1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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The 1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 42.11% 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 29.43% of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 21.11% of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 5.67% of the popular vote.[1] As of the 2016 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Ritchie County voted for the Democratic candidate, as well as the last election in which Grant County did not vote for the Republican candidate.
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 113,197 | 42.11% | |
Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 79,112 | 29.43% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft | 56,754 | 21.11% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 15,248 | 5.67% | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 4,517 | 1.68% | |
| Total votes | 268,828 | 100.00% | ||
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