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In the 1912 United States presidential election, who did Nicholas Butler replace as a running mate?
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Theodore Roosevelt
James S. Sherman
Thomas R. Marshall
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Nicholas Butler replaced James S. Sherman as the running mate of Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 United States presidential election. Sherman had been the vice president under Roosevelt from 1901 to 1909, but he died in 1912. Roosevelt then chose Butler, a political scientist and university president, as his running mate. Butler was a popular choice among progressive Republicans, and he helped Roosevelt to win the Republican nomination.
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