Button, William Howard Taft, 1908
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content: In 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt made it clear that William Howard Taft was his choice to succeed him in the White House. Taft had already had a distinguished career in law and government including serving as a federal judge, Governor-General of the Philippines, the first Provisional Governor of Cuba, and Secretary of War in Roosevelt’s cabinet. As the Republican nominee, Taft handed Democratic challenger William Jennings Bryan the worst defeat of his three attempts to win the White House. Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs finished a distant third.
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content: Political Campaigns
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: 2015.0200.166
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content: 2015.0200
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content: 2015.0200.166
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content: button