1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska explained

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

Nebraska was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 43.69% 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 29.13% 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 21.74% of the popular vote.^[1] This was the first time in history that a nationally-successful Democratic presidential nominee carried Nebraska, as well as only the third occasion that any Democratic nominee carried the state.

Results

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		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adams		2,117		50.79%		796		19.10%		943		22.62%		188		4.51%		124		2.98%		1,174		28.17%		4,168
	Antelope		1,238		39.39%		877		27.90%		946		30.10%		50		1.59%		32		1.02%		292		9.29%		3,143
	Banner		56		20.51%		53		19.41%		128		46.89%		34		12.45%		2		0.73%		-72		-26.37%		273
	Blaine		163		37.56%		126		29.03%		107		24.65%		32		7.37%		6		1.38%		37		8.53%		434
	Boone		1,360		46.05%		570		19.30%		939		31.80%		48		1.63%		36		1.22%		421		14.26%		2,953
	Box Butte		518		40.34%		227		17.68%		423		32.94%		97		7.55%		19		1.48%		95		7.40%		1,284
	Boyd		651		39.15%		281		16.90%		651		39.15%		57		3.43%		23		1.38%		0		0.00%		1,663
	Brown		483		37.07%		295		22.64%		413		31.70%		91		6.98%		21		1.61%		70		5.37%		1,303
	Buffalo		2,061		43.72%		1,081		22.93%		1,256		26.64%		259		5.49%		57		1.21%		805		17.08%		4,714
	Burt		1,040		35.03%		865		29.13%		1,003		33.78%		41		1.38%		20		0.67%		37		1.25%		2,969
	Butler		1,756		54.21%		823		25.41%		585		18.06%		38		1.17%		37		1.14%		933		28.81%		3,239
	Cass		2,009		46.41%		970		22.41%		1,132		26.15%		152		3.51%		66		1.52%		877		20.26%		4,329
	Cedar		1,511		45.87%		716		21.74%		1,044		31.69%		8		0.24%		15		0.46%		467		14.18%		3,294
	Chase		262		33.42%		197		25.13%		264		33.67%		38		4.85%		23		2.93%		-2		-0.26%		784
	Cherry		1,047		39.93%		679		25.90%		630		24.03%		230		8.77%		36		1.37%		368		14.04%		2,622
	Cheyenne		348		36.25%		233		24.27%		281		29.27%		78		8.13%		20		2.08%		67		6.98%		960
	Clay		1,694		46.31%		557		15.23%		1,292		35.32%		52		1.42%		63		1.72%		402		10.99%		3,658
	Colfax		998		47.52%		620		29.52%		392		18.67%		79		3.76%		11		0.52%		378		18.00%		2,100
	Cuming		1,484		53.83%		759		27.53%		476		17.27%		30		1.09%		8		0.29%		725		26.30%		2,757
	Custer		2,395		41.46%		1,051		18.20%		1,898		32.86%		353		6.11%		79		1.37%		497		8.60%		5,776
	Dakota		612		42.80%		408		28.53%		350		24.48%		49		3.43%		11		0.77%		204		14.27%		1,430
	Dawes		583		37.11%		298		18.97%		610		38.83%		65		4.14%		15		0.95%		-27		-1.72%		1,571
	Dawson		1,613		47.48%		449		13.22%		1,207		35.53%		74		2.18%		54		1.59%		406		11.95%		3,397
	Deuel		135		35.34%		64		16.75%		157		41.10%		25		6.54%		1		0.26%		-22		-5.76%		382
	Dixon		823		33.99%		582		24.04%		955		39.45%		23		0.95%		38		1.57%		-132		-5.45%		2,421
	Dodge		1,987		43.81%		1,330		29.33%		935		20.62%		209		4.61%		74		1.63%		657		14.49%		4,535
	Douglas		12,908		44.08%		6,185		21.12%		7,911		27.02%		2,154		7.36%		124		0.42%		4,997		17.07%		29,282
	Dundy		304		34.55%		148		16.82%		347		39.43%		71		8.07%		10		1.14%		-43		-4.89%		880
	Fillmore		1,736		48.02%		972		26.89%		787		21.77%		77		2.13%		43		1.19%		764		21.13%		3,615
	Franklin		1,148		48.91%		332		14.15%		779		33.19%		58		2.47%		30		1.28%		369		15.72%		2,347
	Frontier		657		38.97%		293		17.38%		579		34.34%		120		7.12%		37		2.19%		78		4.63%		1,686
	Furnas		1,266		49.32%		354		13.79%		809		31.52%		83		3.23%		55		2.14%		457		17.80%		2,567
	Gage		2,593		40.85%		1,336		21.05%		2,159		34.01%		173		2.73%		87		1.37%		434		6.84%		6,348
	Garden		282		33.06%		136		15.94%		369		43.26%		48		5.63%		18		2.11%		-87		-10.20%		853
	Garfield		234		28.85%		192		23.67%		245		30.21%		135		16.65%		5		0.62%		-11		-1.36%		811
	Gosper		524		54.58%		129		13.44%		283		29.48%		9		0.94%		15		1.56%		241		25.10%		960
	Grant		93		39.41%		82		34.75%		52		22.03%		7		2.97%		2		0.85%		11		4.66%		236
	Greeley		913		52.29%		371		21.25%		376		21.53%		65		3.72%		21		1.20%		537		30.76%		1,746
	Hall		2,085		47.26%		1,047		23.73%		973		22.05%		249		5.64%		58		1.31%		1,038		23.53%		4,412
	Hamilton		1,433		46.41%		450		14.57%		1,055		34.16%		87		2.82%		63		2.04%		378		12.24%		3,088
	Harlan		918		44.58%		325		15.78%		611		29.67%		141		6.85%		64		3.11%		307		14.91%		2,059
	Hayes		189		31.98%		106		17.94%		247		41.79%		41		6.94%		8		1.35%		-58		-9.81%		591
	Hitchcock		471		44.56%		128		12.11%		370		35.00%		60		5.68%		28		2.65%		101		9.56%		1,057
	Holt		1,456		40.47%		778		21.62%		1,193		33.16%		129		3.59%		42		1.17%		263		7.31%		3,598
	Hooker		121		40.20%		103		34.22%		57		18.94%		19		6.31%		1		0.33%		18		5.98%		301
	Howard		1,118		50.77%		431		19.57%		542		24.61%		87		3.95%		24		1.09%		576		26.16%		2,202
	Jefferson		1,396		39.60%		655		18.58%		1,205		34.18%		226		6.41%		43		1.22%		191		5.42%		3,525
	Johnson		890		39.43%		672		29.77%		649		28.75%		26		1.15%		20		0.89%		218		9.66%		2,257
	Kearney		1,012		48.65%		336		16.15%		657		31.59%		42		2.02%		33		1.59%		355		17.07%		2,080
	Keith		304		37.25%		188		23.04%		234		28.68%		85		10.42%		5		0.61%		70		8.58%		816
	Keya Paha		221		27.39%		259		32.09%		246		30.48%		70		8.67%		11		1.36%		13		1.61%		807
	Kimball		109		26.65%		73		17.85%		206		50.37%		18		4.40%		3		0.73%		-97		-23.72%		409
	Knox		1,803		46.61%		1,028		26.58%		930		24.04%		81		2.09%		26		0.67%		775		20.04%		3,868
	Lancaster		6,708		47.47%		2,566		18.16%		4,143		29.32%		446		3.16%		268		1.90%		2,565		18.15%		14,131
	Lincoln		1,129		35.39%		690		21.63%		911		28.56%		400		12.54%		60		1.88%		218		6.83%		3,190
	Logan		153		39.95%		97		25.33%		110		28.72%		17		4.44%		6		1.57%		43		11.23%		383
	Loup		113		24.67%		131		28.60%		148		32.31%		59		12.88%		7		1.53%		-17		-3.71%		458
	Madison		1,718		42.87%		1,181		29.47%		1,015		25.33%		56		1.40%		37		0.92%		537		13.40%		4,007
	McPherson		180		31.20%		114		19.76%		231		40.03%		45		7.80%		7		1.21%		-51		-8.84%		577
	Merrick		950		40.93%		526		22.66%		694		29.90%		40		1.72%		111		4.78%		256		11.03%		2,321
	Morrill		391		34.97%		227		20.30%		400		35.78%		75		6.71%		25		2.24%		-9		-0.81%		1,118
	Nance		716		37.16%		630		32.69%		534		27.71%		20		1.04%		27		1.40%		86		4.46%		1,927
	Nemaha		1,374		46.00%		672		22.50%		842		28.19%		55		1.84%		44		1.47%		532		17.81%		2,987
	Nuckolls		1,312		43.49%		738		24.46%		851		28.21%		78		2.59%		38		1.26%		461		15.28%		3,017
	Otoe		1,945		48.14%		922		22.82%		1,053		26.06%		70		1.73%		50		1.24%		892		22.08%		4,040
	Pawnee		958		40.49%		593		25.06%		711		30.05%		53		2.24%		51		2.16%		247		10.44%		2,366
	Perkins		253		43.70%		101		17.44%		190		32.82%		32		5.53%		3		0.52%		63		10.88%		579
	Phelps		972		40.42%		254		10.56%		1,071		44.53%		76		3.16%		32		1.33%		-99		-4.12%		2,405
	Pierce		948		44.42%		694		32.52%		461		21.60%		15		0.70%		16		0.75%		254		11.90%		2,134
	Platte		2,015		51.93%		589		15.18%		1,200		30.93%		45		1.16%		31		0.80%		815		21.01%		3,880
	Polk		996		39.90%		485		19.43%		784		31.41%		89		3.57%		142		5.69%		212		8.49%		2,496
	Red Willow		923		42.40%		256		11.76%		782		35.92%		190		8.73%		26		1.19%		141		6.48%		2,177
	Richardson		1,977		44.45%		965		21.70%		1,350		30.35%		104		2.34%		52		1.17%		627		14.10%		4,448
	Rock		279		32.11%		230		26.47%		289		33.26%		56		6.44%		15		1.73%		-10		-1.15%		869
	Saline		1,942		48.73%		1,185		29.74%		731		18.34%		58		1.46%		69		1.73%		757		19.00%		3,985
	Sarpy		857		47.80%		404		22.53%		439		24.48%		70		3.90%		23		1.28%		418		23.31%		1,793
	Saunders		2,080		45.23%		864		18.79%		1,508		32.79%		89		1.94%		58		1.26%		572		12.44%		4,599
	Scotts Bluff		495		28.66%		314		18.18%		657		38.04%		230		13.32%		31		1.80%		-162		-9.38%		1,727
	Seward		1,573		46.48%		788		23.29%		966		28.55%		30		0.89%		27		0.80%		607		17.94%		3,384
	Sheridan		630		37.70%		377		22.56%		512		30.64%		122		7.30%		30		1.80%		118		7.06%		1,671
	Sherman		673		36.16%		455		24.45%		592		31.81%		123		6.61%		18		0.97%		81		4.35%		1,861
	Sioux		375		37.84%		150		15.14%		395		39.86%		63		6.36%		8		0.81%		-20		-2.02%		991
	Stanton		724		47.88%		471		31.15%		297		19.64%		15		0.99%		5		0.33%		253		16.73%		1,512
	Thayer		1,490		45.29%		703		21.37%		963		29.27%		85		2.58%		49		1.49%		527		16.02%		3,290
	Thomas		172		44.56%		86		22.28%		103		26.68%		22		5.70%		3		0.78%		69		17.88%		386
	Thurston		834		45.38%		437		23.78%		492		26.77%		63		3.43%		12		0.65%		342		18.61%		1,838
	Valley		788		38.16%		552		26.73%		561		27.17%		121		5.86%		43		2.08%		227		10.99%		2,065
	Washington		1,180		42.23%		599		21.44%		906		32.43%		91		3.26%		18		0.64%		274		9.81%		2,794
	Wayne		808		37.44%		600		27.80%		722		33.46%		19		0.88%		9		0.42%		86		3.99%		2,158
	Webster		1,168		42.26%		532		19.25%		915		33.10%		79		2.86%		70		2.53%		253		9.15%		2,764
	Wheeler		194		40.17%		70		14.49%		179		37.06%		37		7.66%		3		0.62%		15		3.11%		483
	York		1,886		45.88%		962		23.40%		1,085		26.39%		86		2.09%		92		2.24%		801		19.48%		4,111
Totals	109,008	43.69%	54,226	21.74%	72,681	29.13%	10,185	4.08%	3,383	1.36%	36,327	14.56%	249,483

See also

• United States presidential elections in Nebraska

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1912 Presidential Election Results – Nebraska.
2. Nebraska Secretary of State Election Administration; ‘Popular Vote by Counties for Presidential Candidates in Nebraska, 1868-1916’, The Nebraska Blue Book (1918) pp. 503-504