1912 United States presidential election in Montana
November 5, 1912
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| Elections in Montana |
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
In this four-way contest election, Montana voted for the Democratic nominee New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson over the Progressive nominee former President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Republican nominee President William Howard Taft, and Socialist Party of America nominee union leader Eugene V. Debs. Wilson won the state by a margin of 6.87%.
Results
Results by county
| County | Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Eugene Debs Socialist |
Eugene Chafin Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast [1] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 713 | 38.50% | 708 | 38.23% | 320 | 17.28% | 110 | 5.94% | 1 | 0.05% | 5[a] | 0.27% | 1,852 |
| Blaine | 318 | 27.97% | 204 | 17.94% | 507 | 44.59% | 108 | 9.50% | -189 | -16.62% | 1,137 | ||
| Broadwater | 451 | 48.34% | 205 | 21.97% | 197 | 21.11% | 80 | 8.57% | 246[a] | 26.37% | 933 | ||
| Carbon | 796 | 30.66% | 646 | 24.88% | 766 | 29.51% | 388 | 14.95% | 30 | 1.16% | 2,596 | ||
| Cascade | 1,633 | 35.90% | 1,079 | 23.72% | 999 | 21.96% | 838 | 18.42% | 554[a] | 12.18% | 4,549 | ||
| Chouteau | 402 | 29.69% | 561 | 41.43% | 259 | 19.13% | 129 | 9.53% | 3 | 0.22% | -159[a] | -11.74% | 1,354 |
| Custer | 1,068 | 33.34% | 695 | 21.70% | 1,192 | 37.22% | 247 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.03% | -124 | -3.87% | 3,203 |
| Dawson | 719 | 25.84% | 678 | 24.37% | 1,165 | 41.88% | 220 | 7.91% | -446 | -16.03% | 2,782 | ||
| Deer Lodge | 1,197 | 41.85% | 1,060 | 37.06% | 464 | 16.22% | 139 | 4.86% | 137[a] | 4.79% | 2,860 | ||
| Fergus | 1,393 | 38.03% | 745 | 20.34% | 1,104 | 30.14% | 421 | 11.49% | 289 | 7.89% | 3,663 | ||
| Flathead | 1,106 | 33.50% | 493 | 14.93% | 1,256 | 38.05% | 446 | 13.51% | -150 | -4.55% | 3,301 | ||
| Gallatin | 1,407 | 43.41% | 683 | 21.07% | 929 | 28.66% | 212 | 6.54% | 10 | 0.31% | 478 | 14.75% | 3,241 |
| Granite | 346 | 38.92% | 195 | 21.93% | 256 | 28.80% | 92 | 10.35% | 90 | 10.12% | 889 | ||
| Hill | 624 | 30.77% | 536 | 26.43% | 545 | 26.87% | 323 | 15.93% | 79 | 3.90% | 2,028 | ||
| Jefferson | 479 | 40.15% | 239 | 20.03% | 299 | 25.06% | 176 | 14.75% | 180 | 15.09% | 1,193 | ||
| Lewis and Clark | 1,505 | 34.72% | 1,062 | 24.50% | 1,375 | 31.72% | 391 | 9.02% | 2 | 0.05% | 130 | 3.00% | 4,335 |
| Lincoln | 346 | 34.43% | 218 | 21.69% | 206 | 20.50% | 235 | 23.38% | 111[b] | 11.05% | 1,005 | ||
| Madison | 822 | 44.12% | 506 | 27.16% | 457 | 24.53% | 78 | 4.19% | 316[a] | 16.96% | 1,863 | ||
| Meagher | 473 | 39.45% | 321 | 26.77% | 327 | 27.27% | 75 | 6.26% | 3 | 0.25% | 146 | 12.18% | 1,199 |
| Missoula | 1,523 | 32.70% | 589 | 12.64% | 1,773 | 38.06% | 773 | 16.60% | -250 | -5.37% | 4,658 | ||
| Musselshell | 470 | 29.97% | 483 | 30.80% | 400 | 25.51% | 215 | 13.71% | -13[a] | -0.83% | 1,568 | ||
| Park | 666 | 30.18% | 609 | 27.59% | 687 | 31.13% | 245 | 11.10% | -21 | -0.95% | 2,207 | ||
| Powell | 545 | 37.72% | 335 | 23.18% | 418 | 28.93% | 147 | 10.17% | 127 | 8.79% | 1,445 | ||
| Ravalli | 858 | 36.36% | 316 | 13.39% | 896 | 37.97% | 282 | 11.95% | 8 | 0.34% | -38 | -1.61% | 2,360 |
| Rosebud | 313 | 27.08% | 392 | 33.91% | 368 | 31.83% | 80 | 6.92% | 3 | 0.26% | 24[c] | 2.08% | 1,156 |
| Sanders | 414 | 34.30% | 257 | 21.29% | 375 | 31.07% | 161 | 13.34% | 39 | 3.23% | 1,207 | ||
| Silver Bow | 4,542 | 38.18% | 2,232 | 18.76% | 1,802 | 15.15% | 3,320 | 27.91% | 1,222[b] | 10.27% | 11,896 | ||
| Sweet Grass | 277 | 29.41% | 181 | 19.21% | 424 | 45.01% | 60 | 6.37% | -147 | -15.60% | 942 | ||
| Teton | 646 | 32.45% | 612 | 30.74% | 446 | 22.40% | 287 | 14.41% | 34[a] | 1.71% | 1,991 | ||
| Valley | 696 | 26.92% | 668 | 25.84% | 858 | 33.19% | 362 | 14.00% | 1 | 0.04% | -162 | -6.27% | 2,585 |
| Yellowstone | 1,193 | 31.17% | 1,004 | 26.23% | 1,386 | 36.21% | 245 | 6.40% | -193 | -5.04% | 3,828 | ||
| Totals | 27,941 | 35.00% | 18,512 | 23.19% | 22,456 | 28.13% | 10,885 | 13.64% | 32 | 0.04% | 5,485 | 6.87% | 79,826 |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h In this county where Roosevelt did run third behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
- ^ a b In this county where Debs ran second behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Debs percentage.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Official Vote of the State of Montana Cast at the Regular Election Held on the 5th Day of November, A. D. 1912, as Canvassed by the State Board of Canvassers" (PDF). Archived Election Results – via Secretary of State of the State of Montana.