1912 United States presidential election in Georgia

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,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 208, 210 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.Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155

In 1908 the Republican Party had made some gains in the South due to opposition by developing manufacturers to William Jennings Bryan’s populism,Tindall, George B.; ‘Southern Strategy: A Historical Perspective’; North Carolina Historical Review; vol. 48, no. 2 (April 1971), pp. 126-141 and by nominee William Howard Taft’s willingness to accept black disfranchisement.de Santis, Vincent P.; ‘Republican Efforts to “Crack” the Democratic South’; The Review of Politics, vol. 14, no. 2 (April 1952), pp. 244-264 This resulted in the GOP carrying twelve secessionist upcountry counties that had never gone Republican before.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 39 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.

Results

Results by county County Thomas Woodrow WilsonDemocratic William Howard TaftRepublican Theodore RooseveltProgressive "Bull Moose" Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Appling 381 59.72% 94 14.73% 150 23.51% 132.04% 231 36.21% 638 Baker 180 93.75% 0 0.00% 12 6.25% 00.00% 168 87.50% 192 Baldwin 621 89.74% 24 3.47% 47 6.79% 00.00% 574 82.95% 692 Banks 274 54.15% 17 3.36% 215 42.49% 00.00% 59 11.66% 506 Bartow 1,017 60.86% 93 5.57% 561 33.57% 00.00% 456 27.29% 1,671 Ben Hill 535 64.30% 34 4.09% 263 31.61% 00.00% 272 32.69% 832 Berrien 709 86.67% 35 4.28% 70 8.56% 40.49% 639 78.12% 818 Bibb 2,526 91.19% 122 4.40% 90 3.25% 321.16% 2,404 86.79% 2,770 Brooks 695 89.79% 37 4.78% 42 5.43% 00.00% 653 84.37% 774 Bryan 236 86.13% 23 8.39% 15 5.47% 00.00% 213 77.74% 274 Bulloch 932 93.48% 17 1.71% 44 4.41% 40.40% 888 89.07% 997 Burke 440 90.72% 22 4.54% 22 4.54% 10.21% 418 86.19% 485 Butts 490 85.96% 29 5.09% 49 8.60% 20.35% 441 77.37% 570 Calhoun 328 96.76% 5 1.47% 6 1.77% 00.00% 322 94.99% 339 Camden 219 98.21% 2 0.90% 2 0.90% 00.00% 217 97.31% 223 Campbell 443 80.11% 6 1.08% 104 18.81% 00.00% 339 61.30% 553 Carroll 1,192 69.30% 81 4.71% 431 25.06% 160.93% 761 44.24% 1,720 Catoosa 286 60.34% 63 13.29% 125 26.37% 00.00% 161 33.97% 474 Charlton 150 67.26% 23 10.31% 48 21.52% 20.90% 102 45.74% 223 Chatham 3,274 84.36% 238 6.13% 332 8.55% 370.95% 2,942 75.81% 3,881 Chattahoochee 137 91.95% 1 0.67% 11 7.38% 00.00% 126 84.56% 149 Chattooga 578 66.59% 69 7.95% 220 25.35% 10.12% 358 41.24% 868 Cherokee 603 44.93% 21 1.56% 710 52.91% 80.60% -107 -7.97% 1,342 Clarke 950 86.44% 66 6.01% 81 7.37% 20.18% 869 79.07% 1,099 Clay 369 93.65% 8 2.03% 17 4.31% 00.00% 352 89.34% 394 Clayton 443 79.11% 3 0.54% 113 20.18% 10.18% 330 58.93% 560 Clinch 283 83.24% 48 14.12% 9 2.65% 00.00% 235 69.12% 340 Cobb 1,519 75.76% 41 2.04% 442 22.04% 30.15% 1,077 53.72% 2,005 Coffee 895 87.32% 28 2.73% 85 8.29% 171.66% 810 79.02% 1,025 Colquitt 699 56.88% 8 0.65% 506 41.17% 161.30% 193 15.70% 1,229 Columbia 234 87.97% 2 0.75% 30 11.28% 00.00% 204 76.69% 266 Coweta 1,044 92.80% 35 3.11% 46 4.09% 00.00% 998 88.71% 1,125 Crawford 249 97.65% 1 0.39% 3 1.18% 20.78% 246 96.47% 255 Crisp 644 91.87% 12 1.71% 45 6.42% 00.00% 599 85.45% 701 Dade 243 75.00% 18 5.56% 44 13.58% 195.86% 199 61.42% 324 Dawson 170 47.49% 23 6.42% 161 44.97% 41.12% 9 2.51% 358 Decatur 1,150 71.12% 52 3.22% 378 23.38% 372.29% 772 47.74% 1,617 DeKalb 837 84.46% 44 4.44% 65 6.56% 454.54% 772 77.90% 991 Dodge 637 86.08% 12 1.62% 28 3.78% 638.51% 609 82.30% 740 Dooly 608 94.12% 5 0.77% 33 5.11% 00.00% 575 89.01% 646 Dougherty 731 94.81% 21 2.72% 19 2.46% 00.00% 710 92.09% 771 Douglas 266 45.01% 18 3.05% 307 51.95% 00.00% -41 -6.94% 591 Early 501 87.74% 7 1.23% 27 4.73% 366.30% 474 83.01% 571 Echols 144 97.30% 0 0.00% 4 2.70% 00.00% 140 94.59% 148 Effingham 343 95.81% 5 1.40% 10 2.79% 00.00% 333 93.02% 358 Elbert 882 77.85% 13 1.15% 238 21.01% 00.00% 644 56.84% 1,133 Emanuel 715 81.81% 22 2.52% 129 14.76% 80.92% 586 67.05% 874 Fannin 451 48.81% 168 18.18% 305 33.01% 00.00% 146 15.80% 924 Fayette 369 77.20% 12 2.51% 95 19.87% 20.42% 274 57.32% 478 Floyd 1,837 80.75% 63 2.77% 374 16.44% 10.04% 1,463 64.31% 2,275 Forsyth 235 56.90% 15 3.63% 163 39.47% 00.00% 72 17.43% 413 Franklin 694 66.03% 26 2.47% 331 31.49% 00.00% 363 34.54% 1,051 Fulton 7,317 75.78% 509 5.27% 1,696 17.57% 1331.38% 5,621 58.22% 9,655 Gilmer 488 74.28% 52 7.91% 116 17.66% 10.15% 372 56.62% 657 Glascock 101 57.39% 3 1.70% 72 40.91% 00.00% 29 16.48% 176 Glynn 470 88.51% 16 3.01% 30 5.65% 152.82% 440 82.86% 531 Gordon 597 45.96% 52 4.00% 650 50.04% 00.00% -53 -4.08% 1,299 Grady 453 79.06% 21 3.66% 98 17.10% 10.17% 355 61.95% 573 Greene 525 76.64% 10 1.46% 150 21.90% 00.00% 375 54.74% 685 Gwinnett 997 60.68% 55 3.35% 590 35.91% 10.06% 407 24.77% 1,643 Habersham 497 58.54% 42 4.95% 310 36.51% 00.00% 187 22.03% 849 Hall 1,145 74.01% 116 7.50% 275 17.78% 110.71% 870 56.24% 1,547 Hancock 549 91.50% 12 2.00% 39 6.50% 00.00% 510 85.00% 600 Haralson 384 34.13% 19 1.69% 701 62.31% 211.87% -317 -28.18% 1,125 Harris 585 94.66% 4 0.65% 28 4.53% 10.16% 557 90.13% 618 Hart 484 61.27% 15 1.90% 291 36.84% 00.00% 193 24.43% 790 Heard 326 81.09% 11 2.74% 65 16.17% 00.00% 261 64.93% 402 Henry 536 79.06% 15 2.21% 127 18.73% 00.00% 409 60.32% 678 Houston 760 95.00% 24 3.00% 16 2.00% 00.00% 736 92.00% 800 Irwin 428 89.17% 6 1.25% 45 9.38% 10.21% 383 79.79% 480 Jackson 1,108 65.02% 45 2.64% 551 32.34% 00.00% 557 32.69% 1,704 Jasper 644 96.99% 12 1.81% 8 1.20% 00.00% 632 95.18% 664 Jeff Davis 268 79.06% 19 5.60% 52 15.34% 00.00% 216 63.72% 339 Jefferson 416 71.85% 8 1.38% 153 26.42% 20.35% 263 45.42% 579 Jenkins 279 90.88% 13 4.23% 15 4.89% 00.00% 264 85.99% 307 Johnson 285 71.25% 23 5.75% 92 23.00% 00.00% 193 48.25% 400 Jones 426 93.42% 27 5.92% 3 0.66% 00.00% 399 87.50% 456 Laurens 1,118 89.44% 26 2.08% 106 8.48% 00.00% 1,012 80.96% 1,250 Lee 210 93.33% 9 4.00% 6 2.67% 00.00% 201 89.33% 225 Liberty 251 70.31% 29 8.12% 77 21.57% 00.00% 174 48.74% 357 Lincoln 253 90.68% 0 0.00% 26 9.32% 00.00% 227 81.36% 279 Lowndes 847 91.87% 24 2.60% 35 3.80% 161.74% 812 88.07% 922 Lumpkin 279 65.34% 29 6.79% 119 27.87% 00.00% 160 37.47% 427 Macon 411 79.81% 19 3.69% 85 16.50% 00.00% 326 63.30% 515 Madison 564 78.01% 13 1.80% 146 20.19% 00.00% 418 57.81% 723 Marion 233 77.41% 17 5.65% 51 16.94% 00.00% 182 60.47% 301 McDuffie 271 70.03% 9 2.33% 106 27.39% 10.26% 165 42.64% 387 McIntosh 118 92.19% 2 1.56% 8 6.25% 00.00% 110 85.94% 128 Meriwether 882 88.20% 26 2.60% 91 9.10% 10.10% 791 79.10% 1,000 Miller 200 78.13% 2 0.78% 6 2.34% 4818.75% 194 75.78% 256 Milton 320 72.07% 17 3.83% 107 24.10% 00.00% 213 47.97% 444 Mitchell 917 82.91% 30 2.71% 140 12.66% 191.72% 777 70.25% 1,106 Monroe 786 88.51% 9 1.01% 93 10.47% 00.00% 693 78.04% 888 Montgomery 854 85.49% 52 5.21% 93 9.31% 00.00% 761 76.18% 999 Morgan 575 87.65% 24 3.66% 57 8.69% 00.00% 518 78.96% 656 Murray 366 47.47% 68 8.82% 307 39.82% 303.89% 59 7.65% 771 Muscogee 1,817 85.35% 51 2.40% 102 4.79% 1597.47% 1,715 80.55% 2,129 Newton 840 89.27% 57 6.06% 43 4.57% 10.11% 783 83.21% 941 Oconee 208 53.47% 1 0.26% 180 46.27% 00.00% 28 7.20% 389 Oglethorpe 503 81.79% 33 5.37% 79 12.85% 00.00% 424 68.94% 615 Paulding 426 37.30% 32 2.80% 684 59.89% 00.00% -258 -22.59% 1,142 Pickens 324 34.80% 190 20.41% 417 44.79% 00.00% -93 -9.99% 931 Pierce 408 69.39% 83 14.12% 97 16.50% 00.00% 311 52.89% 588 Pike 751 81.63% 34 3.70% 134 14.57% 10.11% 617 67.07% 920 Polk 706 54.90% 36 2.80% 539 41.91% 50.39% 167 12.99% 1,286 Pulaski 1,080 95.07% 17 1.50% 39 3.43% 00.00% 1,041 91.64% 1,136 Putnam 460 96.64% 6 1.26% 10 2.10% 00.00% 450 94.54% 476 Quitman 112 87.50% 7 5.47% 9 7.03% 00.00% 103 80.47% 128 Rabun 327 71.24% 12 2.61% 119 25.93% 10.22% 208 45.32% 459 Randolph 559 84.70% 57 8.64% 44 6.67% 00.00% 502 76.06% 660 Richmond 1,871 77.44% 177 7.33% 234 9.69% 1345.55% 1,637 67.76% 2,416 Rockdale 434 85.77% 11 2.17% 61 12.06% 00.00% 373 73.72% 506 Schley 212 89.83% 3 1.27% 20 8.47% 10.42% 192 81.36% 236 Screven 460 74.07% 21 3.38% 138 22.22% 20.32% 322 51.85% 621 Spalding 736 91.20% 26 3.22% 45 5.58% 00.00% 691 85.63% 807 Stephens 409 84.33% 15 3.09% 61 12.58% 00.00% 348 71.75% 485 Stewart 452 94.96% 17 3.57% 7 1.47% 00.00% 435 91.39% 476 Sumter 1,004 95.62% 24 2.29% 19 1.81% 30.29% 980 93.33% 1,050 Talbot 446 82.44% 8 1.48% 87 16.08% 00.00% 359 66.36% 541 Taliaferro 242 83.74% 7 2.42% 40 13.84% 00.00% 202 69.90% 289 Tattnall 592 69.89% 18 2.13% 234 27.63% 30.35% 358 42.27% 847 Taylor 342 74.84% 17 3.72% 98 21.44% 00.00% 244 53.39% 457 Telfair 695 94.69% 20 2.72% 19 2.59% 00.00% 675 91.96% 734 Terrell 608 92.68% 29 4.42% 19 2.90% 00.00% 579 88.26% 656 Thomas 1,012 81.48% 47 3.78% 176 14.17% 70.56% 836 67.31% 1,242 Tift 427 65.49% 0 0.00% 189 28.99% 365.52% 238 36.50% 652 Toombs 327 77.30% 20 4.73% 75 17.73% 10.24% 252 59.57% 423 Towns 230 43.48% 89 16.82% 206 38.94% 40.76% 24 4.54% 529 Troup 1,441 93.94% 16 1.04% 75 4.89% 20.13% 1,366 89.05% 1,534 Turner 385 74.18% 25 4.82% 75 14.45% 346.55% 310 59.73% 519 Twiggs 307 95.05% 3 0.93% 13 4.02% 00.00% 294 91.02% 323 Union 319 48.11% 88 13.27% 256 38.61% 00.00% 63 9.50% 663 Upson 445 75.42% 7 1.19% 138 23.39% 00.00% 307 52.03% 590 Walker 771 54.64% 215 15.24% 404 28.63% 211.49% 367 26.01% 1,411 Walton 885 73.81% 40 3.34% 274 22.85% 00.00% 611 50.96% 1,199 Ware 972 88.77% 54 4.93% 39 3.56% 302.74% 918 83.84% 1,095 Warren 262 76.83% 11 3.23% 67 19.65% 10.29% 195 57.18% 341 Washington 920 82.51% 28 2.51% 167 14.98% 00.00% 753 67.53% 1,115 Wayne 380 89.83% 14 3.31% 25 5.91% 40.95% 355 83.92% 423 Webster 139 97.89% 2 1.41% 1 0.70% 00.00% 137 96.48% 142 White 152 55.68% 11 4.03% 110 40.29% 00.00% 42 15.38% 273 Whitfield 761 55.55% 106 7.74% 437 31.90% 664.82% 324 23.65% 1,370 Wilcox 525 92.11% 15 2.63% 29 5.09% 10.18% 496 87.02% 570 Wilkes 657 89.39% 3 0.41% 68 9.25% 70.95% 589 80.14% 735 Wilkinson 335 92.54% 10 2.76% 17 4.70% 00.00% 318 87.85% 362 Worth 500 84.18% 12 2.02% 77 12.96% 50.84% 423 71.21% 594Totals93,08776.63%5,1914.27%21,98518.10%1,2070.99%71,10258.53%121,470

See also United States presidential elections in Georgia

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