woodrow wilson had been the president of princeton university and nicholas butler was the president of columbia university, perhaps the most interesting thing about butler is that he's not added to the ticket until late october, early november, so just days before the election. and that happens because the vice president dies. but who who taft was running against. so there's a lot of tumult on the republican ticket in the closing days of the election. and hiram johnson was the progressive governor of california. he helped found the progressive party with teddy roosevelt. and again, it was seen as the states are these places where a lot of reform is happening, they're trying to bring that reform to the federal government. and so you have these very charismatic, dedicated reformers who are in government. and in the case of the progressive party ticket, you have two of them on the ticket. and in the case of roosevelt and appear. hmm johnson was a shock was the sudden death of the vice president in 1912. yeah i mean so the vice president had been ill with kidney disease for the better part

woodrow wilson had been the president of princeton university and nicholas butler was the president of columbia university, perhaps the most interesting thing about butler is that he's not added to the ticket until late october, early november, so just days before the election. and that happens because the vice president dies. but who who taft was running against. so there's a lot of tumult on the republican ticket in the closing days of the election. and hiram johnson was the progressive governor of california. he helped found the progressive party with teddy roosevelt. and again, it was seen as the states are these places where a lot of reform is happening, they're trying to bring that reform to the federal government. and so you have these very charismatic, dedicated reformers who are in government. and in the case of the progressive party ticket, you have two of them on the ticket. and in the case of roosevelt and appear. hmm johnson was a shock was the sudden death of the vice president in 1912. yeah i mean so the vice president had been ill with kidney disease for the better part