1912 United States presidential election in Montana

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Nominee	Woodrow Wilson	Theodore Roosevelt
Party	Democratic	Progressive
Home state	New Jersey	New York
Running mate	Thomas R. Marshall	Hiram Johnson
Electoral vote	4	0
Popular vote	27,941	22,456
Percentage	35.00%	28.13%


Nominee	William Howard Taft	Eugene Victor Debs
Party	Republican	Socialist
Home state	Ohio	Indiana
Running mate	Nicholas Murray Butler	Emil Seidel
Electoral vote	0	0
Popular vote	18,512	10,885
Percentage	23.19%	13.64%

County Results

Wilson

30-40% 40-50%

Roosevelt

30-40% 40-50%

Taft

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William Howard Taft
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Woodrow Wilson
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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

1912 United States presidential election in Montana
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	27,941	35.00%	4
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	22,456	28.13%	0
	Republican	William Howard Taft (incumbent)	18,512	23.19%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	10,885	13.64%	0
	Write-in	Eugene Chafin	32	0.04%	0
Totals			79,826	100.00%	4

Results by county

County	Woodrow Wilson Democratic		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose"		Eugene Debs Socialist		Eugene Chafin Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Beaverhead	713	38.50%	708	38.23%	320	17.28%	110	5.94%	1	0.05%	5	0.27%	1,852
Blaine	352	30.06%	204	17.42%	507	43.30%	108	9.22%			-155	-13.24%	1,171
Broadwater	451	48.34%	205	21.97%	197	21.11%	80	8.57%			246	26.37%	933
Carbon	796	30.66%	646	24.88%	766	29.51%	388	14.95%			30	1.16%	2,596
Cascade	1,633	35.88%	1,079	23.71%	1,001	22.00%	838	18.41%			554	12.17%	4,551
Chouteau	402	29.56%	561	41.25%	265	19.49%	129	9.49%	3	0.22%	-159	-11.69%	1,360
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	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	1,164	33.70%	493	14.27%	1,351	39.11%	446	12.91%			-187	-5.41%	3,454
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	39.88%	247	20.57%	299	24.90%	176	14.65%			180	14.99%	1,201
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	348	34.56%	218	21.65%	206	20.46%	235	23.34%			113	11.22%	1,007
Madison	822	41.47%	506	25.53%	576	29.06%	78	3.94%			246	12.41%	1,982
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	-0.83%	1,568
Park	759	31.70%	664	27.74%	718	29.99%	253	10.57%			41	1.71%	2,394
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	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	38.45%	2,232	18.89%	1,802	15.25%	3,238	27.41%			1,304	11.04%	11,814
Sweet Grass	278	29.48%	181	19.19%	424	44.96%	60	6.36%			-146	-15.48%	943
Teton	646	32.45%	612	30.74%	446	22.40%	287	14.41%			34	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	28,129	35.05%	18,575	23.14%	22,709	28.30%	10,811	13.47%	32	0.04%	5,420	!6.75%	80,256

Notes

Chafin was not on the ballot in Montana, but was nationally the candidate of the Prohibition Party
Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Montana as a whole, all margins give are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
^ 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.
^ 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

David Leip. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
^ Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (.xlsx file for €15)
^ Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)

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