United States presidential election, 1912 (Governor Woodrow Who?)

The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. The election was a rare four-way contest.[2] Incumbent President William Howard Taft was not renominated by the Republican Party, despite having the support of its conservative wing. Instead, Former President Theodore Roosevelt, a progressive Republican was nominated by the Republican Party after winning eleven of the twelve party primaries. He nominated Idaho Senator William Borah to serve as his Vice-President. Democrat Woodrow Wilson was finally nominated on the 46th ballot of a contentious convention, thanks to the support of William Jennings Bryan, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate who still had a large and loyal following in 1912.

Roosevelt won the election, gaining a significant majority in the Electoral College and winning 52% of the popular vote, while Wilson won 39%, and Debs gathered 9%. This was the first election in which all current 48 states of the contiguous United States participated.