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The 1912 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Maryland was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 48.57% 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 24.91% 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 23.69% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the first and only time that Garrett County did not support the Republican candidate.[2] As of 2020, this is also the last time the Democratic candidate won Carroll County by more than 10%.[3]
This was the first time since 1892 that a Democrat won the popular vote in Maryland.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 112,674 | 48.57% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 57,789 | 24.91% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 54,956 | 23.69% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 3,996 | 1.72% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 2,244 | 0.97% | |
| Socialist Labor | Arthur Reimer | 322 | 0.14% | |
| Total votes | 231,981 | 100% | ||
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
William Howard Taft Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose" |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 3,382 | 39.36% | 1,396 | 16.25% | 2,631 | 30.62% | 1,184 | 13.78% | 751 | 8.74% | 8,593 |
| Anne Arundel | 3,049 | 46.10% | 2,222 | 33.60% | 794 | 12.00% | 549 | 8.30% | 827[b] | 12.50% | 6,614 |
| Baltimore | 11,524 | 51.65% | 4,247 | 19.03% | 6,211 | 27.84% | 330 | 1.48% | 5,313 | 23.81% | 22,312 |
| Baltimore City | 48,030 | 48.36% | 15,597 | 15.70% | 33,679 | 33.91% | 2,016 | 2.03% | 14,351 | 14.45% | 99,322 |
| Calvert | 616 | 34.74% | 1,035 | 58.38% | 83 | 4.68% | 39 | 2.20% | -419[b] | -23.63% | 1,773 |
| Caroline | 1,882 | 51.63% | 1,445 | 39.64% | 196 | 5.38% | 122 | 3.35% | 437[b] | 11.99% | 3,645 |
| Carroll | 3,616 | 50.11% | 2,546 | 35.28% | 923 | 12.79% | 131 | 1.82% | 1,070[b] | 14.83% | 7,216 |
| Cecil | 2,491 | 52.60% | 1,509 | 31.86% | 646 | 13.64% | 90 | 1.90% | 982[b] | 20.73% | 4,736 |
| Charles | 918 | 34.69% | 1,573 | 59.45% | 113 | 4.27% | 42 | 1.59% | -655[b] | -24.75% | 2,646 |
| Dorchester | 2,509 | 47.08% | 2,387 | 44.79% | 313 | 5.87% | 120 | 2.25% | 122[b] | 2.29% | 5,329 |
| Frederick | 5,545 | 48.81% | 2,813 | 24.76% | 2,776 | 24.44% | 226 | 1.99% | 2,732[b] | 24.05% | 11,360 |
| Garrett | 1,005 | 34.42% | 655 | 22.43% | 1,069 | 36.61% | 191 | 6.54% | -64 | -2.19% | 2,920 |
| Harford | 3,064 | 53.63% | 1,737 | 30.40% | 802 | 14.04% | 110 | 1.93% | 1,327[b] | 23.23% | 5,713 |
| Howard | 1,523 | 51.45% | 1,004 | 33.92% | 364 | 12.30% | 69 | 2.33% | 519[b] | 17.53% | 2,960 |
| Kent | 1,816 | 53.73% | 1,021 | 30.21% | 463 | 13.70% | 80 | 2.37% | 795[b] | 23.52% | 3,380 |
| Montgomery | 3,501 | 56.10% | 1,675 | 26.84% | 884 | 14.16% | 181 | 2.90% | 1,826[b] | 29.26% | 6,241 |
| Prince George's | 2,424 | 45.38% | 1,456 | 27.26% | 1,308 | 24.49% | 153 | 2.86% | 968[b] | 18.12% | 5,341 |
| Queen Anne's | 1,902 | 55.52% | 1,311 | 38.27% | 119 | 3.47% | 94 | 2.74% | 591[b] | 17.25% | 3,426 |
| Somerset[c] | 843 | 36.09% | 1,262 | 54.02% | 144 | 6.16% | 87 | 3.72% | -419[b] | -17.94% | 2,336 |
| St. Mary's[c] | 1,617 | 45.51% | 1,528 | 43.01% | 370 | 10.41% | 38 | 1.07% | 89[b] | 2.50% | 3,553 |
| Talbot | 1,888 | 47.13% | 1,835 | 45.81% | 190 | 4.74% | 93 | 2.32% | 53[b] | 1.32% | 4,006 |
| Washington | 4,589 | 48.10% | 1,907 | 19.99% | 2,606 | 27.32% | 438 | 4.59% | 1,983 | 20.79% | 9,540 |
| Wicomico | 3,176 | 55.02% | 2,038 | 35.31% | 442 | 7.66% | 116 | 2.01% | 1,138[b] | 19.72% | 5,772 |
| Worcester | 1,764 | 54.33% | 757 | 23.31% | 663 | 20.42% | 63 | 1.94% | 1,007[b] | 31.01% | 3,247 |
| Totals | 112,674 | 48.57% | 54,956 | 23.69% | 57,789 | 24.91% | 6,562 | 2.83% | 54,885 | 23.66% | 231,981 |
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