1912 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 1912 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Maryland was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 48.57% 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 24.91% of the popular vote and the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 23.69% of the popular vote.^[1] As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the first and only time that Garrett County did not support the Republican candidate.^[2] As of 2020, this is also the last time the Democratic candidate won Carroll County by more than 10%.^[3]

This was the first time since 1892 that a Democrat won the popular vote in Maryland.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Maryland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	112,674	48.57%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	57,789	24.91%
	Republican	William Howard Taft (incumbent)	54,956	23.69%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	3,996	1.72%
	Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	2,244	0.97%
	Socialist Labor	Arthur Reimer	322	0.14%
Total votes			231,981	100%

Results by county

County	Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt Progressive "Bull Moose"		Various candidates Other parties		Margin^[a]		Total votes cast^[4]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[4]
Allegany	3,382	39.36%	1,396	16.25%	2,631	30.62%	1,184	13.78%	751	8.74%	8,593
Anne Arundel	3,049	46.10%	2,222	33.60%	794	12.00%	549	8.30%	827^[b]	12.50%	6,614
Baltimore	11,524	51.65%	4,247	19.03%	6,211	27.84%	330	1.48%	5,313	23.81%	22,312
Baltimore City	48,030	48.36%	15,597	15.70%	33,679	33.91%	2,016	2.03%	14,351	14.45%	99,322
Calvert	616	34.74%	1,035	58.38%	83	4.68%	39	2.20%	-419^[b]	-23.63%	1,773
Caroline	1,882	51.63%	1,445	39.64%	196	5.38%	122	3.35%	437^[b]	11.99%	3,645
Carroll	3,616	50.11%	2,546	35.28%	923	12.79%	131	1.82%	1,070^[b]	14.83%	7,216
Cecil	2,491	52.60%	1,509	31.86%	646	13.64%	90	1.90%	982^[b]	20.73%	4,736
Charles	918	34.69%	1,573	59.45%	113	4.27%	42	1.59%	-655^[b]	-24.75%	2,646
Dorchester	2,509	47.08%	2,387	44.79%	313	5.87%	120	2.25%	122^[b]	2.29%	5,329
Frederick	5,545	48.81%	2,813	24.76%	2,776	24.44%	226	1.99%	2,732^[b]	24.05%	11,360
Garrett	1,005	34.42%	655	22.43%	1,069	36.61%	191	6.54%	-64	-2.19%	2,920
Harford	3,064	53.63%	1,737	30.40%	802	14.04%	110	1.93%	1,327^[b]	23.23%	5,713
Howard	1,523	51.45%	1,004	33.92%	364	12.30%	69	2.33%	519^[b]	17.53%	2,960
Kent	1,816	53.73%	1,021	30.21%	463	13.70%	80	2.37%	795^[b]	23.52%	3,380
Montgomery	3,501	56.10%	1,675	26.84%	884	14.16%	181	2.90%	1,826^[b]	29.26%	6,241
Prince George's	2,424	45.38%	1,456	27.26%	1,308	24.49%	153	2.86%	968^[b]	18.12%	5,341
Queen Anne's	1,902	55.52%	1,311	38.27%	119	3.47%	94	2.74%	591^[b]	17.25%	3,426
Somerset^[c]	843	36.09%	1,262	54.02%	144	6.16%	87	3.72%	-419^[b]	-17.94%	2,336
St. Mary's^[c]	1,617	45.51%	1,528	43.01%	370	10.41%	38	1.07%	89^[b]	2.50%	3,553
Talbot	1,888	47.13%	1,835	45.81%	190	4.74%	93	2.32%	53^[b]	1.32%	4,006
Washington	4,589	48.10%	1,907	19.99%	2,606	27.32%	438	4.59%	1,983	20.79%	9,540
Wicomico	3,176	55.02%	2,038	35.31%	442	7.66%	116	2.01%	1,138^[b]	19.72%	5,772
Worcester	1,764	54.33%	757	23.31%	663	20.42%	63	1.94%	1,007^[b]	31.01%	3,247
Totals	112,674	48.57%	54,956	23.69%	57,789	24.91%	6,562	2.83%	54,885	23.66%	231,981

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive

Garrett

Notes

^ Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Maryland as a whole, all margins give 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 ^r ^s In this county where Taft did run second ahead of Roosevelt, the margin given is that between Wilson and Taft.
^ ^a ^b Figures for Somerset and St. Mary’s Counties given both in Géoelections and in David Leip’s presidential election data have the counties reversed vis-à-vis the accompanying maps. The figures given here are based on the accompanying maps as these appear most likely given the results for these counties in adjacent “System of 1896” elections

References

^ ^a ^b "1912 Presidential Election Results Maryland".
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ "Maryland". Google Docs. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ Maryland State Board of Elections; Maryland Manual 1912-1913 pp. 249-254