DEMOCRATS RECLAIM WHITE HOUSE, IT'S WILSON IN A LANDSLIDE
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On November 5, 1912, Woodrow Wilson*, Democratic nominee for President of the United States, was elected in a landslide over the Progressive Party's nominee, former President Theodore Roosevelt, and incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft.
The final tally was...
WILSON (D) 435 TR (P) 88 TAFT (R) 8
Governor Wilson carried 40 states including Massachusetts which for the first time in history was won by a Democrat.
*Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) was born in Staunton, Virginia & earned his PhD at Johns Hopkins University. (WW is the only POTUS to hold a doctorate degree). TWW was governor of New Jersey before serving as POTUS 1913-1921.
JFK+50 NOTE
A major split took place at the 1912 Republican National Convention with a bitterly contested nomination fight between President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
A big issue in the GOP concerned government regulation. Taft ultimately won the nomination calling TR a 'menace'. Teddy bolted the party and was nominated by the Progressive Party (Bull Moose).
SOURCE
"1912 Republican Convention," by Lewis L. Gould, August 2008, www.smithsonianmagazine.com/
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