1912 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1912 United States presidential election in South Carolina The 1912 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States Presidential Election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose nine representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. South Carolina was won by the Democratic nominees, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson and Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall. Wilson and Marshall defeated incumbent President William Howard Taft, and his running mate Vice President James S. Sherman and Progressive Party candidates, former President
Russell S. Taft Company, and later served as its Vice President. A Republican, Taft served as a Selectman for the Town of Burlington from 1861 to 1864. After Burlington was incorporated as a city Taft served as an Alderman from 1865 to 1869. From 1862 to 1865 Taft was Chittenden County State's Attorney, and he was Chittenden County's Register of Probate from 1863 to 1880. Taft served in the Vermont Senate from 1865 to 1866, and he was Burlington's City Attorney from 1871 to 1872. In 1872 Taft was the successful Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor, and he served from October, 1872 to