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William Howard Taft didnit want to become president, he wanted to become the Cheif Justice of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt didn't run for a third term for presidency and thouht Taft waould make a wonderful President, but he was sadly mistaken.
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∙ 6y agoWilliam Howard Taft was elected US President in November 1908.
William Taft became President because President Theodore Roosevelt picked him to become President by stating "If you like me then you would vote for him". And William Taft won the election.
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∙ 6y agoTruman was the incumbent president when he ran for president. He had become president because he was vice-president when Roosevelt died early in his 4th term. I presume he wanted to prove that he could be elected on own and advance his own program.
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∙ 11y agobecause he liked the chicken the chefs served
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Did William Howard Taft run for president of the US as a candidate for the socialist party?
William Howard Taft was a Republican.
Why did Teddy Roosevelt run for president?
William howard Taft had discarded much of roosevelts policies
Why did Theodore Roosevelt speak about a new nationalism and decide to run for president against William Howard Taft?
Taft supported the "rule of reason," which relaxed the hard line set by the Sherman Antitrust Act
Who was the Only justice to run for president?
Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court Justice before he ran for President in 1916. William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.
Why did William H Taft run for president?
to prove to others that everything is possible
Why did Theodora Roosevelt Start his own political party?
He was not satisfied with William Taft's job as president.
Who did William J Bryan run against for president?
William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1908. In 1896 and 1900 Bryan was defeated by William McKinley. In 1908 he was defeated by William Howard Taft. Bryan later served as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson.
How did Taft get selected to run for president?
After winning the election in 1904, Roosevelt pledged to America that he would not run for reelection in 1908. Instead, he chose his secretary of war, William H. Taft, to run in his place.
Who was the democrate that choose to run for president in the 1932?
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.
Who did William Taft run against?
William Jennings Bryan?
Who was the president 100 yeras ago?
100 years ago, the president of the United States was Woodrow Wilson. He served as the 28th president from 1913 to 1921.
Has a Republican run against a standing Republican president?
In a way this is what happened in 1912. Former President Theodore Roosevelt, who was elected as a Republican Vice President in 1900 and as a Republican President in 1904, tried to get the nomination in 1912, but when he failed to get it, he ran as a third party candidate against the incumbent Republican president William Howard Taft. Both were defeated by Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
