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Democrats including Woodrow Wilson provided crucial support. But others including William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt played prominent roles along the way. Conservatives in Washington supported a constitutional amendment to make the tax legal, thinking it would never be ratified by all the states.
Democrats including Woodrow Wilson provided crucial support. But others including William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt played prominent roles along the way. Conservatives in Washington supported a constitutional amendment to make the tax legal, thinking it would never be ratified by all the states.
Democrats including Woodrow Wilson provided crucial support. But others including William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt played prominent roles along the way. Conservatives in Washington supported a constitutional amendment to make the tax legal, thinking it would never be ratified by all the states.
Democrats including Woodrow Wilson provided crucial support. But others including William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt played prominent roles along the way. Conservatives in Washington supported a constitutional amendment to make the tax legal, thinking it would never be ratified by all the states.
7. The federal income tax has officially reached 100 years in operation. Which political party paved the way for its 1913 launch?
A 1040 form from 1913 hangs in the halls of the US Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor/File)
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Republican Party |
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Democratic Party |
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Progressive (Bull Moose) Party |
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All of the above. |

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