Pursuit of The Presidency
In January 1912, Cummins announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president. He was a candidate through the Republican National Convention in Chicago in June 1912. During the turmoil of the convention and the walkout of Theodore Roosevelt's supporters, Cummins' name was not placed into nomination. In the general election, Cummins supported Roosevelt rather than Taft, even though he opposed Roosevelt's creation of a third party.
In 1916 Cummins again ran for the Republican nomination for president. This time, with no incumbent president of his own party, delegates were split among over a dozen candidates on the first ballot (on which Cummins finished fifth). After Cummins again finished fifth on the second ballot, he released his delegates, contributing to the third-ballot victory of Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
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