The 1904 Republican National Convention selected Fairbanks as the running mate for President Theodore Roosevelt . As vice president , Fairbanks worked against Roosevelt 's progressive policies . Fairbanks unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination at the 1908 Republican National Convention and backed William Howard Taft in 1912 against Roosevelt . Fairbanks sought the presidential nomination at the 1916 Republican National Convention , but was instead selected as the vice presidential nominee , serving on a ticket with Charles Evans Hughes . In the 1916 election , the Republican ticket lost to the Democratic ticket of President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall
1916 Republican National Convention
1916 Republican National Convention
Charles W. Fairbanks