National Election Statistics

1912 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1912, won by Woodrow Wilson with 435 electoral votes.

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Woodrow Wilson's Cabinet

President: Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)

Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall (1913-1921)

Secretary of State: William Jennings Bryan (1913-1915), Robert Lansing (1915-1920)

Secretary of the Treasury: William Gibbs McAdoo (1913-1918)

Secretary of War: Lindley Miller Garrison (1913-1916), Newton D. Baker (1916-1921)

Attorney General: James Clark McReynolds (1913-1914), Thomas Watt Gregory (1914-1919)

Postmaster General: Albert S. Burleson (1913-1921)

Secretary of the Navy: Josephus Daniels (1913-1921)

Secretary of the Interior: Franklin Knight Lane (1913-1920)

Secretary of Agriculture: David F. Houston (1913-1920)

Secretary of Commerce: William C. Redfield (1913-1919)

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1912 National Election

267 to win
6,294,327 votes (41.8%)
Running Mate: Thomas R. Marshall
4,120,207 votes (27.4%)
Running Mate: Hiram Johnson

Socialist Party candidate Eugene V. Debs received about 900,370 votes, but no Electoral Votes.
William Howard Taft’s 8 Electoral Votes (3,486,343 votes), fewest ever for an incumbent. Arizona and New Mexico become states during this election cycle.

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

12

Alaska

Arizona

3

Arkansas

9

California

11

Colorado

6

Connecticut

7

Delaware

3

District of Columbia

Florida

6

Georgia

14

Hawaii

Idaho

4

Illinois

29

Indiana

15

Iowa

13

Kansas

10

Kentucky

13

Louisiana

10

Maine

6

Maryland

8

Massachusetts

18

Michigan

15

Minnesota

12

Mississippi

10

Missouri

18

Montana

4

Nebraska

8

Nevada

3

New Hampshire

4

New Jersey

14

New Mexico

3

New York

45

North Carolina

12

North Dakota

5

Ohio

24

Oklahoma

10

Oregon

5

Pennsylvania

38

Rhode Island

5

South Carolina

9

South Dakota

5

Tennessee

12

Texas

20

Utah

4

Vermont

4

Virginia

12

Washington

7

West Virginia

8

Wisconsin

13

Wyoming

3