1912 United States presidential election in Wyoming
County Results
Wilson
30-40%
40-50%
Taft
30-40%
40-50%
The 1912 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5 , 1912 , as part of the 1912 United States presidential election . State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Wyoming was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D –Virginia ), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall , with 36.20 percent of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R –Ohio ), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler , with 34.42 percent of the popular vote, the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P –New York ), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson , with 21.83 percent 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 6.53 percent of the popular vote.[ 1]
Despite having a member of the Progressive Party (Joseph M. Carey ) as the governor of the state , Theodore Roosevelt came in third and Wyoming was one of the areas Roosevelt received lower levels of support.
