The election of 1912 featured the incumbent President, the former President and his new party, a relatively new politician who suddenly became the front-runner, and a socialist. It may be one of the most unique elections in American history.
Join Ryan as he talks about what he learned about this crazy election. Hear him discuss the split of the Republican Party and the quick rise of Woodrow Wilson. Hopefully, you enjoy a brief discussion about the Election of 1912.
Sources:
James Chace, 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs- the Election That Changed the Country (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004), 23.
Lewis L. Gould, Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics (Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2008), 23.
Andrew C. Pavord, “The Gamble for Power: Theodore Roosevelt’s Decision to Run for the Presidency in 1912,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 26, no. 3 (1996): 633, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27551622.
Robert Dallek, “Woodrow Wilson, Politician,” The Wilson Quarterly (1976-) 15, no. 4 (1991): 111, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40258177.
J. Robert Constantine, “Eugene V. Debs: An American Paradox,” Monthly Labor Review 114, no. 8 (1991): 31, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41843621.
