1912 Republican National Convention take part in the presidential ballot in protest of the contested delegates. Roosevelt ultimately ran a third party campaign as part of the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party"). Taft and Roosevelt both lost the 1912 election to the Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson. Like Taft, Vice President James S. Sherman of New York was renominated by the party. Though Taft and Sherman did not get along early in their tenure, the two became closer allies as Taft's split with Roosevelt deepened, and Taft did not object to the re-nomination of Sherman. Taft's allies sought progressive leaders such as Idaho
Taft, Minnesota Taft, Minnesota Taft is an unincorporated community in Grand Lake Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located 24 miles northwest of the city of Duluth at the junction of Saint Louis County Road 15 (Munger Shaw Road) and Saint Louis County Road 48 (Taft Road). Taft is located within the Cloquet Valley State Forest in Saint Louis County. Fredenberg Township is also in the area. The community of Taft is named after former American President William Howard Taft, who was in office from 1909 to 1913. Taft was once a water stop for trains traveling along