10 Elections That Changed America
Sure, the outcome is remarkable. But how will the '08 campaign hold up to history? Can any President shape a country like Lincoln? Save the U.S. like F.D.R.? From Washington to (surprise?) McKinley to Bush 43, these winners left an indelible legacy.
— By Jackson Dykman and Sean Gregory
The scholarly and cerebral Wilson, ex-president of Princeton University, benefited greatly from a split in the Republican Party. Former President Roosevelt ran as a Progressive, taking votes from Republican incumbent President William Howard Taft. Democrat Wilson won with just 42% of the popular vote. Though more understated than T.R. (who wasn't?), Wilson also took a big-stick approach, using it to rein in Big Business. He helped create the Federal Trade Commission and signed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, both of which gave regulators authority to limit the power of large corporations.
See cartoons of Teddy Roosevelt.
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