Theodore Roosevelt carried Michigan.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Michigan, 1912. Theodore Roosevelt won the state as a third-party candidate; the R+0.2 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 19.8 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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Michigan result

547,971 votes counted

Wilson (D)

150,201

27.4%

Taft (R)

151,434

27.6%

Roosevelt + others

246,336

45.0%

Margin

R+0.2

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1912 presidential election

Michigan, 1912

How it voted

Share of the 1912 vote

Theodore Roosevelt ✓Progressive	45.0%	246,336
William H. TaftRepublican	27.6%	151,434
Woodrow WilsonDemocratic	27.4%	150,201

D+60

R+60

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

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Michigan's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context

Michigan's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−4.5%
1896	−10.3%
1900	−19.2%
1904	−43.8%
1908	−29.5%
1912	−0.2%
1916	−8.3%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−62.2%
1928	−41.4%
1932	+7.9%
1936	+17.6%
1940	−0.3%
1944	+1.0%
1948	−1.7%
1952	−11.5%
1956	−11.5%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+33.6%
1968	+6.7%
1972	−14.4%
1976	−5.4%
1980	−6.5%
1984	−19.0%
1988	−7.9%
1992	+7.4%
1996	+13.2%
2000	+5.1%
2004	+3.4%
2008	+16.5%
2012	+9.5%
2016	−0.2%
2020	+2.8%
2024	−1.4%

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County results — 1912

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alcona County	O	−14.8%	145	291	988
Alger County	O	−2.5%	263	290	1,092
Allegan County	O	−2.6%	1,925	2,121	7,596
Alpena County	O	+11.2%	1,105	709	3,547
Antrim County	O	−6.1%	450	603	2,490
Arenac County	O	+1.6%	452	421	1,989
Baraga County	O	−1.3%	280	295	1,136
Barry County	O	+3.9%	1,800	1,585	5,496
Bay County	O	+3.3%	2,990	2,625	11,205
Benzie County	O	−12.7%	326	568	1,913
Berrien County	O	+12.3%	4,225	2,752	11,935
Branch County	D	+5.2%	2,185	1,865	6,193
Calhoun County	O	+2.6%	3,781	3,447	13,045
Cass County	D	+11.4%	2,076	1,462	5,387
Charlevoix County	O	−20.7%	566	1,296	3,520
Cheboygan County	O	+2.6%	981	896	3,236
Chippewa County	O	−0.3%	879	889	3,814
Clare County	O	−7.0%	435	563	1,817
Clinton County	O	+0.0%	1,723	1,723	5,389
Crawford County	O	−9.8%	185	257	735
Delta County	O	−1.0%	1,066	1,111	4,378
Dickinson County	O	−30.1%	361	1,371	3,352
Eaton County	D	+2.0%	2,482	2,333	7,287
Emmet County	O	+2.7%	920	830	3,320
Genesee County	O	−3.2%	3,005	3,426	13,313
Gladwin County	O	−18.8%	331	638	1,633
Gogebic County	O	−8.1%	572	818	3,039
Grand Traverse County	O	+1.0%	937	899	3,867
Gratiot County	O	+0.4%	1,835	1,809	5,905
Hillsdale County	O	+11.4%	2,229	1,437	6,949
Houghton County	O	−9.7%	2,385	3,571	12,238
Huron County	O	−9.1%	1,236	1,813	6,337
Ingham County	O	+3.0%	3,915	3,515	13,159
Ionia County	O	+9.2%	2,757	2,049	7,732
Iosco County	O	−5.7%	418	521	1,803
Iron County	R	−35.7%	218	1,031	2,279
Isabella County	O	−0.6%	1,389	1,417	4,769
Jackson County	O	+13.9%	4,283	2,456	13,145
Kalamazoo County	O	+8.3%	3,660	2,642	12,308
Kalkaska County	O	−11.2%	293	448	1,388
Kent County	O	+9.1%	9,412	6,498	31,926
Keweenaw County	O	−39.5%	59	495	1,105
Lake County	O	−4.3%	186	227	945
Lapeer County	O	−9.8%	1,200	1,728	5,385
Leelanau County	O	−15.8%	344	621	1,753
Lenawee County	D	+11.2%	4,239	2,996	11,089
Livingston County	D	+11.2%	1,960	1,408	4,942
Luce County	O	−21.1%	102	234	626
Mackinac County	D	+6.7%	730	612	1,767
Macomb County	D	+4.4%	2,829	2,508	7,281
Manistee County	D	+11.7%	1,790	1,240	4,721
Marquette County	O	−20.5%	997	2,603	7,822
Mason County	O	+5.8%	1,073	844	3,924
Mecosta County	O	−2.6%	958	1,059	3,945
Menominee County	O	+0.1%	1,195	1,191	4,421
Midland County	O	−7.4%	671	902	3,101
Missaukee County	O	−15.9%	347	671	2,041
Monroe County	D	+10.2%	2,995	2,253	7,297
Montcalm County	O	−7.7%	1,373	1,874	6,508
Montmorency County	R	−21.7%	163	325	745
Muskegon County	O	+1.9%	1,678	1,523	8,246
Newaygo County	O	−4.8%	776	964	3,920
Oakland County	R	−3.6%	3,668	4,083	11,513
Oceana County	O	−1.6%	796	857	3,726
Ogemaw County	O	−13.0%	319	541	1,710
Ontonagon County	R	−20.6%	359	719	1,748
Osceola County	O	−19.8%	609	1,306	3,527
Oscoda County	O	−13.0%	66	110	339
Otsego County	R	−24.3%	194	448	1,047
Ottawa County	O	+2.4%	2,036	1,825	8,746
Presque Isle County	O	−24.1%	259	729	1,948
Roscommon County	O	+2.7%	150	134	593
Saginaw County	O	+4.5%	5,845	5,032	18,007
Sanilac County	O	−14.9%	1,161	2,166	6,728
Schoolcraft County	O	−16.5%	337	595	1,568
Shiawassee County	O	−4.6%	1,957	2,309	7,683
St. Clair County	O	+0.5%	3,008	2,958	10,764
St. Joseph County	O	+18.1%	2,388	1,224	6,432
Tuscola County	O	−17.7%	1,255	2,559	7,385
Van Buren County	O	−1.5%	1,994	2,101	7,242
Washtenaw County	D	+15.8%	4,164	2,495	10,556
Wayne County	O	−4.4%	22,678	26,599	88,421
Wexford County	O	−6.4%	817	1,075	4,054