1912 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1912 United States presidential election in Georgia

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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 14 0
Popular vote 93,087 21,985
Percentage 76.63% 18.10%

Georgia Presidential Election Results 1912.svg
County Results

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1912 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Background and vote[]

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,[1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[2]

In 1908 the Republican Party had made some gains in the South due to opposition by developing manufacturers to William Jennings Bryan’s populism,[3] and by nominee William Howard Taft’s willingness to accept black disfranchisement.[4] This resulted in the GOP carrying twelve secessionist upcountry counties that had never gone Republican before.[5] The split in the GOP after the 1908 election prevented any maintenance of these gains – which had seem Bryan’s 1908 performance as the poorest by a Democrat in Georgia until pro-civil rights Lyndon B. Johnson lost the state in 1964 – but Roosevelt did hold on to some of the new Republican vote from 1908, consequently finishing far ahead of regular Republican and incumbent President Taft.

Georgia was won by the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (DVirginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 76.63 percent of the popular vote against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (PNew York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 18.10% of the popular vote.[6]

Results[]

1912 United States presidential election in Georgia[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 93,087 76.63%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 21,985 18.10%
Republican William Howard Taft 5,191 4.27%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 1,058 0.87%
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 149 0.12%
Total votes 121,470 100%

Results by county[]

County Thomas Woodrow Wilson[7]
Democratic
William Howard Taft[7]
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt[7]
Progressive
Various candidates[7]
Other parties
Margin[a] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Appling 381 59.72% 94 14.73% 150 23.51% 13 2.04% 231 36.21% 638
Baker 180 93.75% 0 0.00% 12 6.25% 0 0.00% 168 87.50% 192
Baldwin 621 89.74% 24 3.47% 47 6.79% 0 0.00% 574 82.95% 692
Banks 274 54.15% 17 3.36% 215 42.49% 0 0.00% 59 11.66% 506
Bartow 1,017 60.86% 93 5.57% 561 33.57% 0 0.00% 456 27.29% 1,671
Ben Hill 535 64.30% 34 4.09% 263 31.61% 0 0.00% 272 32.69% 832
Berrien 709 86.67% 35 4.28% 70 8.56% 4 0.49% 639 78.12% 818
Bibb 2,526 91.19% 122 4.40% 90 3.25% 32 1.16% 2,404[b] 86.79% 2,770
Brooks 695 89.79% 37 4.78% 42 5.43% 0 0.00% 653 84.37% 774
Bryan 236 86.13% 23 8.39% 15 5.47% 0 0.00% 213[b] 77.74% 274
Bulloch 932 93.48% 17 1.71% 44 4.41% 4 0.40% 888 89.07% 997
Burke 440 90.72% 22 4.54% 22 4.54% 1 0.21% 418[b] 86.19% 485
Butts 490 85.96% 29 5.09% 49 8.60% 2 0.35% 441 77.37% 570
Calhoun 328 96.76% 5 1.47% 6 1.77% 0 0.00% 322 94.99% 339
Camden 219 98.21% 2 0.90% 2 0.90% 0 0.00% 217 97.31% 223
Candler 443 80.11% 6 1.08% 104 18.81% 0 0.00% 339 61.30% 553
Carroll 1,192 69.30% 81 4.71% 431 25.06% 16 0.93% 761 44.24% 1,720
Catoosa 286 60.34% 63 13.29% 125 26.37% 0 0.00% 161 33.97% 474
Charlton 150 67.26% 23 10.31% 48 21.52% 2 0.90% 102 45.74% 223
Chatham 3,274 84.36% 238 6.13% 332 8.55% 37 0.95% 2,942 75.81% 3,881
Chattahoochee 137 91.95% 1 0.67% 11 7.38% 0 0.00% 126 84.56% 149
Chattooga 578 66.59% 69 7.95% 220 25.35% 1 0.12% 358 41.24% 868
Cherokee 603 44.93% 21 1.56% 710 52.91% 8 0.60% -107 -7.97% 1,342
Clarke 950 86.44% 66 6.01% 81 7.37% 2 0.18% 869 79.07% 1,099
Clay 369 93.65% 8 2.03% 17 4.31% 0 0.00% 352 89.34% 394
Clayton 443 79.11% 3 0.54% 113 20.18% 1 0.18% 330 58.93% 560
Clinch 283 83.24% 48 14.12% 9 2.65% 0 0.00% 235[b] 69.12% 340
Cobb 1,519 75.76% 41 2.04% 442 22.04% 3 0.15% 1,077 53.72% 2,005
Coffee 895 87.32% 28 2.73% 85 8.29% 17 1.66% 810 79.02% 1,025
Colquitt 699 56.88% 8 0.65% 506 41.17% 16 1.30% 193 15.70% 1,229
Columbia 234 87.97% 2 0.75% 30 11.28% 0 0.00% 204 76.69% 266
Coweta 1,044 92.80% 35 3.11% 46 4.09% 0 0.00% 998 88.71% 1,125
Crawford 249 97.65% 1 0.39% 3 1.18% 2 0.78% 246 96.47% 255
Crisp 644 91.87% 12 1.71% 45 6.42% 0 0.00% 599 85.45% 701
Dade 243 75.00% 18 5.56% 44 13.58% 19 5.86% 199 61.42% 324
Dawson 170 47.49% 23 6.42% 161 44.97% 4 1.12% 9 2.51% 358
Decatur 1,150 71.12% 52 3.22% 378 23.38% 37 2.29% 772 47.74% 1,617
DeKalb 837 84.46% 44 4.44% 65 6.56% 45 4.54% 772 77.90% 991
Dodge 637 86.08% 12 1.62% 28 3.78% 63 8.51% 609 82.30% 740
Dooly 608 94.12% 5 0.77% 33 5.11% 0 0.00% 575 89.01% 646
Dougherty 731 94.81% 21 2.72% 19 2.46% 0 0.00% 710[b] 92.09% 771
Douglas 266 45.01% 18 3.05% 307 51.95% 0 0.00% -41 -6.94% 591
Early 501 87.74% 7 1.23% 27 4.73% 36 6.30% 474 83.01% 571
Echols 144 97.30% 0 0.00% 4 2.70% 0 0.00% 140 94.59% 148
Effingham 343 95.81% 5 1.40% 10 2.79% 0 0.00% 333 93.02% 358
Elbert 882 77.85% 13 1.15% 238 21.01% 0 0.00% 644 56.84% 1,133
Emanuel 715 81.81% 22 2.52% 129 14.76% 8 0.92% 586 67.05% 874
Fannin 451 48.81% 168 18.18% 305 33.01% 0 0.00% 146 15.80% 924
Fayette 369 77.20% 12 2.51% 95 19.87% 2 0.42% 274 57.32% 478
Floyd 1,837 80.75% 63 2.77% 374 16.44% 1 0.04% 1,463 64.31% 2,275
Forsyth 235 56.90% 15 3.63% 163 39.47% 0 0.00% 72 17.43% 413
Franklin 694 66.03% 26 2.47% 331 31.49% 0 0.00% 363 34.54% 1,051
Fulton 7,317 75.78% 509 5.27% 1,696 17.57% 133 1.38% 5,621 58.22% 9,655
Gilmer 488 74.28% 52 7.91% 116 17.66% 1 0.15% 372 56.62% 657
Glascock 101 57.39% 3 1.70% 72 40.91% 0 0.00% 29 16.48% 176
Glynn 470 88.51% 16 3.01% 30 5.65% 15 2.82% 440 82.86% 531
Gordon 597 45.96% 52 4.00% 650 50.04% 0 0.00% -53 -4.08% 1,299
Grady 453 79.06% 21 3.66% 98 17.10% 1 0.17% 355 61.95% 573
Greene 525 76.64% 10 1.46% 150 21.90% 0 0.00% 375 54.74% 685
Gwinnett 997 60.68% 55 3.35% 590 35.91% 1 0.06% 407 24.77% 1,643
Habersham 497 58.54% 42 4.95% 310 36.51% 0 0.00% 187 22.03% 849
Hall 1,145 74.01% 116 7.50% 275 17.78% 11 0.71% 870 56.24% 1,547
Hancock 549 91.50% 12 2.00% 39 6.50% 0 0.00% 510 85.00% 600
Haralson 384 34.13% 19 1.69% 701 62.31% 21 1.87% -317 -28.18% 1,125
Harris 585 94.66% 4 0.65% 28 4.53% 1 0.16% 557 90.13% 618
Hart 484 61.27% 15 1.90% 291 36.84% 0 0.00% 193 24.43% 790
Heard 326 81.09% 11 2.74% 65 16.17% 0 0.00% 261 64.93% 402
Henry 536 79.06% 15 2.21% 127 18.73% 0 0.00% 409 60.32% 678
Houston 760 95.00% 24 3.00% 16 2.00% 0 0.00% 736[b] 92.00% 800
Irwin 428 89.17% 6 1.25% 45 9.38% 1 0.21% 383 79.79% 480
Jackson 1,108 65.02% 45 2.64% 551 32.34% 0 0.00% 557 32.69% 1,704
Jasper 644 96.99% 12 1.81% 8 1.20% 0 0.00% 632[b] 95.18% 664
Jeff Davis 268 79.06% 19 5.60% 52 15.34% 0 0.00% 216 63.72% 339
Jefferson 416 71.85% 8 1.38% 153 26.42% 2 0.35% 263 45.42% 579
Jenkins 279 90.88% 13 4.23% 15 4.89% 0 0.00% 264 85.99% 307
Johnson 285 71.25% 23 5.75% 92 23.00% 0 0.00% 193 48.25% 400
Jones 426 93.42% 27 5.92% 3 0.66% 0 0.00% 399[b] 87.50% 456
Laurens 1,118 89.44% 26 2.08% 106 8.48% 0 0.00% 1,012 80.96% 1,250
Lee 210 93.33% 9 4.00% 6 2.67% 0 0.00% 201[b] 89.33% 225
Liberty 251 70.31% 29 8.12% 77 21.57% 0 0.00% 174 48.74% 357
Lincoln 253 90.68% 0 0.00% 26 9.32% 0 0.00% 227 81.36% 279
Lowndes 847 91.87% 24 2.60% 35 3.80% 16 1.74% 812 88.07% 922
Lumpkin 279 65.34% 29 6.79% 119 27.87% 0 0.00% 160 37.47% 427
Macon 411 79.81% 19 3.69% 85 16.50% 0 0.00% 326 63.30% 515
Madison 564 78.01% 13 1.80% 146 20.19% 0 0.00% 418 57.81% 723
Marion 233 77.41% 17 5.65% 51 16.94% 0 0.00% 182 60.47% 301
McDuffie 271 70.03% 9 2.33% 106 27.39% 1 0.26% 165 42.64% 387
McIntosh 118 92.19% 2 1.56% 8 6.25% 0 0.00% 110 85.94% 128
Meriwether 882 88.20% 26 2.60% 91 9.10% 1 0.10% 791 79.10% 1,000
Miller 200 78.13% 2 0.78% 6 2.34% 48 18.75% 194 75.78% 256
Milton 320 72.07% 17 3.83% 107 24.10% 0 0.00% 213 47.97% 444
Mitchell 917 82.91% 30 2.71% 140 12.66% 19 1.72% 777 70.25% 1,106
Monroe 786 88.51% 9 1.01% 93 10.47% 0 0.00% 693 78.04% 888
Montgomery 854 85.49% 52 5.21% 93 9.31% 0 0.00% 761 76.18% 999
Morgan 575 87.65% 24 3.66% 57 8.69% 0 0.00% 518 78.96% 656
Murray 366 47.47% 68 8.82% 307 39.82% 30 3.89% 59 7.65% 771
Muscogee 1,817 85.35% 51 2.40% 102 4.79% 159 7.47% 1,715 80.55% 2,129
Newton 840 89.27% 57 6.06% 43 4.57% 1 0.11% 783[b] 83.21% 941
Oconee 208 53.47% 1 0.26% 180 46.27% 0 0.00% 28 7.20% 389
Oglethorpe 503 81.79% 33 5.37% 79 12.85% 0 0.00% 424 68.94% 615
Paulding 426 37.30% 32 2.80% 684 59.89% 0 0.00% -258 -22.59% 1,142
Pickens 324 34.80% 190 20.41% 417 44.79% 0 0.00% -93 -9.99% 931
Pierce 408 69.39% 83 14.12% 97 16.50% 0 0.00% 311 52.89% 588
Pike 751 81.63% 34 3.70% 134 14.57% 1 0.11% 617 67.07% 920
Polk 706 54.90% 36 2.80% 539 41.91% 5 0.39% 167 12.99% 1,286
Pulaski 1,080 95.07% 17 1.50% 39 3.43% 0 0.00% 1,041 91.64% 1,136
Putnam 460 96.64% 6 1.26% 10 2.10% 0 0.00% 450 94.54% 476
Quitman 112 87.50% 7 5.47% 9 7.03% 0 0.00% 103 80.47% 128
Rabun 327 71.24% 12 2.61% 119 25.93% 1 0.22% 208 45.32% 459
Randolph 559 84.70% 57 8.64% 44 6.67% 0 0.00% 502[b] 76.06% 660
Richmond 1,871 77.44% 177 7.33% 234 9.69% 134 5.55% 1,637 67.76% 2,416
Rockdale 434 85.77% 11 2.17% 61 12.06% 0 0.00% 373 73.72% 506
Schley 212 89.83% 3 1.27% 20 8.47% 1 0.42% 192 81.36% 236
Screven 460 74.07% 21 3.38% 138 22.22% 2 0.32% 322 51.85% 621
Spalding 736 91.20% 26 3.22% 45 5.58% 0 0.00% 691 85.63% 807
Stephens 409 84.33% 15 3.09% 61 12.58% 0 0.00% 348 71.75% 485
Stewart 452 94.96% 17 3.57% 7 1.47% 0 0.00% 435[b] 91.39% 476
Sumter 1,004 95.62% 24 2.29% 19 1.81% 3 0.29% 980[b] 93.33% 1,050
Talbot 446 82.44% 8 1.48% 87 16.08% 0 0.00% 359 66.36% 541
Taliaferro 242 83.74% 7 2.42% 40 13.84% 0 0.00% 202 69.90% 289
Tattnall 592 69.89% 18 2.13% 234 27.63% 3 0.35% 358 42.27% 847
Taylor 342 74.84% 17 3.72% 98 21.44% 0 0.00% 244 53.39% 457
Telfair 695 94.69% 20 2.72% 19 2.59% 0 0.00% 675[b] 91.96% 734
Terrell 608 92.68% 29 4.42% 19 2.90% 0 0.00% 579[b] 88.26% 656
Thomas 1,012 81.48% 47 3.78% 176 14.17% 7 0.56% 836 67.31% 1,242
Tift 427 65.49% 0 0.00% 189 28.99% 36 5.52% 238 36.50% 652
Toombs 327 77.30% 20 4.73% 75 17.73% 1 0.24% 252 59.57% 423
Towns 230 43.48% 89 16.82% 206 38.94% 4 0.76% 24 4.54% 529
Troup 1,441 93.94% 16 1.04% 75 4.89% 2 0.13% 1,366 89.05% 1,534
Turner 385 74.18% 25 4.82% 75 14.45% 34 6.55% 310 59.73% 519
Twiggs 307 95.05% 3 0.93% 13 4.02% 0 0.00% 294 91.02% 323
Union 319 48.11% 88 13.27% 256 38.61% 0 0.00% 63 9.50% 663
Upson 445 75.42% 7 1.19% 138 23.39% 0 0.00% 307 52.03% 590
Walker 771 54.64% 215 15.24% 404 28.63% 21 1.49% 367 26.01% 1,411
Walton 885 73.81% 40 3.34% 274 22.85% 0 0.00% 611 50.96% 1,199
Ware 972 88.77% 54 4.93% 39 3.56% 30 2.74% 918[b] 83.84% 1,095
Warren 262 76.83% 11 3.23% 67 19.65% 1 0.29% 195 57.18% 341
Washington 920 82.51% 28 2.51% 167 14.98% 0 0.00% 753 67.53% 1,115
Wayne 380 89.83% 14 3.31% 25 5.91% 4 0.95% 355 83.92% 423
Webster 139 97.89% 2 1.41% 1 0.70% 0 0.00% 137[b] 96.48% 142
White 152 55.68% 11 4.03% 110 40.29% 0 0.00% 42 15.38% 273
Whitfield 761 55.55% 106 7.74% 437 31.90% 66 4.82% 324 23.65% 1,370
Wilcox 525 92.11% 15 2.63% 29 5.09% 1 0.18% 496 87.02% 570
Wilkes 657 89.39% 3 0.41% 68 9.25% 7 0.95% 589 80.14% 735
Wilkinson 335 92.54% 10 2.76% 17 4.70% 0 0.00% 318 87.85% 362
Worth 500 84.18% 12 2.02% 77 12.96% 5 0.84% 423 71.21% 594
Totals 93,087 76.63% 5,191 4.27% 21,985 18.10% 1,207 0.99% 71,102 58.53% 121,470

Notes[]

  1. ^ Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Georgia as a whole, all margins given are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q In this county where Taft did run second ahead of Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.

References[]

  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. ^ Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
  3. ^ Tindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141
  4. ^ de Santis, Vincent P.; ‘Republican Efforts to “Crack” the Democratic South’; The Review of Politics, vol. 14, no. 2 (April 1952), pp. 244-264
  5. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 39 ISBN 0786422173
  6. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results Georgia".
  7. ^ a b c d "Popular Vote at The Presidential Election of 1912 (.xlsx file for €15". Géoelections.
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