United States presidential election in Maine, 1912

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United States presidential election in Maine, 1912

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Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
Party Democratic Progressive Republican
Home state New Jersey New York Ohio
Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson Nicholas Murray Butler
(replacing James S. Sherman)
Electoral vote 6 0 0
Popular vote 51,113 48,495 26,545
Percentage 39.43% 37.41% 20.48%

President before election

William Howard Taft
Republican

Elected President

Woodrow Wilson
Democratic

The 1912 United States Presidential Election in Maine took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Maine was won by the Republican nominees, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson and Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson and Marshall defeated incumbent President William Howard Taft, and his running mate Vice President James S. Sherman and Progressive Party candidates, former President Theodore Roosevelt and his running mate California Governor Hiram Johnson.

Wilson won Maine by a very narrow margin of 2.02 percent, becoming the first Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 to win the state.

Results

United States presidential election in Maine, 1912[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana 51,113 39.43% 6 100.00%
Progressive Theodore Roosevelt of New York Hiram Warren Johnson of California 48,495 37.41% 0 0.00%
Republican William Howard Taft of Ohio Nicholas Murray Butler of New York 26,545 20.48% 0 0.00%
Socialist Eugene Victor Debs of Indiana Emil Seidel of Wisconsin 2,541 1.96% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Eugene Wilder Chafin of Illinois Aaron Sherman Watkins of Ohio 946 0.73% 0 0.00%
Total 129,640 100.00% 6 100.00%


References

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