Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
The Progressive Party was a liberal third party in the United States. It was created in 1912 by former President Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to incumbent President William Howard Taft. The new party was known for taking advanced positions on progressive and populist reforms. It also attracted famous national reformers. After the party's defeat in 1912 , it went into rapid decline in elections until 1918, disappearing by 1920. The Progressive Party was often called the "Bull Moose Party" since Roosevelt often said that he felt "strong as a bull moose".[1]
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 The bull moose was the party's official mascot | |
| Chair | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Split from | Republican Party |
| Succeeded by | California Progressive Party Progressive Party (1924-1936) |
| Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
| Ideology | Progressivism neo-nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | None |
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Politicians
Progressive Party (United States, 1912) Media
Theodore Roosevelt was the founder and dominant leader of the Progressive Party
Punch in May 1912 depicts no-holds-barred fight between Taft and Roosevelt
Delegates to Bull Moose convention in 1912 resembled Roosevelt.
16-page campaign booklet with the platform of the new Progressive Party
Roosevelt mixing ideologies in his speeches in this 1912 editorial cartoon by Karl K. Kneecht (1883–1972) in the Evansville Courier
Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson after nomination
Pro-Roosevelt cartoon contrasts the Republican Party bosses in back row and Progressive Party reformers in front
Theodore Roosevelt endorses Gifford Pinchot in Pennsylvania, 1914
References
- ↑ Morris, Edmund (2010). Colonel Roosevelt. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks. p. 215-6.
Other websites
- editorial cartoons Archived 2020-02-15 at the Wayback Machine
- TeddyRoosevelt.com: Bull Moose Information Archived 2021-05-01 at the Wayback Machine
- 1912 platform of the Progressive Party Archived 2011-09-22 at the Wayback Machine