Presidential Trivia

Elections

Which third-party candidate finished second in a presidential election?

Former President Theodore Roosevelt finished second in the 1912 presidential election, running as a member of the Progressive Party. He finished ahead of third-place finisher, Republican incumbent William Howard Taft. However, he still lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

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