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The 1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose twelve representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
For over a century after the Civil War, Tennessee was divided according to political loyalties established in that war. Unionist regions covering almost all of East Tennessee, Kentucky Pennyroyal-allied Macon County, and the five West Tennessee Highland Rim counties of Carroll, Henderson, McNairy, Hardin and Wayne [1] voted Republican – generally by landslide margins – as they saw the Democratic Party as the “war party” who had forced them into a war they did not wish to fight. [2] Contrariwise, the rest of Middle and West Tennessee who had supported and driven the state’s secession was equally fiercely Democratic as it associated the Republicans with Reconstruction. [3] After the disfranchisement of the state’s African-American population by a poll tax was largely complete in the 1890s, [4] the Democratic Party was certain of winning statewide elections if united, [5] although unlike the Deep South Republicans would almost always gain thirty to forty percent of the statewide vote from mountain and Highland Rim support.
In the early 1910s, the state Democratic Party was divided over the issue of prohibition. One faction, known as the “Independent Democrats,” wanted the state's Four Mile Law (which banned the sale of liquor within four miles of any school) to apply statewide, while the other faction, known as the “Regular Democrats,” wanted the state's larger cities to be exempt from this law. In 1910, the Independent Democrats fled the party and formed a coalition, known as the “Fusionists,” with Republicans, helping to elect Governor Ben W. Hooper, [6] although the Republicans did not gain at other levels.
With the national Republican Party deeply split, divisions between the dominant eastern wing and the “black-and-tan” western wing of the state Republican Party were opened up as Theodore Roosevelt and governor of California Hiram Johnson planned “lily-whitism” for the South with the “Bull Moose” party after Roosevelt broke from the GOP. [7] The “black-and-tan” wing being revitalised by Memphis banker and businessman Robert R. Church, Jr. [8] remained loyal to incumbent President William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), ad running mate Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, though it had many fewer votes due to disenfranchisement.
Pollsters always conceded Tennessee to Democratic nominees Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson and governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall. [9]
In the end Wilson achieved just under 53 percent of the popular vote, a figure very similar to that which Democrats had achieved in Tennessee over the previous four elections. [10] Despite the appeal of Roosevelt’s lily-white policy in the many emerging sundown towns or counties of East Tennessee, [11] the “Bull Moose” candidate finished third in the state, 2.55 percentage points behind incumbent President Taft. [10]
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Hawkins County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, as well as the last election in which Blount County, Washington County, Sevier County, Carter County, Jefferson County, Henderson County, Grainger County, Scott County, Unicoi County, and Johnson County did not vote for the Republican candidate. [12]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 133,021 | 52.80% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 60,475 | 24.00% | |
Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 54,041 | 21.45% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 3,564 | 1.41% | |
Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 832 [lower-alpha 1] | 0.33% | |
Total votes | 251,933 | 100% |
1912 United States presidential election in Tennessee by county [13] [14] | |||||||||||
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County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic | William Howard Taft Republican | Theodore Roosevelt Progressive | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Anderson | 597 | 25.52% | 539 | 23.04% | 1,148 | 49.08% | 55 | 2.35% | -551 [lower-alpha 2] | -23.56% | 2,339 |
Bedford | 2,305 | 59.39% | 1,474 | 37.98% | 96 | 2.47% | 6 | 0.15% | 831 | 21.41% | 3,881 |
Benton | 1,095 | 53.00% | 652 | 31.56% | 289 | 13.99% | 30 | 1.45% | 443 | 21.44% | 2,066 |
Bledsoe | 464 | 37.00% | 379 | 30.22% | 401 | 31.98% | 10 | 0.80% | 63 [lower-alpha 2] | 5.02% | 1,254 |
Blount | 836 | 26.83% | 870 | 27.92% | 1,410 | 45.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -540 [lower-alpha 3] | -17.33% | 3,116 |
Bradley | 645 | 38.21% | 485 | 28.73% | 548 | 32.46% | 10 | 0.59% | 97 [lower-alpha 2] | 5.75% | 1,688 |
Campbell | 554 | 26.37% | 302 | 14.37% | 1,193 | 56.78% | 52 | 2.48% | -639 [lower-alpha 2] | -30.41% | 2,101 |
Cannon | 1,184 | 63.32% | 631 | 33.74% | 48 | 2.57% | 7 | 0.37% | 553 | 29.57% | 1,870 |
Carroll | 1,653 | 40.80% | 1,362 | 33.62% | 967 | 23.87% | 69 | 1.70% | 291 | 7.18% | 4,051 |
Carter | 478 | 13.11% | 1,243 | 34.08% | 1,926 | 52.81% | 0 | 0.00% | -683 [lower-alpha 3] | -18.73% | 3,647 |
Cheatham | 1,096 | 70.30% | 317 | 20.33% | 123 | 7.89% | 23 | 1.48% | 779 | 49.97% | 1,559 |
Chester | 636 | 46.29% | 312 | 22.71% | 388 | 28.24% | 38 | 2.77% | 248 [lower-alpha 2] | 18.05% | 1,374 |
Claiborne | 903 | 34.61% | 589 | 22.58% | 1,098 | 42.09% | 19 | 0.73% | -195 [lower-alpha 2] | -7.47% | 2,609 |
Clay | 718 | 57.30% | 440 | 35.12% | 83 | 6.62% | 12 | 0.96% | 278 | 22.19% | 1,253 |
Cocke | 597 | 31.21% | 757 | 39.57% | 549 | 28.70% | 10 | 0.52% | -160 | -8.36% | 1,913 |
Coffee | 1,705 | 73.59% | 521 | 22.49% | 63 | 2.72% | 28 | 1.21% | 1,184 | 51.10% | 2,317 |
Crockett | 1,297 | 48.31% | 852 | 31.73% | 509 | 18.96% | 27 | 1.01% | 445 | 16.57% | 2,685 |
Cumberland | 489 | 37.44% | 372 | 28.48% | 434 | 33.23% | 11 | 0.84% | 55 [lower-alpha 2] | 4.21% | 1,306 |
Davidson | 9,517 | 76.25% | 1,428 | 11.44% | 1,330 | 10.66% | 206 | 1.65% | 8,089 | 64.81% | 12,481 |
Decatur | 758 | 45.42% | 405 | 24.27% | 491 | 29.42% | 15 | 0.90% | 267 [lower-alpha 2] | 16.00% | 1,669 |
DeKalb | 1,394 | 48.40% | 1,219 | 42.33% | 265 | 9.20% | 2 | 0.07% | 175 | 6.08% | 2,880 |
Dickson | 1,689 | 67.97% | 448 | 18.03% | 293 | 11.79% | 55 | 2.21% | 1,241 | 49.94% | 2,485 |
Dyer | 1,469 | 66.26% | 318 | 14.34% | 348 | 15.70% | 82 | 3.70% | 1,121 [lower-alpha 2] | 50.56% | 2,217 |
Fayette | 830 | 84.52% | 59 | 6.01% | 93 | 9.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 737 [lower-alpha 2] | 75.05% | 982 |
Fentress | 399 | 33.78% | 444 | 37.60% | 317 | 26.84% | 21 | 1.78% | -45 | -3.81% | 1,181 |
Franklin | 2,172 | 79.33% | 370 | 13.51% | 164 | 5.99% | 32 | 1.17% | 1,802 | 65.81% | 2,738 |
Gibson | 2,671 | 63.20% | 1,002 | 23.71% | 518 | 12.26% | 35 | 0.83% | 1,669 | 39.49% | 4,226 |
Giles | 3,081 | 60.44% | 1,596 | 31.31% | 419 | 8.22% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,485 | 29.13% | 5,098 |
Grainger | 841 | 33.88% | 741 | 29.85% | 900 | 36.26% | 0 | 0.00% | -59 [lower-alpha 2] | -2.38% | 2,482 |
Greene | 2,076 | 41.75% | 1,650 | 33.18% | 1,242 | 24.97% | 5 | 0.10% | 426 | 8.57% | 4,973 |
Grundy | 529 | 61.58% | 122 | 14.20% | 87 | 10.13% | 121 | 14.09% | 407 | 47.38% | 859 |
Hamblen | 722 | 48.39% | 427 | 28.62% | 325 | 21.78% | 18 | 1.21% | 295 | 19.77% | 1,492 |
Hamilton | 4,394 | 50.96% | 1,493 | 17.32% | 2,454 | 28.46% | 281 | 3.26% | 1,940 [lower-alpha 2] | 22.50% | 8,622 |
Hancock | 427 | 36.50% | 659 | 56.32% | 84 | 7.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -232 | -19.83% | 1,170 |
Hardeman | 1,323 | 69.09% | 320 | 16.71% | 264 | 13.79% | 8 | 0.42% | 1,003 | 52.38% | 1,915 |
Hardin | 738 | 31.85% | 955 | 41.22% | 592 | 25.55% | 32 | 1.38% | -217 | -9.37% | 2,317 |
Hawkins | 1,026 | 40.52% | 828 | 32.70% | 660 | 26.07% | 18 | 0.71% | 198 | 7.82% | 2,532 |
Haywood | 1,069 | 87.69% | 34 | 2.79% | 88 | 7.22% | 28 | 2.30% | 981 [lower-alpha 2] | 80.48% | 1,219 |
Henderson | 738 | 33.90% | 473 | 21.73% | 947 | 43.50% | 19 | 0.87% | -209 [lower-alpha 2] | -9.60% | 2,177 |
Henry | 2,526 | 65.44% | 941 | 24.38% | 282 | 7.31% | 111 | 2.88% | 1,585 | 41.06% | 3,860 |
Hickman | 1,288 | 56.49% | 868 | 38.07% | 111 | 4.87% | 13 | 0.57% | 420 | 18.42% | 2,280 |
Houston | 586 | 64.47% | 172 | 18.92% | 65 | 7.15% | 86 | 9.46% | 414 | 45.54% | 909 |
Humphreys | 1,283 | 69.54% | 343 | 18.59% | 189 | 10.24% | 30 | 1.63% | 940 | 50.95% | 1,845 |
Jackson | 1,344 | 57.49% | 743 | 31.78% | 251 | 10.74% | 0 | 0.00% | 601 | 25.71% | 2,338 |
James | 202 | 25.93% | 169 | 21.69% | 408 | 52.37% | 0 | 0.00% | -206 [lower-alpha 2] | -26.44% | 779 |
Jefferson | 514 | 25.66% | 540 | 26.96% | 940 | 46.93% | 9 | 0.45% | -400 [lower-alpha 3] | -19.97% | 2,003 |
Johnson | 256 | 11.56% | 933 | 42.14% | 1,025 | 46.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -92 [lower-alpha 3] | -4.16% | 2,214 |
Knox | 4,069 | 40.73% | 1,984 | 19.86% | 3,816 | 38.19% | 122 | 1.22% | 253 [lower-alpha 2] | 2.53% | 9,991 |
Lake | 499 | 75.04% | 122 | 18.35% | 31 | 4.66% | 13 | 1.95% | 377 | 56.69% | 665 |
Lauderdale | 1,020 | 55.83% | 186 | 10.18% | 593 | 32.46% | 28 | 1.53% | 427 [lower-alpha 2] | 23.37% | 1,827 |
Lawrence | 1,504 | 46.81% | 878 | 27.33% | 783 | 24.37% | 48 | 1.49% | 626 | 19.48% | 3,213 |
Lewis | 370 | 57.28% | 126 | 19.50% | 144 | 22.29% | 6 | 0.93% | 226 [lower-alpha 2] | 34.98% | 646 |
Lincoln | 2,651 | 77.27% | 672 | 19.59% | 98 | 2.86% | 10 | 0.29% | 1,979 | 57.68% | 3,431 |
Loudon | 415 | 38.04% | 322 | 29.51% | 348 | 31.90% | 6 | 0.55% | 67 [lower-alpha 2] | 6.14% | 1,091 |
Macon | 787 | 35.26% | 1,251 | 56.05% | 183 | 8.20% | 11 | 0.49% | -464 | -20.79% | 2,232 |
Madison | 2,702 | 65.36% | 1,036 | 25.06% | 316 | 7.64% | 80 | 1.94% | 1,666 | 40.30% | 4,134 |
Marion | 810 | 45.28% | 463 | 25.88% | 442 | 24.71% | 74 | 4.14% | 347 | 19.40% | 1,789 |
Marshall | 1,551 | 76.59% | 376 | 18.57% | 87 | 4.30% | 11 | 0.54% | 1,175 | 58.02% | 2,025 |
Maury | 2,309 | 68.70% | 615 | 18.30% | 389 | 11.57% | 48 | 1.43% | 1,694 | 50.40% | 3,361 |
McMinn | 912 | 42.36% | 667 | 30.98% | 557 | 25.87% | 17 | 0.79% | 245 | 11.38% | 2,153 |
McNairy | 1,155 | 41.67% | 616 | 22.22% | 1,001 | 36.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 154 [lower-alpha 2] | 5.56% | 2,772 |
Meigs | 517 | 50.79% | 337 | 33.10% | 163 | 16.01% | 1 | 0.10% | 180 | 17.68% | 1,018 |
Monroe | 1,136 | 48.63% | 721 | 30.86% | 475 | 20.33% | 4 | 0.17% | 415 | 17.77% | 2,336 |
Montgomery | 1,638 | 67.32% | 514 | 21.13% | 199 | 8.18% | 82 | 3.37% | 1,124 | 46.20% | 2,433 |
Moore | 694 | 84.43% | 116 | 14.11% | 11 | 1.34% | 1 | 0.12% | 578 | 70.32% | 822 |
Morgan | 466 | 28.17% | 312 | 18.86% | 841 | 50.85% | 35 | 2.12% | -375 [lower-alpha 2] | -22.67% | 1,654 |
Obion | 2,152 | 75.17% | 455 | 15.89% | 193 | 6.74% | 63 | 2.20% | 1,697 | 59.27% | 2,863 |
Overton | 1,531 | 60.73% | 743 | 29.47% | 181 | 7.18% | 66 | 2.62% | 788 | 31.26% | 2,521 |
Perry | 664 | 56.32% | 379 | 32.15% | 94 | 7.97% | 42 | 3.56% | 285 | 24.17% | 1,179 |
Pickett | 411 | 45.67% | 355 | 39.44% | 134 | 14.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 56 | 6.22% | 900 |
Polk | 867 | 42.69% | 533 | 26.24% | 622 | 30.63% | 9 | 0.44% | 245 [lower-alpha 2] | 12.06% | 2,031 |
Putnam | 1,867 | 58.69% | 923 | 29.02% | 386 | 12.13% | 5 | 0.16% | 944 | 29.68% | 3,181 |
Rhea | 692 | 45.38% | 253 | 16.59% | 552 | 36.20% | 28 | 1.84% | 140 [lower-alpha 2] | 9.18% | 1,525 |
Roane | 570 | 29.26% | 482 | 24.74% | 826 | 42.40% | 70 | 3.59% | -256 [lower-alpha 2] | -13.14% | 1,948 |
Robertson | 2,287 | 74.57% | 513 | 16.73% | 142 | 4.63% | 125 | 4.08% | 1,774 | 57.84% | 3,067 |
Rutherford | 3,406 | 68.57% | 1,217 | 24.50% | 280 | 5.64% | 64 | 1.29% | 2,189 | 44.07% | 4,967 |
Scott | 160 | 9.74% | 123 | 7.49% | 1,234 | 75.15% | 125 | 7.61% | -1,074 [lower-alpha 2] | -65.41% | 1,642 |
Sequatchie | 354 | 57.56% | 139 | 22.60% | 83 | 13.50% | 39 | 6.34% | 215 | 34.96% | 615 |
Sevier | 341 | 9.17% | 967 | 26.00% | 2,410 | 64.80% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,443 [lower-alpha 3] | -38.80% | 3,719 |
Shelby | 6,732 | 64.11% | 589 | 5.61% | 2,951 | 28.10% | 228 | 2.17% | 3,781 [lower-alpha 2] | 36.01% | 10,500 |
Smith | 1,863 | 62.90% | 915 | 30.89% | 184 | 6.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 948 | 32.01% | 2,962 |
Stewart | 1,312 | 64.06% | 485 | 23.68% | 54 | 2.64% | 197 | 9.62% | 827 | 40.38% | 2,048 |
Sullivan | 2,413 | 57.07% | 538 | 12.72% | 1,265 | 29.92% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,148 [lower-alpha 2] | 27.15% | 4,228 |
Sumner | 2,477 | 72.94% | 769 | 22.64% | 89 | 2.62% | 61 | 1.80% | 1,708 | 50.29% | 3,396 |
Tipton | 987 | 55.29% | 564 | 31.60% | 222 | 12.44% | 12 | 0.67% | 423 | 23.70% | 1,785 |
Trousdale | 544 | 68.86% | 211 | 26.71% | 35 | 4.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 333 | 42.15% | 790 |
Unicoi | 170 | 13.87% | 280 | 22.84% | 765 | 62.40% | 11 | 0.90% | -485 [lower-alpha 3] | -39.56% | 1,226 |
Union | 404 | 21.12% | 307 | 16.05% | 1,192 | 62.31% | 10 | 0.52% | -788 [lower-alpha 2] | -41.19% | 1,913 |
Van Buren | 225 | 58.44% | 106 | 27.53% | 30 | 7.79% | 24 | 6.23% | 119 | 30.91% | 385 |
Warren | 1,745 | 74.26% | 339 | 14.43% | 250 | 10.64% | 16 | 0.68% | 1,406 | 59.83% | 2,350 |
Washington | 1,531 | 35.89% | 1,134 | 26.58% | 1,592 | 37.32% | 9 | 0.21% | -61 [lower-alpha 2] | -1.43% | 4,266 |
Wayne | 435 | 24.10% | 971 | 53.80% | 390 | 21.61% | 9 | 0.50% | -536 | -29.70% | 1,805 |
Weakley | 2,810 | 63.03% | 1,265 | 28.38% | 350 | 7.85% | 33 | 0.74% | 1,545 | 34.66% | 4,458 |
White | 1,222 | 64.72% | 330 | 17.48% | 279 | 14.78% | 57 | 3.02% | 892 | 47.25% | 1,888 |
Williamson | 2,205 | 71.75% | 797 | 25.94% | 62 | 2.02% | 9 | 0.29% | 1,408 | 45.82% | 3,073 |
Wilson | 2,325 | 70.35% | 682 | 20.64% | 292 | 8.84% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,643 | 49.71% | 3,305 |
Totals | 133,021 | 52.71% | 60,475 | 23.96% | 54,041 | 21.41% | 3,564 | 1.41% | 72,546 | 28.75% | 252,353 |
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