1912 United States presidential election in New Jersey California, and the Republican nominees, incumbent President William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate incumbent Vice President James S. Sherman of New York. Wilson carried New Jersey with a bare plurality of 41.20% of the vote to Roosevelt's 33.60%, a victory margin of 7.60%. Taft came in third place with 20.53%. Coming in a distant fourth was Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs, who took 3.69%. Like much of the Northeast, New Jersey in this era was a staunchly Republican state, having not given a majority of the vote to a Democratic presidential candidate since 1892. In his initial
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