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1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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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.

1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Progressive Republican
Home state New Jersey New York Ohio
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson Nicholas Murray Butler
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 109,008 72,681 54,226
Percentage 43.69% 29.13% 21.74%
County Results
President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

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] This was the first time in history that a nationally-successful Democratic presidential nominee carried Nebraska, as well as only the third occasion that any Democratic nominee carried the state.

Results

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1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson 109,008 43.69%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt 72,681 29.13%
Republican William Howard Taft (incumbent) 54,226 21.74%
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 10,185 4.08%
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 3,383 1.36%
Total votes 243,483 100%

Results by county

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County[2] Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic 		William Howard Taft
Republican 		Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive "Bull Moose" 		Eugene Victor Debs
Socialist 		Eugene Wilder Chafin
Prohibition 		Margin[a] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 18.00% 2,100
Cuming 1,484 53.83% 759 27.53% 476 17.27% 30 1.09% 8 0.29% 725[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[c] 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[b] 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[c] -3.71% 458
Madison 1,718 42.87% 1,181 29.47% 1,015 25.33% 56 1.40% 37 0.92% 537[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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[b] 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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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.
  3. ^ a b 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

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  1. ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results – Nebraska".
  2. ^ 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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