Missouri — 1912 presidential election
Akashicstate1912 presidential electionMissouri · PresidentWilsonD+17.6
How it voted
Share of the 1912 vote
| Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic | 47.3% | 330,746 |
|---|---|---|
| William H. TaftRepublican | 29.7% | 207,821 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 22.9% | 159,999 |
1912presidential margin
D+60R+60
115 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.
Missouri cast 18 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (115 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County, MO | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Andrew County, MO | Democratic | D+3.0 |
| Atchison County, MO | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Audrain County, MO | Democratic | D+38.3 |
| Barry County, MO | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| Barton County, MO | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Bates County, MO | Democratic | D+27.8 |
| Benton County, MO | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Bollinger County, MO | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Boone County, MO | Democratic | D+51.4 |
| Buchanan County, MO | Democratic | D+26.7 |
| Butler County, MO | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Caldwell County, MO | Democratic | D+8.1 |
| Callaway County, MO | Democratic | D+37.4 |
| Camden County, MO | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Cape Girardeau County, MO | Democratic | D+6.6 |
| Carroll County, MO | Democratic | D+20.0 |
| Carter County, MO | Democratic | D+21.8 |
| Cass County, MO | Democratic | D+39.3 |
| Cedar County, MO | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Chariton County, MO | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| Christian County, MO | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Clark County, MO | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Clay County, MO | Democratic | D+59.5 |
| Clinton County, MO | Democratic | D+34.1 |
| Cole County, MO | Democratic | D+7.1 |
| Cooper County, MO | Democratic | D+3.4 |
| Crawford County, MO | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Dade County, MO | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Dallas County, MO | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Daviess County, MO | Democratic | D+25.6 |
| DeKalb County, MO | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Dent County, MO | Democratic | D+12.9 |
| Douglas County, MO | Other / independent | R+10.3 |
| Dunklin County, MO | Democratic | D+33.1 |
| Franklin County, MO | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Gasconade County, MO | Republican | R+39.1 |
| Gentry County, MO | Democratic | D+23.9 |
| Greene County, MO | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Grundy County, MO | Other / independent | D+6.6 |
| Harrison County, MO | Republican | R+1.9 |
| Henry County, MO | Democratic | D+35.4 |
| Hickory County, MO | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Holt County, MO | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Howard County, MO | Democratic | D+46.8 |
| Howell County, MO | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Iron County, MO | Democratic | D+10.8 |
| Jackson County, MO | Democratic | D+42.1 |
| Jasper County, MO | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Jefferson County, MO | Democratic | D+4.6 |
| Johnson County, MO | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Knox County, MO | Democratic | D+18.3 |
| Laclede County, MO | Democratic | D+4.2 |
| Lafayette County, MO | Democratic | D+17.2 |
| Lawrence County, MO | Democratic | D+19.1 |
| Lewis County, MO | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Lincoln County, MO | Democratic | D+28.2 |
| Linn County, MO | Democratic | D+24.0 |
| Livingston County, MO | Democratic | D+29.7 |
| Macon County, MO | Democratic | D+33.2 |
| Madison County, MO | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Maries County, MO | Democratic | D+37.5 |
| Marion County, MO | Democratic | D+30.1 |
| McDonald County, MO | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Mercer County, MO | Other / independent | R+7.5 |
| Miller County, MO | Democratic | D+0.5 |
| Mississippi County, MO | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Moniteau County, MO | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Monroe County, MO | Democratic | D+67.2 |
| Montgomery County, MO | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Morgan County, MO | Republican | R+2.8 |
| New Madrid County, MO | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Newton County, MO | Democratic | D+17.6 |
| Nodaway County, MO | Democratic | D+19.2 |
| Oregon County, MO | Democratic | D+44.8 |
| Osage County, MO | Democratic | D+14.1 |
| Ozark County, MO | Other / independent | R+5.6 |
| Pemiscot County, MO | Democratic | D+20.4 |
| Perry County, MO | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Pettis County, MO | Democratic | D+16.8 |
| Phelps County, MO | Democratic | D+27.8 |
| Pike County, MO | Democratic | D+16.9 |
| Platte County, MO | Democratic | D+58.8 |
| Polk County, MO | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Pulaski County, MO | Democratic | D+28.5 |
| Putnam County, MO | Republican | R+27.7 |
| Ralls County, MO | Democratic | D+44.3 |
| Randolph County, MO | Democratic | D+49.8 |
| Ray County, MO | Democratic | D+37.5 |
| Reynolds County, MO | Democratic | D+40.1 |
| Ripley County, MO | Democratic | D+24.5 |
| Saline County, MO | Democratic | D+36.1 |
| Schuyler County, MO | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Scotland County, MO | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Scott County, MO | Democratic | D+17.0 |
| Shannon County, MO | Democratic | D+34.6 |
| Shelby County, MO | Democratic | D+42.5 |
| St. Charles County, MO | Republican | R+11.6 |
| St. Clair County, MO | Democratic | D+17.9 |
| St. Francois County, MO | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| St. Louis city, MO | Democratic | D+8.8 |
| St. Louis County, MO | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Ste. Genevieve County, MO | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Stoddard County, MO | Democratic | D+23.6 |
| Stone County, MO | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Sullivan County, MO | Democratic | D+8.7 |
| Taney County, MO | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Texas County, MO | Democratic | D+20.7 |
| Vernon County, MO | Democratic | D+29.4 |
| Warren County, MO | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Washington County, MO | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Wayne County, MO | Democratic | D+12.8 |
| Webster County, MO | Democratic | D+6.7 |
| Worth County, MO | Democratic | D+10.4 |
| Wright County, MO | Democratic | D+5.5 |
Missouri results by county
115 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County | Woodrow Wilson+102 | 1,78436.5% | 1,42729.2% | 1,68234.4% | 4,893 |
| Andrew County | Woodrow Wilson+116 | 1,75045.0% | 1,63442.0% | 50513.0% | 3,889 |
| Atchison County | Woodrow Wilson+396 | 1,53446.5% | 1,13834.5% | 62519.0% | 3,297 |
| Audrain County | Woodrow Wilson+1,972 | 3,33264.8% | 1,36026.4% | 4518.8% | 5,143 |
| Barry County | Woodrow Wilson+904 | 2,30045.7% | 1,39627.7% | 1,34226.6% | 5,038 |
| Barton County | Woodrow Wilson+781 | 1,79147.1% | 1,01026.6% | 1,00026.3% | 3,801 |
| Bates County | Woodrow Wilson+1,470 | 3,05750.7% | 1,38322.9% | 1,58726.3% | 6,027 |
| Benton County | Woodrow Wilson+67 | 1,20939.6% | 1,14237.4% | 70423.0% | 3,055 |
| Bollinger County | Woodrow Wilson+412 | 1,51248.9% | 1,10035.6% | 47815.5% | 3,090 |
| Boone County | Woodrow Wilson+3,677 | 5,02770.2% | 1,35018.9% | 78110.9% | 7,158 |
| Buchanan County | Woodrow Wilson+4,457 | 8,86953.2% | 4,41226.5% | 3,39520.4% | 16,676 |
| Butler County | Woodrow Wilson+95 | 1,94641.7% | 1,85139.7% | 86818.6% | 4,665 |
| Caldwell County | Woodrow Wilson+296 | 1,48340.4% | 1,18732.3% | 1,00427.3% | 3,674 |
| Callaway County | Woodrow Wilson+2,019 | 3,54465.6% | 1,52528.2% | 3336.2% | 5,402 |
| Camden County | William H. Taft+251 | 66735.7% | 91849.1% | 28415.2% | 1,869 |
| Cape Girardeau County | Woodrow Wilson+384 | 2,58744.2% | 2,20337.6% | 1,06418.2% | 5,854 |
| Carroll County | Woodrow Wilson+1,129 | 2,64846.8% | 1,51926.8% | 1,49126.4% | 5,658 |
| Carter County | Woodrow Wilson+202 | 45849.5% | 25627.6% | 21222.9% | 926 |
| Cass County | Woodrow Wilson+1,901 | 3,24757.7% | 1,03418.4% | 1,34623.9% | 5,627 |
| Cedar County | Woodrow Wilson+150 | 1,39240.4% | 1,24236.1% | 81023.5% | 3,444 |
| Chariton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,584 | 3,11256.9% | 1,52827.9% | 82915.2% | 5,469 |
| Christian County | William H. Taft+157 | 79326.1% | 1,20339.5% | 1,04634.4% | 3,042 |
| Clark County | Woodrow Wilson+372 | 1,58647.7% | 1,21436.5% | 52315.7% | 3,323 |
| Clay County | Woodrow Wilson+2,680 | 3,41772.0% | 59212.5% | 73715.5% | 4,746 |
| Clinton County | Woodrow Wilson+1,191 | 1,96856.4% | 77722.3% | 74321.3% | 3,488 |
| Cole County | Woodrow Wilson+344 | 2,44750.3% | 2,10343.2% | 3166.5% | 4,866 |
| Cooper County | Woodrow Wilson+174 | 2,44448.3% | 2,27044.8% | 3486.9% | 5,062 |
| Crawford County | William H. Taft+8 | 1,03741.7% | 1,04542.0% | 40416.3% | 2,486 |
| Dade County | Woodrow Wilson+117 | 1,31338.8% | 1,19635.4% | 87425.8% | 3,383 |
| Dallas County | William H. Taft+181 | 87035.6% | 1,05143.0% | 52221.4% | 2,443 |
| Daviess County | Woodrow Wilson+1,033 | 2,28449.3% | 1,09923.7% | 1,25127.0% | 4,634 |
| DeKalb County | Woodrow Wilson+562 | 1,65250.2% | 1,09033.1% | 55016.7% | 3,292 |
| Dent County | Woodrow Wilson+321 | 1,28051.4% | 95938.5% | 25210.1% | 2,491 |
| Douglas County | Other+522 | 56620.2% | 85530.6% | 1,37749.2% | 2,798 |
| Dunklin County | Woodrow Wilson+1,185 | 2,72351.9% | 98718.8% | 1,53829.3% | 5,248 |
| Franklin County | William H. Taft+185 | 2,23940.0% | 2,42443.3% | 93216.7% | 5,595 |
| Gasconade County | William H. Taft+985 | 51819.8% | 1,53958.9% | 55421.2% | 2,611 |
| Gentry County | Woodrow Wilson+1,000 | 2,26854.2% | 1,26830.3% | 64515.4% | 4,181 |
| Greene County | Woodrow Wilson+739 | 5,08940.5% | 4,35034.6% | 3,12124.8% | 12,560 |
| Grundy County | Other+246 | 1,31033.4% | 1,05126.8% | 1,55639.7% | 3,917 |
| Harrison County | William H. Taft+96 | 1,98538.6% | 2,08140.5% | 1,07420.9% | 5,140 |
| Henry County | Woodrow Wilson+1,639 | 3,39653.8% | 1,16218.4% | 1,75727.8% | 6,315 |
| Hickory County | William H. Taft+287 | 42126.2% | 73545.8% | 44827.9% | 1,604 |
| Holt County | William H. Taft+3 | 1,51941.1% | 1,52241.2% | 65117.6% | 3,692 |
| Howard County | Woodrow Wilson+1,776 | 2,67270.5% | 89623.6% | 2235.9% | 3,791 |
| Howell County | Woodrow Wilson+100 | 1,56536.4% | 1,46534.1% | 1,26429.4% | 4,294 |
| Iron County | Woodrow Wilson+179 | 84551.0% | 66640.2% | 1458.8% | 1,656 |
| Jackson County | Woodrow Wilson+6,842 | 32,20951.0% | 5,6188.9% | 25,36740.1% | 63,194 |
| Jasper County | Woodrow Wilson+1,445 | 6,78940.6% | 4,57127.4% | 5,34432.0% | 16,704 |
| Jefferson County | Woodrow Wilson+241 | 2,36845.5% | 2,12740.8% | 71313.7% | 5,208 |
| Johnson County | Woodrow Wilson+1,696 | 3,46852.9% | 1,77227.0% | 1,31920.1% | 6,559 |
| Knox County | Woodrow Wilson+574 | 1,66653.0% | 1,09234.7% | 38612.3% | 3,144 |
| Laclede County | Woodrow Wilson+156 | 1,63444.0% | 1,47839.8% | 59916.1% | 3,711 |
| Lafayette County | Woodrow Wilson+1,283 | 3,65048.9% | 2,36731.7% | 1,44219.3% | 7,459 |
| Lawrence County | Woodrow Wilson+464 | 2,38442.5% | 1,31223.4% | 1,92034.2% | 5,616 |
| Lewis County | Woodrow Wilson+1,336 | 2,34062.3% | 1,00426.7% | 41411.0% | 3,758 |
| Lincoln County | Woodrow Wilson+1,068 | 2,32661.3% | 1,25833.2% | 2095.5% | 3,793 |
| Linn County | Woodrow Wilson+1,228 | 2,89048.1% | 1,45224.2% | 1,66227.7% | 6,004 |
| Livingston County | Woodrow Wilson+696 | 2,31448.0% | 88518.4% | 1,61833.6% | 4,817 |
| Macon County | Woodrow Wilson+1,523 | 3,61051.7% | 1,28818.4% | 2,08729.9% | 6,985 |
| Madison County | Woodrow Wilson+299 | 1,12651.2% | 82737.6% | 24711.2% | 2,200 |
| Maries County | Woodrow Wilson+648 | 1,09663.4% | 44825.9% | 18510.7% | 1,729 |
| Marion County | Woodrow Wilson+1,778 | 3,47158.7% | 1,69328.7% | 74512.6% | 5,909 |
| McDonald County | Woodrow Wilson+410 | 1,32646.1% | 91631.8% | 63722.1% | 2,879 |
| Mercer County | Other+83 | 78027.3% | 99534.9% | 1,07837.8% | 2,853 |
| Miller County | Woodrow Wilson+17 | 1,25739.5% | 1,24039.0% | 68421.5% | 3,181 |
| Mississippi County | Woodrow Wilson+338 | 1,38852.2% | 1,05039.5% | 2218.3% | 2,659 |
| Moniteau County | Woodrow Wilson+237 | 1,61248.8% | 1,37541.6% | 3199.6% | 3,306 |
| Monroe County | Woodrow Wilson+3,003 | 3,58680.2% | 58313.0% | 3016.7% | 4,470 |
| Montgomery County | Woodrow Wilson+186 | 1,88348.5% | 1,69743.7% | 2997.7% | 3,879 |
| Morgan County | William H. Taft+76 | 1,16342.7% | 1,23945.5% | 32311.9% | 2,725 |
| New Madrid County | Woodrow Wilson+338 | 1,94543.0% | 1,60735.6% | 96721.4% | 4,519 |
| Newton County | Woodrow Wilson+913 | 2,42144.8% | 1,47027.2% | 1,50827.9% | 5,399 |
| Nodaway County | Woodrow Wilson+1,351 | 3,49049.5% | 2,13930.3% | 1,42320.2% | 7,052 |
| Oregon County | Woodrow Wilson+1,180 | 1,68862.9% | 48618.1% | 50818.9% | 2,682 |
| Osage County | Woodrow Wilson+413 | 1,39447.7% | 98133.6% | 54818.7% | 2,923 |
| Ozark County | Other+161 | 57527.0% | 69532.7% | 85640.3% | 2,126 |
| Pemiscot County | Woodrow Wilson+644 | 1,61751.1% | 97330.8% | 57418.1% | 3,164 |
| Perry County | William H. Taft+171 | 1,56445.9% | 1,73550.9% | 1123.3% | 3,411 |
| Pettis County | Woodrow Wilson+1,348 | 3,77147.1% | 2,42330.3% | 1,80922.6% | 8,003 |
| Phelps County | Woodrow Wilson+783 | 1,56555.6% | 78227.8% | 46916.7% | 2,816 |
| Pike County | Woodrow Wilson+819 | 2,72056.0% | 1,90139.1% | 2354.8% | 4,856 |
| Platte County | Woodrow Wilson+2,025 | 2,53573.6% | 51014.8% | 40011.6% | 3,445 |
| Polk County | Woodrow Wilson+133 | 1,93541.9% | 1,80239.0% | 87919.0% | 4,616 |
| Pulaski County | Woodrow Wilson+637 | 1,26856.7% | 63128.2% | 33915.1% | 2,238 |
| Putnam County | William H. Taft+926 | 93328.0% | 1,85955.7% | 54516.3% | 3,337 |
| Ralls County | Woodrow Wilson+1,143 | 1,73467.1% | 59122.9% | 25810.0% | 2,583 |
| Randolph County | Woodrow Wilson+3,060 | 4,18668.2% | 1,12618.3% | 82813.5% | 6,140 |
| Ray County | Woodrow Wilson+1,850 | 3,04261.7% | 1,19224.2% | 69614.1% | 4,930 |
| Reynolds County | Woodrow Wilson+663 | 1,03062.3% | 36722.2% | 25715.5% | 1,654 |
| Ripley County | Woodrow Wilson+598 | 1,24951.2% | 65126.7% | 54122.2% | 2,441 |
| Saline County | Woodrow Wilson+2,409 | 3,92957.0% | 1,44320.9% | 1,52022.1% | 6,892 |
| Schuyler County | Woodrow Wilson+452 | 1,21854.4% | 76634.2% | 25711.5% | 2,241 |
| Scotland County | Woodrow Wilson+665 | 1,52553.3% | 86030.1% | 47416.6% | 2,859 |
| Scott County | Woodrow Wilson+710 | 1,94546.5% | 1,23529.5% | 1,00724.1% | 4,187 |
| Shannon County | Woodrow Wilson+510 | 1,11053.0% | 38518.4% | 60028.6% | 2,095 |
| Shelby County | Woodrow Wilson+1,591 | 2,45065.5% | 85923.0% | 43111.5% | 3,740 |
| St. Charles County | William H. Taft+558 | 1,79237.4% | 2,35049.0% | 65413.6% | 4,796 |
| St. Clair County | Woodrow Wilson+664 | 1,71046.0% | 1,04628.1% | 96125.9% | 3,717 |
| St. Francois County | Woodrow Wilson+481 | 2,78644.8% | 2,30537.0% | 1,13418.2% | 6,225 |
| St. Louis city | Woodrow Wilson+12,336 | 58,84541.9% | 46,50933.1% | 34,97324.9% | 140,327 |
| St. Louis County | William H. Taft+768 | 5,40934.8% | 6,17739.8% | 3,94025.4% | 15,526 |
| Ste. Genevieve County | Woodrow Wilson+38 | 1,13849.2% | 1,10047.6% | 743.2% | 2,312 |
| Stoddard County | Woodrow Wilson+1,240 | 2,60349.5% | 1,36325.9% | 1,28824.5% | 5,254 |
| Stone County | William H. Taft+117 | 50622.2% | 94641.5% | 82936.3% | 2,281 |
| Sullivan County | Woodrow Wilson+407 | 2,22647.4% | 1,81938.7% | 65614.0% | 4,701 |
| Taney County | William H. Taft+264 | 58833.0% | 85247.8% | 34319.2% | 1,783 |
| Texas County | Woodrow Wilson+835 | 2,06751.3% | 1,23230.6% | 73018.1% | 4,029 |
| Vernon County | Woodrow Wilson+1,829 | 3,48355.9% | 1,65426.6% | 1,08917.5% | 6,226 |
| Warren County | William H. Taft+521 | 43121.1% | 1,06752.2% | 54626.7% | 2,044 |
| Washington County | Woodrow Wilson+62 | 1,12143.7% | 1,05941.3% | 38615.0% | 2,566 |
| Wayne County | Woodrow Wilson+380 | 1,43248.3% | 1,05235.5% | 48316.3% | 2,967 |
| Webster County | Woodrow Wilson+262 | 1,64942.1% | 1,38735.4% | 87922.5% | 3,915 |
| Worth County | Woodrow Wilson+204 | 97349.5% | 76939.1% | 22411.4% | 1,966 |
| Wright County | Woodrow Wilson+193 | 1,35638.4% | 1,16333.0% | 1,00828.6% | 3,527 |
Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
Missouri's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +7.5% |
| 1896 | +8.7% |
| 1900 | +5.5% |
| 1904 | −3.9% |
| 1908 | −0.1% |
| 1912 | +17.6% |
| 1916 | +3.6% |
| 1920 | −11.5% |
| 1924 | −5.6% |
| 1928 | −11.4% |
| 1932 | +28.6% |
| 1936 | +22.6% |
| 1940 | +4.8% |
| 1944 | +2.9% |
| 1948 | +16.6% |
| 1952 | −1.6% |
| 1956 | +0.2% |
| 1960 | +0.5% |
| 1964 | +28.1% |
| 1968 | −1.1% |
| 1972 | −24.7% |
| 1976 | +3.6% |
| 1980 | −6.8% |
| 1984 | −20.0% |
| 1988 | −4.0% |
| 1992 | +10.1% |
| 1996 | +6.3% |
| 2000 | −3.3% |
| 2004 | −7.2% |
| 2008 | −0.1% |
| 2012 | −9.4% |
| 2016 | −18.5% |
| 2020 | −15.3% |
| 2024 | −18.4% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1912 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.