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November 5, 1912

General Election

President
Eugene W. Chafin Prohibition 3.5% Lose
Eugene V. Debs Socialist 11.8% Lose
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive (Bull Moose) 42.1% Win
William H. Taft Republican 0.6% Lose
Woodrow Wilson Democratic 42.1% Lose
 
CD-01
Joseph Bredsteen Socialist 9% Lose
Edward H. Hart Republican 19.4% Lose
William Kent Progressive (Bull Moose) 37.3% Win
I. G. Zumwalt Democratic 34.4% Lose
 
CD-02
John E. Raker Democratic 62.6% Win
Frank M. Rutherford Republican 27.2% Lose
J. C. Williams Socialist 10.2% Lose
 
CD-03
C. F. Curry Republican 58.8% Win
Gilbert McMillan Ross Democratic 28.8% Lose
William L. Wilson Socialist 12.4% Lose
 
CD-04
Julius Kahn Republican 56.1% Win
Norman W. Pendleton Socialist 11.2% Lose
Bert Schlesinger Democratic 32.7% Lose
 
CD-05
Stephen V. Costello Democratic 34.7% Lose
John I. Nolan Republican 52.3% Win
E. L. Reguin Socialist 13% Lose
 
CD-06
Joseph R. Knowland Republican 53.7% Win
Hiram A Luttrell Democratic 6.3% Lose
J. Stitt Wilson Socialist 40% Lose
 
CD-07
J. S. Cato Socialist 13.3% Lose
Denver S. Church Democratic 44.1% Win
James Carson Needham Republican 42.6% Lose
 
CD-08
E. A. Hayes Republican 51% Win
James B. Holohan Democratic 35.2% Lose
Robert T. Whitaker Socialist 13.9% Lose
 
CD-09
Charles W. Bell Republican 47.2% Win
Ralph L. Criswell Socialist 18.2% Lose
Thomas H. Kirk Democratic 23.9% Lose
George S. Yarnall Prohibition 10.7% Lose
 
CD-10
Emory D. Martindale Prohibition 3.7% Lose
George Ringo Democratic 21.9% Lose
William D. Stephens Republican 53.4% Win
Fred C. Wheeler Socialist 21% Lose
 
CD-11
Samuel C. Evans Republican 36.8% Lose
William Kettner Democratic 42.7% Win
Noble A. Richardson Socialist 12.1% Lose
Helen M. Stoddard Prohibition 8.3% Lose
 
SD-01
H. P. Andrews Democratic 39.9% Lose
William Kehoe Republican 41.2% Win
E. W. Welden Socialist 18.9% Lose
 
SD-03
C. W. Anderson Democratic 36.7% Lose
E. S. Birdsall Republican 52.8% Win
A. M. Clark Socialist 10.6% Lose
 
SD-05
Alonzo Smith Knight Socialist 10.2% Lose
Benjamin F. Rush Republican 50.5% Win
Joseph Walsh Democratic 39.3% Lose
 
SD-07
Philip Charles Cohn Democratic 51.7% Win
O. G. Hopkins Republican 39.3% Lose
Andrew Johnson (II) Socialist 9.1% Lose
 
SD-09
Sumner Crosby Republican 38.1% Lose
R. Leonhart Socialist 13.5% Lose
James Curtis Owens Democratic 48.4% Win
 
SD-11
William Read Flint Republican 53.3% Win
John H. Leonard Democratic 32.5% Lose
Ralph H. Smith Socialist 14.2% Lose
 
SD-12
John Barry Curtin Democratic Win
 
SD-13
Benjamin F. Mason Democratic 21.6% Lose
Edward Keating Strobridge Republican 58.7% Win
C. Alward Tobey Socialist 19.7% Lose
 
SD-14
George J. Hans Republican Win
 
SD-15
Richard B. Bell Democratic 22.8% Lose
Arthur H. Breed Sr. Republican 61% Win
Harold French Socialist 16.2% Lose
 
SD-17
Alonzo E. Bunker Republican 33.5% Lose
Archibald E. Campbell Democratic 57.7% Win
A. M. Rayl Socialist 8.7% Lose
 
SD-19
Edwin E. Grant Democratic 47.9% Win
W. S. Vanderburge Socialist 4.9% Lose
Edward I. "Ed" Wolfe Republican 47.1% Lose
 
SD-21
Frederick Carsten Gerdes Republican 50.7% Win
Emil Liess Socialist 15.7% Lose
Joseph J. McShane Democratic 33.6% Lose
 
SD-23
Rollar Allen Socialist 19.8% Lose
James H. Ferren Democratic 22.2% Lose
Thomas F. Finn Republican 58% Win
 
SD-25
Mina Dominguez Socialist 10.2% Lose
David Wallace Mott Republican 46.7% Win
B. F. Thomas Democratic 43.1% Lose
 
SD-27
Frank Henry Benson Republican 56.3% Win
W. W. Dunham Socialist 10.9% Lose
William Edgar Democratic 32.9% Lose
 
SD-29
Carl K. Broneer Socialist 36.9% Lose
Henry H. Lyon Republican 41.6% Win
Stephen Monteleone Democratic 21.5% Lose
 
SD-31
Edwin M. Butler Republican 48.3% Win
William Francis Ireland Socialist 22.3% Lose
Daniel B. Koenig Prohibition 4.7% Lose
Joseph K. Tuttle Democratic 24.8% Lose
 
SD-33
Prescott F. Cogswell Republican 46.5% Win
Frank D. Firey Democratic 28.8% Lose
Loring A. Pickering Prohibition 15.2% Lose
J. B. Rutherford Socialist 9.5% Lose
 
SD-35
Harry J. L. Atwood Socialist 28.1% Lose
Philip F. Dodson Democratic 29.1% Lose
Newton Warner Thompson Republican 42.8% Win
 
SD-37
William E. Brown Republican 52.6% Win
Herbert T. Muzzy Democratic 29.3% Lose
James R. Townsend Socialist 18.1% Lose
 
SD-39
John Nelson Anderson Republican 50% Win
F. D. Ashleigh Prohibition 9.3% Lose
George Bauer Socialist 10.7% Lose
Louis Paul Hart Democratic 30% Lose
 
AD-01
L. F. Coburn Republican 46.7% Win
Otto L. Haese Socialist 5.6% Lose
William B. Shearer Democratic 47.7% Lose
 
AD-02
W. F. Harris Democratic 2.1% Lose
Gustavus A. Jasper Republican 41.8% Lose
George Keeling Socialist 5% Lose
H. C. Nelson Republican 51.1% Win
 
AD-03
D. N. Cunningham Socialist 8.6% Lose
M. E. Dittmar Democratic 16.4% Lose
Timothy D. Goodman Democratic 21.8% Lose
James H. Tibbits Republican 22.8% Lose
C. William White Republican 30.4% Win
 
AD-04
C. M. Goodhue Socialist 4.2% Lose
H. D. Semans Democratic 19.1% Lose
A. F. Shartel Republican 59.8% Win
J. H. Stewart Republican 16.9% Lose
 
AD-05
M. Campbell Democratic 19.9% Lose
F. A. Hersey Socialist 1.5% Lose
James King Kendrick Republican 23.6% Win
Samuel McCurdy Republican 20.1% Lose
Harry Polsley Democratic 22.6% Lose
P. O. Thomas Democratic 12.3% Lose
 
AD-06
Horace Fremont Miliken Republican 60.3% Win
E. S. Scott Socialist 3.9% Lose
T. J. Weldon Democratic 35.8% Lose
 
AD-07
John H. Guill Jr. Democratic 34.1% Lose
A. C. Masteller Socialist 5.3% Lose
G. O. Miller Republican 60.7% Win
 
AD-08
August Dahler Socialist 1.2% Lose
J. A. Murray Republican 35.8% Win
C. E. Williams Republican 32.3% Lose
Lawrence H. Wilson Democratic 30.7% Lose
 
AD-09
George B. Finnegan Democratic 32.1% Win
John M. Fulweiler Republican 28.2% Lose
Edwin C. Gaylord Republican 31.2% Lose
George Heffner Socialist 4.6% Lose
Albert W. Marx Democratic 3.8% Lose
 
AD-10
John Roche Cronin Republican 36.9% Lose
W. S. Killingsworth Sr. Democratic 21% Lose
Conrad Rump Socialist 3% Lose
Walter S. Thompson Republican 39.1% Win
 
AD-11
L. H. Boggs Democratic 5.4% Lose
James Mason Socialist 3.5% Lose
James M. Palmer Democratic 18.2% Lose
Wallace Rutherford Republican 72.9% Win
 
AD-12
Richard Corbett Socialist 2.3% Lose
L. A. Hall Socialist 2% Lose
James W. Hamilton Republican 45.1% Win
G. W. Libby Democratic 23.1% Lose
Thomas F. Meagher Republican 27.6% Lose
 
AD-13
Lucien E. Fulwider Republican 37.3% Win
Elmer W. Kilgore Republican 29.7% Lose
Herbert W. Slater Democratic 30.7% Lose
Niles F. Spencer Socialist 2.4% Lose
 
AD-14
J. M. Inman Republican 43.5% Win
Grove L. Johnson Republican 35.3% Lose
Howard Nealy Mitchell Socialist 3.8% Lose
D. E. Wiley Democratic 17.4% Lose
 
AD-15
Hugh B. Bradford Democratic 16.7% Lose
Alfred Dalton Jr. Republican 25.8% Lose
J. Fontaine Johnson Republican 48.1% Win
E. B. Owen Republican 8.4% Lose
Herman Schoech Socialist 1% Lose
 
AD-16
Will A. Dower Democratic 41.5% Lose
Ferdinand G. Stevenot Republican 55% Win
D. W. Thorne Socialist 3.5% Lose
 
AD-17
Charles W. Byrnes Republican 43.5% Win
C. C. Edwards Socialist 6.5% Lose
George H. Harlan Republican 37% Lose
T. S. Malone Democratic 12.9% Lose
 
AD-18
John Dahlstrom Socialist 3.7% Lose
Edward M. Hasey Democratic 13.1% Lose
Thomas D. Johnston Republican 54.2% Win
Fred S. Newsom Republican 28.9% Lose
 
AD-19
Elisha R. Laurence Republican 63.5% Win
M. H. Steeley Socialist 1.5% Lose
J. W. Stuckenbruck Democratic 35% Lose
 
AD-20
Richard Augustine Hawley Socialist 3.2% Lose
E. H. McGowen Republican 70% Win
W. C. Wall Democratic 26.8% Lose
 
AD-21
James W. Farrell Democratic 17.3% Lose
Archie McAllister Republican 22.8% Lose
Walter A. McDonald Republican 41.1% Win
William M. McGee Republican 4.2% Lose
William A. Peake Democratic 6.6% Lose
Isaac Sturza Socialist 6% Lose
J. P. Tighe Republican 2% Lose
 
AD-22
John J. Ford Jr. Democratic 44.4% Win
William P. Kennedy Republican 39.5% Lose
Carl F. Loschenkohl Socialist 16.1% Lose
 
AD-23
John Joseph Bogue Democratic 34.7% Lose
Herman E. Doyal Socialist 28.4% Lose
James J. Ryan Republican 36.9% Win
 
AD-24
William M. Collins Republican 53.1% Win
Louis I. Fortin Socialist 19.7% Lose
George M. Wilson Democratic 27.1% Lose
 
AD-25
Michael F. Heaney Socialist 13.1% Lose
George M. Hench Republican 38.9% Win
William C. McCarthy Democratic 48% Lose
 
AD-26
Ray Elric Brouillet Democratic 30.4% Lose
William B. Bush Republican 53.7% Win
Mads Peter Christensen Socialist 15.8% Lose
 
AD-27
Helen Willsey Hall Socialist 7.3% Lose
Edward P. Walsh Democratic 54.2% Win
J. E. White Republican 38.5% Lose
 
AD-28
Walter T. Lyon Democratic 35.4% Lose
Lizzie Robe Socialist 9.5% Lose
William Seward Scott Republican 55% Win
 
AD-29
K. J. Doyle Socialist 17.7% Lose
Ignatius A. Richardson Democratic 42.2% Win
George A. Wentworth Republican 40.1% Lose
 
AD-30
Thomas P. D. Gray Socialist 14.3% Lose
Edward J. D. Nolan Republican 56.4% Win
T. E. Strong Democratic 29.3% Lose
 
AD-31
Adelheid Oswald Socialist 7.3% Lose
Milton L. Schmitt Republican 60.5% Win
George Douglas Wise Democratic 32.2% Lose
 
AD-32
Allen K. Gifford Socialist 8.5% Lose
John Gillson Republican 45.2% Lose
Arthur L. Shannon Democratic 46.2% Win
 
AD-33
Victor J. Canepa Republican 51.7% Win
John Angus Macaulay Democratic 39.5% Lose
Salvatore Schiro Socialist 8.8% Lose
 
AD-34
George Beck Democratic 45.5% Win
A. A. Rogers Republican 41.9% Lose
O. A. Shaw Socialist 12.6% Lose
 
AD-35
E. A. Larkin Socialist 26.2% Lose
Alfred L. Morgenstern Republican 53.7% Win
E. D. Rue Democratic 20.2% Lose
 
AD-36
J. E. Cofer Socialist 22.6% Lose
Henry H. McPike Democratic 33.8% Lose
Frank M. Smith Republican 43.6% Win
 
AD-37
William C. Clark Republican 61.6% Win
P. B. Cowdery Socialist 13.2% Lose
James K. Moffitt Democratic 25.2% Lose
 
AD-38
Daniel Ferguson Republican 48.9% Win
John R. Kelly Democratic 23.2% Lose
H. C. Tuck Socialist 27.9% Lose
 
AD-39
George Fitzgerald Republican 50.5% Win
J. W. McMannis Democratic 13.1% Lose
H. G. Strowenjans Socialist 36.3% Lose
 
AD-40
W. M. Bartlett Socialist 29.4% Lose
C. F. Fraser Democratic 23.8% Lose
George Gelder Republican 46.8% Win
 
AD-41
Elvina S. Beals Socialist 4.7% Lose
William A. Powell Democratic 9.8% Lose
C. C. Young Republican 85.6% Win
 
AD-42
Henry Ward Brown Republican 54.2% Win
E. J. Crane Democratic 31.4% Lose
Hy. Meyer Socialist 14.4% Lose
 
AD-43
D. D. Bowman Republican 41.5% Win
John B. Maher Democratic 40% Lose
Cora Pattleton Wilson Socialist 18.5% Lose
 
AD-44
Lewis Dan Bohnett Republican 53.2% Win
William M. Hines Democratic 36.3% Lose
Paul Lambert Socialist 10.5% Lose
 
AD-45
Jennie Arnott Socialist 11.4% Lose
Daniel R. Hayes Republican 47.3% Win
Elijah Miller Democratic 41.3% Lose
 
AD-46
S. C. Gibson Prohibition 20.6% Lose
W. B. Harvey Socialist 9% Lose
Walter H. Killam Republican 27.3% Lose
David W. Tulloch Democratic 43.1% Win
 
AD-47
George A. Clarke Republican 49.6% Win
Mary M. McNeill Socialist 12.3% Lose
J. A. Van Harlingen Democratic 38.1% Lose
 
AD-48
John K. Alexander Democratic 53.7% Win
S. G. Button Socialist 10.7% Lose
William Sandholdt Jr. Republican 35.6% Lose
 
AD-49
O. H. Cole Socialist 12.5% Lose
J. J. Griffin Democratic 49.8% Win
George Marchbank Republican 37.8% Lose
 
AD-50
W. F. Chandler Republican 57.4% Win
Christian Christensen Socialist 7.3% Lose
W. H. Kerr Democratic 35.4% Lose
 
AD-51
Walter Clifton Socialist 3.4% Lose
Henry Hawson Democratic 43.5% Lose
W. A. Sutherland Republican 53.1% Win
 
AD-52
L. B. Cary Republican 54.9% Win
George Hodge Socialist 0.3% Lose
F. E. Jones Democratic 44.8% Lose
 
AD-53
J. M. Emmert Socialist 15.3% Lose
A. B. Green Republican 54.8% Win
Mary Ella Ridle Democratic 29.9% Lose
 
AD-54
J. W. Guiberson Democratic 45.9% Win
R. A. Moore Republican 45.2% Lose
C. J. Snyder Socialist 9% Lose
 
AD-55
Aubrey M. Lumley Democratic 42.2% Lose
Peter Schulp Socialist 14.2% Lose
George Washington Wyllie Republican 43.6% Win
 
AD-56
Fred J. Crease Republican 35.4% Lose
I. T. Sharp Socialist 11.2% Lose
William E. Simpson Democratic 53.3% Win
 
AD-57
Luther William Gurr Socialist 16.4% Lose
J. M. Hartley Prohibition 10% Lose
George H. Johnson Republican 41.6% Win
J. L. McMinn Democratic 32.1% Lose
 
AD-58
James E. Cram Republican 47% Win
Evan G. Evans Democratic 31.7% Lose
S. T. Martin Prohibition 9.1% Lose
Edward J. Roher Socialist 12.2% Lose
 
AD-59
Henry C. Bagby Democratic 47.2% Win
J. H. Hoback Socialist 7.7% Lose
C. L. Preisker Republican 45% Lose
 
AD-60
Thomas G. Gabbert Republican 49.6% Win
J. M. Mathews Socialist 9.4% Lose
W. E. Shepherd Democratic 41% Lose
 
AD-61
Daniel S. Hammack Democratic 21.2% Lose
Enoch A. Holtwick Prohibition 6.2% Lose
P. D. Noel Socialist 14.8% Lose
Charles H. Randall (I) Independent 24.9% Lose
W. A. Roberts Republican 32.9% Win
 
AD-62
Freman H. Bloodgood Republican 53.7% Win
Herman H. Holtkamp Socialist 13.8% Lose
Force Parker Democratic 27% Lose
Etta B. Taft Prohibition 5.5% Lose
 
AD-63
Henry Stanley Benedict Republican 57.8% Win
Sallie E. Bowman Socialist 10.9% Lose
Wiley J. Phillips Prohibition 5.2% Lose
John W. Satterwhite Democratic 26% Lose
 
AD-64
Troy Edward Burns Democratic 29.7% Lose
L. Gilbert Wilhite Socialist 18% Lose
Frank E. Woodley Republican 52.4% Win
 
AD-65
J. Scott Allen Democratic 28.2% Lose
J. Henry Baetz Republican 31.2% Lose
Charles W. Kingsley Socialist 40.5% Win
 
AD-66
Thomas L. Ambrose Republican 40.5% Win
William J. Coady Socialist 34.3% Lose
Benjamin F. Groves Democratic 25.2% Lose
 
AD-67
Howard J. Fish Republican 49.1% Win
Clark McLain Democratic 17% Lose
Samuel C. Ramage Socialist 10.9% Lose
Gabrella T. Stickney Prohibition 23% Lose
 
AD-68
Bernard Hartley Democratic 20.1% Lose
E. B. Johnson Socialist 8.4% Lose
William A. Johnstone Republican 48.2% Win
Henry L. Kuhns Prohibition 23.3% Lose
 
AD-69
B. R. Brainard Socialist 17.9% Lose
Egbert J. Gates Republican 43.3% Win
Alice P. Woertendyke Prohibition 17.5% Lose
Fred A. Young Democratic 21.2% Lose
 
AD-70
Charles H. Dodd Socialist 10.5% Lose
Jesse W. Robinson Prohibition 14.3% Lose
Charles L. Soyster Democratic 31.7% Lose
John H. Strine Republican 43.6% Win
 
AD-71
Ed O. Bailey Democratic 21.5% Lose
Elijah A. Emmons Republican 36.9% Win
Alexander Kane Socialist 36.1% Lose
Lucy D. Wilhoite Prohibition 5.4% Lose
 
AD-72
T. B. Crane Democratic 28.4% Lose
Newton Hogan Prohibition 7.8% Lose
Arthur G. Kuck Republican 51% Win
A. M. Salyer Socialist 12.8% Lose
 
AD-73
George W. Downing Socialist 34.4% Lose
Howard A. Peairs Republican 37.5% Win
S. M. Smyser Democratic 21.3% Lose
Horace J. Winslow Prohibition 6.7% Lose
 
AD-74
L. C. Haller Socialist Labor 12.3% Lose
Frank H. Mouser Republican 46.9% Win
Claud E. Sheckels Socialist 40.9% Lose
 
AD-75
Lyman Farwell Republican 56.5% Win
Albert J. Peterson Socialist 12.1% Lose
Emmet H. Wilson Democratic 31.5% Lose
 
AD-76
I. D. Mills Democratic 35.2% Lose
W. T. Mitchell Prohibition 10% Lose
J. H. Stewart Socialist 9% Lose
Hans V. Weisel Republican 45.8% Win
 
AD-77
William H. Ellis Republican 51.8% Win
Robert M. Irving Democratic 25.8% Lose
Joseph Jarvis Prohibition 10.2% Lose
S. S. Samuels Socialist 12.1% Lose
 
AD-78
James W. Glassford Democratic 40.4% Lose
J. W. Kramer Prohibition 7% Lose
H. W. Moorhouse Republican 52.5% Win
 
AD-79
Kasper Bauer Socialist 16.2% Lose
Edward Cunningham Hinkle Republican 53.3% Win
Edward T. Lannon Democratic 25.7% Lose
Irving H. Skinner Prohibition 4.8% Lose
 
AD-80
Fred E. Judson Republican 59.9% Win
E. E. Lowe Prohibition 18.7% Lose
George C. Tyler Socialist 21.3% Lose
 

Special Election

Special Election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of State Senator Charles W. Bell (SD-36) in anticipation of his election to Congress.

SD-36
William J. Carr Independent 75% Win
Patrick H. Quinn Independent 25% Lose