1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1912

November 5, 1912

Nominee Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt Eugene V. Debs Party Democratic Progressive Socialist Home state New Jersey New York Indiana Running mate Thomas R. Marshall Hiram Johnson Emil Seidel Electoral vote 10 0 0 Popular vote 60,871 9,283 5,261 Percentage 76.81% 11.71% 6.64%

President before election William Howard Taft Republican Elected President Woodrow Wilson Democratic

The 1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 76.81% 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 11.71% 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 13.33% of the popular vote.

Louisiana was one of the states where the sitting president William Howard Taft came in fourth due to the hatred of the Republican Party in the American south.

Results

United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	60,871	76.81%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	9,283	11.71%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	5,261	6.64%
	Republican	William Howard Taft	3,833	4.84%
Total votes			79,248	100%