1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
For over a century after
In the early 1910s, the state Democratic Party was divided over the issue of prohibition. One faction, known as the “Independent Democrats,” wanted the state's Four Mile Law (which banned the sale of liquor within four miles of any school) to apply statewide, while the other faction, known as the “Regular Democrats,” wanted the state's larger cities to be exempt from this law. In 1910, the Independent Democrats fled the party and formed a coalition, known as the “Fusionists,” with Republicans, helping to elect Governor Ben W. Hooper,[6] although the Republicans did not gain at other levels.
With the national Republican Party deeply split, divisions between the dominant eastern wing and the
Pollsters always conceded Tennessee to
Analysis
In the end Wilson achieved just under 53 percent of the popular vote, a figure very similar to that which Democrats had achieved in Tennessee over the previous four elections.[10] Despite the appeal of Roosevelt’s lily-white policy in the many emerging sundown towns or counties of East Tennessee,[11] the “Bull Moose” candidate finished third in the state, 2.55 percentage points behind incumbent President Taft.[10]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Hawkins County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the last election in which Blount County, Washington County, Sevier County, Carter County, Jefferson County, Henderson County, Grainger County, Scott County, Unicoi County, and Johnson County did not vote for the Republican candidate.[12]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 133,021 | 52.80% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 60,475 | 24.00% | |
Progressive
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Theodore Roosevelt | 54,041 | 21.45% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 3,564 | 1.41% | |
Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 832[a] | 0.33% | |
Total votes | 251,933 | 100% |
Results by county
1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee by county[13][14] | |||||||||||
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County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Anderson | 597 | 25.52% | 539 | 23.04% | 1,148 | 49.08% | 55 | 2.35% | -551[b] | -23.56% | 2,339 |
Bedford | 2,305 | 59.39% | 1,474 | 37.98% | 96 | 2.47% | 6 | 0.15% | 831 | 21.41% | 3,881 |
Benton | 1,095 | 53.00% | 652 | 31.56% | 289 | 13.99% | 30 | 1.45% | 443 | 21.44% | 2,066 |
Bledsoe | 464 | 37.00% | 379 | 30.22% | 401 | 31.98% | 10 | 0.80% | 63[b] | 5.02% | 1,254 |
Blount | 836 | 26.83% | 870 | 27.92% | 1,410 | 45.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -540[c] | -17.33% | 3,116 |
Bradley | 645 | 38.21% | 485 | 28.73% | 548 | 32.46% | 10 | 0.59% | 97[b] | 5.75% | 1,688 |
Campbell | 554 | 26.37% | 302 | 14.37% | 1,193 | 56.78% | 52 | 2.48% | -639[b] | -30.41% | 2,101 |
Cannon | 1,184 | 63.32% | 631 | 33.74% | 48 | 2.57% | 7 | 0.37% | 553 | 29.57% | 1,870 |
Carroll | 1,653 | 40.80% | 1,362 | 33.62% | 967 | 23.87% | 69 | 1.70% | 291 | 7.18% | 4,051 |
Carter | 478 | 13.11% | 1,243 | 34.08% | 1,926 | 52.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -683[c] | -18.73% | 3,647 |
Cheatham | 1,096 | 70.30% | 317 | 20.33% | 123 | 7.89% | 23 | 1.48% | 779 | 49.97% | 1,559 |
Chester | 636 | 46.29% | 312 | 22.71% | 388 | 28.24% | 38 | 2.77% | 248[b] | 18.05% | 1,374 |
Claiborne | 903 | 34.61% | 589 | 22.58% | 1,098 | 42.09% | 19 | 0.73% | -195[b] | -7.47% | 2,609 |
Clay | 718 | 57.30% | 440 | 35.12% | 83 | 6.62% | 12 | 0.96% | 278 | 22.19% | 1,253 |
Cocke | 597 | 31.21% | 757 | 39.57% | 549 | 28.70% | 10 | 0.52% | -160 | -8.36% | 1,913 |
Coffee | 1,705 | 73.59% | 521 | 22.49% | 63 | 2.72% | 28 | 1.21% | 1,184 | 51.10% | 2,317 |
Crockett | 1,297 | 48.31% | 852 | 31.73% | 509 | 18.96% | 27 | 1.01% | 445 | 16.57% | 2,685 |
Cumberland | 489 | 37.44% | 372 | 28.48% | 434 | 33.23% | 11 | 0.84% | 55[b] | 4.21% | 1,306 |
Davidson | 9,517 | 76.25% | 1,428 | 11.44% | 1,330 | 10.66% | 206 | 1.65% | 8,089 | 64.81% | 12,481 |
Decatur | 758 | 45.42% | 405 | 24.27% | 491 | 29.42% | 15 | 0.90% | 267[b] | 16.00% | 1,669 |
DeKalb | 1,394 | 48.40% | 1,219 | 42.33% | 265 | 9.20% | 2 | 0.07% | 175 | 6.08% | 2,880 |
Dickson | 1,689 | 67.97% | 448 | 18.03% | 293 | 11.79% | 55 | 2.21% | 1,241 | 49.94% | 2,485 |
Dyer | 1,469 | 66.26% | 318 | 14.34% | 348 | 15.70% | 82 | 3.70% | 1,121[b] | 50.56% | 2,217 |
Fayette | 830 | 84.52% | 59 | 6.01% | 93 | 9.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 737[b] | 75.05% | 982 |
Fentress | 399 | 33.78% | 444 | 37.60% | 317 | 26.84% | 21 | 1.78% | -45 | -3.81% | 1,181 |
Franklin | 2,172 | 79.33% | 370 | 13.51% | 164 | 5.99% | 32 | 1.17% | 1,802 | 65.81% | 2,738 |
Gibson | 2,671 | 63.20% | 1,002 | 23.71% | 518 | 12.26% | 35 | 0.83% | 1,669 | 39.49% | 4,226 |
Giles | 3,081 | 60.44% | 1,596 | 31.31% | 419 | 8.22% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,485 | 29.13% | 5,098 |
Grainger | 841 | 33.88% | 741 | 29.85% | 900 | 36.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -59[b] | -2.38% | 2,482 |
Greene | 2,076 | 41.75% | 1,650 | 33.18% | 1,242 | 24.97% | 5 | 0.10% | 426 | 8.57% | 4,973 |
Grundy | 529 | 61.58% | 122 | 14.20% | 87 | 10.13% | 121 | 14.09% | 407 | 47.38% | 859 |
Hamblen | 722 | 48.39% | 427 | 28.62% | 325 | 21.78% | 18 | 1.21% | 295 | 19.77% | 1,492 |
Hamilton | 4,394 | 50.96% | 1,493 | 17.32% | 2,454 | 28.46% | 281 | 3.26% | 1,940[b] | 22.50% | 8,622 |
Hancock | 427 | 36.50% | 659 | 56.32% | 84 | 7.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -232 | -19.83% | 1,170 |
Hardeman | 1,323 | 69.09% | 320 | 16.71% | 264 | 13.79% | 8 | 0.42% | 1,003 | 52.38% | 1,915 |
Hardin | 738 | 31.85% | 955 | 41.22% | 592 | 25.55% | 32 | 1.38% | -217 | -9.37% | 2,317 |
Hawkins | 1,026 | 40.52% | 828 | 32.70% | 660 | 26.07% | 18 | 0.71% | 198 | 7.82% | 2,532 |
Haywood | 1,069 | 87.69% | 34 | 2.79% | 88 | 7.22% | 28 | 2.30% | 981[b] | 80.48% | 1,219 |
Henderson | 738 | 33.90% | 473 | 21.73% | 947 | 43.50% | 19 | 0.87% | -209[b] | -9.60% | 2,177 |
Henry | 2,526 | 65.44% | 941 | 24.38% | 282 | 7.31% | 111 | 2.88% | 1,585 | 41.06% | 3,860 |
Hickman | 1,288 | 56.49% | 868 | 38.07% | 111 | 4.87% | 13 | 0.57% | 420 | 18.42% | 2,280 |
Houston | 586 | 64.47% | 172 | 18.92% | 65 | 7.15% | 86 | 9.46% | 414 | 45.54% | 909 |
Humphreys | 1,283 | 69.54% | 343 | 18.59% | 189 | 10.24% | 30 | 1.63% | 940 | 50.95% | 1,845 |
Jackson | 1,344 | 57.49% | 743 | 31.78% | 251 | 10.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 601 | 25.71% | 2,338 |
James | 202 | 25.93% | 169 | 21.69% | 408 | 52.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -206[b] | -26.44% | 779 |
Jefferson | 514 | 25.66% | 540 | 26.96% | 940 | 46.93% | 9 | 0.45% | -400[c] | -19.97% | 2,003 |
Johnson | 256 | 11.56% | 933 | 42.14% | 1,025 | 46.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -92[c] | -4.16% | 2,214 |
Knox | 4,069 | 40.73% | 1,984 | 19.86% | 3,816 | 38.19% | 122 | 1.22% | 253[b] | 2.53% | 9,991 |
Lake | 499 | 75.04% | 122 | 18.35% | 31 | 4.66% | 13 | 1.95% | 377 | 56.69% | 665 |
Lauderdale | 1,020 | 55.83% | 186 | 10.18% | 593 | 32.46% | 28 | 1.53% | 427[b] | 23.37% | 1,827 |
Lawrence | 1,504 | 46.81% | 878 | 27.33% | 783 | 24.37% | 48 | 1.49% | 626 | 19.48% | 3,213 |
Lewis | 370 | 57.28% | 126 | 19.50% | 144 | 22.29% | 6 | 0.93% | 226[b] | 34.98% | 646 |
Lincoln | 2,651 | 77.27% | 672 | 19.59% | 98 | 2.86% | 10 | 0.29% | 1,979 | 57.68% | 3,431 |
Loudon | 415 | 38.04% | 322 | 29.51% | 348 | 31.90% | 6 | 0.55% | 67[b] | 6.14% | 1,091 |
Macon | 787 | 35.26% | 1,251 | 56.05% | 183 | 8.20% | 11 | 0.49% | -464 | -20.79% | 2,232 |
Madison | 2,702 | 65.36% | 1,036 | 25.06% | 316 | 7.64% | 80 | 1.94% | 1,666 | 40.30% | 4,134 |
Marion | 810 | 45.28% | 463 | 25.88% | 442 | 24.71% | 74 | 4.14% | 347 | 19.40% | 1,789 |
Marshall | 1,551 | 76.59% | 376 | 18.57% | 87 | 4.30% | 11 | 0.54% | 1,175 | 58.02% | 2,025 |
Maury | 2,309 | 68.70% | 615 | 18.30% | 389 | 11.57% | 48 | 1.43% | 1,694 | 50.40% | 3,361 |
McMinn | 912 | 42.36% | 667 | 30.98% | 557 | 25.87% | 17 | 0.79% | 245 | 11.38% | 2,153 |
McNairy | 1,155 | 41.67% | 616 | 22.22% | 1,001 | 36.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 154[b] | 5.56% | 2,772 |
Meigs | 517 | 50.79% | 337 | 33.10% | 163 | 16.01% | 1 | 0.10% | 180 | 17.68% | 1,018 |
Monroe | 1,136 | 48.63% | 721 | 30.86% | 475 | 20.33% | 4 | 0.17% | 415 | 17.77% | 2,336 |
Montgomery | 1,638 | 67.32% | 514 | 21.13% | 199 | 8.18% | 82 | 3.37% | 1,124 | 46.20% | 2,433 |
Moore | 694 | 84.43% | 116 | 14.11% | 11 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.12% | 578 | 70.32% | 822 |
Morgan | 466 | 28.17% | 312 | 18.86% | 841 | 50.85% | 35 | 2.12% | -375[b] | -22.67% | 1,654 |
Obion | 2,152 | 75.17% | 455 | 15.89% | 193 | 6.74% | 63 | 2.20% | 1,697 | 59.27% | 2,863 |
Overton | 1,531 | 60.73% | 743 | 29.47% | 181 | 7.18% | 66 | 2.62% | 788 | 31.26% | 2,521 |
Perry | 664 | 56.32% | 379 | 32.15% | 94 | 7.97% | 42 | 3.56% | 285 | 24.17% | 1,179 |
Pickett | 411 | 45.67% | 355 | 39.44% | 134 | 14.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 56 | 6.22% | 900 |
Polk | 867 | 42.69% | 533 | 26.24% | 622 | 30.63% | 9 | 0.44% | 245[b] | 12.06% | 2,031 |
Putnam | 1,867 | 58.69% | 923 | 29.02% | 386 | 12.13% | 5 | 0.16% | 944 | 29.68% | 3,181 |
Rhea | 692 | 45.38% | 253 | 16.59% | 552 | 36.20% | 28 | 1.84% | 140[b] | 9.18% | 1,525 |
Roane | 570 | 29.26% | 482 | 24.74% | 826 | 42.40% | 70 | 3.59% | -256[b] | -13.14% | 1,948 |
Robertson | 2,287 | 74.57% | 513 | 16.73% | 142 | 4.63% | 125 | 4.08% | 1,774 | 57.84% | 3,067 |
Rutherford | 3,406 | 68.57% | 1,217 | 24.50% | 280 | 5.64% | 64 | 1.29% | 2,189 | 44.07% | 4,967 |
Scott | 160 | 9.74% | 123 | 7.49% | 1,234 | 75.15% | 125 | 7.61% | -1,074[b] | -65.41% | 1,642 |
Sequatchie | 354 | 57.56% | 139 | 22.60% | 83 | 13.50% | 39 | 6.34% | 215 | 34.96% | 615 |
Sevier | 341 | 9.17% | 967 | 26.00% | 2,410 | 64.80% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,443[c] | -38.80% | 3,719 |
Shelby | 6,732 | 64.11% | 589 | 5.61% | 2,951 | 28.10% | 228 | 2.17% | 3,781[b] | 36.01% | 10,500 |
Smith | 1,863 | 62.90% | 915 | 30.89% | 184 | 6.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 948 | 32.01% | 2,962 |
Stewart | 1,312 | 64.06% | 485 | 23.68% | 54 | 2.64% | 197 | 9.62% | 827 | 40.38% | 2,048 |
Sullivan | 2,413 | 57.07% | 538 | 12.72% | 1,265 | 29.92% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,148[b] | 27.15% | 4,228 |
Sumner | 2,477 | 72.94% | 769 | 22.64% | 89 | 2.62% | 61 | 1.80% | 1,708 | 50.29% | 3,396 |
Tipton | 987 | 55.29% | 564 | 31.60% | 222 | 12.44% | 12 | 0.67% | 423 | 23.70% | 1,785 |
Trousdale | 544 | 68.86% | 211 | 26.71% | 35 | 4.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 | 42.15% | 790 |
Unicoi | 170 | 13.87% | 280 | 22.84% | 765 | 62.40% | 11 | 0.90% | -485[c] | -39.56% | 1,226 |
Union | 404 | 21.12% | 307 | 16.05% | 1,192 | 62.31% | 10 | 0.52% | -788[b] | -41.19% | 1,913 |
Van Buren | 225 | 58.44% | 106 | 27.53% | 30 | 7.79% | 24 | 6.23% | 119 | 30.91% | 385 |
Warren | 1,745 | 74.26% | 339 | 14.43% | 250 | 10.64% | 16 | 0.68% | 1,406 | 59.83% | 2,350 |
Washington | 1,531 | 35.89% | 1,134 | 26.58% | 1,592 | 37.32% | 9 | 0.21% | -61[b] | -1.43% | 4,266 |
Wayne | 435 | 24.10% | 971 | 53.80% | 390 | 21.61% | 9 | 0.50% | -536 | -29.70% | 1,805 |
Weakley | 2,810 | 63.03% | 1,265 | 28.38% | 350 | 7.85% | 33 | 0.74% | 1,545 | 34.66% | 4,458 |
White | 1,222 | 64.72% | 330 | 17.48% | 279 | 14.78% | 57 | 3.02% | 892 | 47.25% | 1,888 |
Williamson | 2,205 | 71.75% | 797 | 25.94% | 62 | 2.02% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,408 | 45.82% | 3,073 |
Wilson | 2,325 | 70.35% | 682 | 20.64% | 292 | 8.84% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,643 | 49.71% | 3,305 |
Totals | 133,021 | 52.71% | 60,475 | 23.96% | 54,041 | 21.41% | 3,564 | 1.41% | 72,546 | 28.75% | 252,353 |
Notes
- ^ Prohibition votes were not separated by county but listed only as a statewide total.
- ^ 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 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 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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- ^ "Taft Shows Increasing Strength in a Number of Sections and May "Nose Out" the Colonel for Second Place". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 20, 1912. p. 19.
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