Theodore Roosevelt carried Illinois.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Illinois, 1912. Theodore Roosevelt won the state as a third-party candidate; the D+13.2 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 6.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+19.5 nationally).

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)

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Illinois result

1,146,173 votes counted

Wilson (D)

405,048

35.3%

Taft (R)

253,593

22.1%

Roosevelt + others

487,532

42.5%

Margin

D+13.2

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1912 presidential election

Illinois, 1912

WilsonD+13.2

How it voted

Share of the 1912 vote

Theodore Roosevelt ✓Progressive	42.5%	487,532
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic	35.3%	405,048
William H. TaftRepublican	22.1%	253,593

D+60

R+60

102 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1912

102 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+29.6%	6,952	2,733	14,263
Alexander County	R	−1.4%	1,936	2,003	4,793
Bond County	D	+3.7%	1,278	1,152	3,433
Boone County	O	−22.3%	540	1,361	3,682
Brown County	D	+42.3%	1,358	381	2,312
Bureau County	O	+10.8%	2,800	1,816	9,153
Calhoun County	D	+18.8%	602	373	1,218
Carroll County	R	−11.7%	1,098	1,577	4,111
Cass County	D	+35.9%	2,223	719	4,195
Champaign County	O	+9.8%	4,454	3,220	12,570
Christian County	D	+23.2%	3,821	1,994	7,882
Clark County	D	+11.2%	2,517	1,897	5,552
Clay County	D	+7.0%	1,926	1,622	4,341
Clinton County	D	+35.8%	2,674	973	4,750
Coles County	D	+14.1%	3,453	2,263	8,426
Cook County	O	+13.0%	130,702	74,851	429,312
Crawford County	D	+25.1%	2,691	1,266	5,676
Cumberland County	D	+19.9%	1,673	990	3,440
De Witt County	D	+11.3%	1,880	1,346	4,725
DeKalb County	O	−2.8%	1,568	1,776	7,314
Douglas County	D	+5.5%	1,633	1,386	4,467
DuPage County	O	+13.8%	2,236	1,136	7,961
Edgar County	D	+14.2%	3,479	2,430	7,399
Edwards County	O	−6.9%	650	817	2,404
Effingham County	D	+36.5%	2,575	1,002	4,309
Fayette County	D	+21.5%	2,782	1,481	6,042
Ford County	O	+5.5%	1,035	832	3,708
Franklin County	D	+5.8%	2,435	2,098	5,809
Fulton County	O	+14.7%	3,902	2,263	11,130
Gallatin County	D	+20.8%	1,697	1,051	3,111
Greene County	D	+35.6%	2,801	1,064	4,876
Grundy County	O	−4.4%	1,172	1,380	4,731
Hamilton County	D	+17.1%	1,920	1,242	3,964
Hancock County	D	+28.0%	3,692	1,577	7,566
Hardin County	R	−3.0%	644	691	1,585
Henderson County	O	+3.1%	721	648	2,328
Henry County	O	+3.9%	2,219	1,859	9,163
Iroquois County	O	+8.1%	2,474	1,866	7,516
Jackson County	D	+6.9%	3,323	2,780	7,833
Jasper County	D	+20.7%	2,042	1,227	3,944
Jefferson County	D	+21.2%	3,237	1,834	6,614
Jersey County	D	+25.7%	1,573	838	2,857
Jo Daviess County	D	+18.2%	2,226	1,233	5,460
Johnson County	R	−2.5%	952	1,025	2,923
Kane County	O	+10.4%	4,394	2,415	19,066
Kankakee County	R	−7.4%	2,532	3,178	8,728
Kendall County	O	−0.1%	531	534	2,651
Knox County	O	+9.6%	2,758	1,750	10,467
Lake County	O	+2.5%	2,436	2,183	10,113
LaSalle County	O	+11.0%	7,036	4,858	19,784
Lawrence County	D	+17.5%	2,550	1,617	5,320
Lee County	O	+8.0%	1,995	1,482	6,436
Livingston County	O	+9.6%	3,334	2,444	9,258
Logan County	D	+27.3%	3,229	1,397	6,701
Macon County	O	+8.8%	4,435	3,356	12,278
Macoupin County	D	+26.4%	4,902	2,177	10,314
Madison County	D	+9.5%	7,155	5,462	17,868
Marion County	D	+24.2%	3,493	1,586	7,892
Marshall County	D	+23.8%	1,685	790	3,768
Mason County	D	+29.7%	2,173	948	4,121
Massac County	R	−26.6%	599	1,341	2,790
McDonough County	D	+15.5%	2,959	1,876	6,973
McHenry County	O	−6.1%	1,913	2,370	7,447
McLean County	D	+4.8%	5,356	4,624	15,294
Menard County	D	+28.7%	1,530	620	3,175
Mercer County	O	+12.9%	1,602	959	4,996
Monroe County	R	−1.1%	1,398	1,433	3,155
Montgomery County	D	+18.6%	3,705	2,195	8,109
Morgan County	D	+28.8%	3,648	1,466	7,582
Moultrie County	D	+23.6%	1,501	747	3,196
Ogle County	O	−3.9%	1,750	2,014	6,745
Peoria County	O	+26.2%	8,364	2,594	22,020
Perry County	D	+16.2%	2,107	1,341	4,732
Piatt County	D	+9.4%	1,417	1,064	3,745
Pike County	D	+25.7%	3,371	1,668	6,623
Pope County	R	−18.1%	664	1,099	2,399
Pulaski County	R	−20.5%	978	1,632	3,183
Putnam County	O	+1.4%	424	403	1,462
Randolph County	D	+26.1%	3,217	1,548	6,386
Richland County	D	+25.2%	1,800	862	3,720
Rock Island County	O	+10.5%	3,997	2,394	15,289
Saline County	D	+16.6%	3,599	2,254	8,111
Sangamon County	D	+22.2%	8,406	3,994	19,897
Schuyler County	D	+25.1%	1,714	853	3,428
Scott County	D	+26.6%	1,341	686	2,459
Shelby County	D	+26.7%	3,467	1,629	6,889
St. Clair County	D	+10.3%	10,826	8,156	25,866
Stark County	O	+5.1%	669	549	2,340
Stephenson County	D	+27.4%	3,850	1,367	9,060
Tazewell County	D	+33.7%	3,654	1,054	7,717
Union County	D	+33.1%	2,648	1,194	4,387
Vermilion County	O	−0.5%	5,576	5,655	17,533
Wabash County	D	+25.1%	1,676	841	3,325
Warren County	O	+19.5%	2,080	915	5,966
Washington County	D	+8.3%	1,654	1,304	4,234
Wayne County	D	+14.1%	2,378	1,586	5,627
White County	D	+19.2%	2,708	1,692	5,298
Whiteside County	O	+7.2%	1,996	1,437	7,711
Will County	O	+8.3%	4,717	3,331	16,767
Williamson County	D	+0.5%	3,258	3,209	9,267
Winnebago County	O	−2.0%	2,276	2,537	13,105
Woodford County	D	+26.4%	2,051	850	4,552