1912 United States presidential election in Oregon
County Results
Wilson
20-30%
30-40%
40-50%
Roosevelt
20-30%
30-40%
Taft
30-40%
40-50%
The 1912 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 5 , 1912 , as part of the 1912 United States presidential election . State voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Oregon was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D –Virginia ), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall , with 34.34% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P –New York ), running with California Governor Hiram Johnson , with 27.44% of the popular vote, the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R –Ohio ), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler , with 25.30% of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S –Indiana ), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel , with 9.74% of the popular vote.[ 1]
As a result of his win, Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate since Horatio Seymour in 1868 to win Oregon. As of the 2020 presidential election [update]
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