1912 United States presidential election

1912 United States presidential election
	November 5, 1912
531 members of the Electoral College; 266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	58.8% 6.6 pp
	Presidential election results map. Blue denotes those won by Wilson/Marshall, light green denotes those won by Roosevelt/Johnson, red denotes states won by Taft/Butler. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election; William Howard Taft; Republican	Elected President ; Woodrow Wilson; Democratic

The 1912 United States presidential election was the 33rd election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 5, 1912. This election was a 4-way race between Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson, Former President Theodore Roosevelt of New York, Incumbent President William Howard Taft of Ohio, and former Congressman Eugene V. Debs of Indiana. Wilson won the election with 435 electoral votes, while Roosevelt got 88 electoral votes, Taft got 8 electoral votes, (lowest for an Incumbent President and lowest of any Republican Candidate), and Debs received 0 electoral votes.

Candidates

Democratic Party

Woodrow Wilson	Thomas R. Marshall
Democratic Party (United States) 1912 Democratic Party ticket
for President	for Vice President

38th Governor of New Jersey (1911-1913)	27th Governor of Indiana (1909-1913)

Presidential

Woodrow Wilson, 34th Governor of New Jersey (1911-1913) (Nominee)
Champ Clark, 36th Speaker of the House (1911-1919)
Judson Harmon, 45th Governor of Ohio (1909-1913)
Thomas R. Marshall, 27th Governor of Indiana (1909-1913) (Vice presidential nominee)
Simeon E. Baldwin, 65th Governor of Connecticut (1911-1915)
Oscar Underwood, U.S. senator of Alabama (1915-1927) (Withdrew during balloting)
Eugene Voss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (1911-1914) (Withdrew during balloting)
John Burke, Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913) (Declined)

Governor
Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey
(1911-1913)
(Nominee)
Congressman and Speaker of the House
Champ Clark
from Missouri
(1893-1895, 1897-1921; 1911-1919)
Governor
Judson Harmon
of Ohio
(1909-1913)
Governor
Thomas R. Marshall
of Indiana
(1909-1913)
(Vice presidential nominee)
Governor
Simeon E. Baldwin
of Connecticut
(1911-1915)
Congressman and House Majority Leader
Oscar Underwood
from Alabama
(1895-1896, 1897-1915; 1911-1915)
(Withdrew during balloting)
Governor
Simeon E. Baldwin
of Massachusetts
(1911-1914)
(Withdrew during balloting)
Governor
John Burke
of North Dakota
(1907-1913)
(Declined)

Vice Presidential

Thomas R. Marshall, 27th Governor of Indiana (1909-1913) (Vice presidential nominee)
George E. Chamberlain, U.S. senator from Oregon (1909-1921)
Elmore W. Hurst, Illinois State Representative (1889-1891, 1901-1915)
John Burke, Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913) (Withdrew during balloting)
James H. Preston, 37th Mayor of Baltimore (1911-1919) (Withdrew during balloting)
Champ Clark, 36th Speaker of the House (1911-1919) (Declined)
Martin J. Wade, former Congressman from Iowa (1903-1905) (Declined)
William Jennings Bryan, former U.S. Representative and nominee for President in 1896, 1900 and 1908 from Nebraska (1891-1895) (Declined)
- Governor
  Thomas R. Marshall
  of Indiana
  (1909-1913)
  (Vice presidential nominee)
- Senator
  George E. Chamberlain
  from Oregon
  (1909-1921)
- State Representative
  George E. Chamberlain
  from Illinois
  (1889-1891, 1901-1915)
- Governor
  John Burke
  of North Dakota
  (1907-1913)
  (Withdrew during balloting)
- Mayor
  James H. Preston
  of Baltimore, Maryland
  (1911-1919)
  (Withdrew during balloting)
- Congressman and Speaker of the House
  Champ Clark
  from Missouri
  (1893-1895, 1897-1921; 1911-1919)
  (Declined)
- Former Congressman
  Martin J. Wade
  from Iowa
  (1903-1905)
  (Declined)
- Former Congressman and nominee for
  President in 1896, 1900 and 1908
  William Jennings Bryan
  from Nebraska
  (1891-1895)
  (Declined)

Progressive Party

Theodore Roosevelt	Hiram Johnson
Progressive Party (United States, 1912) 1912 Progressive Party ticket
for President	for Vice President

26th President of the United States (1901–1909)	23rd Governor of California (1911–1917)

Presidential

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) (Nominee)
Hiram Johnson, 23rd Governor of California (1911-1917) (Vice presidential nominee)

Vice Presidential

Hiram Johnson, 23rd Governor of California (1911-1917) (Vice presidential nominee)

Republican Party

William Howard Taft	James S. Sherman
Republican Party (United States) 1912 Republican Party ticket
for President	for Vice President

27th President of the United States (1909–1913)	27th Vice President of the United States (1909–1912)

Presidential

William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) (Nominee)
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) (Ran as a third party)
Robert M. La Follette, U.S. senator of Wisconsin (1906-1925)
Albert B. Cummings, U.S. senator of Iowa (1909-1926)
Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from New York (1910-1916) (1916 Nominee)

President of the United States
William Howard Taft
from Ohio
(1909-1913)
(Nominee)
Former President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt
from New York
(1901-1909)
(Ran as a third party)
U.S. Senator
Robert M. La Follette
from Wisconsin
(1906-1925)
U.S. Senator
Albert B. Cummins
from Iowa
(1908-1926)
Associate Justice
Charles Evans Hughes
from New York
(1910-1916)

Vice Presidential

James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912) (Vice presidential nominee) (Died on October 30, 1912)
Nicholas Murray Butler, 12th President of Columbia University from New York(1902-1945) (Assumed nomination on October 31, 1912)
William E. Borah, U.S. senator from Idaho (1907-1940)
Charles Edward Merriam, former Chicago city Alderman (1909-1911) and member of the Chicago City Charter Convention of 1906 from Illinois
Herbert S. Hadley, 32nd Governor of Missouri(1909–1913)
Albert J. Beveridge, former U.S. senator from Indiana(1899–1913)

Socalist Party

Eugene V. Debs	Emil Seidel
Socialist Party of America
for President	for Vice President

Indiana state representative (1885–1887)	36th Mayor of Milwaukee (1910–1912)

Presidential

Eugene V. Debs, Former president of the American Railway Union (1893-1897) and nominee in 1900, 1904, and 1908 (Nominee)
Emil Seidel, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee (1910–1912) (Vice presidential nominee)
Charles Edward Russell, journalist and candidate for President in 1912 from New York (1881-1941)

Vice Presidential

Emil Seidel, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee(1910–1912) (Vice presidential nominee)
Dan Hogan, Socialist Nominee for Governor of Arkansas in 1910
John W. Slayton, Socialist Nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1910
Charles Edward Russell, journalist and candidate for President in 1912 from New York(1881-1941) (Declined)