Who was the president in 1912?

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US: William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States from 1909 March 4 to 1913 March 4. After his re-nomination in 1912 and the break of Roosevelt from the core of the Republicans, the Republican Party was destroyed in the election, ceding the presidency to Woodrow Wilson and the Democrats.