Question

The 1912 Democratic National Convention took 46 chaotic ballots to choose a presidential nominee. Answer the following about the candidates, for 10 points each.
[10h] This Speaker of the House from Missouri, who had close ties to urban political machines, was the favorite before the convention but failed to get enough votes because Southern delegates had a veto.
ANSWER: Champ Clark [or James Beauchamp Clark]
[10e] Southern delegates favored Woodrow Wilson over Theodore Roosevelt and this other candidate, who won the election of 1908.
ANSWER: William Howard Taft
[10m] The balloting took so long because of so-called favorite son candidates, including an Indiana governor with this surname. An initiative launched by a politician with this surname replaced one named for Henry Morgenthau.
ANSWER: Marshall [or Thomas Marshall; or George C. Marshall]
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California2025-02-01Y320.00100%100%0%
Florida2025-02-01Y310.0067%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y616.6783%67%17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y613.33100%17%17%
Midwest2025-02-01Y615.0083%50%17%
North2025-02-01Y313.33100%33%0%
Northeast2025-02-01Y58.0060%20%0%
Overflow2025-02-01Y514.00100%40%0%
South Central2025-02-01Y220.00100%100%0%
Southeast2025-02-01Y316.67100%33%33%
UK2025-02-01Y1014.0080%50%10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y615.0067%67%17%
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y310.00100%0%0%

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UCLAClaremont B0101020
UC Berkeley AUCSD0101020
UC Berkeley BClaremont A0101020
UCF CFlorida A0000
Florida BUCF B0101020
Florida State AValencia A010010
Carnegie Mellon AMichigan D0000
Case Western ACarnegie Mellon B0101020
Ohio State AKenyon0101020
Michigan ACase Western B010010
Michigan StateMichigan C0101020
Ohio State BMichigan B10101030
Liberty AWilliam & Mary010010
Virginia Tech ALiberty C010010
UNC BDuke1010020
South CarolinaUNC D0101020
Liberty BVirginia A010010
Wake ForestUNC C010010
Chicago AWashU A0000
Chicago CChicago D0101020
Illinois AChicago B010010
WashU BIndiana B10101030
Illinois CMissoui S&T010010
MissouriIllinois B0101020
CarletonWinona State010010
Wisconsin AMinnesota B010010
Iowa StateWisconsin B0101020
Dartmouth ABrandeis B0101020
Brown AHarvard A010010
BUMIT A010010
Harvard BTufts A0000
UMass BostonBrandeis A0000
Georgetown AGeorgetown B010010
Northwestern AIowa010010
Northwestern BNotre Dame A0101020
Notre Dame BNotre Dame C0101020
PurdueStanford B010010
ASUTAMU0101020
Texas ATexas B0101020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A010010
Georgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D10101030
Vanderbilt ATennessee A010010
Cambridge DSouthampton A010010
ManchesterCambridge E010010
DurhamCambridge A0101020
Oxford AImperial B010010
BristolLSE0000
Cambridge CNYU C0101020
Warwick AOxford B0101020
Warwick BOxford C10101030
Cambridge BSheffield0101020
Southampton BImperial A0000
Cornell BMaryland A0000
Columbia BJohns Hopkins A1001020
Columbia CMaryland B010010
Rutgers AJohn Jay College0101020
Penn AVassar A0101020
NYU AYale A0101020
RIT ABinghamton A010010
Cornell CESF A010010
Cornell DRIT B010010