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1912 United States presidential election in Illinois
← 1908 November 5, 1912 1916 →
 
Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt
Party Democratic Progressive
Home state New Jersey New York
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote 29 0
Popular vote 405,048 386,478
Percentage 35.34% 33.72%
 
Nominee William Howard Taft Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Socialist
Home state Ohio Indiana
Running mate Nicholas M. Butler Emil Seidel
Electoral vote 0 0
Popular vote 253,593 81,278
Percentage 22.13% 7.09%
County Results

Wilson

  30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

Roosevelt

  30-40%   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

Taft

  30-40%   40-50%   50-60%

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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The 1912 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with Indiana governor Thomas R. Marshall, with 35.34% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with California governor Hiram Johnson, with 33.72% 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 22.13% 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 7.09% of the popular vote.

As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Lee County, Ogle County and Edwards County did not support the Republican nominee.

Primaries

The primary and general elections coincided with those for House as well as those for state offices.

Turnout

The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic, Republican) was 731,100.

The total vote in the general election was 1,146,173. Both major parties had their state-run non-binding preferential primaries on April 9.

Democratic

1912 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
April 9, 1912 (1912-04-09) 1916 →
 
Candidate Champ Clark Woodrow Wilson
Home state Missouri New Jersey
Popular vote 218,483 75,527
Percentage 74.31% 25.69%

The 1912 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 9, 1912, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1912 presidential election.

The vote was a non-binding "beauty contest".

1912 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Candidate Votes %
Champ Clark 218,483 74.31
Woodrow Wilson 75,527 25.69
Total votes 294,010 100

Republican

1912 Illinois Republican presidential primary
April 9, 1912 (1912-04-09) 1916 →
 
Candidate Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Robert La Follette
Home state New York Ohio Wisconsin
Popular vote 266,917 127,481 42,692
Percentage 61.07% 29.17% 9.77%

The 1912 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 9, 1912, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1912 presidential election.

The vote was a non-binding "beauty contest".

1912 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Candidate Votes %
Theodore Roosevelt 266,917 61.07
William H. Taft (incumbent) 127,481 29.17
Robert M. La Follette 42,692 9.77
Total votes 437,090 100

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Illinois
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 405,048 35.34%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 386,478 33.72%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 253,593 22.13%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 81,278 7.09%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 15,710 1.37%
Socialist Labor Arthur Reimer 4,066 0.35%
Total votes 1,146,173 100%

Chicago results

1912 United States presidential election in Chicago
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 150,290 37.18%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 124,297 30.75%
Republican William Howard Taft 71,030 17.57%
Socialist Eugene Debs 53,743 13.30%
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 2,806 0.69%
Others 2,040 0.50%
Totals 404,206 100.00%

Results by county

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic 		William Howard Taft
Republican 		Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive "Bull Moose" 		Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 6,952 48.74% 2,733 19.16% 3,780 26.50% 559 3.92% 239 1.68% 3,172 22.24% 14,263
Alexander 1,936 40.39% 2,003 41.79% 709 14.79% 107 2.23% 38 0.79% -67 -1.40% 4,793
Bond 1,278 37.23% 1,152 33.56% 725 21.12% 64 1.86% 214 6.23% 126 3.67% 3,433
Boone 540 14.67% 1,361 36.96% 1,624 44.11% 113 3.07% 44 1.20% -263 -7.14% 3,682
Brown 1,358 58.74% 381 16.48% 524 22.66% 12 0.52% 37 1.60% 834 36.07% 2,312
Bureau 2,800 30.59% 1,816 19.84% 3,738 40.84% 549 6.00% 250 2.73% -938 -10.25% 9,153
Calhoun 602 49.43% 373 30.62% 154 12.64% 22 1.81% 67 5.50% 229 18.80% 1,218
Carroll 1,098 26.71% 1,577 38.36% 1,257 30.58% 84 2.04% 95 2.31% 320 7.78% 4,111
Cass 2,223 52.99% 719 17.14% 1,086 25.89% 103 2.46% 64 1.53% 1,137 27.10% 4,195
Champaign 4,454 35.43% 3,220 25.62% 4,481 35.65% 172 1.37% 243 1.93% -27 -0.21% 12,570
Christian 3,821 48.48% 1,994 25.30% 1,464 18.57% 376 4.77% 227 2.88% 1,827 23.18% 7,882
Clark 2,517 45.34% 1,897 34.17% 943 16.98% 49 0.88% 146 2.63% 620 11.17% 5,552
Clay 1,926 44.37% 1,622 37.36% 624 14.37% 84 1.94% 85 1.96% 304 7.00% 4,341
Clinton 2,674 56.29% 973 20.48% 775 16.32% 265 5.58% 63 1.33% 1,701 35.81% 4,750
Coles 3,453 40.98% 2,263 26.86% 2,437 28.92% 170 2.02% 103 1.22% 1,016 12.06% 8,426
Cook 130,702 30.44% 74,851 17.44% 166,061 38.68% 52,659 12.27% 5,039 1.17% -35,359 -8.24% 429,312
Crawford 2,691 47.41% 1,266 22.30% 1,525 26.87% 65 1.15% 129 2.27% 1,166 20.54% 5,676
Cumberland 1,673 48.63% 990 28.78% 692 20.12% 31 0.90% 54 1.57% 683 19.85% 3,440
DeKalb 1,568 21.44% 1,776 24.28% 3,643 49.81% 205 2.80% 122 1.67% -1,867 -25.53% 7,314
DeWitt 1,880 39.79% 1,346 28.49% 1,306 27.64% 119 2.52% 74 1.57% 534 11.30% 4,725
Douglas 1,633 36.56% 1,386 31.03% 1,277 28.59% 53 1.19% 118 2.64% 247 5.53% 4,467
DuPage 2,236 28.09% 1,136 14.27% 4,169 52.37% 193 2.42% 227 2.85% -1,933 -24.28% 7,961
Edgar 3,479 47.02% 2,430 32.84% 1,244 16.81% 91 1.23% 155 2.09% 1,049 14.18% 7,399
Edwards 650 27.04% 817 33.99% 818 34.03% 16 0.67% 103 4.28% -1 -0.04% 2,404
Effingham 2,575 59.76% 1,002 23.25% 622 14.43% 46 1.07% 64 1.49% 1,573 36.50% 4,309
Fayette 2,782 46.04% 1,481 24.51% 1,558 25.79% 82 1.36% 139 2.30% 1,224 20.26% 6,042
Ford 1,035 27.91% 832 22.44% 1,729 46.63% 23 0.62% 89 2.40% -694 -18.72% 3,708
Franklin 2,435 41.92% 2,098 36.12% 731 12.58% 407 7.01% 138 2.38% 337 5.80% 5,809
Fulton 3,902 35.06% 2,263 20.33% 3,334 29.96% 1,334 11.99% 297 2.67% 568 5.10% 11,130
Gallatin 1,697 54.55% 1,051 33.78% 203 6.53% 107 3.44% 53 1.70% 646 20.77% 3,111
Greene 2,801 57.44% 1,064 21.82% 831 17.04% 124 2.54% 56 1.15% 1,737 35.62% 4,876
Grundy 1,172 24.77% 1,380 29.17% 1,919 40.56% 180 3.80% 80 1.69% -539 -11.39% 4,731
Hamilton 1,920 48.44% 1,242 31.33% 668 16.85% 79 1.99% 55 1.39% 678 17.10% 3,964
Hancock 3,692 48.80% 1,577 20.84% 1,937 25.60% 188 2.48% 172 2.27% 1,755 23.20% 7,566
Hardin 644 40.63% 691 43.60% 153 9.65% 47 2.97% 50 3.15% -47 -2.97% 1,585
Henderson 721 30.97% 648 27.84% 871 37.41% 31 1.33% 57 2.45% -150 -6.44% 2,328
Henry 2,219 24.22% 1,859 20.29% 4,505 49.17% 376 4.10% 204 2.23% -2,286 -24.95% 9,163
Iroquois 2,474 32.92% 1,866 24.83% 2,959 39.37% 52 0.69% 165 2.20% -485 -6.45% 7,516
Jackson 3,323 42.42% 2,780 35.49% 1,339 17.09% 268 3.42% 123 1.57% 543 6.93% 7,833
Jasper 2,042 51.77% 1,227 31.11% 545 13.82% 16 0.41% 114 2.89% 815 20.66% 3,944
Jefferson 3,237 48.94% 1,834 27.73% 1,294 19.56% 142 2.15% 107 1.62% 1,403 21.21% 6,614
Jersey 1,573 55.06% 838 29.33% 381 13.34% 12 0.42% 53 1.86% 735 25.73% 2,857
Jo Daviess 2,226 40.77% 1,233 22.58% 1,747 32.00% 139 2.55% 115 2.11% 479 8.77% 5,460
Johnson 952 32.57% 1,025 35.07% 809 27.68% 66 2.26% 71 2.43% -73 -2.50% 2,923
Kane 4,394 23.05% 2,415 12.67% 11,494 60.29% 529 2.77% 234 1.23% -7,100 -37.24% 19,066
Kankakee 2,532 29.01% 3,178 36.41% 2,792 31.99% 141 1.62% 85 0.97% 386 4.42% 8,728
Kendall 531 20.03% 534 20.14% 1,526 57.56% 21 0.79% 39 1.47% -992 -37.42% 2,651
Knox 2,758 26.35% 1,750 16.72% 5,386 51.46% 405 3.87% 168 1.61% -2,628 -25.11% 10,467
Lake 2,436 24.09% 2,183 21.59% 4,888 48.33% 445 4.40% 161 1.59% -2,452 -24.25% 10,113
LaSalle 7,036 35.56% 4,858 24.56% 6,918 34.97% 636 3.21% 336 1.70% 118 0.60% 19,784
Lawrence 2,550 47.93% 1,617 30.39% 774 14.55% 170 3.20% 209 3.93% 933 17.54% 5,320
Lee 1,995 31.00% 1,482 23.03% 2,747 42.68% 115 1.79% 97 1.51% -752 -11.68% 6,436
Livingston 3,334 36.01% 2,444 26.40% 3,230 34.89% 71 0.77% 179 1.93% 104 1.12% 9,258
Logan 3,229 48.19% 1,397 20.85% 1,776 26.50% 163 2.43% 136 2.03% 1,453 21.68% 6,701
Macon 4,435 36.12% 3,356 27.33% 3,976 32.38% 293 2.39% 218 1.78% 459 3.74% 12,278
Macoupin 4,902 47.53% 2,177 21.11% 2,147 20.82% 806 7.81% 282 2.73% 2,725 26.42% 10,314
Madison 7,155 40.04% 5,462 30.57% 3,197 17.89% 1,703 9.53% 351 1.96% 1,693 9.48% 17,868
Marion 3,493 44.26% 1,586 20.10% 2,099 26.60% 498 6.31% 216 2.74% 1,394 17.66% 7,892
Marshall 1,685 44.72% 790 20.97% 1,180 31.32% 42 1.11% 71 1.88% 505 13.40% 3,768
Mason 2,173 52.73% 948 23.00% 859 20.84% 45 1.09% 96 2.33% 1,225 29.73% 4,121
Massac 599 21.47% 1,341 48.06% 788 28.24% 21 0.75% 41 1.47% 553 19.82% 2,790
McDonough 2,959 42.44% 1,876 26.90% 1,785 25.60% 181 2.60% 172 2.47% 1,083 15.53% 6,973
McHenry 1,913 25.69% 2,370 31.82% 3,046 40.90% 39 0.52% 79 1.06% -676 -9.08% 7,447
McLean 5,356 35.02% 4,624 30.23% 4,350 28.44% 562 3.67% 402 2.63% 732 4.79% 15,294
Menard 1,530 48.19% 620 19.53% 903 28.44% 60 1.89% 62 1.95% 627 19.75% 3,175
Mercer 1,602 32.07% 959 19.20% 2,093 41.89% 222 4.44% 120 2.40% -491 -9.83% 4,996
Monroe 1,398 44.31% 1,433 45.42% 299 9.48% 19 0.60% 6 0.19% -35 -1.11% 3,155
Montgomery 3,705 45.69% 2,195 27.07% 1,476 18.20% 469 5.78% 264 3.26% 1,510 18.62% 8,109
Morgan 3,648 48.11% 1,466 19.34% 2,090 27.57% 193 2.55% 185 2.44% 1,558 20.55% 7,582
Moultrie 1,501 46.96% 747 23.37% 853 26.69% 29 0.91% 66 2.07% 648 20.28% 3,196
Ogle 1,750 25.95% 2,014 29.86% 2,720 40.33% 57 0.85% 204 3.02% -706 -10.47% 6,745
Peoria 8,364 37.98% 2,594 11.78% 9,229 41.91% 1,571 7.13% 262 1.19% -865 -3.93% 22,020
Perry 2,107 44.53% 1,341 28.34% 894 18.89% 215 4.54% 175 3.70% 766 16.19% 4,732
Piatt 1,417 37.84% 1,064 28.41% 1,150 30.71% 36 0.96% 78 2.08% 267 7.13% 3,745
Pike 3,371 50.90% 1,668 25.18% 1,169 17.65% 253 3.82% 162 2.45% 1,703 25.71% 6,623
Pope 664 27.68% 1,099 45.81% 587 24.47% 24 1.00% 25 1.04% -435 -18.13% 2,399
Pulaski 978 30.73% 1,632 51.27% 454 14.26% 78 2.45% 41 1.29% -654 -20.55% 3,183
Putnam 424 29.00% 403 27.56% 583 39.88% 28 1.92% 24 1.64% -159 -10.88% 1,462
Randolph 3,217 50.38% 1,548 24.24% 1,169 18.31% 308 4.82% 144 2.25% 1,669 26.14% 6,386
Richland 1,800 48.39% 862 23.17% 811 21.80% 114 3.06% 133 3.58% 938 25.22% 3,720
Rock Island 3,997 26.14% 2,394 15.66% 6,506 42.55% 2,128 13.92% 264 1.73% -2,509 -16.41% 15,289
Saline 3,599 44.37% 2,254 27.79% 1,468 18.10% 660 8.14% 130 1.60% 1,345 16.58% 8,111
Sangamon 8,406 42.25% 3,994 20.07% 6,196 31.14% 1,007 5.06% 294 1.48% 2,210 11.11% 19,897
Schuyler 1,714 50.00% 853 24.88% 694 20.25% 31 0.90% 136 3.97% 861 25.12% 3,428
Scott 1,341 54.53% 686 27.90% 379 15.41% 25 1.02% 28 1.14% 655 26.64% 2,459
Shelby 3,467 50.33% 1,629 23.65% 1,431 20.77% 121 1.76% 241 3.50% 1,838 26.68% 6,889
St. Clair 10,826 41.85% 8,156 31.53% 4,064 15.71% 2,498 9.66% 322 1.24% 2,670 10.32% 25,866
Stark 669 28.59% 549 23.46% 1,053 45.00% 41 1.75% 28 1.20% -384 -16.41% 2,340
Stephenson 3,850 42.49% 1,367 15.09% 3,476 38.37% 215 2.37% 152 1.68% 374 4.13% 9,060
Tazewell 3,654 47.35% 1,054 13.66% 2,500 32.40% 371 4.81% 138 1.79% 1,154 14.95% 7,717
Union 2,648 60.36% 1,194 27.22% 458 10.44% 23 0.52% 64 1.46% 1,454 33.14% 4,387
Vermilion 5,576 31.80% 5,655 32.25% 4,984 28.43% 714 4.07% 604 3.44% -79 -0.45% 17,533
Wabash 1,676 50.41% 841 25.29% 601 18.08% 72 2.17% 135 4.06% 835 25.11% 3,325
Warren 2,080 34.86% 915 15.34% 2,627 44.03% 237 3.97% 107 1.79% -547 -9.17% 5,966
Washington 1,654 39.06% 1,304 30.80% 1,058 24.99% 135 3.19% 83 1.96% 350 8.27% 4,234
Wayne 2,378 42.26% 1,586 28.19% 1,418 25.20% 74 1.32% 171 3.04% 792 14.07% 5,627
White 2,708 51.11% 1,692 31.94% 591 11.16% 182 3.44% 125 2.36% 1,016 19.18% 5,298
Whiteside 1,996 25.89% 1,437 18.64% 3,904 50.63% 91 1.18% 283 3.67% -1,908 -24.74% 7,711
Will 4,717 28.13% 3,331 19.87% 8,092 48.26% 467 2.79% 160 0.95% -3,375 -20.13% 16,767
Williamson 3,258 35.16% 3,209 34.63% 1,765 19.05% 706 7.62% 329 3.55% 49 0.53% 9,267
Winnebago 2,276 17.37% 2,537 19.36% 7,089 54.09% 955 7.29% 248 1.89% -4,552 -34.73% 13,105
Woodford 2,051 45.06% 850 18.67% 1,495 32.84% 83 1.82% 73 1.60% 556 12.21% 4,552
Totals 405,048 35.34% 253,593 22.13% 386,478 33.72% 81,278 7.09% 19,776 1.73% 18,570 1.62% 1,146,173

See also

Notes

  1. Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Illinois as a whole, all vote and percentage margins give are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
  2. ^ In this county where Roosevelt ran third behind both Taft and Wilson, the margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
  3. ^ 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

  1. ^ "OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE General Election, November 5, 1912. Judicial Elections, June 3, 1912. Special Elections, 1911 and 1912. ALSO The Official Vote Cast for President at the Elections of 1900, 1904, and 1908; the Vote for Governor in 1904 and 1908, and the Vote for State Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1910" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 181-186 ISBN 0786422173
  3. ^ "Blue Book of the State of Illinois". Illinois Office of Secretary of State. 1914. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  4. "CHICAGO'S VOTE". The Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1912. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  5. "REVISED CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY TOTALS". The Chicago Tribune. November 7, 1912. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
  6. Illinois State Board of Elections; Vote for President – November 5, 1912: Highest Aggregate vote in Each County
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