The 1912
presidential election was a significant and substantive discussion about
the future of the United States. The four major presidential nominees offered
choices unimagined in today's political world. They fought in a more contentious,
combative, and violent political culture than today's voters could tolerate. These
pages are about those events, and the vision for the future of democracy
that they represented.
Americans faced important choices when they voted for President in 1912.