1912 United States presidential election

The **1912 United States presidential election** was the 33rd election in the history of the United States. It occurred on November 5, 1912. This election was a 4-way race between Governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson, Former President Theodore Roosevelt of New York, Incumbent President William Howard Taft of Ohio, and former Congressman Eugene V. Debs of Indiana. Wilson won the election with 435 electoral votes, while Roosevelt got 88 electoral votes, Taft got 8 electoral votes, (lowest for an Incumbent President and lowest of any Republican Candidate), and Debs received 0 electoral votes.

## Candidates 
### Democratic Party 
#### Presidential 
* Woodrow Wilson, 34th Governor of New Jersey (1911-1913) *(Nominee)*
* Champ Clark, 36th Speaker of the House (1911-1919)
* Judson Harmon, 45th Governor of Ohio (1909-1913)
* Thomas R. Marshall, 27th Governor of Indiana (1909-1913) *(Vice presidential nominee)*
* Simeon E. Baldwin, 65th Governor of Connecticut (1911-1915)
* Oscar Underwood, U.S. senator of Alabama (1915-1927) *(Withdrew during balloting)*
* Eugene Voss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (1911-1914) *(Withdrew during balloting)*
* John Burke, Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913) *(Declined)*

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#### Vice Presidential 
* Thomas R. Marshall, 27th Governor of Indiana (1909-1913) *(Vice presidential nominee)*
* George E. Chamberlain, U.S. senator from Oregon (1909-1921)
* Elmore W. Hurst, Illinois State Representative (1889-1891, 1901-1915)
* John Burke, Governor of North Dakota (1907-1913) *(Withdrew during balloting)*
* James H. Preston, 37th Mayor of Baltimore (1911-1919) *(Withdrew during balloting)*
* Champ Clark, 36th Speaker of the House (1911-1919) *(Declined)*
* Martin J. Wade, former Congressman from Iowa (1903-1905) *(Declined)*
* William Jennings Bryan, former U.S. Representative and nominee for President in 1896, 1900 and 1908 from Nebraska (1891-1895) *(Declined)*
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### Progressive Party 
#### Presidential 
* Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) *(Nominee)*
* Hiram Johnson, 23rd Governor of California (1911-1917) *(Vice presidential nominee)*

#### Vice Presidential 
* Hiram Johnson, 23rd Governor of California (1911-1917) *(Vice presidential nominee)*

### Republican Party 
#### Presidential 
* William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) *(Nominee)* 
* Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States from New York (1901-1909) *(Ran as a third party)*
* Robert M. La Follette, U.S. senator of Wisconsin (1906-1925)
* Albert B. Cummings, U.S. senator of Iowa (1909-1926)
* Charles Evans Hughes, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from New York (1910-1916) *(1916 Nominee)*

#### Vice Presidential 
* James S. Sherman,  27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912) *(Vice presidential nominee) (Died on October 30, 1912)*
* Nicholas Murray Butler, 12th President of Columbia University from New York(1902-1945) *(Assumed nomination on October 31, 1912)*
* William E. Borah, U.S. senator from Idaho (1907-1940)
* Charles Edward Merriam, former Chicago city Alderman (1909-1911) and member of the Chicago City Charter Convention of 1906 from Illinois
* Herbert S. Hadley, 32nd Governor of Missouri(1909–1913)
* Albert J. Beveridge, former U.S. senator from Indiana(1899–1913)

### Socalist Party 
#### Presidential 
* Eugene V. Debs, Former president of the American Railway Union (1893-1897) and nominee in 1900, 1904, and 1908 *(Nominee)*
* Emil Seidel, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee (1910–1912) *(Vice presidential nominee)
* Charles Edward Russell, journalist and candidate for President in 1912 from New York (1881-1941)

#### Vice Presidential 
* Emil Seidel, 36th Mayor of Milwaukee(1910–1912) *(Vice presidential nominee)
* Dan Hogan, Socialist Nominee for Governor of Arkansas in 1910
* John W. Slayton, Socialist Nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1910
* Charles Edward Russell, journalist and candidate for President in 1912 from New York(1881-1941) *(Declined)*