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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1912. Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft while defeating former president Theodore Roosevelt (who ran under the banner of the new Progressive/"Bull Moose" Party) and Socialist Party nominee Eugene V. Debs.
The 1912 United States elections elected the members of the 63rd United States Congress, occurring during the Fourth Party System.Amidst a division between incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft and former Republican president Theodore Roosevelt, the Democratic Party won the presidency and both chambers of Congress, the first time they accomplished that feat since the 1892 elections.
Toggle Results subsection. 1.1 Results by town. 2 See also. 3 Notes. ... The 1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1912, ...
1912 United States presidential election in Connecticut [8] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Democratic: Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey: Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana: 74,561: 39.16%: 7: 100.00%: Republican: William Howard Taft of Ohio (incumbent) Nicholas Murray Butler of New York: 68,324 35.88% 0 0.00% ...
This was the only presidential election during the Fourth Party System that New York voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Prior to 1912, New York had not given its electoral votes to a Democratic presidential candidate since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Wilson would lose New York State four years later in the midst of his re-election ...
In his initial 1908 election campaign, Taft had carried New Jersey by a comfortable 57–39 margin. However, in 1912, the Republican Party was split as former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third party candidate against incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft , splitting the Republican voter base, and allowing ...
The 1912 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election.West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1912 United States presidential election in Maine 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 six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .