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The 1912 Election and the Power of Progressivism: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003). Gable, John A. The Bullmoose Years: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party. (Kennikat Press, 1978). Gould, Lewis L. Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics (2009). JSTOR j.ctv2rsfczd.
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.
A January 6, 1912 Harper's Weekly political cartoon portrays a diminutive La Follette as the heavy underdog against President Taft. In February 1910, a poll of Republican newspaper editors west of the Allegheny Mountains by the Chicago Tribune showed Roosevelt leading Taft by 300 votes. In April, Poindexter stated that only Roosevelt could win ...
While Taft won the most counties in New York state, 32 compared to Wilson's 29, Roosevelt failed to win a single county in New York state. As a result, Roosevelt was the last candidate to claim an electoral vote in a presidential election without winning any county in his home state until Mitt Romney 100 years later.
As a result of Wilson's win, 1912 marked the first time in history that Massachusetts had ever given its electoral votes to a Democratic presidential candidate. Theodore Roosevelt finished strong for a third-party candidate with 29.14% of the vote, about 2% more than he received nationally, although Massachusetts was not amongst his strongest ...
The 1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1912, ... Wilson won Rhode Island by a narrow margin of 3.48 points, ...
1912 United States presidential election; 1912 United States House of Representatives elections in California; 1912 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1912 New York state election; 1912 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina; 1912 United States Senate election in South Carolina; 1912 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1912 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .