The election of 1912 was between four candidates. William Howard Taft was the incumbent at the time and was nominated by the Republican Party to represent the conservative wing. Theodore Roosevelt also sought nomination from the Republicans, but failing to receive it, he chose to run with the Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party. Woodrow Wilson ran for the Democratic Party, and Eugene V. Debs for the Socialist Party.
Wilson swept away the competition and won the election easily.
In the 1912 election, the most conservative candidate was William Howard Taft, who was the incumbent president and ran as the nominee of the Republican Party. However, Taft's conservative faction split from the main Republican Party, and a new party called the Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party, was formed. The Progressive Party nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as their candidate, making him the most conservative candidate in the election.
President William Taft was the Republican Party candidate in the 1912 presidential election .
Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election defeating Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican Party candidate incumbent President William Taft.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") after he failed to receive the Republic nomination in the 1912 presidential election. Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes and 4,119,207 (27%) of the popular votes.
Woodrow Wilson
Former President Theodore Roosevelt created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") after he failed to receive the Republic nomination in the 1912 presidential election.
Roosevelt was a candidate for the Progressive's Bull Moose Party.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Republican Party candidate in 1904 and the Progressive Party candidate in 1912. That was the last time the candidate of a party other than the Republican Party or the Democratic Party came in 2nd in a U. S. Presidential election.
Theodore Roosevelt (Bull Moose, 1912)
Woodrow Wilson was a member of the Democratic Party. He was first perceived as a Conservative Democrat, but later became a centrist and even leaned left on certain issues.Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election defeating Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican Party candidate incumbent President William Taft. In the 1912 presidential election Woodrow Wilson received 435 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes, and William Taft received 8 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Wilson 6,293,152 (42%), Roosevelt 4,119,207 (27%), and Taft 3,483,922 (23%). Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs received 901,551 (6%) popular votes and no electoral votes.
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He actually was a pretty good candidate, but ran as a third party candidate. Third party people have never done well in elections and that did him in.
Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") candidate in 1912. Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election defeating Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican Party candidate incumbent President William Taft. In the 1912 presidential election Woodrow Wilson received 435 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes, and William Taft received 8 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Wilson 6,293,152 (42%), Roosevelt 4,119,207 (27%), and Taft 3,483,922 (23%). Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs received 901,551 (6%) popular votes and no electoral votes.