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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.
A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1910, representing the 26th district. He won re-election in 1912 before resigning shortly after starting his second term to accept the position of Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.
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 Wilson to win many states with pluralities.
1912 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Democratic: Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey: Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana: 30,412: 39.04%: 5: 100.00%: Republican: William Howard Taft of Ohio: Nicholas Murray Butler of New York: 27,703 35.56% 0 0.00% ...
However the strong third party run by former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt as the Bull Moose Party candidate against the incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft split the Republican vote, enabling Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic candidate to win New York State's electoral votes in 1912 with a plurality of only 41% of the ...
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% ...
Theodore Roosevelt - unanimously 1912 United States presidential election : Woodrow Wilson / Thomas R. Marshall (D) - 6,296,284 (41.8%) and 435 electoral votes (81.92%, 40 states carried)