Wilson helped New Jersey Democrats sweep in 1912, then lost home state in 1916 – Logan Hocking Times

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Wilson helped New Jersey Democrats sweep in 1912, then lost home state in 1916 – Logan Hocking Times

Although the former governor of New Jersey only carried New Jersey in one of his two presidential runs, Democrat Woodrow Wilson is still the only New Jerseyan to win the presidency. In 1912, at the conclusion of his second year as governor, Wilson won a three-way campaign and won New Jersey with 41.2% of the vote. The progressive candidate, former president Theodore Roosevelt, came in second with 33.6% of the vote. William Howard Taft, a Republi…