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The United States presidential election of 1912 was fought between three major candidates, two who had previously won election to the office. The Republican Party renominated Current President William Taft and he had the support of the conservative side. Unfortunately for Roosevelt, the republicans did not nominate him for the election. So he then went off and created the new Progressive Party.

It nominated Roosevelt and ran candidates for other offices in major states. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention. Woodrow Wilson beat both Taft and Roosevelt in the general election. He also won by a huge majority in the Electoral Collage. That was the first time that a Democrat had won since 1892, and it wouldn’t be until 1932, that another democrat would be elected. He was 2nd of two to be elected a democrat between 1860 and 1932.

The current President Theodore Roosevelt did not run for reelection in 1908. So he chooses William Taft to be his successor. Taft then went on to win the 1908 election. Taft was with the conservative wing and Roosevelt was the leader of the progressive wing.