1912 presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1912_presidential_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:book gptkb:Progressive_Party
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 5, 1912
gptkbp:fourthPlace gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Socialist_Party_of_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1912 presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:mapType Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Wilson, green by Roosevelt, red by Taft.
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1916_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableFor Progressive Party also known as Bull Moose Party
Republican Party split between Taft and Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate
First major third-party showing in U.S. presidential history
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarried Theodore Roosevelt: 6
William Howard Taft: 2
Woodrow Wilson: 40
gptkbp:popularVote Eugene V. Debs: 901,551
Theodore Roosevelt: 4,119,207
William Howard Taft: 3,484,980
Woodrow Wilson: 6,293,454
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1908_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Thomas_R._Marshall
gptkb:Hiram_Johnson
gptkb:Nicholas_M._Butler
gptkb:Emil_Seidel
gptkbp:voterTurnout 58.8%
gptkbp:votesForWinner Theodore Roosevelt: 88
William Howard Taft: 8
Woodrow Wilson: 435
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Socialist_Party_(former)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5