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Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson defeats Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and Republican William Taft in the United States Presidential election of 1912

Year: 1912

Geographical Region(s): North America 

Category: Politics

Associated Nation(s): United States

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(Multimedia History): 1912: Competing Visions for America
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. These pages are about those events and the vision for the future of democracy that they represented

(Maps & Images): Theodore Roosevelt