<P> The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 5 , 1912 . Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated Former President Theodore Roosevelt , who ran as the Progressive Party ( `` Bull Moose '' ) nominee . Roosevelt remains the only third party presidential candidate in U.S. history to finish better than third in the popular or electoral vote . </P>
<P> The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 5 , 1912 . Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard Taft and defeated Former President Theodore Roosevelt , who ran as the Progressive Party ( `` Bull Moose '' ) nominee . Roosevelt remains the only third party presidential candidate in U.S. history to finish better than third in the popular or electoral vote . </P>
who won the presidential race in 1912 and what was his party
who won the presidential race in 1912 and what was his party
Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey