One candidate in this election promoted his policy of New Freedom, and partly because of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair, the Republican Party split, forming the Bull Moose Party.
Champ Clark would have been his party's nominee in this election, if not for a former nominee's disapproval, while the funding for one party was provided by George Perkins and Frank Munsey. In the month before this election, sitting Vice President James Sherman passed away and one of the candidates was almost assassinated by John Schrank. One candidate in this election promoted his policy of New Freedom, and partly because of the Ballinger-Pinchot affair, the Republican Party split, forming the Bull Moose Party. The first forty-eight state election, for 10 points, identify this election in which Roosevelt and Taft were defeated by Woodrow Wilson.
Champ Clark would have been his party's nominee in this election, if not for a former nominee's disapproval, while the funding for one party was provided by George Perkins and Frank Munsey.
United States presidential {Election} of {1912}