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Teddy Roosevelt- Bull Moose Progressive Party

Woodrow Wilson- Democrat

William Howard Taft- Republican

Eugene V. Debs- Socialist Party

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Q: Who were the 4 candidates and their party affiliations in the election of 1912?
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In 1912 the Republican Party split and the result was the Progressive Party that played this role in the election?

Spoiler


Which candidates in the presidential election of 1912 benefited most from the split in the republican party?

Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft split the Republican votes thereby benefitting Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson. 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.


How did Theodore Roosevelt help Woodrow Wilson get elected in election of 1912?

Theodore Roosevelt started a third party,The bull moose party. It pulled away enough Republican votes that it gave ilson the Election.


Who won the election of 1912?

Woodrow Wilson


What happened in the 1912 election?

In the 1912 election, Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate, won against the incumbent Republican candidate William Howard Taft. The election was notable for the split within the Republican Party, as former President Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate under the Progressive Party (also known as the Bull Moose Party). Roosevelt split the Republican vote, resulting in Wilson's victory.

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What were teddy roosevelts party affiliations?

He was a member of the Republican Party until the 1912 election, when he ran in his own party, the Progressive Party or Bull Moose Party.


Before 1912 party candidates were choosen by party leaders?

Yes, before 1912 party candidates were chosen by party leaders, but since the Republican Party split they could not agree on one candidate. Senator Albert Cummins drafted the bill for the first presidential primary.


Before 1912 party candidates were chosen by party leaders.?

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What political party did William Taft represent in the 1912 presidential election?

President William Taft was the Republican Party candidate in the 1912 presidential election .


What party won the 1912 election?

Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 Presidential election and served from 1913 to 1921.


What was Roosevelt's political party in the election of 1900?

He was a Republican then in the 1912 election he created his own party known as the Bull Moose party


What did the position of the candidates in the 1912 election reveal about the range of progressive reform ideas?

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What was a direct result of the policy disagreement between Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft?

The split in the Republican Party in the 1912 Presidential Election, Teddy Roosevelt starting the Progressive Party, and the eventual election of Woodrow Wilson due to the 3 way split in 1912.


What third party split the republican party in the election of 1912?

The Bull Moose party who ran TR.


What candidates in the presidential election of 1912 ran mostly to widen the audience for socialist ideas?

Eugene Debs


Which candidate is the presidential election of 1912 formed the blue Bullmoose party?

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.


Who did the German social democratic party become in 1912?

When it received 4 million votes in the 1912 election