1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia explained

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

West Virginia was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 42.11% 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 29.43% of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 21.11% of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 5.67% of the popular vote., this is the last election in which Ritchie County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the only election in which Grant County did not vote for the Republican candidate.^[1]

Results

Results by county

1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county^[2]

County	Democratic		Republican		Progressive "Bull Moose"		Socialist		Margin
		%		%		%		%		%
	Barbour		1,561		42.29%		607		16.45%		1,424		38.58%		99		2.68%		137		3.71%		3,691
	Berkeley		2,703		50.14%		1,349		25.02%		1,204		22.33%		135		2.50%		1,354		25.12%		5,391
	Boone		1,119		45.19%		416		16.80%		627		25.32%		314		12.68%		492		19.87%		2,476
	Braxton		2,611		51.74%		580		11.49%		1,816		35.99%		39		0.77%		795		15.76%		5,046
	Brooke		850		33.74%		972		38.59%		453		17.98%		244		9.69%		-122		-4.85%		2,519
	Cabell		4,793		46.62%		1,798		17.49%		3,210		31.22%		480		4.67%		1,583		15.40%		10,281
	Calhoun		1,349		55.93%		575		23.84%		476		19.73%		12		0.50%		774		32.09%		2,412
	Clay		932		44.28%		352		16.72%		766		36.39%		55		2.61%		166		7.89%		2,105
	Doddridge		866		31.79%		622		22.83%		1,192		43.76%		44		1.62%		-326		-11.97%		2,724
	Fayette		3,757		34.09%		2,697		24.47%		3,140		28.49%		1,428		12.96%		617		5.60%		11,022
	Gilmer		1,493		59.72%		469		18.76%		516		20.64%		22		0.88%		977		39.08%		2,500
	Grant		356		20.42%		349		20.02%		1,025		58.81%		13		0.75%		-669		-38.39%		1,743
	Greenbrier		2,707		51.96%		622		11.94%		1,797		34.49%		84		1.61%		910		17.47%		5,210
	Hampshire		1,777		72.44%		406		16.55%		266		10.84%		4		0.16%		1,371		55.89%		2,453
	Hancock		634		32.02%		664		33.54%		557		28.13%		125		6.31%		-30		-1.52%		1,980
	Hardy		1,209		64.51%		344		18.36%		314		16.76%		7		0.37%		865		46.16%		1,874
	Harrison		4,378		41.10%		1,754		16.47%		3,443		32.32%		1,077		10.11%		935		8.78%		10,652
	Jackson		1,935		42.65%		1,199		26.43%		1,355		29.87%		48		1.06%		580		12.78%		4,537
	Jefferson		2,525		67.79%		993		26.66%		152		4.08%		55		1.48%		1,532		41.13%		3,725
	Kanawha		6,658		37.26%		1,780		9.96%		6,360		35.59%		3,071		17.19%		298		1.67%		17,869
	Lewis		1,929		45.39%		1,029		24.21%		1,146		26.96%		146		3.44%		783		18.42%		4,250
	Lincoln		1,876		44.87%		631		15.09%		1,618		38.70%		56		1.34%		258		6.17%		4,181
	Logan		1,404		49.95%		518		18.43%		642		22.84%		247		8.79%		762		27.11%		2,811
	Marion		4,535		48.08%		1,625		17.23%		2,447		25.94%		826		8.76%		2,088		22.14%		9,433
	Marshall		2,405		37.71%		1,610		25.24%		1,842		28.88%		521		8.17%		563		8.83%		6,378
	Mason		1,812		37.95%		1,024		21.45%		1,692		35.43%		247		5.17%		120		2.51%		4,775
	McDowell		2,497		26.77%		4,341		46.54%		2,425		26.00%		64		0.69%		-1,844		-19.77%		9,327
	Mercer		3,497		43.07%		1,507		18.56%		2,958		36.43%		158		1.95%		539		6.64%		8,120
	Mineral		1,367		39.16%		513		14.69%		1,446		41.42%		165		4.73%		-79		-2.26%		3,491
	Mingo		1,832		42.05%		1,569		36.01%		884		20.29%		72		1.65%		263		6.04%		4,357
	Monongalia		1,673		31.92%		1,216		23.20%		1,772		33.81%		580		11.07%		-99		-1.89%		5,241
	Monroe		1,570		50.21%		798		25.52%		742		23.73%		17		0.54%		772		24.69%		3,127
	Morgan		549		31.30%		612		34.89%		518		29.53%		75		4.28%		-63		-3.59%		1,754
	Nicholas		2,018		49.75%		584		14.40%		1,425		35.13%		29		0.71%		593		14.62%		4,056
	Ohio		5,771		41.30%		3,956		28.31%		2,666		19.08%		1,579		11.30%		1,815		12.99%		13,972
	Pendleton		1,162		55.65%		475		22.75%		434		20.79%		17		0.81%		687		32.90%		2,088
	Pleasants		796		47.52%		493		29.43%		364		21.73%		22		1.31%		303		18.09%		1,675
	Pocahontas		1,428		44.67%		589		18.42%		1,086		33.97%		94		2.94%		342		10.70%		3,197
	Preston		1,845		31.20%		1,461		24.70%		2,387		40.36%		221		3.74%		-542		-9.16%		5,914
	Putnam		1,540		40.55%		531		13.98%		1,401		36.89%		326		8.58%		139		3.66%		3,798
	Raleigh		2,343		35.89%		897		13.74%		2,854		43.72%		434		6.65%		-511		-7.83%		6,528
	Randolph		2,563		50.25%		756		14.82%		1,411		27.66%		371		7.27%		1,152		22.58%		5,101
	Ritchie		1,270		35.65%		937		26.31%		1,264		35.49%		91		2.55%		6		0.17%		3,562
	Roane		2,045		45.70%		708		15.82%		1,670		37.32%		52		1.16%		375		8.38%		4,475
	Summers		2,111		49.79%		791		18.66%		1,250		29.48%		88		2.08%		861		20.31%		4,240
	Taylor		1,445		38.77%		791		21.22%		1,316		35.31%		175		4.70%		129		3.46%		3,727
	Tucker		1,221		37.15%		548		16.67%		1,265		38.48%		253		7.70%		-44		-1.33%		3,287
	Tyler		1,193		37.30%		706		22.08%		1,129		35.30%		170		5.32%		64		2.00%		3,198
	Upshur		895		25.59%		835		23.88%		1,706		48.78%		61		1.74%		-811		-23.19%		3,497
	Wayne		2,634		52.88%		1,465		29.41%		797		16.00%		85		1.71%		1,169		23.47%		4,981
	Webster		1,330		60.90%		307		14.06%		524		23.99%		23		1.05%		806		36.90%		2,184
	Wetzel		2,710		57.68%		1,092		23.24%		733		15.60%		163		3.47%		1,618		34.44%		4,698
	Wirt		953		48.72%		213		10.89%		762		38.96%		28		1.43%		191		9.76%		1,956
	Wood		3,784		44.29%		2,509		29.37%		1,823		21.34%		428		5.01%		1,275		14.92%		8,544
	Wyoming		881		42.40%		569		27.38%		620		29.84%		8		0.38%		261		12.56%		2,078
Totals	113,197	42.11%	56,754	21.11%	79,112	29.43%	15,248	7.35%	34,085	12.68%	268,828

See also

• United States presidential elections in West Virginia

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. West Virginia Secretary of State. 1917. West Virginia Vote for President — 1916-1912. The Tribune Printing Co., Charleston, West Virginia. West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register.