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1912 U.S. Presidential Election

Nationwide · 4 tickets

Who won the 1912 U.S. Presidential Election?

Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 U.S. Presidential Election. Woodrow Wilson received 6,293,454 popular votes (41.8%) and 435 electoral votes. The main challenger was Theodore Roosevelt (27.4%).

See the full head-to-head between Wilson and Roosevelt

Popular voteElectoral vote
Wilson +14.4 pts · won by 2,174,247 votes
Woodrow WilsonDemocraticWINNER41.8%
6,293,454 votes · 435 electoral
Running mate: Thomas R. Marshall
Theodore RooseveltProgressive27.4%
4,119,207 votes · 88 electoral
Running mate: Hiram Johnson
William Howard TaftRepublican23.2%
3,486,242 votes · 8 electoral
Running mate: James S. Sherman
Eugene V. DebsSocialist6%
901,551 votes · 0 electoral
Running mate: Emil Seidel
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading tickets are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote counts come from official certified totals (1976–2024) and official public returns for earlier years, cross-checked against the MIT Election Lab. The 1824 count is partial. Six states chose electors through their legislatures.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.