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July 17, 2024

S012 - There and Back Again: 1912

S012 - There and Back Again: 1912

Year(s) Discussed: 1908-1921

Four candidates. Forty-eight states. Only one can come out on top with at least 266 electoral votes needed to win. To discuss the knock down, drag out brawl that was 1912, I am joined by Joseph Pascone of the Turning Tides Podcast to go through the ins and outs of this impactful election and the elements of modern US presidential elections that start to make their appearance in this campaign. More information can be found on the page for this episode at https://www.presidenciespodcast.com.

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US Presidential Elections Series

Special thanks to Joseph Pascone of the Turning Tides Podcast for joining me for this episode!

To read more about the 1912 election:

  • Cooper, John Milton, Jr. Woodrow Wilson: A Biography. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 2009.
  • Goodwin, Doris Kearns. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
  • Gould, Lewis L. Four Hats in the Ring: The 1912 Election and the Birth of Modern American Politics. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2008.
  • Morris, Edmund. Colonel Roosevelt. New York: Random House, 2010.
  • O'Toole, Patricia. The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019 [2018].
  • Pringle, Henry F. The Life and Times of William Howard Taft, Volume Two. Newtown, CT: American Political Biography Press, 2008 [1939].

Featured Images:

  • "Taft at Mitchell" by George Grantham Bain [c. 29 Sep 1908], courtesy of Wikipedia
  • "Theodore Roosevelt speaking from the rear of a carriage" [c. 1907], courtesy of Wikipedia
  • "Eugene Debs" by Bain News service [c. 1912], courtesy of Wikipedia
  • "President Woodrow Wilson" by Harris & Ewing [c. 1914], courtesy of Wikipedia

Joseph Pascone