The 1912 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for

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and

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was won by Princeton University President

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( D–

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), running with

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, with 36.20 percent of the popular vote, against the

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( R–

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), running with Columbia University President

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, with 34.42 percent of the popular vote, the 26th president of the United States

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( P– New York), running with governor of California

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, with 21.83 percent of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for

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), running with the first

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mayor of a major city in the

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, with 6.53 percent of the popular vote. Despite having a member of the Progressive Party ( Joseph M. Carey) as the governor of the state, Theodore Roosevelt came in third and Wyoming was one of the areas Roosevelt received lower levels of support.

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