1912 United States presidential election in Iowa
County Results
Wilson
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Roosevelt
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
Taft
30-40%
40-50%
The 1912 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 5 , 1912 , as part of the 1912 United States presidential election . Voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Iowa was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D –New Jersey ), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall , with 37.64% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P –New York ), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson , with 32.87% of the popular vote and the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R –Ohio ), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler , with 24.33% of the popular vote.[ 1]
Wilson was the first Democrat to win Iowa's electoral votes since Franklin Pierce in 1852 . No Democrat would obtain a majority until Franklin Roosevelt in 1932 .