William Howard Taft
2 runs · 1 win · 1908 — 1912 · Republican.
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William Howard Taft ran for president 2 times between 1908 and 1912. William Howard Taft captured the presidency once. Each campaign ran under the Republican banner.
The high-water mark came in 1908: a 321-electoral-vote win over William Jennings Bryan. In all, William Howard Taft's campaigns gathered 329 electoral votes. Those campaigns fall within the Progressive Era.
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