1912 Oklahoma elections

The 1912 Oklahoma elections were held on November 5, 1912, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma voters participated in the 1912 United States presidential election and the 1912 United States House of Representatives elections. Elections also took place for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Federal

President

1912 United States presidential election in Oklahoma^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	119,156	46.95%
	Republican	William Howard Taft (incumbent)	90,786	35.77%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	41,674	16.42%
	Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	2,185	0.86%
Total votes			253,801	100%

Senate

1912 United States Senate election in Oklahoma^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert L. Owen (Incumbent)	126,418	50.43%
	Republican	Joseph Dickerson	83,429	33.28%
	Socialist	John Wills	40,860	16.3%
Turnout				15.13%

House

District	Incumbent			This race
District	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates^[2]
Oklahoma 1	Bird S. McGuire	Republican	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Bird S. McGuire (Republican) 45.0% ▌John J. Davis (Democratic) 43.6% ▌Achilles W. Renshaw (Socialist) 10.5% ▌Thomas P. Hopley (Prohibition) 0.7%
Oklahoma 2	Dick T. Morgan	Republican	1908	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Dick T. Morgan (Republican) 43.8% ▌J. J. Carney (Democratic) 42.7% ▌P. D. McKenzie (Socialist) 13.4%
Oklahoma 3	James S. Davenport	Democratic	1910	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James S. Davenport (Democratic) 49.5% ▌R. T. Daniel (Republican) 38.0% ▌Lewis B. Irvin (Socialist) 11.7% ▌H. L. Storm (Independent) 0.6%
Oklahoma 4	Charles D. Carter	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles D. Carter (Democratic) 51.3% ▌E. N. Wright (Republican) 24.4% ▌Fred W. Holt (Socialist) 24.2%
Oklahoma 5	Scott Ferris	Democratic	1907	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Scott Ferris (Democratic) 56.2% ▌C. O. Clark (Republican) 22.7% ▌H. H. Stallard (Socialist) 20.9%
Oklahoma at-large 3 seats on a general ticket	None (New seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.	▌Y William H. Murray (Democratic) ▌Y Claude Weaver (Democratic) ▌Y Joseph B. Thompson (Democratic) ▌Alvin D. Allen (Republican) ▌James L. Brown (Republican) ▌Emory D. Brownlee (Republican) ▌Oscar Ameringer (Socialist) ▌J. T. Cumbie (Socialist) ▌J. Luther Langston (Socialist)
	None (New seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.
	None (New seat)			New seat. Democratic gain.

State

Corporation Commission

1912 Oklahoma Corporation Commission election^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	J.E. Love (incumbent)	120,446	48.6%	−6.3%
Republican	P.J. Loewen	85,698	34.6%	−6.5%
Socialist	C.E. Hedgepeth	41,283	16.6%	+12.7%
Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Supreme Court

1912 Oklahoma Supreme Court District 1 election^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	John B. Turner (incumbent)	120,342	58.0%	+0.8%
Republican	Charles A. Cooke	87,431	42.0%	−0.8%
Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Court of Criminal Appeals

1912 Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Southern District election^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Democratic	Henry Marshall Furman (incumbent)	120,257	48.4%	−7.6%
Republican	George M. Ralls	86,834	34.9%	−9.0%
Socialist	E.S. Hurt	41,274	16.6%	New
Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

State questions

State question 38

Initiative petition No. 23

The gist of the proposition is as follows: That Section 9, Article 9 of the Constitution be amended so that any foreign or domestic railroad, transportation or transmission company or corporation may lease, sell or otherwise dispose of its property or franchise to, or may lease, buy or otherwise acquire the property or franchise of any like company or corporation. This amendment is not operative until the consent of the Corporation Commission to the proposed transfer is first given in writing and the Legislature may impose other restrictions on the right to consolidate.

State question
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	164,530	72.1
No	63,586	27.9
Total votes	228,116	100.00

State question 40

Initiative petition No. 25

The gist of the proposition is as follows: That the State Capitol be located at Guthrie.

State question
Choice	Votes	%
No	103,106	54.4
Yes	86,549	45.6
Total votes	189,655	100.00

State question 45

Legislative Referendum No. 17 Submitted by House Joint Resolution No. 2, page 416, Session Laws 1911.

The gist of the proposition is as follows: That Section 12, Article 10 of the Constitution be amended so that the Legislature shall have the power to levy such taxes as will maintain all public schools for at least five months in the year.

State question
Choice	Votes	%
No	65,436	39.5
Yes	100,042	60.5
Required majority	123714
Total votes	165,478	100.00

References

^ "1912 Presidential Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

[1] "1912 Presidential Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.

[1912_Results-2] "1907-1912 Results" (PDF). oklahoma.gov. Oklahoma State Election Board. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

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