Woodrow Wilson carried Ohio D+14.1.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Ohio, 1912. The state ran 5.4 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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Ohio result

1,037,114 votes counted

Wilson (D)

424,834

41.0%

Taft (R)

278,168

26.8%

Roosevelt + others

334,112

32.2%

Margin

D+14.1

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1912 presidential election

Ohio, 1912

WilsonD+14.1

How it voted

Share of the 1912 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	41.0%	424,834
Theodore RooseveltProgressive	32.2%	334,112
William H. TaftRepublican	26.8%	278,168

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1912

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	D	+8.5%	2,279	1,863	4,899
Allen County	D	+25.9%	5,696	2,638	11,815
Ashland County	D	+37.3%	3,364	1,017	6,294
Ashtabula County	O	+7.9%	3,181	2,214	12,308
Athens County	O	−7.3%	2,393	3,090	9,483
Auglaize County	D	+34.8%	3,726	1,401	6,676
Belmont County	D	+0.9%	5,412	5,267	15,491
Brown County	D	+30.9%	3,451	1,650	5,836
Butler County	D	+26.0%	7,763	3,431	16,663
Carroll County	O	+5.3%	1,293	1,096	3,722
Champaign County	D	+5.4%	2,763	2,392	6,818
Clark County	R	−4.9%	5,217	6,036	16,693
Clermont County	D	+14.0%	3,610	2,543	7,597
Clinton County	R	−15.1%	2,010	2,916	5,990
Columbiana County	O	+1.3%	4,816	4,601	16,091
Coshocton County	D	+20.4%	3,465	1,984	7,254
Crawford County	D	+41.0%	4,733	1,432	8,044
Cuyahoga County	O	+28.7%	43,610	14,176	102,624
Darke County	D	+18.8%	5,027	3,107	10,209
Defiance County	D	+34.7%	2,784	872	5,504
Delaware County	D	+4.8%	2,934	2,584	7,316
Erie County	D	+9.1%	3,504	2,695	8,919
Fairfield County	D	+38.6%	5,101	1,672	8,879
Fayette County	D	+1.4%	2,261	2,186	5,504
Franklin County	D	+15.6%	20,697	12,791	50,715
Fulton County	O	+16.6%	1,805	929	5,265
Gallia County	O	+7.6%	1,765	1,355	5,370
Geauga County	O	+9.3%	873	579	3,178
Greene County	R	−16.1%	2,107	3,242	7,043
Guernsey County	R	−7.7%	2,726	3,426	9,092
Hamilton County	D	+0.7%	42,909	42,119	109,949
Hancock County	D	+22.9%	4,309	2,241	9,041
Hardin County	D	+13.6%	3,912	2,775	8,354
Harrison County	R	−5.1%	1,714	1,950	4,596
Henry County	D	+41.8%	2,994	804	5,234
Highland County	D	+7.5%	3,314	2,757	7,459
Hocking County	D	+18.8%	2,295	1,354	5,012
Holmes County	D	+54.1%	2,429	465	3,631
Huron County	D	+19.4%	3,317	1,707	8,283
Jackson County	O	+3.1%	2,049	1,860	6,187
Jefferson County	R	−14.1%	3,171	4,777	11,415
Knox County	D	+14.0%	3,632	2,530	7,894
Lake County	O	+5.4%	1,429	1,155	5,042
Lawrence County	R	−8.6%	2,042	2,650	7,087
Licking County	D	+12.3%	6,120	4,487	13,301
Logan County	D	+10.3%	2,727	1,977	7,304
Lorain County	O	+17.4%	4,591	2,226	13,621
Lucas County	O	+22.3%	13,999	5,622	37,610
Madison County	R	−1.9%	2,172	2,271	5,236
Mahoning County	O	+4.8%	6,838	5,839	20,703
Marion County	D	+9.0%	4,024	3,218	8,928
Medina County	O	+25.1%	2,108	685	5,674
Meigs County	R	−6.7%	1,738	2,129	5,850
Mercer County	D	+39.9%	3,591	1,324	5,683
Miami County	D	+6.2%	4,310	3,615	11,125
Monroe County	D	+44.3%	3,199	1,055	4,841
Montgomery County	D	+13.2%	15,544	10,341	39,538
Morgan County	D	+4.6%	1,633	1,448	4,056
Morrow County	D	+14.3%	1,880	1,240	4,485
Muskingum County	D	+8.9%	5,376	4,134	13,973
Noble County	D	+0.8%	1,842	1,804	4,504
Ottawa County	D	+42.0%	2,728	791	4,611
Paulding County	D	+14.3%	2,296	1,542	5,269
Perry County	O	+17.5%	3,147	1,739	8,052
Pickaway County	D	+16.3%	3,311	2,282	6,317
Pike County	D	+14.8%	1,691	1,184	3,437
Portage County	O	+22.9%	2,855	1,162	7,387
Preble County	D	+11.8%	2,859	2,135	6,158
Putnam County	D	+46.8%	4,000	1,000	6,410
Richland County	D	+26.3%	5,201	2,389	10,698
Ross County	D	+9.1%	4,494	3,600	9,792
Sandusky County	D	+32.2%	4,333	1,576	8,553
Scioto County	R	−1.0%	3,508	3,609	10,547
Seneca County	D	+26.6%	5,082	2,362	10,240
Shelby County	D	+28.7%	3,305	1,613	5,902
Stark County	O	+14.5%	9,908	6,033	26,729
Summit County	O	+18.5%	7,786	3,502	23,192
Trumbull County	O	+6.3%	3,347	2,633	11,375
Tuscarawas County	D	+12.5%	4,978	3,417	12,496
Union County	D	+5.4%	2,362	2,051	5,807
Van Wert County	D	+11.2%	3,287	2,490	7,106
Vinton County	D	+9.2%	1,228	952	2,987
Warren County	R	−11.0%	2,101	2,788	6,267
Washington County	D	+13.2%	4,637	3,326	9,941
Wayne County	D	+33.1%	4,737	1,674	9,263
Williams County	D	+27.0%	2,875	1,145	6,416
Wood County	D	+23.3%	4,356	2,020	10,024
Wyandot County	D	+27.5%	2,848	1,409	5,230