Although he was the handpicked successor to President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908, Taft soon angered many progressives in the Republican party with his conservative policies. This included Roosevelt, who formed his own Progressive party (aka Bull Moose Party) to run against Taft in 1912. With half of the Republicans voting for Taft and half for Roosevelt, Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson won 40 states.
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William H. Taft was a Republican
William Howard Taft was a Republican.
he was a republican
William Howard Taft was a Republican.
William Howard Taft was the incumbent Republican President and was nominated for a second term by his party in 1912. Teddy Roosevelt who started off as a Republican left and started a new party. This cost Taft the re-election and put a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson in as President.
TR was a Republican for most of his career. He ran unsuccessfully as a third-party candidate in 1912, against his Republican successor William Howard Taft. The new party was known as the Progressive Party or the Bull Moose Party.
The Republican Party of 1860 was divided between the Northern party and the Southern Party. This was do to the Republican's stand on slavery and slave owners rights.
William McKinley was a Republican (Conservative).
In 1912, the Republican Party nominated the incumbent President, William Howard Taft. However, former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt ran under the banner of the Progressive (Bull Moose) Party. This split the republican vote and allowed Democrat candidate Woodrow Wilson to win.
progressive sided with theodore roosevelt when he disagreed with william howard taft over the trust ''busting'' issue
Because the Republican Party turned there backs on him and everyone thought he was a boring president!
He founded the Progressive party, better known as the Bull Moose party in order to run for president in 1912 against the incumbent Republican William Howard Taft. ( He tried to get the Republican nomination, but failed in his attempt.)