Indiana — 1912 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1912 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentWilsonD+20.0
How it voted
Share of the 1912 vote
| Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic | 43.1% | 281,889 |
|---|---|---|
| OtherAll other candidates | 33.8% | 221,539 |
| William H. TaftRepublican | 23.1% | 151,267 |
1912presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 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.
Indiana cast 15 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Democratic | D+42.5 |
| Allen County, IN | Democratic | D+28.2 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Democratic | D+28.0 |
| Benton County, IN | Democratic | D+11.7 |
| Blackford County, IN | Democratic | D+34.5 |
| Boone County, IN | Democratic | D+31.2 |
| Brown County, IN | Democratic | D+39.4 |
| Carroll County, IN | Democratic | D+16.5 |
| Cass County, IN | Democratic | D+29.9 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+37.0 |
| Clay County, IN | Democratic | D+24.7 |
| Clinton County, IN | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Crawford County, IN | Democratic | D+18.5 |
| Daviess County, IN | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Democratic | D+30.2 |
| Decatur County, IN | Democratic | D+19.0 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Democratic | D+26.4 |
| Delaware County, IN | Other / independent | D+18.7 |
| Dubois County, IN | Democratic | D+53.2 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Other / independent | D+26.8 |
| Fayette County, IN | Other / independent | D+10.6 |
| Floyd County, IN | Democratic | D+37.0 |
| Fountain County, IN | Democratic | D+17.4 |
| Franklin County, IN | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| Fulton County, IN | Democratic | D+13.4 |
| Gibson County, IN | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Grant County, IN | Other / independent | D+3.5 |
| Greene County, IN | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Democratic | D+3.1 |
| Hancock County, IN | Democratic | D+37.1 |
| Harrison County, IN | Democratic | D+27.1 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Democratic | D+17.0 |
| Henry County, IN | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Howard County, IN | Other / independent | D+7.6 |
| Huntington County, IN | Democratic | D+13.5 |
| Jackson County, IN | Democratic | D+40.7 |
| Jasper County, IN | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Jay County, IN | Democratic | D+23.9 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Democratic | D+14.9 |
| Jennings County, IN | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Johnson County, IN | Democratic | D+35.8 |
| Knox County, IN | Democratic | D+16.8 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Other / independent | D+13.5 |
| Lake County, IN | Other / independent | R+0.2 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Other / independent | D+13.8 |
| Madison County, IN | Other / independent | D+31.1 |
| Marion County, IN | Democratic | D+26.0 |
| Marshall County, IN | Democratic | D+28.1 |
| Martin County, IN | Democratic | D+15.4 |
| Miami County, IN | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Monroe County, IN | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Morgan County, IN | Democratic | D+22.5 |
| Newton County, IN | Democratic | D+2.8 |
| Noble County, IN | Democratic | D+22.9 |
| Ohio County, IN | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Orange County, IN | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Owen County, IN | Democratic | D+27.1 |
| Parke County, IN | Democratic | D+2.7 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+38.7 |
| Pike County, IN | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+3.7 |
| Posey County, IN | Democratic | D+31.6 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Democratic | D+17.7 |
| Putnam County, IN | Democratic | D+28.3 |
| Randolph County, IN | Other / independent | D+2.3 |
| Ripley County, IN | Democratic | D+18.5 |
| Rush County, IN | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+36.3 |
| Shelby County, IN | Democratic | D+30.1 |
| Spencer County, IN | Democratic | D+22.7 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Other / independent | D+14.4 |
| Starke County, IN | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Steuben County, IN | Other / independent | R+0.6 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+29.6 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+15.9 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Tipton County, IN | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Union County, IN | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Vigo County, IN | Other / independent | D+23.0 |
| Wabash County, IN | Other / independent | D+14.8 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Warrick County, IN | Democratic | D+15.8 |
| Washington County, IN | Democratic | D+36.3 |
| Wayne County, IN | Other / independent | D+17.0 |
| Wells County, IN | Democratic | D+38.3 |
| White County, IN | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Whitley County, IN | Democratic | D+24.9 |
Indiana results by county
92 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Woodrow Wilson+2,034 | 2,96161.6% | 92719.3% | 91719.1% | 4,805 |
| Allen County | Woodrow Wilson+2,172 | 8,65946.6% | 6,48734.9% | 3,42318.4% | 18,569 |
| Bartholomew County | Woodrow Wilson+1,094 | 3,14748.3% | 2,05331.5% | 1,32120.3% | 6,521 |
| Benton County | Woodrow Wilson+395 | 1,42542.1% | 93127.5% | 1,03030.4% | 3,386 |
| Blackford County | Woodrow Wilson+77 | 1,65145.6% | 1,57443.4% | 39911.0% | 3,624 |
| Boone County | Woodrow Wilson+1,006 | 3,28048.7% | 2,27433.8% | 1,18117.5% | 6,735 |
| Brown County | Woodrow Wilson+590 | 90959.3% | 31920.8% | 30519.9% | 1,533 |
| Carroll County | Woodrow Wilson+808 | 2,27546.6% | 1,14123.4% | 1,46730.0% | 4,883 |
| Cass County | Woodrow Wilson+904 | 4,42146.5% | 3,51737.0% | 1,57316.5% | 9,511 |
| Clark County | Woodrow Wilson+660 | 3,31548.9% | 2,65539.2% | 80511.9% | 6,775 |
| Clay County | Woodrow Wilson+781 | 3,29745.1% | 2,51634.4% | 1,49420.4% | 7,307 |
| Clinton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,073 | 3,25545.5% | 1,71324.0% | 2,18230.5% | 7,150 |
| Crawford County | Woodrow Wilson+306 | 1,15943.3% | 85331.9% | 66324.8% | 2,675 |
| Daviess County | Woodrow Wilson+754 | 2,75943.5% | 1,57724.9% | 2,00531.6% | 6,341 |
| Dearborn County | Woodrow Wilson+1,591 | 2,95756.1% | 94517.9% | 1,36625.9% | 5,268 |
| Decatur County | Woodrow Wilson+585 | 2,24643.4% | 1,66132.1% | 1,26324.4% | 5,170 |
| DeKalb County | Woodrow Wilson+446 | 2,76644.5% | 2,32037.4% | 1,12518.1% | 6,211 |
| Delaware County | Other+1,634 | 4,31335.1% | 5,94748.4% | 2,01816.4% | 12,278 |
| Dubois County | Woodrow Wilson+2,286 | 3,05968.0% | 77317.2% | 66614.8% | 4,498 |
| Elkhart County | Other+1,754 | 4,30037.2% | 6,05452.4% | 1,19910.4% | 11,553 |
| Fayette County | Other+79 | 1,45536.2% | 1,53438.2% | 1,03025.6% | 4,019 |
| Floyd County | Woodrow Wilson+205 | 3,23646.7% | 3,03143.7% | 6699.6% | 6,936 |
| Fountain County | Woodrow Wilson+939 | 2,49946.2% | 1,35125.0% | 1,56028.8% | 5,410 |
| Franklin County | Woodrow Wilson+1,376 | 2,30558.0% | 74118.6% | 92923.4% | 3,975 |
| Fulton County | Woodrow Wilson+595 | 2,02245.6% | 98522.2% | 1,42732.2% | 4,434 |
| Gibson County | Woodrow Wilson+984 | 3,25044.4% | 1,79824.6% | 2,26631.0% | 7,314 |
| Grant County | Other+317 | 4,39033.7% | 4,70736.1% | 3,93930.2% | 13,036 |
| Greene County | Woodrow Wilson+316 | 3,37339.3% | 3,05735.6% | 2,15625.1% | 8,586 |
| Hamilton County | Woodrow Wilson+121 | 2,46334.9% | 2,34233.2% | 2,24731.9% | 7,052 |
| Hancock County | Woodrow Wilson+928 | 2,59451.9% | 1,66633.3% | 73814.8% | 4,998 |
| Harrison County | Woodrow Wilson+663 | 2,10647.3% | 1,44332.4% | 90020.2% | 4,449 |
| Hendricks County | Woodrow Wilson+680 | 2,37243.1% | 1,69230.7% | 1,43926.1% | 5,503 |
| Henry County | Woodrow Wilson+136 | 2,68734.8% | 2,55133.1% | 2,47932.1% | 7,717 |
| Howard County | Other+1,039 | 2,82431.9% | 3,86343.7% | 2,15224.3% | 8,839 |
| Huntington County | Woodrow Wilson+870 | 3,11941.7% | 2,24930.1% | 2,10828.2% | 7,476 |
| Jackson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,704 | 3,22556.9% | 1,52126.8% | 92116.3% | 5,667 |
| Jasper County | Woodrow Wilson+54 | 1,29239.2% | 76823.3% | 1,23837.5% | 3,298 |
| Jay County | Woodrow Wilson+564 | 2,78644.3% | 2,22235.3% | 1,28220.4% | 6,290 |
| Jefferson County | Woodrow Wilson+762 | 2,32545.3% | 1,24324.2% | 1,56330.5% | 5,131 |
| Jennings County | Woodrow Wilson+580 | 1,57744.7% | 99728.3% | 95527.1% | 3,529 |
| Johnson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,209 | 2,89052.6% | 1,68130.6% | 92416.8% | 5,495 |
| Knox County | Woodrow Wilson+1,643 | 4,44845.6% | 2,49925.6% | 2,80528.8% | 9,752 |
| Kosciusko County | Woodrow Wilson+181 | 2,81739.0% | 2,63636.5% | 1,76724.5% | 7,220 |
| LaGrange County | Other+288 | 1,23335.1% | 1,52143.3% | 75821.6% | 3,512 |
| Lake County | Other+1,995 | 5,13629.4% | 7,17141.0% | 5,17629.6% | 17,483 |
| LaPorte County | Woodrow Wilson+1,533 | 4,84744.6% | 3,31430.5% | 2,70124.9% | 10,862 |
| Lawrence County | Other+49 | 2,57937.7% | 2,62838.4% | 1,63323.9% | 6,840 |
| Madison County | Other+634 | 6,67642.4% | 7,31046.4% | 1,77111.2% | 15,757 |
| Marion County | Woodrow Wilson+4,482 | 29,80544.2% | 25,32337.6% | 12,28018.2% | 67,408 |
| Marshall County | Woodrow Wilson+996 | 2,85948.3% | 1,86331.5% | 1,19620.2% | 5,918 |
| Martin County | Woodrow Wilson+465 | 1,44047.7% | 60520.0% | 97532.3% | 3,020 |
| Miami County | Woodrow Wilson+664 | 3,36644.9% | 2,70236.1% | 1,42619.0% | 7,494 |
| Monroe County | Woodrow Wilson+669 | 2,39643.5% | 1,72731.3% | 1,38825.2% | 5,511 |
| Montgomery County | Woodrow Wilson+1,074 | 3,82146.5% | 1,64820.1% | 2,74733.4% | 8,216 |
| Morgan County | Woodrow Wilson+985 | 2,60846.7% | 1,62329.1% | 1,35324.2% | 5,584 |
| Newton County | Woodrow Wilson+73 | 96536.9% | 75729.0% | 89234.1% | 2,614 |
| Noble County | Woodrow Wilson+915 | 2,88845.8% | 1,97331.3% | 1,44322.9% | 6,304 |
| Ohio County | Woodrow Wilson+147 | 55349.1% | 16814.9% | 40636.0% | 1,127 |
| Orange County | Woodrow Wilson+309 | 1,83042.4% | 96222.3% | 1,52135.3% | 4,313 |
| Owen County | Woodrow Wilson+598 | 1,62148.3% | 1,02330.5% | 71121.2% | 3,355 |
| Parke County | Woodrow Wilson+140 | 2,03138.9% | 1,29524.8% | 1,89136.2% | 5,217 |
| Perry County | Woodrow Wilson+732 | 1,93152.9% | 1,19932.8% | 52014.2% | 3,650 |
| Pike County | Woodrow Wilson+469 | 1,98445.5% | 85919.7% | 1,51534.8% | 4,358 |
| Porter County | William H. Taft+92 | 1,35231.6% | 1,41833.1% | 1,51035.3% | 4,280 |
| Posey County | Woodrow Wilson+1,574 | 2,76755.6% | 1,02120.5% | 1,19324.0% | 4,981 |
| Pulaski County | Woodrow Wilson+293 | 1,25042.6% | 95732.6% | 72924.8% | 2,936 |
| Putnam County | Woodrow Wilson+1,568 | 2,92252.7% | 1,26922.9% | 1,35424.4% | 5,545 |
| Randolph County | Other+971 | 2,15829.7% | 3,12943.0% | 1,98827.3% | 7,275 |
| Ripley County | Woodrow Wilson+939 | 2,43147.9% | 1,14722.6% | 1,49229.4% | 5,070 |
| Rush County | Woodrow Wilson+381 | 2,31241.4% | 1,34324.0% | 1,93134.6% | 5,586 |
| Scott County | Woodrow Wilson+450 | 1,03353.2% | 58330.0% | 32716.8% | 1,943 |
| Shelby County | Woodrow Wilson+888 | 3,43247.5% | 2,54435.2% | 1,25417.3% | 7,230 |
| Spencer County | Woodrow Wilson+1,012 | 2,42847.5% | 1,41627.7% | 1,26824.8% | 5,112 |
| St. Joseph County | Other+1,673 | 5,39134.6% | 7,06445.3% | 3,14620.2% | 15,601 |
| Starke County | Woodrow Wilson+403 | 1,20843.1% | 80528.7% | 78728.1% | 2,800 |
| Steuben County | Other+143 | 1,26631.7% | 1,43335.9% | 1,29032.3% | 3,989 |
| Sullivan County | Woodrow Wilson+1,049 | 3,70747.7% | 2,65834.2% | 1,40618.1% | 7,771 |
| Switzerland County | Woodrow Wilson+460 | 1,34246.3% | 67623.3% | 88230.4% | 2,900 |
| Tippecanoe County | Woodrow Wilson+1,348 | 4,44242.1% | 3,09429.3% | 3,00628.5% | 10,542 |
| Tipton County | Woodrow Wilson+923 | 2,18546.9% | 1,21326.0% | 1,26227.1% | 4,660 |
| Union County | Woodrow Wilson+62 | 70536.5% | 58230.2% | 64333.3% | 1,930 |
| Vanderburgh County | Woodrow Wilson+1,719 | 7,21941.1% | 5,50031.3% | 4,83927.6% | 17,558 |
| Vermillion County | Woodrow Wilson+159 | 1,78036.8% | 1,43829.7% | 1,62133.5% | 4,839 |
| Vigo County | Other+445 | 7,25640.2% | 7,70142.6% | 3,10317.2% | 18,060 |
| Wabash County | Other+684 | 2,37134.9% | 3,05545.0% | 1,36320.1% | 6,789 |
| Warren County | William H. Taft+311 | 87230.5% | 80528.1% | 1,18341.4% | 2,860 |
| Warrick County | Woodrow Wilson+797 | 2,21843.8% | 1,42028.1% | 1,42128.1% | 5,059 |
| Washington County | Woodrow Wilson+989 | 2,23353.3% | 1,24429.7% | 71217.0% | 4,189 |
| Wayne County | Other+2,028 | 3,80633.1% | 5,83450.8% | 1,85116.1% | 11,491 |
| Wells County | Woodrow Wilson+1,240 | 2,76054.2% | 1,52029.9% | 81215.9% | 5,092 |
| White County | Woodrow Wilson+446 | 2,05944.4% | 96720.8% | 1,61334.8% | 4,639 |
| Whitley County | Woodrow Wilson+988 | 2,20649.0% | 1,21827.0% | 1,08224.0% | 4,506 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1912 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.