1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

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The 1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. This was the first time that Arizona and New Mexico took part in a presidential election having been admitted to the Union earlier in the year. Voters chose 38 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

This election was a four-way contest. Pennsylvania voted for the Progressive nominee former President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt over the Democratic nominee New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, Republican nominee President William Howard Taft, and Socialist Party of America nominee union leader Eugene V. Debs. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.04%. He also became the first non-Republican candidate to win Pennsylvania since Democratic candidate and native son James Buchanan won the state in 1856.

, this is the last election in which Wayne County, Snyder County, and Union County did not vote for the Republican candidate.^[1]

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	444,894	36.53%	38
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	395,637	32.49%	0
	Republican	William Howard Taft (incumbent)	273,360	22.45%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	83,614	6.87%	0
	Prohibition	Eugene Chafin	19,525	1.60%	0
	Industrialist	Arthur Reimer	706	0.06%	0
Totals			1,217,736	100.00%	40

Results by county

County	Woodrow Wilson[3] Democratic		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose"		Eugene V. Debs[4] Socialist		Eugene Chafin Prohibition		Arthur Reimer Industrialist		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		3,682		51.07%		819		11.36%		2,548		35.34%		90		1.25%		67		0.93%		4		0.06%		1,134		15.73%		7,210
	Allegheny		31,417		24.86%		23,822		18.85%		50,017		39.57%		19,554		15.47%		1,402		1.11%		174		0.14%		-18,600		-14.72%		126,386
	Armstrong		3,027		30.06%		1,904		18.91%		4,297		42.67%		643		6.39%		198		1.97%		1		0.01%		-1,270		-12.61%		10,070
	Beaver		3,037		24.10%		2,759		21.89%		4,517		35.84%		1,748		13.87%		534		4.24%		7		0.06%		-1,480		-11.74%		12,602
	Bedford		2,694		36.68%		1,140		15.52%		2,971		40.45%		423		5.76%		115		1.57%		1		0.01%		-277		-3.77%		7,344
	Berks		16,430		47.54%		3,032		8.77%		11,284		32.65%		3,636		10.52%		160		0.46%		18		0.05%		5,146		14.89%		34,560
	Blair		4,108		23.78%		3,138		18.16%		8,179		47.34%		1,599		9.26%		223		1.29%		29		0.17%		-4,071		-23.56%		17,276
	Bradford		2,960		27.01%		2,034		18.56%		5,379		49.09%		238		2.17%		342		3.12%		4		0.04%		-2,419		-22.08%		10,957
	Bucks		6,773		39.75%		5,452		32.00%		4,280		25.12%		411		2.41%		119		0.70%		2		0.01%		1,321		7.75%		17,037
	Butler		4,022		35.86%		1,273		11.35%		4,327		38.58%		450		4.01%		1,139		10.16%		4		0.04%		-305		-2.72%		11,215
	Cambria		7,282		33.52%		3,252		14.97%		10,066		46.33%		869		4.00%		243		1.12%		13		0.06%		-2,784		-12.81%		21,725
	Cameron		291		22.58%		388		30.10%		553		42.90%		36		2.79%		20		1.55%		1		0.08%		-165		-12.80%		1,289
	Carbon		3,652		40.88%		1,246		13.95%		3,549		39.72%		428		4.79%		57		0.64%		2		0.02%		103		1.15%		8,934
	Centre		3,445		43.46%		1,507		19.01%		2,612		32.95%		227		2.86%		132		1.67%		3		0.04%		833		10.51%		7,926
	Chester		6,901		34.88%		5,708		28.85%		6,596		33.34%		314		1.59%		263		1.33%		4		0.02%		305		1.54%		19,786
	Clarion		3,079		49.17%		916		14.63%		1,724		27.53%		315		5.03%		224		3.58%		4		0.06%		1,355		21.64%		6,262
	Clearfield		4,670		36.20%		1,523		11.81%		4,902		38.00%		1,410		10.93%		381		2.95%		14		0.11%		-232		-1.80%		12,900
	Clinton		2,200		36.45%		1,214		20.12%		1,926		31.91%		613		10.16%		77		1.28%		5		0.08%		274		4.54%		6,035
	Columbia		4,905		55.05%		889		9.98%		2,697		30.27%		242		2.72%		175		1.96%		2		0.02%		2,208		24.78%		8,910
	Crawford		3,908		32.17%		2,497		20.56%		4,139		34.07%		1,041		8.57%		556		4.58%		6		0.05%		-231		-1.90%		12,147
	Cumberland		5,023		42.89%		2,566		21.91%		3,507		29.94%		345		2.95%		262		2.24%		9		0.08%		1,516		12.94%		11,712
	Dauphin		7,470		28.93%		6,012		23.29%		10,676		41.35%		1,363		5.28%		287		1.11%		11		0.04%		-3,206		-12.42%		25,819
	Delaware		6,001		25.82%		8,418		36.23%		8,272		35.60%		374		1.61%		170		0.73%		3		0.01%		146		0.63%		23,238
	Elk		2,057		35.82%		603		10.50%		2,638		45.94%		363		6.32%		79		1.38%		2		0.03%		-581		-10.12%		5,742
	Erie		5,633		30.60%		4,958		26.93%		5,019		27.27%		1,972		10.71%		800		4.35%		26		0.14%		614		3.34%		18,408
	Fayette		7,363		38.97%		4,168		22.06%		4,257		22.53%		2,462		13.03%		632		3.35%		10		0.05%		3,106		16.44%		18,892
	Forest		373		23.91%		240		15.38%		588		37.69%		263		16.86%		96		6.15%		0		0.00%		-215		-13.78%		1,560
	Franklin		4,505		39.10%		2,710		23.52%		3,787		32.86%		414		3.59%		105		0.91%		2		0.02%		718		6.23%		11,523
	Fulton		1,080		52.25%		317		15.34%		622		30.09%		23		1.11%		24		1.16%		1		0.05%		458		22.16%		2,067
	Greene		3,551		58.67%		1,150		19.00%		1,063		17.56%		176		2.91%		109		1.80%		3		0.05%		2,401		39.67%		6,052
	Huntingdon		1,538		24.41%		903		14.33%		3,493		55.44%		263		4.17%		102		1.62%		1		0.02%		-1,955		-31.03%		6,300
	Indiana		1,593		18.72%		1,720		20.21%		3,969		46.64%		524		6.16%		695		8.17%		9		0.11%		-2,249		-26.43%		8,510
	Jefferson		2,510		29.11%		1,608		18.65%		3,501		40.61%		572		6.63%		430		4.99%		1		0.01%		-991		-11.49%		8,622
	Juniata		1,148		40.91%		374		13.33%		1,184		42.20%		73		2.60%		27		0.96%		0		0.00%		-36		-1.28%		2,806
	Lackawanna		12,423		37.78%		3,799		11.55%		15,199		46.22%		959		2.92%		489		1.49%		14		0.04%		-2,776		-8.44%		32,883
	Lancaster		8,574		25.01%		12,668		36.95%		12,031		35.09%		687		2.00%		310		0.90%		12		0.04%		637		1.86%		34,282
	Lawrence		1,976		20.07%		2,128		21.62%		3,348		34.01%		1,641		16.67%		749		7.61%		3		0.03%		-1,220		-12.39%		9,845
	Lebanon		2,972		28.09%		2,378		22.48%		4,540		42.91%		393		3.71%		296		2.80%		1		0.01%		-1,568		-14.82%		10,580
	Lehigh		10,834		48.56%		2,722		12.20%		7,580		33.97%		1,059		4.75%		106		0.48%		10		0.04%		3,254		14.58%		22,311
	Luzerne		13,461		32.56%		4,970		12.02%		20,104		48.63%		2,464		5.96%		320		0.77%		19		0.05%		-6,643		-16.07%		41,338
	Lycoming		6,039		40.73%		1,631		11.00%		5,208		35.13%		1,523		10.27%		423		2.85%		3		0.02%		831		5.60%		14,827
	McKean		2,362		29.52%		1,345		16.81%		3,489		43.61%		512		6.40%		275		3.44%		18		0.22%		-1,127		-14.09%		8,001
	Mercer		4,039		31.76%		1,873		14.73%		4,418		34.74%		1,708		13.43%		677		5.32%		3		0.02%		-379		-2.98%		12,718
	Mifflin		1,400		31.25%		654		14.60%		1,831		40.87%		531		11.85%		62		1.38%		2		0.04%		-431		-9.62%		4,480
	Monroe		3,107		67.48%		536		11.64%		844		18.33%		23		0.50%		93		2.02%		1		0.02%		2,263		49.15%		4,604
	Montgomery		11,894		35.37%		8,978		26.69%		11,491		34.17%		1,129		3.36%		136		0.40%		4		0.01%		403		1.20%		33,632
	Montour		1,492		53.19%		308		10.98%		937		33.40%		39		1.39%		29		1.03%		0		0.00%		555		19.79%		2,805
	Northampton		10,325		47.50%		3,893		17.91%		6,602		30.37%		639		2.94%		274		1.26%		3		0.01%		3,723		17.13%		21,736
	Northumberland		6,802		35.53%		2,371		12.39%		7,064		36.90%		2,726		14.24%		172		0.90%		9		0.05%		-262		-1.37%		19,144
	Perry		1,941		39.98%		1,140		23.48%		1,670		34.40%		72		1.48%		28		0.58%		4		0.08%		271		5.58%		4,855
	Philadelphia		66,308		26.35%		91,944		36.53%		82,963		32.96%		9,784		3.89%		571		0.23%		120		0.05%		8,981		3.57%		251,690
	Pike		995		59.83%		191		11.49%		437		26.28%		18		1.08%		20		1.20%		2		0.12%		558		33.55%		1,663
	Potter		1,445		30.88%		850		18.17%		1,907		40.76%		310		6.63%		167		3.57%		0		0.00%		-462		-9.87%		4,679
	Schuylkill		11,812		36.83%		3,557		11.09%		13,686		42.67%		2,846		8.87%		161		0.50%		13		0.04%		-1,874		-5.84%		32,075
	Snyder		991		29.76%		626		18.80%		1,622		48.71%		74		2.22%		14		0.42%		3		0.09%		-631		-18.95%		3,330
	Somerset		2,164		22.57%		1,428		14.89%		5,026		52.42%		655		6.83%		314		3.27%		1		0.01%		-2,862		-29.85%		9,588
	Sullivan		912		44.12%		547		26.46%		472		22.84%		43		2.08%		88		4.26%		5		0.24%		365		17.66%		2,067
	Susquehanna		2,588		34.98%		1,988		26.87%		2,498		33.77%		25		0.34%		298		4.03%		1		0.01%		90		1.22%		7,398
	Tioga		1,901		22.48%		1,895		22.40%		4,314		51.00%		130		1.54%		217		2.57%		1		0.01%		-2,413		-28.53%		8,458
	Union		1,126		32.50%		470		13.56%		1,776		51.26%		48		1.39%		42		1.21%		3		0.09%		-650		-18.76%		3,465
	Venango		2,507		27.57%		1,660		18.26%		3,111		34.22%		1,214		13.35%		599		6.59%		1		0.01%		-604		-6.64%		9,092
	Warren		1,686		23.23%		1,564		21.55%		2,934		40.42%		628		8.65%		439		6.05%		7		0.10%		-1,248		-17.19%		7,258
	Washington		5,563		29.75%		4,297		22.98%		6,395		34.20%		2,050		10.96%		385		2.06%		7		0.04%		-832		-4.45%		18,697
	Wayne		1,924		35.90%		659		12.29%		2,594		48.40%		52		0.97%		129		2.41%		2		0.04%		-670		-12.50%		5,360
	Westmoreland		9,262		31.58%		4,299		14.66%		10,193		34.76%		4,622		15.76%		900		3.07%		49		0.17%		-931		-3.17%		29,325
	Wyoming		1,505		42.60%		480		13.59%		1,464		41.44%		33		0.93%		51		1.44%		0		0.00%		41		1.16%		3,533
	York		14,979		49.61%		5,251		17.39%		8,007		26.52%		1,503		4.98%		446		1.48%		9		0.03%		6,972		23.09%		30,195
Totals	395,637	32.49%	273,360	22.45%	444,894	36.53%	83,614	6.87%	19,525	1.60%	706	0.06%	-49,257	-4.04%	1,217,736

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
2. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1912 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania.
3. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)