In the election of 1908,William Howard Taft
A) was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him.
B) narrowly defeated his opponent, William Jennings Bryan.
C) was opposed by progressives and conservatives.
D) had a public image very much like that of Theodore Roosevelt.
E) decisively defeated his Republican opponent in the general election.

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William Howard Taft was hand-picked by Theodore Roosevelt to succeed him as the Republican candidate in the election of 1908. Roosevelt had groomed Taft as his successor and actively campaigned for him during the election.

In the Election of 1908,William Howard Taft