Election in Washington
The 1912 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5 , 1912 , as part of the 1912 United States presidential election . Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Washington was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P –New York ), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson , with 35.22% of the popular vote against the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D –New Jersey ), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall , with 26.90% 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 21.82% 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 12.43% of the popular vote.[1]
As a result of his win as a Progressive, Roosevelt became the first and only third party candidate to win the State of Washington. It is the only time ever that neighboring Oregon voted Democratic and Washington did not.