Candidate

Woodrow Wilson

Democratic

Elections

Won

Electoral votes, all elections

712

Years

1912–1916

Record

Woodrow Wilson: result of each presidential election
Year	Electoral votes	Popular vote	Result
1912	435 of 531	6,293,019 41.8%	Won
1916	277 of 531	9,123,159 49.3%	Won

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1912, 1916 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourcesThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1912Democratic · Won

States carried · 40 of 48

Closest states won

Idahoby 1,111 · 1.1 pts
Illinoisby 18,570 · 1.6 pts
Wyomingby 750 · 1.8 pts

Closest states lost

CaliforniaRoosevelt by 174 · 0.03 pts
PennsylvaniaRoosevelt by 51,807 · 4.2 pts
UtahTaft by 5,521 · 4.9 pts

Margins computed for 48 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Wilson.

SourceThe World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

From the National Archives

Republican Party candidate Taft, and Vice Presidential running mate James S. Sherman, received 8 electoral votes each, but Sherman died just before the election. After the election, before the meeting of the electors, Nicholas Butler was selected to receive the electoral votes from Utah and Vermont that would have gone to Sherman.

National Archives, Electoral College results for 1912, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.