1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska
The 1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Nebraska was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 43.69% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 29.13% of the popular vote and the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 21.74% of the popular vote.[1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 109,008 | 43.69% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 72,681 | 29.13% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 54,226 | 21.74% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 10,185 | 4.08% | |
| Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 3,383 | 1.36% | |
| Total votes | 243,776 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[2] | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Margin[lower-alpha 1] | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,117 | 50.79% | 796 | 19.10% | 943 | 22.62% | 188 | 4.51% | 124 | 2.98% | 1,174 | 28.17% | 4,168 |
| Antelope | 1,238 | 39.39% | 877 | 27.90% | 946 | 30.10% | 50 | 1.59% | 32 | 1.02% | 292 | 9.29% | 3,143 |
| Banner | 56 | 20.51% | 53 | 19.41% | 128 | 46.89% | 34 | 12.45% | 2 | 0.73% | -72 | -26.37% | 273 |
| Blaine | 163 | 37.56% | 126 | 29.03% | 107 | 24.65% | 32 | 7.37% | 6 | 1.38% | 37[lower-alpha 2] | 8.53% | 434 |
| Boone | 1,360 | 46.05% | 570 | 19.30% | 939 | 31.80% | 48 | 1.63% | 36 | 1.22% | 421 | 14.26% | 2,953 |
| Box Butte | 518 | 40.34% | 227 | 17.68% | 423 | 32.94% | 97 | 7.55% | 19 | 1.48% | 95 | 7.40% | 1,284 |
| Boyd | 651 | 39.15% | 281 | 16.90% | 651 | 39.15% | 57 | 3.43% | 23 | 1.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,663 |
| Brown | 483 | 37.07% | 295 | 22.64% | 413 | 31.70% | 91 | 6.98% | 21 | 1.61% | 70 | 5.37% | 1,303 |
| Buffalo | 2,061 | 43.72% | 1,081 | 22.93% | 1,256 | 26.64% | 259 | 5.49% | 57 | 1.21% | 805 | 17.08% | 4,714 |
| Burt | 1,040 | 35.03% | 865 | 29.13% | 1,003 | 33.78% | 41 | 1.38% | 20 | 0.67% | 37 | 1.25% | 2,969 |
| Butler | 1,756 | 54.21% | 823 | 25.41% | 585 | 18.06% | 38 | 1.17% | 37 | 1.14% | 933[lower-alpha 2] | 28.81% | 3,239 |
| Cass | 2,009 | 46.41% | 970 | 22.41% | 1,132 | 26.15% | 152 | 3.51% | 66 | 1.52% | 877 | 20.26% | 4,329 |
| Cedar | 1,511 | 45.87% | 716 | 21.74% | 1,044 | 31.69% | 8 | 0.24% | 15 | 0.46% | 467 | 14.18% | 3,294 |
| Chase | 262 | 33.42% | 197 | 25.13% | 264 | 33.67% | 38 | 4.85% | 23 | 2.93% | -2 | -0.26% | 784 |
| Cherry | 1,047 | 39.93% | 679 | 25.90% | 630 | 24.03% | 230 | 8.77% | 36 | 1.37% | 368[lower-alpha 2] | 14.04% | 2,622 |
| Cheyenne | 348 | 36.25% | 233 | 24.27% | 281 | 29.27% | 78 | 8.13% | 20 | 2.08% | 67 | 6.98% | 960 |
| Clay | 1,694 | 46.31% | 557 | 15.23% | 1,292 | 35.32% | 52 | 1.42% | 63 | 1.72% | 402 | 10.99% | 3,658 |
| Colfax | 998 | 47.52% | 620 | 29.52% | 392 | 18.67% | 79 | 3.76% | 11 | 0.52% | 378[lower-alpha 2] | 18.00% | 2,100 |
| Cuming | 1,484 | 53.83% | 759 | 27.53% | 476 | 17.27% | 30 | 1.09% | 8 | 0.29% | 725[lower-alpha 2] | 26.30% | 2,757 |
| Custer | 2,395 | 41.46% | 1,051 | 18.20% | 1,898 | 32.86% | 353 | 6.11% | 79 | 1.37% | 497 | 8.60% | 5,776 |
| Dakota | 612 | 42.80% | 408 | 28.53% | 350 | 24.48% | 49 | 3.43% | 11 | 0.77% | 204[lower-alpha 2] | 14.27% | 1,430 |
| Dawes | 583 | 37.11% | 298 | 18.97% | 610 | 38.83% | 65 | 4.14% | 15 | 0.95% | -27 | -1.72% | 1,571 |
| Dawson | 1,613 | 47.48% | 449 | 13.22% | 1,207 | 35.53% | 74 | 2.18% | 54 | 1.59% | 406 | 11.95% | 3,397 |
| Deuel | 135 | 35.34% | 64 | 16.75% | 157 | 41.10% | 25 | 6.54% | 1 | 0.26% | -22 | -5.76% | 382 |
| Dixon | 823 | 33.99% | 582 | 24.04% | 955 | 39.45% | 23 | 0.95% | 38 | 1.57% | -132 | -5.45% | 2,421 |
| Dodge | 1,987 | 43.81% | 1,330 | 29.33% | 935 | 20.62% | 209 | 4.61% | 74 | 1.63% | 657[lower-alpha 2] | 14.49% | 4,535 |
| Douglas | 12,908 | 44.08% | 6,185 | 21.12% | 7,911 | 27.02% | 2,154 | 7.36% | 124 | 0.42% | 4,997 | 17.07% | 29,282 |
| Dundy | 304 | 34.55% | 148 | 16.82% | 347 | 39.43% | 71 | 8.07% | 10 | 1.14% | -43 | -4.89% | 880 |
| Fillmore | 1,736 | 48.02% | 972 | 26.89% | 787 | 21.77% | 77 | 2.13% | 43 | 1.19% | 764[lower-alpha 2] | 21.13% | 3,615 |
| Franklin | 1,148 | 48.91% | 332 | 14.15% | 779 | 33.19% | 58 | 2.47% | 30 | 1.28% | 369 | 15.72% | 2,347 |
| Frontier | 657 | 38.97% | 293 | 17.38% | 579 | 34.34% | 120 | 7.12% | 37 | 2.19% | 78 | 4.63% | 1,686 |
| Furnas | 1,266 | 49.32% | 354 | 13.79% | 809 | 31.52% | 83 | 3.23% | 55 | 2.14% | 457 | 17.80% | 2,567 |
| Gage | 2,593 | 40.85% | 1,336 | 21.05% | 2,159 | 34.01% | 173 | 2.73% | 87 | 1.37% | 434 | 6.84% | 6,348 |
| Garden | 282 | 33.06% | 136 | 15.94% | 369 | 43.26% | 48 | 5.63% | 18 | 2.11% | -87 | -10.20% | 853 |
| Garfield | 234 | 28.85% | 192 | 23.67% | 245 | 30.21% | 135 | 16.65% | 5 | 0.62% | -11 | -1.36% | 811 |
| Gosper | 524 | 54.58% | 129 | 13.44% | 283 | 29.48% | 9 | 0.94% | 15 | 1.56% | 241 | 25.10% | 960 |
| Grant | 93 | 39.41% | 82 | 34.75% | 52 | 22.03% | 7 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.85% | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 4.66% | 236 |
| Greeley | 913 | 52.29% | 371 | 21.25% | 376 | 21.53% | 65 | 3.72% | 21 | 1.20% | 537 | 30.76% | 1,746 |
| Hall | 2,085 | 47.26% | 1,047 | 23.73% | 973 | 22.05% | 249 | 5.64% | 58 | 1.31% | 1,038[lower-alpha 2] | 23.53% | 4,412 |
| Hamilton | 1,433 | 46.41% | 450 | 14.57% | 1,055 | 34.16% | 87 | 2.82% | 63 | 2.04% | 378 | 12.24% | 3,088 |
| Harlan | 918 | 44.58% | 325 | 15.78% | 611 | 29.67% | 141 | 6.85% | 64 | 3.11% | 307 | 14.91% | 2,059 |
| Hayes | 189 | 31.98% | 106 | 17.94% | 247 | 41.79% | 41 | 6.94% | 8 | 1.35% | -58 | -9.81% | 591 |
| Hitchcock | 471 | 44.56% | 128 | 12.11% | 370 | 35.00% | 60 | 5.68% | 28 | 2.65% | 101 | 9.56% | 1,057 |
| Holt | 1,456 | 40.47% | 778 | 21.62% | 1,193 | 33.16% | 129 | 3.59% | 42 | 1.17% | 263 | 7.31% | 3,598 |
| Hooker | 121 | 40.20% | 103 | 34.22% | 57 | 18.94% | 19 | 6.31% | 1 | 0.33% | 18[lower-alpha 2] | 5.98% | 301 |
| Howard | 1,118 | 50.77% | 431 | 19.57% | 542 | 24.61% | 87 | 3.95% | 24 | 1.09% | 576 | 26.16% | 2,202 |
| Jefferson | 1,396 | 39.60% | 655 | 18.58% | 1,205 | 34.18% | 226 | 6.41% | 43 | 1.22% | 191 | 5.42% | 3,525 |
| Johnson | 890 | 39.43% | 672 | 29.77% | 649 | 28.75% | 26 | 1.15% | 20 | 0.89% | 218[lower-alpha 2] | 9.66% | 2,257 |
| Kearney | 1,012 | 48.65% | 336 | 16.15% | 657 | 31.59% | 42 | 2.02% | 33 | 1.59% | 355 | 17.07% | 2,080 |
| Keith | 304 | 37.25% | 188 | 23.04% | 234 | 28.68% | 85 | 10.42% | 5 | 0.61% | 70 | 8.58% | 816 |
| Keya Paha | 221 | 27.39% | 259 | 32.09% | 246 | 30.48% | 70 | 8.67% | 11 | 1.36% | 13[lower-alpha 3] | 1.61% | 807 |
| Kimball | 109 | 26.65% | 73 | 17.85% | 206 | 50.37% | 18 | 4.40% | 3 | 0.73% | -97 | -23.72% | 409 |
| Knox | 1,803 | 46.61% | 1,028 | 26.58% | 930 | 24.04% | 81 | 2.09% | 26 | 0.67% | 775[lower-alpha 2] | 20.04% | 3,868 |
| Lancaster | 6,708 | 47.47% | 2,566 | 18.16% | 4,143 | 29.32% | 446 | 3.16% | 268 | 1.90% | 2,565 | 18.15% | 14,131 |
| Lincoln | 1,129 | 35.39% | 690 | 21.63% | 911 | 28.56% | 400 | 12.54% | 60 | 1.88% | 218 | 6.83% | 3,190 |
| Logan | 153 | 39.95% | 97 | 25.33% | 110 | 28.72% | 17 | 4.44% | 6 | 1.57% | 43 | 11.23% | 383 |
| Loup | 113 | 24.67% | 131 | 28.60% | 148 | 32.31% | 59 | 12.88% | 7 | 1.53% | -17[lower-alpha 3] | -3.71% | 458 |
| Madison | 1,718 | 42.87% | 1,181 | 29.47% | 1,015 | 25.33% | 56 | 1.40% | 37 | 0.92% | 537[lower-alpha 2] | 13.40% | 4,007 |
| McPherson | 180 | 31.20% | 114 | 19.76% | 231 | 40.03% | 45 | 7.80% | 7 | 1.21% | -51 | -8.84% | 577 |
| Merrick | 950 | 40.93% | 526 | 22.66% | 694 | 29.90% | 40 | 1.72% | 111 | 4.78% | 256 | 11.03% | 2,321 |
| Morrill | 391 | 34.97% | 227 | 20.30% | 400 | 35.78% | 75 | 6.71% | 25 | 2.24% | -9 | -0.81% | 1,118 |
| Nance | 716 | 37.16% | 630 | 32.69% | 534 | 27.71% | 20 | 1.04% | 27 | 1.40% | 86[lower-alpha 2] | 4.46% | 1,927 |
| Nemaha | 1,374 | 46.00% | 672 | 22.50% | 842 | 28.19% | 55 | 1.84% | 44 | 1.47% | 532 | 17.81% | 2,987 |
| Nuckolls | 1,312 | 43.49% | 738 | 24.46% | 851 | 28.21% | 78 | 2.59% | 38 | 1.26% | 461 | 15.28% | 3,017 |
| Otoe | 1,945 | 48.14% | 922 | 22.82% | 1,053 | 26.06% | 70 | 1.73% | 50 | 1.24% | 892 | 22.08% | 4,040 |
| Pawnee | 958 | 40.49% | 593 | 25.06% | 711 | 30.05% | 53 | 2.24% | 51 | 2.16% | 247 | 10.44% | 2,366 |
| Perkins | 253 | 43.70% | 101 | 17.44% | 190 | 32.82% | 32 | 5.53% | 3 | 0.52% | 63 | 10.88% | 579 |
| Phelps | 972 | 40.42% | 254 | 10.56% | 1,071 | 44.53% | 76 | 3.16% | 32 | 1.33% | -99 | -4.12% | 2,405 |
| Pierce | 948 | 44.42% | 694 | 32.52% | 461 | 21.60% | 15 | 0.70% | 16 | 0.75% | 254[lower-alpha 2] | 11.90% | 2,134 |
| Platte | 2,015 | 51.93% | 589 | 15.18% | 1,200 | 30.93% | 45 | 1.16% | 31 | 0.80% | 815 | 21.01% | 3,880 |
| Polk | 996 | 39.90% | 485 | 19.43% | 784 | 31.41% | 89 | 3.57% | 142 | 5.69% | 212 | 8.49% | 2,496 |
| Red Willow | 923 | 42.40% | 256 | 11.76% | 782 | 35.92% | 190 | 8.73% | 26 | 1.19% | 141 | 6.48% | 2,177 |
| Richardson | 1,977 | 44.45% | 965 | 21.70% | 1,350 | 30.35% | 104 | 2.34% | 52 | 1.17% | 627 | 14.10% | 4,448 |
| Rock | 279 | 32.11% | 230 | 26.47% | 289 | 33.26% | 56 | 6.44% | 15 | 1.73% | -10 | -1.15% | 869 |
| Saline | 1,942 | 48.73% | 1,185 | 29.74% | 731 | 18.34% | 58 | 1.46% | 69 | 1.73% | 757[lower-alpha 2] | 19.00% | 3,985 |
| Sarpy | 857 | 47.80% | 404 | 22.53% | 439 | 24.48% | 70 | 3.90% | 23 | 1.28% | 418 | 23.31% | 1,793 |
| Saunders | 2,080 | 45.23% | 864 | 18.79% | 1,508 | 32.79% | 89 | 1.94% | 58 | 1.26% | 572 | 12.44% | 4,599 |
| Scotts Bluff | 495 | 28.66% | 314 | 18.18% | 657 | 38.04% | 230 | 13.32% | 31 | 1.80% | -162 | -9.38% | 1,727 |
| Seward | 1,573 | 46.48% | 788 | 23.29% | 966 | 28.55% | 30 | 0.89% | 27 | 0.80% | 607 | 17.94% | 3,384 |
| Sheridan | 630 | 37.70% | 377 | 22.56% | 512 | 30.64% | 122 | 7.30% | 30 | 1.80% | 118 | 7.06% | 1,671 |
| Sherman | 673 | 36.16% | 455 | 24.45% | 592 | 31.81% | 123 | 6.61% | 18 | 0.97% | 81 | 4.35% | 1,861 |
| Sioux | 375 | 37.84% | 150 | 15.14% | 395 | 39.86% | 63 | 6.36% | 8 | 0.81% | -20 | -2.02% | 991 |
| Stanton | 724 | 47.88% | 471 | 31.15% | 297 | 19.64% | 15 | 0.99% | 5 | 0.33% | 253[lower-alpha 2] | 16.73% | 1,512 |
| Thayer | 1,490 | 45.29% | 703 | 21.37% | 963 | 29.27% | 85 | 2.58% | 49 | 1.49% | 527 | 16.02% | 3,290 |
| Thomas | 172 | 44.56% | 86 | 22.28% | 103 | 26.68% | 22 | 5.70% | 3 | 0.78% | 69 | 17.88% | 386 |
| Thurston | 834 | 45.38% | 437 | 23.78% | 492 | 26.77% | 63 | 3.43% | 12 | 0.65% | 342 | 18.61% | 1,838 |
| Valley | 788 | 38.16% | 552 | 26.73% | 561 | 27.17% | 121 | 5.86% | 43 | 2.08% | 227 | 10.99% | 2,065 |
| Washington | 1,180 | 42.23% | 599 | 21.44% | 906 | 32.43% | 91 | 3.26% | 18 | 0.64% | 274 | 9.81% | 2,794 |
| Wayne | 808 | 37.44% | 600 | 27.80% | 722 | 33.46% | 19 | 0.88% | 9 | 0.42% | 86 | 3.99% | 2,158 |
| Webster | 1,168 | 42.26% | 532 | 19.25% | 915 | 33.10% | 79 | 2.86% | 70 | 2.53% | 253 | 9.15% | 2,764 |
| Wheeler | 194 | 40.17% | 70 | 14.49% | 179 | 37.06% | 37 | 7.66% | 3 | 0.62% | 15 | 3.11% | 483 |
| York | 1,886 | 45.88% | 962 | 23.40% | 1,085 | 26.39% | 86 | 2.09% | 92 | 2.24% | 801 | 19.48% | 4,111 |
| Totals | 109,008 | 43.69% | 54,226 | 21.74% | 72,681 | 29.13% | 10,185 | 4.08% | 3,383 | 1.36% | 36,327 | 14.56% | 249,483 |
Notes
- Because Wilson finished first and Roosevelt second in Nebraska as a whole, all margins given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margins Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless otherwise stated for the county in question.
- 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.
- 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
- "1912 Presidential Election Results – Nebraska".
- Nebraska Secretary of State Election Administration; ‘Popular Vote by Counties for Presidential Candidates in Nebraska, 1868-1916’, The Nebraska Blue Book (1918) pp. 503-504
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