1912 Teddy Roosevelt-William H.Taft-Bob Lafollette for President Panoramic Photo

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1912 Teddy Roosevelt-William H.Taft-Bob Lafollette for President Panoramic Photo:
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1912 Teddy Roosevelt-William H.Taft-Bob Lafollette for President Panoramic Photo DescriptionCheck it out...Here\'s a very uncommon & likely one-of-a-kind 24\" wide by 8\" tall original panoramic photo (usually called a \"yard-long\") from the 1912 Presidential campaign at the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois that would ultimately nominate William H. Taft for President- The photo features the images of all of the hopeful candidates inset in individual round images around the edges-Taft is pictured front & center at top and fellow hopefuls Teddy Roosevelt, Charles Evans Hughes, Robert LaFollette and Albert Cummins on the left side and Republican leaders McKinley, New, Dixon and Stone on the right side- In the center is the image of the convention hall floor packed full of people with flgs hanging from the rafters and titled: \"Republican National Convention, Chicago 1912.\" in the lower edge with \"Published by Max Rigot, Powers Bldg., Chicago.\" on the left side bottom edge and \"Copyright 1912 by Max Rigot, Chicago\" on the bottom right corner edge-The item is in very well used condition considering the fragile construction of the item with wrinkles / folds and light edge tears but the image is very clear. A neat vintage campaign item ready for display-Never seen this one before! It would frame up so nicely!
Here\'s some info on the convention of 1912:
The 1912 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, from June 18 to June 22, 1912. The party nominated President William Howard Taft and Vice President James S. Sherman for re-election. Sherman died days before the election, and was replaced as Republican vice-presidential nominee by Nicholas M. Butler of New York. This convention marked the beginning of a split in the party, resulting from a power struggle between incumbent Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt. This was the first year for Republican primaries. Though Roosevelt had endorsed Taft as his successor, Taft\'s perceived drift to the right had alienated Roosevelt, who launched a challenge to Taft\'s re-nomination. Roosevelt overwhelmingly won the primaries — winning 9 out of 12 states (8 by landslide margins). Taft won only the state of Massachusetts (by a small margin); he even lost his home state of Ohio to Roosevelt. Senator Robert M. La Follette, a reformer, won two states. Through the primaries, Senator LaFollette won a total of 36 delegates; President Taft won 48 delegates; and Roosevelt won 278 delegates. However 36 states did not hold primaries, but instead selected delegates via state conventions. Entering the convention, the Roosevelt and Taft forces seemed evenly matched, and a compromise candidate seemed possible. The Taft and Roosevelt camps engaged in a fight for the delegations of various states, with Taft emerging victorious, and Roosevelt claiming that several delegations were fraudulently seated. Following the seating of the anti-Roosevelt delegations, California Governor Hiram Johnson proclaimed that progressives would form a new party to nominate Roosevelt. Though many of Roosevelt\'s delegates remained at the convention, most refused to take part in the presidential ballot in protest of the contested delegates. Roosevelt ultimately ran a third party campaign as part of the Progressive Party (nicknamed the \"Bull Moose Party\"). Taft and Roosevelt both lost the 1912 election to the Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson. Like Taft, Vice President James S. Sherman of New York was renominated by the party. Though Taft and Sherman did not get along early in their tenure, the two became closer allies as Taft\'s split with Roosevelt deepened, and Taft did not object to the re-nomination of Sherman. Taft\'s allies sought progressive leaders such as Idaho Senator William E. Borah and Vermont Governor John A. Mead to join the ticket, but both declined to be considered. Missouri Governor Herbert S. Hadley and former Vice President Charles Fairbanks were also mentioned as possibilities. Sherman died shortly before the election, and was not replaced on the ticket. In January, after the election had already been decided, Republican leaders appointed Columbia University president Nicholas Butler to fill out the ticket for the purposes of receiving electoral votes.This is an ORIGINAL item, NOT A REPRODUCTION item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 11.75 postage is required.
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