Kansas — 1912 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1912 presidential electionKansas · PresidentRoosevelt40.2%
How it voted
Share of the 1912 vote
| Theodore Roosevelt + others ✓Progressive | 40.2% | 147,052 |
|---|---|---|
| Woodrow WilsonDemocratic | 39.3% | 143,663 |
| William Howard TaftRepublican | 20.5% | 74,845 |
1912presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Kansas cast 10 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Anderson County, KS | Democratic | D+24.0 |
| Atchison County, KS | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Barber County, KS | Other / independent | D+25.4 |
| Barton County, KS | Democratic | D+33.8 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Brown County, KS | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Butler County, KS | Other / independent | D+19.5 |
| Chase County, KS | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Other / independent | R+2.5 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Other / independent | D+8.6 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Other / independent | D+18.3 |
| Clark County, KS | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| Clay County, KS | Other / independent | D+14.3 |
| Cloud County, KS | Democratic | D+18.4 |
| Coffey County, KS | Democratic | D+24.8 |
| Comanche County, KS | Other / independent | D+20.2 |
| Cowley County, KS | Other / independent | D+20.2 |
| Crawford County, KS | Other / independent | D+1.0 |
| Decatur County, KS | Democratic | D+40.6 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Other / independent | D+22.1 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Douglas County, KS | Other / independent | D+14.5 |
| Edwards County, KS | Democratic | D+28.4 |
| Elk County, KS | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Ellis County, KS | Democratic | D+56.6 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Democratic | D+30.0 |
| Finney County, KS | Other / independent | D+18.4 |
| Ford County, KS | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Franklin County, KS | Other / independent | D+26.5 |
| Geary County, KS | Other / independent | D+18.6 |
| Gove County, KS | Other / independent | D+20.2 |
| Graham County, KS | Other / independent | D+19.2 |
| Grant County, KS | Other / independent | D+8.9 |
| Gray County, KS | Other / independent | D+18.7 |
| Greeley County, KS | Other / independent | R+23.2 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Other / independent | D+10.3 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Harper County, KS | Other / independent | D+29.0 |
| Harvey County, KS | Other / independent | D+20.0 |
| Haskell County, KS | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Other / independent | D+21.0 |
| Jackson County, KS | Democratic | D+13.7 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Jewell County, KS | Democratic | D+21.8 |
| Johnson County, KS | Democratic | D+22.8 |
| Kearny County, KS | Other / independent | D+18.5 |
| Kingman County, KS | Democratic | D+35.4 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Other / independent | D+16.3 |
| Labette County, KS | Other / independent | D+15.2 |
| Lane County, KS | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Democratic | D+29.2 |
| Linn County, KS | Other / independent | D+11.9 |
| Logan County, KS | Other / independent | D+11.3 |
| Lyon County, KS | Democratic | D+25.4 |
| Marion County, KS | Democratic | D+20.1 |
| Marshall County, KS | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| McPherson County, KS | Other / independent | D+25.5 |
| Meade County, KS | Other / independent | D+16.0 |
| Miami County, KS | Democratic | D+20.3 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Democratic | D+21.1 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Other / independent | D+13.0 |
| Morris County, KS | Other / independent | D+22.2 |
| Morton County, KS | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Democratic | D+22.5 |
| Neosho County, KS | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Ness County, KS | Other / independent | D+17.7 |
| Norton County, KS | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Osage County, KS | Other / independent | D+23.2 |
| Osborne County, KS | Other / independent | D+8.7 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Democratic | D+26.4 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Democratic | D+30.4 |
| Phillips County, KS | Other / independent | D+20.9 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Pratt County, KS | Other / independent | D+23.3 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Democratic | D+26.3 |
| Reno County, KS | Democratic | D+21.2 |
| Republic County, KS | Democratic | D+22.4 |
| Rice County, KS | Other / independent | D+18.2 |
| Riley County, KS | Other / independent | D+19.5 |
| Rooks County, KS | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Rush County, KS | Democratic | D+36.0 |
| Russell County, KS | Other / independent | D+23.0 |
| Saline County, KS | Democratic | D+36.1 |
| Scott County, KS | Other / independent | D+31.5 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Other / independent | D+29.8 |
| Seward County, KS | Other / independent | D+23.1 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Democratic | D+29.3 |
| Sherman County, KS | Democratic | D+34.1 |
| Smith County, KS | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Stafford County, KS | Other / independent | D+25.7 |
| Stanton County, KS | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Stevens County, KS | Other / independent | D+19.8 |
| Sumner County, KS | Other / independent | D+27.8 |
| Thomas County, KS | Democratic | D+34.0 |
| Trego County, KS | Other / independent | D+25.9 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Democratic | D+11.8 |
| Wallace County, KS | Other / independent | D+13.3 |
| Washington County, KS | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| Wichita County, KS | Other / independent | D+14.3 |
| Wilson County, KS | Other / independent | D+10.7 |
| Woodson County, KS | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Other / independent | D+27.9 |
Kansas results by county
105 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | Woodrow Wilson+47 | 1,39428.9% | 1,73936.0% | 1,69235.1% | 4,825 |
| Anderson County | Woodrow Wilson+240 | 1,12536.2% | 1,36543.9% | 61819.9% | 3,108 |
| Atchison County | Woodrow Wilson+831 | 1,61828.9% | 2,44943.7% | 1,53527.4% | 5,602 |
| Barber County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+256 | 1,13949.2% | 88338.1% | 29512.7% | 2,317 |
| Barton County | Woodrow Wilson+761 | 1,30832.1% | 2,06950.8% | 69217.0% | 4,069 |
| Bourbon County | Woodrow Wilson+511 | 1,69831.7% | 2,20941.3% | 1,44827.0% | 5,355 |
| Brown County | Woodrow Wilson+220 | 1,55432.1% | 1,77436.7% | 1,51231.2% | 4,840 |
| Butler County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+325 | 2,33043.9% | 2,00537.8% | 97118.3% | 5,306 |
| Chase County | Woodrow Wilson+227 | 58531.2% | 81243.4% | 47625.4% | 1,873 |
| Chautauqua County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+221 | 1,03939.8% | 75228.8% | 81831.4% | 2,609 |
| Cherokee County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+237 | 2,87838.3% | 2,64135.2% | 1,99426.5% | 7,513 |
| Cheyenne County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+140 | 44150.0% | 30134.1% | 14015.9% | 882 |
| Clark County | Woodrow Wilson+18 | 46741.9% | 48543.5% | 16214.5% | 1,114 |
| Clay County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+126 | 1,49940.3% | 1,37337.0% | 84322.7% | 3,715 |
| Cloud County | Woodrow Wilson+89 | 1,56938.0% | 1,65840.2% | 89921.8% | 4,126 |
| Coffey County | Woodrow Wilson+207 | 1,37437.8% | 1,58143.5% | 68118.7% | 3,636 |
| Comanche County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+232 | 60953.7% | 37733.2% | 14813.1% | 1,134 |
| Cowley County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+875 | 3,41448.3% | 2,53935.9% | 1,11315.8% | 7,066 |
| Crawford County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+2,399 | 5,18048.7% | 2,78126.1% | 2,67625.2% | 10,637 |
| Decatur County | Woodrow Wilson+446 | 50929.6% | 95555.5% | 25614.9% | 1,720 |
| Dickinson County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+43 | 2,22541.2% | 2,18240.4% | 98818.3% | 5,395 |
| Doniphan County | William Howard Taft+284 | 1,03730.7% | 1,01730.1% | 1,32139.1% | 3,375 |
| Douglas County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+294 | 2,18241.9% | 1,88836.3% | 1,13321.8% | 5,203 |
| Edwards County | Woodrow Wilson+84 | 68039.5% | 76444.4% | 27616.0% | 1,720 |
| Elk County | Woodrow Wilson+36 | 93537.2% | 97138.7% | 60524.1% | 2,511 |
| Ellis County | Woodrow Wilson+808 | 57326.9% | 1,38164.9% | 1758.2% | 2,129 |
| Ellsworth County | Woodrow Wilson+140 | 90539.3% | 1,04545.4% | 35315.3% | 2,303 |
| Finney County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+146 | 71945.7% | 57336.4% | 28318.0% | 1,575 |
| Ford County | Woodrow Wilson+21 | 1,10440.0% | 1,12540.8% | 52919.2% | 2,758 |
| Franklin County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+277 | 2,24746.0% | 1,97040.3% | 67213.7% | 4,889 |
| Geary County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+239 | 1,03946.7% | 80035.9% | 38717.4% | 2,226 |
| Gove County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+36 | 39142.7% | 35538.8% | 17018.6% | 916 |
| Graham County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+14 | 65040.3% | 63639.4% | 32720.3% | 1,613 |
| Grant County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+53 | 13349.4% | 8029.7% | 5620.8% | 269 |
| Gray County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+104 | 34749.4% | 24334.6% | 11216.0% | 702 |
| Greeley County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+44 | 13952.1% | 3312.4% | 9535.6% | 267 |
| Greenwood County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+72 | 1,40638.1% | 1,33436.1% | 95425.8% | 3,694 |
| Hamilton County | Woodrow Wilson+31 | 23236.9% | 26341.8% | 13421.3% | 629 |
| Harper County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+225 | 1,49947.8% | 1,27440.6% | 36511.6% | 3,138 |
| Harvey County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+271 | 1,77044.6% | 1,49937.7% | 70317.7% | 3,972 |
| Haskell County | Woodrow Wilson+21 | 7932.9% | 10041.7% | 6125.4% | 240 |
| Hodgeman County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+52 | 35444.7% | 30238.1% | 13617.2% | 792 |
| Jackson County | Woodrow Wilson+234 | 1,33133.9% | 1,56539.9% | 1,02726.2% | 3,923 |
| Jefferson County | Woodrow Wilson+347 | 1,19030.7% | 1,53739.6% | 1,15529.8% | 3,882 |
| Jewell County | Woodrow Wilson+231 | 1,64037.1% | 1,87142.4% | 90620.5% | 4,417 |
| Johnson County | Woodrow Wilson+118 | 1,71939.2% | 1,83741.8% | 83419.0% | 4,390 |
| Kearny County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+79 | 31547.4% | 23635.5% | 11317.0% | 664 |
| Kingman County | Woodrow Wilson+112 | 1,30942.7% | 1,42146.3% | 33611.0% | 3,066 |
| Kiowa County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+121 | 62744.5% | 50635.9% | 27619.6% | 1,409 |
| Labette County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+285 | 2,85341.1% | 2,56837.0% | 1,51621.9% | 6,937 |
| Lane County | Woodrow Wilson+10 | 22736.5% | 23738.1% | 15825.4% | 622 |
| Leavenworth County | Woodrow Wilson+537 | 2,09227.0% | 3,09940.0% | 2,56233.0% | 7,753 |
| Lincoln County | Woodrow Wilson+135 | 95639.4% | 1,09144.9% | 38115.7% | 2,428 |
| Linn County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+158 | 1,44140.2% | 1,28335.8% | 85824.0% | 3,582 |
| Logan County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+137 | 39648.2% | 25931.5% | 16620.2% | 821 |
| Lyon County | Woodrow Wilson+163 | 2,20039.8% | 2,36342.8% | 96217.4% | 5,525 |
| Marion County | Woodrow Wilson+8 | 1,72439.9% | 1,73240.1% | 86320.0% | 4,319 |
| Marshall County | Woodrow Wilson+519 | 1,75931.8% | 2,27841.2% | 1,49227.0% | 5,529 |
| McPherson County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+914 | 2,55354.9% | 1,63935.3% | 4559.8% | 4,647 |
| Meade County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+147 | 53047.4% | 38334.3% | 20418.3% | 1,117 |
| Miami County | Woodrow Wilson+515 | 1,40432.2% | 1,91944.1% | 1,03323.7% | 4,356 |
| Mitchell County | Woodrow Wilson+278 | 1,16334.8% | 1,44143.1% | 73722.1% | 3,341 |
| Montgomery County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+1,107 | 4,11845.9% | 3,01133.6% | 1,84220.5% | 8,971 |
| Morris County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+179 | 1,32344.8% | 1,14438.7% | 48716.5% | 2,954 |
| Morton County | Woodrow Wilson+24 | 8925.2% | 14440.8% | 12034.0% | 353 |
| Nemaha County | Woodrow Wilson+503 | 1,43333.1% | 1,93644.7% | 96122.2% | 4,330 |
| Neosho County | Woodrow Wilson+331 | 1,66231.7% | 1,99338.1% | 1,58030.2% | 5,235 |
| Ness County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+132 | 59046.1% | 45835.8% | 23218.1% | 1,280 |
| Norton County | Woodrow Wilson+266 | 81532.7% | 1,08143.3% | 59824.0% | 2,494 |
| Osage County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+36 | 2,00541.6% | 1,96940.8% | 85017.6% | 4,824 |
| Osborne County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+60 | 1,03237.7% | 97235.5% | 73326.8% | 2,737 |
| Ottawa County | Woodrow Wilson+216 | 1,04837.0% | 1,26444.7% | 51718.3% | 2,829 |
| Pawnee County | Woodrow Wilson+214 | 83637.1% | 1,05046.6% | 36616.3% | 2,252 |
| Phillips County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+67 | 1,32441.7% | 1,25739.6% | 59418.7% | 3,175 |
| Pottawatomie County | Woodrow Wilson+40 | 1,55937.0% | 1,59937.9% | 1,05825.1% | 4,216 |
| Pratt County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+205 | 1,15246.6% | 94738.3% | 37215.1% | 2,471 |
| Rawlins County | Woodrow Wilson+33 | 53540.4% | 56842.9% | 22016.6% | 1,323 |
| Reno County | Woodrow Wilson+413 | 2,94737.0% | 3,36042.1% | 1,66820.9% | 7,975 |
| Republic County | Woodrow Wilson+411 | 1,40534.1% | 1,81644.1% | 89521.7% | 4,116 |
| Rice County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+64 | 1,37840.7% | 1,31438.8% | 69720.6% | 3,389 |
| Riley County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+1,050 | 2,22058.2% | 1,17030.7% | 42511.1% | 3,815 |
| Rooks County | Woodrow Wilson+17 | 84837.6% | 86538.3% | 54524.1% | 2,258 |
| Rush County | Woodrow Wilson+119 | 75141.0% | 87047.5% | 21011.5% | 1,831 |
| Russell County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+78 | 1,06143.1% | 98340.0% | 41616.9% | 2,460 |
| Saline County | Woodrow Wilson+269 | 1,99441.6% | 2,26347.2% | 53411.1% | 4,791 |
| Scott County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+56 | 30350.0% | 24740.8% | 569.2% | 606 |
| Sedgwick County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+1,598 | 7,35050.6% | 5,75239.6% | 1,4199.8% | 14,521 |
| Seward County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+92 | 48647.0% | 39438.1% | 15515.0% | 1,035 |
| Shawnee County | Woodrow Wilson+639 | 4,45533.9% | 5,09438.8% | 3,59227.3% | 13,141 |
| Sheridan County | Woodrow Wilson+141 | 36834.3% | 50947.5% | 19518.2% | 1,072 |
| Sherman County | Woodrow Wilson+75 | 39039.6% | 46547.3% | 12913.1% | 984 |
| Smith County | Woodrow Wilson+284 | 1,25033.3% | 1,53440.9% | 97025.8% | 3,754 |
| Stafford County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+4 | 1,09842.0% | 1,09441.9% | 42216.1% | 2,614 |
| Stanton County | Woodrow Wilson+6 | 10840.9% | 11443.2% | 4215.9% | 264 |
| Stevens County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+14 | 25141.5% | 23739.2% | 11719.3% | 605 |
| Sumner County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+503 | 3,06047.8% | 2,55740.0% | 78112.2% | 6,398 |
| Thomas County | Woodrow Wilson+94 | 33837.7% | 43248.2% | 12714.2% | 897 |
| Trego County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+58 | 50745.4% | 44940.2% | 16014.3% | 1,116 |
| Wabaunsee County | Woodrow Wilson+119 | 1,00934.6% | 1,12838.6% | 78326.8% | 2,920 |
| Wallace County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+149 | 30156.4% | 15228.5% | 8115.2% | 534 |
| Washington County | Woodrow Wilson+487 | 1,42730.6% | 1,91441.0% | 1,32628.4% | 4,667 |
| Wichita County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+19 | 15441.5% | 13536.4% | 8222.1% | 371 |
| Wilson County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+804 | 2,10849.5% | 1,30430.6% | 84919.9% | 4,261 |
| Woodson County | Woodrow Wilson+112 | 78833.1% | 90037.8% | 69429.1% | 2,382 |
| Wyandotte County | Theodore Roosevelt + others+2,001 | 9,37149.7% | 7,37039.1% | 2,10711.2% | 18,848 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −38.7% |
| 1908 | −9.4% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +5.9% |
| 1920 | −32.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −45.0% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +7.7% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.1% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | −21.3% |
| 1964 | +9.0% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −24.6% |
| 1984 | −33.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −5.1% |
| 1996 | −18.2% |
| 2000 | −20.8% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −15.0% |
| 2012 | −21.6% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −16.1% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1912 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.