 1,731 31.01% 1,785 31.98% 86 1.54% 195[b] 3.49% 5,582
Robertson 570 57.52% 158 15.94% 262 26.44% 1 0.10% 308[b] 31.08% 991
Rockcastle 859 34.26% 1,082 43.16% 556 22.18% 10 0.40% -223 -8.90% 2,507
Rowan 737 44.59% 417 25.23% 458 27.71% 41 2.48% 279[b] 16.88% 1,653
Russell 713 39.35% 785 43.32% 273 15.07% 41 2.26% -72 -3.97% 1,812
Scott 2,361 60.46% 1,047 26.81% 480 12.29% 17 0.44% 1,314 33.65% 3,905
Shelby 2,487 58.55% 1,129 26.58% 607 14.29% 25 0.59% 1,358 31.97% 4,248
Simpson 1,639 62.80% 547 20.96% 418 16.02% 6 0.23% 1,092 41.84% 2,610
Spencer 1,052 66.37% 271 17.10% 256 16.15% 6 0.38% 781 49.27% 1,585
Taylor 1,150 46.35% 468 18.86% 842 33.94% 21 0.85% 308[b] 12.41% 2,481
Todd 1,482 46.81% 1,435 45.33% 170 5.37% 79 2.50% 47 1.48% 3,166
Trigg 1,263 44.35% 1,322 46.42% 101 3.55% 162 5.69% -59 -2.07% 2,848
Trimble 1,183 79.56% 163 10.96% 136 9.15% 5 0.34% 1,020 68.59% 1,487
Union 2,168 64.91% 642 19.22% 303 9.07% 227 6.80% 1,526 45.69% 3,340
Warren 3,447 52.12% 1,342 20.29% 1,770 26.76% 55 0.83% 1,677[b] 25.36% 6,614
Washington 1,329 47.11% 1,170 41.47% 312 11.06% 10 0.35% 159 5.64% 2,821
Wayne 2,168 57.02% 1,096 28.83% 524 13.78% 14 0.37% 1,072 28.20% 3,802
Webster 998 24.78% 905 22.47% 2,036 50.55% 89 2.21% -1,038[b] -25.77% 4,028
Whitley 1,388 43.94% 723 22.89% 912 28.87% 136 4.31% 476[b] 15.07% 3,159
Wolfe 873 57.28% 395 25.92% 250 16.40% 6 0.39% 478 31.36% 1,524
Woodford 1,561 55.85% 779 27.87% 446 15.96% 9 0.32% 782 27.98% 2,795
Totals 219,484 48.48% 115,510 25.52% 101,766 22.48% 11,646 2.57% 103,974 !22.97% 452,714

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Totals for this candidate were not separated by county but only listed as a statewide total which is included in the statewide aggregate below.
  2. ^ 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 In this county where Roosevelt ran ahead of Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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

  1. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results – Kentucky". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  2. ^ a b Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs, 1912 (.xlsx file for €15)