Who stood as American Presidential candidate for the Bull Moose Party in 1912, effectively splitting the Republican vote and ensuring Wilson's election?
1912 United States presidential election 1912 United States presidential election The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912. Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated former President Theodore Roosevelt, who ran as the Progressive Party ("Bull Moose") nominee. Roosevelt remains the only third party presidential candidate in U.S. history to finish better than third in the popular or electoral vote. Roosevelt had served as president from 1901 to 1909, and Taft had won the 1908 Republican presidential nomination with Roosevelt's support. Displeased with Taft's actions
1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 13.33% of the popular vote. Louisiana was one of the states where the sitting president William Howard Taft came in fourth due to the hatred of the Republican Party in the American south. 1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana The 1912 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Louisiana voters chose