President / Vice President, 1912 Election
General
| Date: | November 5, 1912 |
| Cycle: | 1912 |
| Office: | President / Vice President |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Running mate | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Roosevelt | Man | Hiram Johnson (Man) | Progressive | 125,856 | 37.66 | +5.81 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Man | Thomas Marshall (Man) | Democrat | 106,426 | 31.84 | |
| William Taft Incumbent | Man | Nicholas Butler (Man) | Republican | 64,334 | 19.25 | |
| Eugene Debs | Man | Emil Seidel (Man) | Public Ownership | 27,505 | 8.23 | |
| Eugene Chafin | Man | Aaron Watkins (Man) | Prohibition | 7,886 | 2.36 | |
| Arthur Reimer | Man | August Gillhaus (Man) | Socialist Labor | 2,212 | 0.66 |
Roosevelt and Johnson each received Minnesota's 12 Electoral College votes. For the first time in Minnesota history, voters did not back a Republican nominee for president – ending a string of 13 straight cycles. Roosevelt's plurality win marked the lowest support ever recorded for a presidential candidate carrying the Gopher State (37.66 percent).
Sources
- The Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota, 1955 (p. 340).