What were the candidates in the election of 1912?

The 1912 presidential election candidates included Republican incumbent William Taft, Democrat Woodrow Wilson, Progressive Theodore Roosevelt and the Socialist Party's Eugene Debs. Wilson led the Democratic Party to a landslide victory, securing 435 electoral votes.

Wilson was the lone Democrat to win the presidency from 1892 to 1932 and just the second since 1860, though he did gain re-election in 1916. Roosevelt previously served from 1901 to 1909, taking office after the assassination of William McKinley and serving a complete term after. His distant runner-up finish in 1912 was the last (as of 2014) in which a representative from outside of the Democratic and Republican parties finished second in the electoral or popular vote.