Some voted to reelect William Taft; others voted for Theodore Roosevelt, who ran under a 3rd party.
The election of 1912 created a split within the Republican party with the formation of the Progressive party.
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The Bull Moose party who ran TR.
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.
Woodrow Wilson
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.
The Democrats won the 1912 election due to a split within the Republican Party. Former President Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate for the Progressive Party, splitting the Republican vote. This division allowed Democrat Woodrow Wilson to secure a victory and become the 28th President of the United States.
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.
Woodrow Wilson won the Presidential election in 1912 due to Theodore Roosevelt's decision to start his own party. Roosevelt didn't get the Republican nomination so he broke off and created the Progressive Party.
President William Taft was the Republican Party candidate in the 1912 presidential election .
He was a Republican then in the 1912 election he created his own party known as the Bull Moose party
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.