That's The Ticket:
A Parade of Presidential Elections
Democratic Ticket ![]() | |
Presidential candidate: | WOODROW WILSON, New Jersey Governor |
VP candidate: | THOMAS R. MARSHALL, Indiana Governor |
Popular votes: | 6,294,326 (41.8%) |
Electoral votes: | 435 |
Progressive Ticket | |
Presidential candidate: | Theodore Roosevelt, former President |
VP candidate: | Hiram W. Johnson, California Governor |
Popular votes: | 4,120,207 (27.4%) |
Electoral votes: | 88 |
Republican Ticket | |
Presidential candidate: | William H. Taft, President |
VP candidate: | James S. Sherman, Vice President* |
*replaced by Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia University President | |
Popular votes: | 3,486,343 (23.2%) |
Electoral votes: | 8 |

Election Facts
- A rift between Roosevelt and Taft divided the Republican Party. It forced Roosevelt supporters to mount a Progressive ticket third-party campaign.
- The split enabled Wilson to win the election.
- Wilson's platform called for banking and campaign finance reforms, anti-monopoly legislation, and greater public participation in the election process.
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