1912 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Election in Nebraska
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 .
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
Results by county
County[2]
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic
William Howard Taft Republican
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive
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
Notes
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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