why were their 3 presidential candidates in the election of 1812.. i think that is the year. Whenever roosevelt was running with taft. please help me out with the answer as to why there were 3 parties..

Answer 1

The election you want was in 1912, not 1812. This site has the information you need.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1912