1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 48.48% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 25.52% of the popular vote and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 22.48% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Pulaski County, Laurel County, Allen County, Casey County, and Edmonson County voted for the Democratic candidate and the last in which McCreary County and Jackson County did not support the Republican candidate.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 219,484 | 48.48% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 115,510 | 25.52% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 101,766 | 22.48% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 11,646 | 2.57% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 3,253[a] | 0.72% | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 1,055[a] | 0.23% | |
| Total votes | 452,714 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Eugene Victor Debs[3] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,398 | 43.46% | 786 | 24.43% | 1,024 | 31.83% | 9 | 0.28% | 374[b] | 11.63% | 3,217 |
| Allen | 1,366 | 41.08% | 1,186 | 35.67% | 757 | 22.77% | 16 | 0.48% | 180 | 5.41% | 3,325 |
| Anderson | 1,391 | 58.03% | 579 | 24.16% | 419 | 17.48% | 8 | 0.33% | 812 | 33.88% | 2,397 |
| Ballard | 1,706 | 66.20% | 555 | 21.54% | 119 | 4.62% | 197 | 7.64% | 1,151 | 44.66% | 2,577 |
| Barren | 2,993 | 56.10% | 1,563 | 29.30% | 731 | 13.70% | 48 | 0.90% | 1,430 | 26.80% | 5,335 |
| Bath | 1,477 | 53.57% | 1,002 | 36.34% | 263 | 9.54% | 15 | 0.54% | 475 | 17.23% | 2,757 |
| Bell | 970 | 24.38% | 1,183 | 29.74% | 1,705 | 42.86% | 120 | 3.02% | -522[c] | -13.12% | 3,978 |
| Boone | 1,738 | 76.13% | 371 | 16.25% | 142 | 6.22% | 32 | 1.40% | 1,367 | 59.88% | 2,283 |
| Bourbon | 2,362 | 51.90% | 1,744 | 38.32% | 429 | 9.43% | 16 | 0.35% | 618 | 13.58% | 4,551 |
| Boyd | 1,772 | 39.19% | 1,271 | 28.11% | 1,236 | 27.34% | 242 | 5.35% | 501 | 11.08% | 4,521 |
| Boyle | 1,798 | 55.37% | 701 | 21.59% | 726 | 22.36% | 22 | 0.68% | 1,072[b] | 33.02% | 3,247 |
| Bracken | 1,315 | 55.37% | 693 | 29.18% | 278 | 11.71% | 89 | 3.75% | 622 | 26.19% | 2,375 |
| Breathitt | 1,682 | 56.09% | 910 | 30.34% | 396 | 13.20% | 11 | 0.37% | 772 | 25.74% | 2,999 |
| Breckinridge | 1,967 | 43.82% | 1,163 | 25.91% | 1,292 | 28.78% | 67 | 1.49% | 675[b] | 15.04% | 4,489 |
| Bullitt | 1,299 | 65.11% | 209 | 10.48% | 472 | 23.66% | 15 | 0.75% | 827[b] | 41.45% | 1,995 |
| Butler | 879 | 29.40% | 1,070 | 35.79% | 988 | 33.04% | 53 | 1.77% | 82[c] | 2.74% | 2,990 |
| Caldwell | 1,231 | 41.53% | 1,263 | 42.61% | 296 | 9.99% | 174 | 5.87% | -32 | -1.08% | 2,964 |
| Calloway | 2,380 | 66.28% | 628 | 17.49% | 325 | 9.05% | 258 | 7.18% | 1,752 | 48.79% | 3,591 |
| Campbell | 4,687 | 43.00% | 2,276 | 20.88% | 2,630 | 24.13% | 1,307 | 11.99% | 2,057[b] | 18.87% | 10,900 |
| Carlisle | 1,409 | 72.55% | 331 | 17.04% | 126 | 6.49% | 76 | 3.91% | 1,078 | 55.51% | 1,942 |
| Carroll | 1,573 | 74.87% | 317 | 15.09% | 208 | 9.90% | 3 | 0.14% | 1,256 | 59.78% | 2,101 |
| Carter | 1,506 | 36.74% | 1,174 | 28.64% | 1,340 | 32.69% | 79 | 1.93% | 166[b] | 4.05% | 4,099 |
| Casey | 1,158 | 40.10% | 902 | 31.23% | 806 | 27.91% | 22 | 0.76% | 256 | 8.86% | 2,888 |
| Christian | 2,784 | 38.73% | 3,520 | 48.96% | 717 | 9.97% | 168 | 2.34% | -736 | -10.24% | 7,189 |
| Clark | 2,321 | 57.31% | 1,056 | 26.07% | 658 | 16.25% | 15 | 0.37% | 1,265 | 31.23% | 4,050 |
| Clay | 625 | 27.74% | 1,034 | 45.89% | 516 | 22.90% | 78 | 3.46% | -409 | -18.15% | 2,253 |
| Clinton | 310 | 24.43% | 828 | 65.25% | 112 | 8.83% | 19 | 1.50% | -518 | -40.82% | 1,269 |
| Crittenden | 1,230 | 40.96% | 1,367 | 45.52% | 371 | 12.35% | 35 | 1.17% | -137 | -4.56% | 3,003 |
| Cumberland | 577 | 33.78% | 972 | 56.91% | 156 | 9.13% | 3 | 0.18% | -395 | -23.13% | 1,708 |
| Daviess | 4,314 | 55.72% | 1,506 | 19.45% | 1,839 | 23.75% | 83 | 1.07% | 2,475[b] | 31.97% | 7,742 |
| Edmonson | 799 | 38.41% | 736 | 35.38% | 519 | 24.95% | 26 | 1.25% | 63 | 3.03% | 2,080 |
| Elliott | 1,006 | 65.28% | 396 | 25.70% | 136 | 8.83% | 3 | 0.19% | 610 | 39.58% | 1,541 |
| Estill | 875 | 41.37% | 869 | 41.09% | 359 | 16.97% | 12 | 0.57% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,115 |
| Fayette | 5,268 | 49.04% | 4,060 | 37.80% | 1,337 | 12.45% | 77 | 0.72% | 1,208 | 11.25% | 10,742 |
| Fleming | 1,915 | 50.30% | 1,400 | 36.77% | 471 | 12.37% | 21 | 0.55% | 515 | 13.53% | 3,807 |
| Floyd | 1,553 | 51.29% | 961 | 31.74% | 465 | 15.36% | 49 | 1.62% | 592 | 19.55% | 3,028 |
| Franklin | 2,980 | 67.93% | 783 | 17.85% | 604 | 13.77% | 20 | 0.46% | 2,197 | 50.08% | 4,387 |
| Fulton | 1,609 | 70.60% | 520 | 22.82% | 92 | 4.04% | 58 | 2.54% | 1,089 | 47.78% | 2,279 |
| Gallatin | 906 | 75.88% | 174 | 14.57% | 112 | 9.38% | 2 | 0.17% | 732 | 61.31% | 1,194 |
| Garrard | 1,232 | 44.40% | 481 | 17.33% | 1,055 | 38.02% | 7 | 0.25% | 177[b] | 6.38% | 2,775 |
| Grant | 1,562 | 60.52% | 837 | 32.43% | 171 | 6.63% | 11 | 0.43% | 725 | 28.09% | 2,581 |
| Graves | 3,838 | 67.85% | 862 | 15.24% | 939 | 16.60% | 18 | 0.32% | 2,899[b] | 51.25% | 5,657 |
| Grayson | 1,685 | 42.51% | 1,075 | 27.12% | 1,146 | 28.91% | 58 | 1.46% | 539[b] | 13.60% | 3,964 |
| Green | 1,117 | 44.99% | 687 | 27.67% | 670 | 26.98% | 9 | 0.36% | 430 | 17.32% | 2,483 |
| Greenup | 1,172 | 36.32% | 923 | 28.60% | 889 | 27.55% | 243 | 7.53% | 249 | 7.72% | 3,227 |
| Hancock | 757 | 43.01% | 268 | 15.23% | 677 | 38.47% | 58 | 3.30% | 80[b] | 4.55% | 1,760 |
| Hardin | 2,656 | 57.51% | 632 | 13.69% | 1,250 | 27.07% | 80 | 1.73% | 1,406[b] | 30.45% | 4,618 |
| Harlan | 345 | 19.30% | 612 | 34.23% | 824 | 46.09% | 7 | 0.39% | -212[c] | -11.86% | 1,788 |
| Harrison | 2,514 | 63.26% | 1,193 | 30.02% | 246 | 6.19% | 21 | 0.53% | 1,321 | 33.24% | 3,974 |
| Hart | 1,674 | 45.28% | 592 | 16.01% | 1,314 | 35.54% | 117 | 3.16% | 360[b] | 9.74% | 3,697 |
| Henderson | 3,098 | 57.58% | 1,157 | 21.51% | 763 | 14.18% | 362 | 6.73% | 1,941 | 36.08% | 5,380 |
| Henry | 2,274 | 63.61% | 805 | 22.52% | 484 | 13.54% | 12 | 0.34% | 1,469 | 41.09% | 3,575 |
| Hickman | 1,540 | 74.50% | 365 | 17.66% | 134 | 6.48% | 28 | 1.35% | 1,175 | 56.85% | 2,067 |
| Hopkins | 3,147 | 48.40% | 1,357 | 20.87% | 1,616 | 24.85% | 382 | 5.88% | 1,531[b] | 23.55% | 6,502 |
| Jackson | 216 | 12.78% | 577 | 34.14% | 885 | 52.37% | 12 | 0.71% | -308[c] | -18.22% | 1,690 |
| Jefferson | 24,100 | 46.08% | 3,519 | 6.73% | 23,516 | 44.96% | 1,170 | 2.24% | 584[b] | 1.12% | 52,305 |
| Jessamine | 1,506 | 53.37% | 895 | 31.72% | 409 | 14.49% | 12 | 0.43% | 611 | 21.65% | 2,822 |
| Johnson | 1,034 | 30.47% | 998 | 29.40% | 1,264 | 37.24% | 98 | 2.89% | -230[b] | -6.78% | 3,394 |
| Kenton | 7,761 | 56.42% | 2,512 | 18.26% | 2,272 | 16.52% | 1,210 | 8.80% | 5,249 | 38.16% | 13,755 |
| Knott | 1,114 | 68.34% | 387 | 23.74% | 129 | 7.91% | 0 | 0.00% | 727 | 44.60% | 1,630 |
| Knox | 888 | 24.91% | 1,391 | 39.02% | 1,231 | 34.53% | 55 | 1.54% | 160[c] | 4.49% | 3,565 |
| Larue | 1,265 | 56.35% | 390 | 17.37% | 568 | 25.30% | 22 | 0.98% | 697[b] | 31.05% | 2,245 |
| Laurel | 1,094 | 32.93% | 1,085 | 32.66% | 1,020 | 30.70% | 123 | 3.70% | 9 | 0.27% | 3,322 |
| Lawrence | 1,648 | 45.68% | 1,280 | 35.48% | 632 | 17.52% | 48 | 1.33% | 368 | 10.20% | 3,608 |
| Lee | 728 | 42.62% | 570 | 33.37% | 400 | 23.42% | 10 | 0.59% | 158 | 9.25% | 1,708 |
| Leslie | 105 | 9.18% | 606 | 52.97% | 431 | 37.67% | 2 | 0.17% | 175[c] | 15.30% | 1,144 |
| Letcher | 611 | 31.03% | 978 | 49.67% | 372 | 18.89% | 8 | 0.41% | -367 | -18.64% | 1,969 |
| Lewis | 1,017 | 29.62% | 1,185 | 34.52% | 1,063 | 30.96% | 168 | 4.89% | 122[c] | 3.55% | 3,433 |
| Lincoln | 1,863 | 49.87% | 842 | 22.54% | 1,001 | 26.79% | 30 | 0.80% | 862[b] | 23.07% | 3,736 |
| Livingston | 1,009 | 48.39% | 732 | 35.11% | 293 | 14.05% | 51 | 2.45% | 277 | 13.29% | 2,085 |
| Logan | 2,697 | 54.21% | 1,632 | 32.80% | 551 | 11.08% | 95 | 1.91% | 1,065 | 21.41% | 4,975 |
| Lyon | 996 | 56.08% | 568 | 31.98% | 187 | 10.53% | 25 | 1.41% | 428 | 24.10% | 1,776 |
| Madison | 2,992 | 49.54% | 2,094 | 34.67% | 928 | 15.37% | 25 | 0.41% | 898 | 14.87% | 6,039 |
| Magoffin | 891 | 38.60% | 1,004 | 43.50% | 406 | 17.59% | 7 | 0.30% | -113 | -4.90% | 2,308 |
| Marion | 1,848 | 55.30% | 735 | 21.99% | 742 | 22.20% | 17 | 0.51% | 1,106[b] | 33.09% | 3,342 |
| Marshall | 1,675 | 60.10% | 634 | 22.75% | 393 | 14.10% | 85 | 3.05% | 1,041 | 37.35% | 2,787 |
| Martin | 256 | 21.17% | 655 | 54.18% | 287 | 23.74% | 11 | 0.91% | 368[c] | 30.44% | 1,209 |
| Mason | 2,475 | 53.75% | 1,558 | 33.83% | 542 | 11.77% | 30 | 0.65% | 917 | 19.91% | 4,605 |
| McCracken | 2,948 | 50.99% | 1,308 | 22.62% | 1,085 | 18.77% | 441 | 7.63% | 1,640 | 28.36% | 5,782 |
| McCreary | 225 | 18.26% | 411 | 33.36% | 501 | 40.67% | 95 | 7.71% | -90[c] | -7.31% | 1,232 |
| McLean | 1,304 | 49.81% | 822 | 31.40% | 381 | 14.55% | 111 | 4.24% | 482 | 18.41% | 2,618 |
| Meade | 1,145 | 56.35% | 337 | 16.58% | 489 | 24.06% | 61 | 3.00% | 656[b] | 32.28% | 2,032 |
| Menifee | 643 | 62.43% | 254 | 24.66% | 90 | 8.74% | 43 | 4.17% | 389 | 37.77% | 1,030 |
| Mercer | 1,792 | 54.43% | 889 | 27.00% | 606 | 18.41% | 5 | 0.15% | 903 | 27.43% | 3,292 |
| Metcalfe | 887 | 43.95% | 482 | 23.89% | 640 | 31.71% | 9 | 0.45% | 247[b] | 12.24% | 2,018 |
| Monroe | 806 | 31.44% | 1,072 | 41.81% | 680 | 26.52% | 6 | 0.23% | -266 | -10.37% | 2,564 |
| Montgomery | 1,615 | 57.80% | 758 | 27.13% | 410 | 14.67% | 11 | 0.39% | 857 | 30.67% | 2,794 |
| Morgan | 1,800 | 61.52% | 876 | 29.94% | 219 | 7.48% | 31 | 1.06% | 924 | 31.58% | 2,926 |
| Muhlenberg | 2,093 | 37.40% | 1,038 | 18.55% | 1,699 | 30.36% | 766 | 13.69% | 394[b] | 7.04% | 5,596 |
| Nelson | 2,275 | 60.12% | 751 | 19.85% | 735 | 19.42% | 23 | 0.61% | 1,524 | 40.27% | 3,784 |
| Nicholas | 1,611 | 62.03% | 700 | 26.95% | 276 | 10.63% | 10 | 0.39% | 911 | 35.08% | 2,597 |
| Ohio | 2,563 | 43.45% | 1,150 | 19.49% | 1,825 | 30.94% | 361 | 6.12% | 738[b] | 12.51% | 5,899 |
| Oldham | 1,159 | 66.08% | 261 | 14.88% | 319 | 18.19% | 15 | 0.86% | 840[b] | 47.89% | 1,754 |
| Owen | 2,460 | 77.65% | 430 | 13.57% | 257 | 8.11% | 21 | 0.66% | 2,030 | 64.08% | 3,168 |
| Owsley | 221 | 17.13% | 711 | 55.12% | 353 | 27.36% | 5 | 0.39% | 358[c] | 27.75% | 1,290 |
| Pendleton | 1,310 | 52.38% | 746 | 29.83% | 365 | 14.59% | 80 | 3.20% | 564 | 22.55% | 2,501 |
| Perry | 560 | 32.98% | 1,023 | 60.25% | 114 | 6.71% | 1 | 0.06% | -463 | -27.27% | 1,698 |
| Pike | 2,583 | 41.72% | 2,777 | 44.85% | 785 | 12.68% | 47 | 0.76% | -194 | -3.13% | 6,192 |
| Powell | 647 | 54.05% | 381 | 31.83% | 163 | 13.62% | 6 | 0.50% | 266 | 22.22% | 1,197 |
| Pulaski | 1,980 | 35.47% | 1,731 | 31.01% | 1,785 | 31.98% | 86 | 1.54% | 195[b] | 3.49% | 5,582 |
| Robertson | 570 | 57.52% | 158 | 15.94% | 262 | 26.44% | 1 | 0.10% | 308[b] | 31.08% | 991 |
| Rockcastle | 859 | 34.26% | 1,082 | 43.16% | 556 | 22.18% | 10 | 0.40% | -223 | -8.90% | 2,507 |
| Rowan | 737 | 44.59% | 417 | 25.23% | 458 | 27.71% | 41 | 2.48% | 279[b] | 16.88% | 1,653 |
| Russell | 713 | 39.35% | 785 | 43.32% | 273 | 15.07% | 41 | 2.26% | -72 | -3.97% | 1,812 |
| Scott | 2,361 | 60.46% | 1,047 | 26.81% | 480 | 12.29% | 17 | 0.44% | 1,314 | 33.65% | 3,905 |
| Shelby | 2,487 | 58.55% | 1,129 | 26.58% | 607 | 14.29% | 25 | 0.59% | 1,358 | 31.97% | 4,248 |
| Simpson | 1,639 | 62.80% | 547 | 20.96% | 418 | 16.02% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,092 | 41.84% | 2,610 |
| Spencer | 1,052 | 66.37% | 271 | 17.10% | 256 | 16.15% | 6 | 0.38% | 781 | 49.27% | 1,585 |
| Taylor | 1,150 | 46.35% | 468 | 18.86% | 842 | 33.94% | 21 | 0.85% | 308[b] | 12.41% | 2,481 |
| Todd | 1,482 | 46.81% | 1,435 | 45.33% | 170 | 5.37% | 79 | 2.50% | 47 | 1.48% | 3,166 |
| Trigg | 1,263 | 44.35% | 1,322 | 46.42% | 101 | 3.55% | 162 | 5.69% | -59 | -2.07% | 2,848 |
| Trimble | 1,183 | 79.56% | 163 | 10.96% | 136 | 9.15% | 5 | 0.34% | 1,020 | 68.59% | 1,487 |
| Union | 2,168 | 64.91% | 642 | 19.22% | 303 | 9.07% | 227 | 6.80% | 1,526 | 45.69% | 3,340 |
| Warren | 3,447 | 52.12% | 1,342 | 20.29% | 1,770 | 26.76% | 55 | 0.83% | 1,677[b] | 25.36% | 6,614 |
| Washington | 1,329 | 47.11% | 1,170 | 41.47% | 312 | 11.06% | 10 | 0.35% | 159 | 5.64% | 2,821 |
| Wayne | 2,168 | 57.02% | 1,096 | 28.83% | 524 | 13.78% | 14 | 0.37% | 1,072 | 28.20% | 3,802 |
| Webster | 998 | 24.78% | 905 | 22.47% | 2,036 | 50.55% | 89 | 2.21% | -1,038[b] | -25.77% | 4,028 |
| Whitley | 1,388 | 43.94% | 723 | 22.89% | 912 | 28.87% | 136 | 4.31% | 476[b] | 15.07% | 3,159 |
| Wolfe | 873 | 57.28% | 395 | 25.92% | 250 | 16.40% | 6 | 0.39% | 478 | 31.36% | 1,524 |
| Woodford | 1,561 | 55.85% | 779 | 27.87% | 446 | 15.96% | 9 | 0.32% | 782 | 27.98% | 2,795 |
| Totals | 219,484 | 48.48% | 115,510 | 25.52% | 101,766 | 22.48% | 11,646 | 2.57% | 103,974 | !22.97% | 452,714 |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Totals for this candidate were not separated by county but only listed as a statewide total which is included in the statewide aggregate below.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae In this county where Roosevelt ran ahead of Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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
- ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results – Kentucky". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- ^ a b Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Eugene V. Debs, 1912 (.xlsx file for €15)
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