1912 Republican Party presidential primaries information
Selection of Republican US presidential candidate
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1912 Republican Party presidential primaries
January 23 to June 4, 1912
1916 →
1,074 delegates to the Republican National Convention[1][2] 538 votes needed to win
Candidate
William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert M. La Follette
Home state
Ohio
New York
Wisconsin
Delegate count
201[b]
411[b]
36
Contests won
2
9
2
Popular vote
766,326
1,164,765
327,357
Percentage
33.9%
51.5%
14.5%
First place by first-instance vote
First place by convention roll call
Taft Roosevelt/Not Voting[a] La Follette Cummins
Previous Republican nominee
William Howard Taft
Republican nominee
William Howard Taft
From January 23 to June 4, 1912, delegates to the 1912 Republican National Convention were selected through a series of primaries, caucuses, and conventions to determine the party's nominee for President in the 1912 election. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was chosen over former President Theodore Roosevelt.[4] Taft's victory at the national convention precipitated a fissure in the Republican Party, with Roosevelt standing for the presidency as the candidate of an independent Progressive Party, and the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson over the divided Republicans.
For the first time, a large number of delegates were selected through direct primary elections rather than local or state party conventions. Primary elections were a progressive reform supported by Roosevelt and his allies, and the primaries were largely dominated by Roosevelt or Robert M. La Follette, a fellow progressive who entered the race early. However, President Taft was equally dominant under the traditional caucus and convention systems, where executive patronage power could be leveraged in his favor and party bosses were able to maneuver delegations towards him.
At the conclusion of the delegation selection process, Roosevelt had won 411 instructed delegates, Taft had 201, and 254 were contested between the two candidates. Of the remaining delegates, 46 were pledged to the minor candidates Albert B. Cummins and Robert M. La Follette and 166 were uninstructed.[5] In the end, Taft won the vast majority of the party conventions, delivering him a working majority outright, and many Roosevelt supporters abstained from voting at the convention before bolting to form their own party.
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