1912 United States presidential election in Georgia
1912 United States presidential election in Georgia
County Results
Wilson
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Roosevelt
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
The 1912 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5 , 1912 , as part of the 1912 United States presidential election . Georgia voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens , Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties,[ 1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction . The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries , which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[ 2]
In 1908 the Republican Party had made some gains in the South due to opposition by developing manufacturers to William Jennings Bryan ’s populism,[ 3] and by nominee William Howard Taft ’s willingness to accept black disfranchisement.[ 4] This resulted in the GOP carrying twelve secessionist upcountry counties that had never gone Republican before.[ 5] The split in the GOP after the 1908 election prevented any maintenance of these gains – which had seen Bryan’s 1908 performance as the poorest by a Democrat in Georgia until pro-civil rights Lyndon B. Johnson lost the state in 1964 – but Roosevelt did hold on to some of the new Republican vote from 1908, consequently finishing far ahead of regular Republican and incumbent President Taft.
Georgia was won by the New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson (D –New Jersey ), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall , with 76.63 percent 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 18.10% of the popular vote.[ 6]
Results
Results by county
County
Thomas Woodrow Wilson[ 7] Democratic
William Howard Taft[ 7] Republican
Theodore Roosevelt[ 7] Progressive "Bull Moose"
Various candidates[ 7] Other parties
Margin[ a]
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Appling
381
59.72%
94
14.73%
150
23.51%
13
2.04%
231
36.21%
638
Baker
180
93.75%
0
0.00%
12
6.25%
0
0.00%
168
87.50%
192
Baldwin
621
89.74%
24
3.47%
47
6.79%
0
0.00%
574
82.95%
692
Banks
274
54.15%
17
3.36%
215
42.49%
0
0.00%
59
11.66%
506
Bartow
1,017
60.86%
93
5.57%
561
33.57%
0
0.00%
456
27.29%
1,671
Ben Hill
535
64.30%
34
4.09%
263
31.61%
0
0.00%
272
32.69%
832
Berrien
709
86.67%
35
4.28%
70
8.56%
4
0.49%
639
78.12%
818
Bibb
2,526
91.19%
122
4.40%
90
3.25%
32
1.16%
2,404[ b]
86.79%
2,770
Brooks
695
89.79%
37
4.78%
42
5.43%
0
0.00%
653
84.37%
774
Bryan
236
86.13%
23
8.39%
15
5.47%
0
0.00%
213[ b]
77.74%
274
Bulloch
932
93.48%
17
1.71%
44
4.41%
4
0.40%
888
89.07%
997
Burke
440
90.72%
22
4.54%
22
4.54%
1
0.21%
418[ b]
86.19%
485
Butts
490
85.96%
29
5.09%
49
8.60%
2
0.35%
441
77.37%
570
Calhoun
328
96.76%
5
1.47%
6
1.77%
0
0.00%
322
94.99%
339
Camden
219
98.21%
2
0.90%
2
0.90%
0
0.00%
217
97.31%
223
Campbell
443
80.11%
6
1.08%
104
18.81%
0
0.00%
339
61.30%
553
Carroll
1,192
69.30%
81
4.71%
431
25.06%
16
0.93%
761
44.24%
1,720
Catoosa
286
60.34%
63
13.29%
125
26.37%
0
0.00%
161
33.97%
474
Charlton
150
67.26%
23
10.31%
48
21.52%
2
0.90%
102
45.74%
223
Chatham
3,274
84.36%
238
6.13%
332
8.55%
37
0.95%
2,942
75.81%
3,881
Chattahoochee
137
91.95%
1
0.67%
11
7.38%
0
0.00%
126
84.56%
149
Chattooga
578
66.59%
69
7.95%
220
25.35%
1
0.12%
358
41.24%
868
Cherokee
603
44.93%
21
1.56%
710
52.91%
8
0.60%
-107
-7.97%
1,342
Clarke
950
86.44%
66
6.01%
81
7.37%
2
0.18%
869
79.07%
1,099
Clay
369
93.65%
8
2.03%
17
4.31%
0
0.00%
352
89.34%
394
Clayton
443
79.11%
3
0.54%
113
20.18%
1
0.18%
330
58.93%
560
Clinch
283
83.24%
48
14.12%
9
2.65%
0
0.00%
235[ b]
69.12%
340
Cobb
1,519
75.76%
41
2.04%
442
22.04%
3
0.15%
1,077
53.72%
2,005
Coffee
895
87.32%
28
2.73%
85
8.29%
17
1.66%
810
79.02%
1,025
Colquitt
699
56.88%
8
0.65%
506
41.17%
16
1.30%
193
15.70%
1,229
Columbia
234
87.97%
2
0.75%
30
11.28%
0
0.00%
204
76.69%
266
Coweta
1,044
92.80%
35
3.11%
46
4.09%
0
0.00%
998
88.71%
1,125
Crawford
249
97.65%
1
0.39%
3
1.18%
2
0.78%
246
96.47%
255
Crisp
644
91.87%
12
1.71%
45
6.42%
0
0.00%
599
85.45%
701
Dade
243
75.00%
18
5.56%
44
13.58%
19
5.86%
199
61.42%
324
Dawson
170
47.49%
23
6.42%
161
44.97%
4
1.12%
9
2.51%
358
Decatur
1,150
71.12%
52
3.22%
378
23.38%
37
2.29%
772
47.74%
1,617
DeKalb
837
84.46%
44
4.44%
65
6.56%
45
4.54%
772
77.90%
991
Dodge
637
86.08%
12
1.62%
28
3.78%
63
8.51%
609
82.30%
740
Dooly
608
94.12%
5
0.77%
33
5.11%
0
0.00%
575
89.01%
646
Dougherty
731
94.81%
21
2.72%
19
2.46%
0
0.00%
710[ b]
92.09%
771
Douglas
266
45.01%
18
3.05%
307
51.95%
0
0.00%
-41
-6.94%
591
Early
501
87.74%
7
1.23%
27
4.73%
36
6.30%
474
83.01%
571
Echols
144
97.30%
0
0.00%
4
2.70%
0
0.00%
140
94.59%
148
Effingham
343
95.81%
5
1.40%
10
2.79%
0
0.00%
333
93.02%
358
Elbert
882
77.85%
13
1.15%
238
21.01%
0
0.00%
644
56.84%
1,133
Emanuel
715
81.81%
22
2.52%
129
14.76%
8
0.92%
586
67.05%
874
Fannin
451
48.81%
168
18.18%
305
33.01%
0
0.00%
146
15.80%
924
Fayette
369
77.20%
12
2.51%
95
19.87%
2
0.42%
274
57.32%
478
Floyd
1,837
80.75%
63
2.77%
374
16.44%
1
0.04%
1,463
64.31%
2,275
Forsyth
235
56.90%
15
3.63%
163
39.47%
0
0.00%
72
17.43%
413
Franklin
694
66.03%
26
2.47%
331
31.49%
0
0.00%
363
34.54%
1,051
Fulton
7,317
75.78%
509
5.27%
1,696
17.57%
133
1.38%
5,621
58.22%
9,655
Gilmer
488
74.28%
52
7.91%
116
17.66%
1
0.15%
372
56.62%
657
Glascock
101
57.39%
3
1.70%
72
40.91%
0
0.00%
29
16.48%
176
Glynn
470
88.51%
16
3.01%
30
5.65%
15
2.82%
440
82.86%
531
Gordon
597
45.96%
52
4.00%
650
50.04%
0
0.00%
-53
-4.08%
1,299
Grady
453
79.06%
21
3.66%
98
17.10%
1
0.17%
355
61.95%
573
Greene
525
76.64%
10
1.46%
150
21.90%
0
0.00%
375
54.74%
685
Gwinnett
997
60.68%
55
3.35%
590
35.91%
1
0.06%
407
24.77%
1,643
Habersham
497
58.54%
42
4.95%
310
36.51%
0
0.00%
187
22.03%
849
Hall
1,145
74.01%
116
7.50%
275
17.78%
11
0.71%
870
56.24%
1,547
Hancock
549
91.50%
12
2.00%
39
6.50%
0
0.00%
510
85.00%
600
Haralson
384
34.13%
19
1.69%
701
62.31%
21
1.87%
-317
-28.18%
1,125
Harris
585
94.66%
4
0.65%
28
4.53%
1
0.16%
557
90.13%
618
Hart
484
61.27%
15
1.90%
291
36.84%
0
0.00%
193
24.43%
790
Heard
326
81.09%
11
2.74%
65
16.17%
0
0.00%
261
64.93%
402
Henry
536
79.06%
15
2.21%
127
18.73%
0
0.00%
409
60.32%
678
Houston
760
95.00%
24
3.00%
16
2.00%
0
0.00%
736[ b]
92.00%
800
Irwin
428
89.17%
6
1.25%
45
9.38%
1
0.21%
383
79.79%
480
Jackson
1,108
65.02%
45
2.64%
551
32.34%
0
0.00%
557
32.69%
1,704
Jasper
644
96.99%
12
1.81%
8
1.20%
0
0.00%
632[ b]
95.18%
664
Jeff Davis
268
79.06%
19
5.60%
52
15.34%
0
0.00%
216
63.72%
339
Jefferson
416
71.85%
8
1.38%
153
26.42%
2
0.35%
263
45.42%
579
Jenkins
279
90.88%
13
4.23%
15
4.89%
0
0.00%
264
85.99%
307
Johnson
285
71.25%
23
5.75%
92
23.00%
0
0.00%
193
48.25%
400
Jones
426
93.42%
27
5.92%
3
0.66%
0
0.00%
399[ b]
87.50%
456
Laurens
1,118
89.44%
26
2.08%
106
8.48%
0
0.00%
1,012
80.96%
1,250
Lee
210
93.33%
9
4.00%
6
2.67%
0
0.00%
201[ b]
89.33%
225
Liberty
251
70.31%
29
8.12%
77
21.57%
0
0.00%
174
48.74%
357
Lincoln
253
90.68%
0
0.00%
26
9.32%
0
0.00%
227
81.36%
279
Lowndes
847
91.87%
24
2.60%
35
3.80%
16
1.74%
812
88.07%
922
Lumpkin
279
65.34%
29
6.79%
119
27.87%
0
0.00%
160
37.47%
427
Macon
411
79.81%
19
3.69%
85
16.50%
0
0.00%
326
63.30%
515
Madison
564
78.01%
13
1.80%
146
20.19%
0
0.00%
418
57.81%
723
Marion
233
77.41%
17
5.65%
51
16.94%
0
0.00%
182
60.47%
301
McDuffie
271
70.03%
9
2.33%
106
27.39%
1
0.26%
165
42.64%
387
McIntosh
118
92.19%
2
1.56%
8
6.25%
0
0.00%
110
85.94%
128
Meriwether
882
88.20%
26
2.60%
91
9.10%
1
0.10%
791
79.10%
1,000
Miller
200
78.13%
2
0.78%
6
2.34%
48
18.75%
194
75.78%
256
Milton
320
72.07%
17
3.83%
107
24.10%
0
0.00%
213
47.97%
444
Mitchell
917
82.91%
30
2.71%
140
12.66%
19
1.72%
777
70.25%
1,106
Monroe
786
88.51%
9
1.01%
93
10.47%
0
0.00%
693
78.04%
888
Montgomery
854
85.49%
52
5.21%
93
9.31%
0
0.00%
761
76.18%
999
Morgan
575
87.65%
24
3.66%
57
8.69%
0
0.00%
518
78.96%
656
Murray
366
47.47%
68
8.82%
307
39.82%
30
3.89%
59
7.65%
771
Muscogee
1,817
85.35%
51
2.40%
102
4.79%
159
7.47%
1,715
80.55%
2,129
Newton
840
89.27%
57
6.06%
43
4.57%
1
0.11%
783[ b]
83.21%
941
Oconee
208
53.47%
1
0.26%
180
46.27%
0
0.00%
28
7.20%
389
Oglethorpe
503
81.79%
33
5.37%
79
12.85%
0
0.00%
424
68.94%
615
Paulding
426
37.30%
32
2.80%
684
59.89%
0
0.00%
-258
-22.59%
1,142
Pickens
324
34.80%
190
20.41%
417
44.79%
0
0.00%
-93
-9.99%
931
Pierce
408
69.39%
83
14.12%
97
16.50%
0
0.00%
311
52.89%
588
Pike
751
81.63%
34
3.70%
134
14.57%
1
0.11%
617
67.07%
920
Polk
706
54.90%
36
2.80%
539
41.91%
5
0.39%
167
12.99%
1,286
Pulaski
1,080
95.07%
17
1.50%
39
3.43%
0
0.00%
1,041
91.64%
1,136
Putnam
460
96.64%
6
1.26%
10
2.10%
0
0.00%
450
94.54%
476
Quitman
112
87.50%
7
5.47%
9
7.03%
0
0.00%
103
80.47%
128
Rabun
327
71.24%
12
2.61%
119
25.93%
1
0.22%
208
45.32%
459
Randolph
559
84.70%
57
8.64%
44
6.67%
0
0.00%
502[ b]
76.06%
660
Richmond
1,871
77.44%
177
7.33%
234
9.69%
134
5.55%
1,637
67.76%
2,416
Rockdale
434
85.77%
11
2.17%
61
12.06%
0
0.00%
373
73.72%
506
Schley
212
89.83%
3
1.27%
20
8.47%
1
0.42%
192
81.36%
236
Screven
460
74.07%
21
3.38%
138
22.22%
2
0.32%
322
51.85%
621
Spalding
736
91.20%
26
3.22%
45
5.58%
0
0.00%
691
85.63%
807
Stephens
409
84.33%
15
3.09%
61
12.58%
0
0.00%
348
71.75%
485
Stewart
452
94.96%
17
3.57%
7
1.47%
0
0.00%
435[ b]
91.39%
476
Sumter
1,004
95.62%
24
2.29%
19
1.81%
3
0.29%
980[ b]
93.33%
1,050
Talbot
446
82.44%
8
1.48%
87
16.08%
0
0.00%
359
66.36%
541
Taliaferro
242
83.74%
7
2.42%
40
13.84%
0
0.00%
202
69.90%
289
Tattnall
592
69.89%
18
2.13%
234
27.63%
3
0.35%
358
42.27%
847
Taylor
342
74.84%
17
3.72%
98
21.44%
0
0.00%
244
53.39%
457
Telfair
695
94.69%
20
2.72%
19
2.59%
0
0.00%
675[ b]
91.96%
734
Terrell
608
92.68%
29
4.42%
19
2.90%
0
0.00%
579[ b]
88.26%
656
Thomas
1,012
81.48%
47
3.78%
176
14.17%
7
0.56%
836
67.31%
1,242
Tift
427
65.49%
0
0.00%
189
28.99%
36
5.52%
238
36.50%
652
Toombs
327
77.30%
20
4.73%
75
17.73%
1
0.24%
252
59.57%
423
Towns
230
43.48%
89
16.82%
206
38.94%
4
0.76%
24
4.54%
529
Troup
1,441
93.94%
16
1.04%
75
4.89%
2
0.13%
1,366
89.05%
1,534
Turner
385
74.18%
25
4.82%
75
14.45%
34
6.55%
310
59.73%
519
Twiggs
307
95.05%
3
0.93%
13
4.02%
0
0.00%
294
91.02%
323
Union
319
48.11%
88
13.27%
256
38.61%
0
0.00%
63
9.50%
663
Upson
445
75.42%
7
1.19%
138
23.39%
0
0.00%
307
52.03%
590
Walker
771
54.64%
215
15.24%
404
28.63%
21
1.49%
367
26.01%
1,411
Walton
885
73.81%
40
3.34%
274
22.85%
0
0.00%
611
50.96%
1,199
Ware
972
88.77%
54
4.93%
39
3.56%
30
2.74%
918[ b]
83.84%
1,095
Warren
262
76.83%
11
3.23%
67
19.65%
1
0.29%
195
57.18%
341
Washington
920
82.51%
28
2.51%
167
14.98%
0
0.00%
753
67.53%
1,115
Wayne
380
89.83%
14
3.31%
25
5.91%
4
0.95%
355
83.92%
423
Webster
139
97.89%
2
1.41%
1
0.70%
0
0.00%
137[ b]
96.48%
142
White
152
55.68%
11
4.03%
110
40.29%
0
0.00%
42
15.38%
273
Whitfield
761
55.55%
106
7.74%
437
31.90%
66
4.82%
324
23.65%
1,370
Wilcox
525
92.11%
15
2.63%
29
5.09%
1
0.18%
496
87.02%
570
Wilkes
657
89.39%
3
0.41%
68
9.25%
7
0.95%
589
80.14%
735
Wilkinson
335
92.54%
10
2.76%
17
4.70%
0
0.00%
318
87.85%
362
Worth
500
84.18%
12
2.02%
77
12.96%
5
0.84%
423
71.21%
594
Totals
93,087
76.63%
5,191
4.27%
21,985
18.10%
1,207
0.99%
71,102
58.53%
121,470
See also
Notes
^ Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Georgia as a whole, all margins given are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q 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.
References
^ Phillips, Kevin P. ; The Emerging Republican Majority , pp. 208, 210 ISBN 9780691163246
^ Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000 , p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
^ Tindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review ; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141
^ de Santis, Vincent P.; ‘Republican Efforts to “Crack” the Democratic South’; The Review of Politics , vol. 14, no. 2 (April 1952), pp. 244-264
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , p. 39 ISBN 0786422173
^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results Georgia" .
^ a b c d "Popular Vote at The Presidential Election of 1912 (.xlsx file for €15" . Géoelections.