1912 United States presidential election in Wyoming explained

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

Wyoming was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 36.20 percent 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 34.42 percent of the popular vote, the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 21.83 percent 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 6.53 percent of the popular vote.^[1]

Despite having a member of the Progressive Party (Joseph M. Carey) as the governor of the state, Theodore Roosevelt came in third and Wyoming was one of the areas Roosevelt received lower levels of support.

Results

Party! Pledged to! Elector! Votes

	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Thomas M. Hyde	15,310
	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	John Charles Thompson	15,155
	Democratic Party	Woodrow Wilson	Peter Kinney	15,152
	Republican Party	William Howard Taft	John E. Higgins	14,560
	Republican Party	William Howard Taft	Andrew Olson	14,376
	Republican Party	William Howard Taft	William B. Sleeper	14,307
	Progressive Party	Theodore Roosevelt	Thomas Blyth	9,232
	Progressive Party	Theodore Roosevelt	Helen B. Grant	9,132
	Progressive Party	Theodore Roosevelt	Robert R. Selway	9,093
	Socialist Party	Eugene V. Debs	Otto Humberger	2,760
	Socialist Party	Eugene V. Debs	Paul J. Paulson	2,715
	Socialist Party	Eugene V. Debs	John Suaja Jr.	2,670
	Prohibition Party	Eugene W. Chafin	William H. Clark	434
	Prohibition Party	Eugene W. Chafin	A. B. Campbell	421
	Prohibition Party	Eugene W. Chafin	A. F. Shultz	403
Votes cast				42,296

Results by county

County	Woodrow Wilson Democrat		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose"		Eugene V. Debs Socialist		Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Albany		1,044		38.77%		882		32.75%		531		19.72%		177		6.57%		59		2.19%		162		6.02%		2,693
	Big Horn		691		30.83%		794		35.43%		594		26.51%		136		6.07%		26		1.16%		-103		-4.60%		2,241
	Campbell		361		48.78%		186		25.14%		163		22.03%		19		2.57%		11		1.49%		175		23.64%		740
	Carbon		957		33.88%		1,106		39.15%		489		17.31%		258		9.13%		15		0.53%		-149		-5.27%		2,825
	Converse		436		31.62%		540		39.16%		349		25.31%		40		2.90%		14		1.02%		-104		-7.54%		1,379
	Crook		726		38.78%		505		26.98%		461		24.63%		166		8.87%		14		0.75%		221		11.80%		1,872
	Fremont		993		40.45%		811		33.03%		511		20.81%		131		5.34%		9		0.37%		182		7.42%		2,455
	Goshen		318		35.41%		292		32.52%		235		26.17%		23		2.56%		30		3.34%		26		2.89%		898
	Hot Springs		343		34.10%		273		27.14%		298		29.62%		80		7.95%		12		1.19%		45		4.48%		1,006
	Johnson		524		37.54%		522		37.39%		327		23.42%		21		1.50%		2		0.14%		2		0.15%		1,396
	Laramie		1,923		40.03%		1,871		38.95%		835		17.38%		131		2.73%		44		0.92%		52		1.08%		4,804
	Lincoln		1,028		30.43%		1,430		42.33%		580		17.17%		334		9.89%		6		0.18%		-402		-11.90%		3,378
	Natrona		447		31.79%		640		45.52%		262		18.63%		52		3.70%		5		0.36%		-193		-13.73%		1,406
	Niobrara		282		27.84%		500		49.36%		142		14.02%		30		2.96%		59		5.82%		-218		-21.52%		1,013
	Park		672		37.50%		534		29.80%		470		26.23%		88		4.91%		28		1.56%		138		7.70%		1,792
	Platte		785		44.48%		500		28.33%		353		20.00%		87		4.93%		40		2.27%		285		16.15%		1,765
	Sheridan		1,649		38.82%		862		20.29%		1,305		30.72%		398		9.37%		34		0.80%		344		8.10%		4,248
	Sweetwater		916		36.89%		888		35.76%		390		15.71%		279		11.24%		10		0.40%		28		1.13%		2,483
	Uinta		535		27.84%		717		37.30%		463		24.09%		207		10.77%		0		0.00%		-182		-9.46%		1,922
	Washakie		221		32.74%		258		38.22%		168		24.89%		23		3.41%		5		0.74%		-37		-5.48%		675
	Weston		459		35.17%		449		34.41%		306		23.45%		80		6.13%		11		0.84%		10		0.76%		1,305
Totals	15,310	36.20%	14,560	34.42%	9,232	21.83%	2,760	6.53%	434	1.03%	750	1.78%	42,296

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Albany
• Crook
• Fremont
• Johnson
• Laramie
• Sheridan
• Sweetwater
• Weston

See also

• United States presidential elections in Wyoming

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1912 Presidential Election Results Wyoming.