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Colorado was won by New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson (D–New Jersey), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 42.80% of the popular vote, against the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 27.09% of the popular vote, the 27th president ...
What's the Matter with America: The Meaning of the Progressive Movement and the Rise of the New Party (Amos Pinchot, 1912). Republican campaign text-book 1912 (1912) online; Roosevelt, Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt's Confession of Faith Before the Progressive National Convention, August 6, 1912 (Progressive Party, 1912) online. Roosevelt, Theodore.
In many other national and state elections in the year 1912, candidates ran against the Democratic and Republican nominees under Roosevelt's "Progressive" or "Bull Mouse" Banner. In Colorado, Edward P. Costigan quickly emerged as the leader of the new Progressive Party and was chosen by the party to contest the gubernatorial race. [2]
The Bull Moose had become a symbol of both Roosevelt and the Progressive Party, often referred to as simply the Bull Moose Party, after Roosevelt boasted that he felt "strong as a bull moose" after losing the Republican nomination in June 1912. [2] He spent two weeks recuperating before returning to the campaign trail.
The New York Republican Party was in turmoil as progressives attacked Roosevelt for supporting Taft and the tariff while conservatives attacked him as using the state's gubernatorial election as a stepping stone to a presidential campaign in 1912. [39] In the fall, Roosevelt campaigned for both progressive and conservative Republicans. [40]
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In 1912, a small population of Black residents, dozens of whom were land and business owners, were violently expelled from the county, their livelihoods stripped from them.
Campaign Popular vote Contests won Champ Clark: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1911–1919) Leader of the House Democratic Caucus (1909–1921) U.S. Representative from Missouri (1893–95, 1897–1921) Missouri Defeated at convention: July 2, 1912. 405,537 (41.6%) [data missing] Judson Harmon: Governor of Ohio (1909–1913)