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Election 1912 Results

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1912 Indiana governor election

Samuel M. Ralston (Democrat) beat Albert J. Beveridge (independent) in Indiana in 1912, 42.9% to 26.0%, a margin of 17.0 points and 108,703 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1908, when Thomas R. Marshall won.

Democrats led in 74 of the 92 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 17 and Republicans in 1. The largest, Marion, cast 66,835 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.5 points. The closest was Porter, where 10 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Samuel M. Ralston won	Democratic	275,357	42.9%
Albert J. Beveridge	Progressive	166,654	26.0%
Winfield T. Durbin	Republican	141,684	22.1%
All other candidates		57,426	9.0%
Total		641,121

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Marion	28,959 43.3%	10,609 15.9%	27,267	66,835	D+27.5
Allen	8,891 47.2%	3,234 17.2%	6,725	18,850	D+30.0
Vigo	6,923 39.1%	2,993 16.9%	7,807	17,723	Others
Vanderburgh	7,167 40.5%	4,771 27.0%	5,747	17,685	D+13.5
Lake	4,853 29.8%	4,644 28.5%	6,799	16,296	Others
St. Joseph	5,298 34.5%	3,094 20.1%	6,974	15,366	Others
Madison	6,376 41.6%	1,697 11.1%	7,267	15,340	Others
Grant	4,344 33.9%	3,720 29.1%	4,735	12,799	Others
Delaware	4,311 35.6%	1,780 14.7%	6,019	12,110	Others
Elkhart	4,185 36.9%	1,160 10.2%	5,982	11,327	Others
Wayne	3,797 33.9%	1,606 14.3%	5,807	11,210	Others
La Porte	4,754 45.1%	2,629 24.9%	3,167	10,550	D+20.1
Tippecanoe	4,276 41.1%	2,851 27.4%	3,288	10,415	D+13.7
Knox	4,311 45.3%	2,692 28.3%	2,509	9,512	D+17.0
Cass	4,296 46.2%	1,465 15.7%	3,545	9,306	D+30.4
Howard	2,816 32.6%	1,967 22.8%	3,843	8,626	Others
Greene	3,271 39.3%	2,058 24.7%	3,001	8,330	D+14.6
Montgomery	3,806 46.4%	2,497 30.4%	1,898	8,201	D+16.0
Henry	2,682 35.2%	2,336 30.7%	2,600	7,618	D+4.5
Miami	3,285 44.5%	1,350 18.3%	2,755	7,390	D+26.2
Sullivan	3,598 48.8%	1,360 18.4%	2,418	7,376	D+30.3
Huntington	3,071 41.7%	2,070 28.1%	2,226	7,367	D+13.6
Gibson	3,131 43.8%	2,199 30.7%	1,826	7,156	D+13.0
Kosciusko	2,766 38.9%	1,765 24.8%	2,577	7,108	D+14.1
Randolph	2,096 29.6%	1,864 26.3%	3,116	7,076	Others
Shelby	3,366 47.6%	1,171 16.6%	2,535	7,072	D+31.0
Clinton	3,197 45.4%	2,109 29.9%	1,739	7,045	D+15.4
Clay	3,165 45.1%	1,413 20.2%	2,432	7,010	D+25.0
Hamilton	2,426 35.2%	2,126 30.9%	2,337	6,889	D+4.4
Lawrence	2,533 37.7%	1,563 23.3%	2,624	6,720	Others
Floyd	3,092 46.2%	623 9.3%	2,972	6,687	D+36.9
Clark	3,256 48.9%	760 11.4%	2,647	6,663	D+37.5
Wabash	2,371 35.7%	1,296 19.5%	2,966	6,633	Others
Boone	3,278 49.4%	1,098 16.6%	2,256	6,632	D+32.9
Bartholomew	3,123 48.3%	1,223 18.9%	2,116	6,462	D+29.4
Daviess	2,712 43.7%	1,947 31.3%	1,554	6,213	D+12.3
Noble	2,839 46.0%	1,393 22.6%	1,938	6,170	D+23.4
Jay	2,731 44.3%	1,199 19.4%	2,239	6,169	D+24.8
De Kalb	2,696 44.5%	1,112 18.4%	2,244	6,052	D+26.2
Marshall	2,773 48.2%	1,144 19.9%	1,831	5,748	D+28.3
Morgan	2,569 46.6%	1,315 23.8%	1,633	5,517	D+22.7
Rush	2,279 41.3%	1,859 33.7%	1,376	5,514	D+7.6
Johnson	2,841 51.8%	886 16.2%	1,753	5,480	D+35.7
Putnam	2,829 52.1%	1,288 23.7%	1,316	5,433	D+28.4
Hendricks	2,334 43.2%	1,357 25.1%	1,709	5,400	D+18.1
Monroe	2,301 43.0%	1,259 23.5%	1,788	5,348	D+19.5
Jackson	3,062 57.8%	856 16.2%	1,377	5,295	D+41.7
Fountain	2,418 46.2%	1,451 27.7%	1,365	5,234	D+18.5
Dearborn	2,866 55.9%	1,302 25.4%	962	5,130	D+30.5
Decatur	2,205 43.3%	1,197 23.5%	1,687	5,089	D+19.8
Warrick	2,198 43.2%	246 4.8%	2,640	5,084	Others
Parke	1,964 38.9%	1,798 35.7%	1,281	5,043	D+3.3
Spencer	2,387 47.5%	1,244 24.8%	1,394	5,025	D+22.7
Ripley	2,396 47.9%	1,460 29.2%	1,142	4,998	D+18.7
Jefferson	2,269 45.4%	1,511 30.3%	1,214	4,994	D+15.2
Wells	2,647 54.0%	745 15.2%	1,513	4,905	D+38.8
Hancock	2,516 51.7%	692 14.2%	1,663	4,871	D+37.4
Carroll	2,238 46.3%	1,416 29.3%	1,175	4,829	D+17.0
Posey	2,603 54.0%	1,166 24.2%	1,047	4,816	D+29.8
Adams	2,848 61.1%	909 19.5%	903	4,660	D+41.6
Tipton	2,144 46.4%	1,217 26.3%	1,262	4,623	D+20.1
Vermillion	1,688 36.6%	1,540 33.4%	1,388	4,616	D+3.2
White	1,987 43.8%	1,581 34.8%	971	4,539	D+8.9
Fulton	2,019 45.5%	1,398 31.5%	1,022	4,439	D+14.0
Whitley	2,169 49.1%	1,042 23.6%	1,205	4,416	D+25.5
Dubois	2,972 68.0%	656 15.0%	745	4,373	D+53.0
Harrison	2,067 47.5%	861 19.8%	1,425	4,353	D+27.7
Pike	1,939 45.4%	1,492 35.0%	837	4,268	D+10.5
Orange	1,810 42.7%	1,480 34.9%	949	4,239	D+7.8
Porter	1,304 31.8%	1,396 34.0%	1,406	4,106	Others
Washington	2,161 53.1%	670 16.5%	1,241	4,072	D+36.6
Fayette	1,455 36.8%	934 23.6%	1,569	3,958	Others
Steuben	1,231 31.5%	1,276 32.7%	1,397	3,904	Others
Franklin	2,234 57.9%	866 22.5%	757	3,857	D+35.5
Blackford	1,626 45.7%	369 10.4%	1,564	3,559	D+35.3
Perry	1,870 52.6%	491 13.8%	1,193	3,554	D+38.8
Jennings	1,529 44.3%	927 26.8%	999	3,455	D+17.4
Lagrange	1,202 34.8%	733 21.2%	1,517	3,452	Others
Benton	1,383 41.8%	979 29.6%	946	3,308	D+12.2
Owen	1,585 48.2%	674 20.5%	1,030	3,289	D+27.7
Jasper	1,252 39.6%	1,161 36.8%	745	3,158	D+2.9
Martin	1,402 48.1%	874 30.0%	636	2,912	D+18.1
Pulaski	1,235 42.4%	705 24.2%	970	2,910	D+18.2
Starke	1,179 43.7%	756 28.1%	760	2,695	D+15.7
Warren	827 31.1%	1,082 40.6%	754	2,663	R+9.6
Switzerland	1,314 49.8%	863 32.7%	460	2,637	D+17.1
Crawford	1,142 43.8%	648 24.8%	818	2,608	D+18.9
Newton	946 36.7%	850 33.0%	779	2,575	D+3.7
Scott	992 53.4%	312 16.8%	554	1,858	D+36.6
Union	692 39.2%	615 34.9%	457	1,764	D+4.4
Brown	865 59.7%	291 20.1%	293	1,449	D+39.6
Ohio	545 49.1%	400 36.0%	165	1,110	D+13.1

Counties as they stood in 1912; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana governor elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Mike Braun (R)	R+13.3
2020	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+24.5
2016	Eric Holcomb (R)	R+6.0
2012	Mike Pence (R)	R+2.9
2008	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+17.8
2004	Mitch Daniels (R)	R+7.7
2000	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+14.9
1996	Frank O'Bannon (D)	D+4.7
1992	Evan Bayh (D)	D+25.1
1988	Evan Bayh (D)	D+6.4
1984	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+5.0
1980	Robert D. Orr (R)	R+15.8
1976	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.2
1972	Otis R. Bowen (R)	R+14.3
1968	Edgar D. Whitcomb (R)	R+5.6
1964	Roger D. Branigin (D)	D+12.7
1960	Matthew E. Welsh (D)	D+1.1
1956	Harold W. Handley (R)	R+11.6
1952	George N. Craig (R)	R+12.1
1948	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+8.4
1944	Ralph F. Gates (R)	R+2.8
1940	Henry F. Schricker (D)	D+0.2
1936	Maurice Clifford Townsend (D)	D+11.0
1932	Paul V. McNutt (D)	D+12.3
1928	Harry G. Leslie (R)	R+3.1
1924	Ed Jackson (R)	R+6.6
1920	Warren T. McCray (R)	R+13.4
1916	James P. Goodrich (R)	R+1.8
1912	Samuel M. Ralston (D)	D+20.8
1908	Thomas R. Marshall (D)	D+2.1
1904	J. Frank Hanly (R)	R+12.6
1900	Winfield T. Durbin (R)	R+3.8
1896	James A. Mount (R)	R+4.1
1892	Claude Matthews (D)	D+1.3
1888	Alvin P. Hovey (R)	R+0.4
1884	Isaac P. Gray (D)	D+1.5
1880	Albert Gallatin Porter (R)	R+1.5
1876	James Douglas Williams (D)	D+1.2
1872	Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)	D+0.3
1868	Conrad Baker (R)	R+0.3

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