The Split at this Convention Resulted in the Bull Moose Party

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Program, "National Republican Convention," unnumbered (+/- 100pp), color covers, 8" x 10," 1912, Chicago, very good. Loaded with photos and political cartoons. This was the first year for Republican primaries. Roosevelt overwhelmingly won the primaries - winning 9 out of 12 states. Taft won only the state of Massachusetts. Senator Robert M. La Follette, a reformer, won two states. Through the primaries, Senator LaFollette won a total of 36 delegates; President Taft won 48 delegates; and Roosevelt won 278 delegates. Still, Taft was the nominee and ultimately elected.

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