# Canonical recap data for 1912 U.S. Presidential Election (1912)
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slug: 1912-us-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1912/1912-us-election"
title: 1912 U.S. Presidential Election
subtitle: The 1912 election fractured the Republican Party and elevated Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose candidacy, reshaping American progressivism.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1912-11-05
datePrecision: day
year: 1912
decade: 1910
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1912. The Democratic ticket of governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and governor Thomas Marshall of Indiana defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent President William Howard Taft and university president Nicholas Butler while also defeating the Pr
summaryLong: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1912. The Democratic ticket of governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and governor Thomas Marshall of Indiana defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent President William Howard Taft and university president Nicholas Butler while also defeating the Progressive/"Bull Moose" ticket of former president Theodore Roosevelt and governor Hiram Johnson of California and the Socialist Party ticket of former Indiana state representative Eugene V. Debs and Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel.
heroImageUrl: "https://live.staticflickr.com/4574/26636395749_a02bfbd436_b.jpg"
heroImageCredit: "\"Theodore Roosevelt, White House, April 8, 1903\" by Shook Photos is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/."
importance: 75
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260629131918/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election"
  title: 1912 U.S. presidential election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1912. The Democratic ticket of governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and governor Thomas Ma
wikidataQid: Q699289
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260629131918/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-29
  label: 1912 U.S. presidential election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election"
