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1912
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| Woodrow Wilson / Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic) | 6,293,454 | 435 |
| Theodore Roosevelt / Hiram W. Johnson (Progressive) | 4,119,538 | 88 |
| William Howard Taft / James S. Sherman (Republican) | 3,484,980 | 8 |
Former president Roosevelt lost the Republican nomination to incumbent president Taft, so he ran as a thirdparty candidate. Wilson gained the Democratic nomination after defeating Speaker of the House James B. "Champ" Clark on the forty-sixth ballot.
1916
| Presidential / Vice presidential candidates | Popular votes | Electoral votes |
| Woodrow Wilson / Thomas R. Marshall (Democratic) | 9,129,606 | 277 |
| Charles Evans Hughes / Charles W. Fairbanks (Republican) | 8,538,221 | 254 |
Former president Roosevelt was again nominated as the Progressive Party candidate, but he declined. Hughes was then nominated, but the party dissolved before the election. Republican vice presidential nominee Fairbanks was a second-time candidate; he had been vice president under Roosevelt.
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