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".

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File:Progressive Moose walking.png 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
Colors	<span class="legend-color" style="background-color:; color:;border:1px solid darkgray;">  Light green

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The 1912 Progressive National Convention at the Chicago Coliseum

Politicians

• Theodore Roosevelt
• Hiram Johnson
• John M. Parker

Progressive Party (United States, 1912) Media

• Theodore Roosevelt 1912 Progressive Party bull moose campaign button.jpg

  Theodore Roosevelt 1912 Progressive Party bull moose campaign button

• Theodore Roosevelt was the founder and dominant leader of the Progressive Party

• For Auld Lang Syne - Leonard Raven-Hill.jpg

  Punch in May 1912 depicts no-holds-barred fight between Taft and Roosevelt

• TR at Bull Moose convention 1912.jpg

  Delegates to Bull Moose convention in 1912 resembled Roosevelt.

• PamphletFrontPageProgressivePartyPlatform1912.jpg

  16-page campaign booklet with the platform of the new Progressive Party

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  Roosevelt mixing ideologies in his speeches in this 1912 editorial cartoon by Karl K. Kneecht (1883–1972) in the Evansville Courier

• Roosevelt and Johnson after nomination.jpg

  Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson after nomination

• 1912Big-4.JPG

  Pro-Roosevelt cartoon contrasts the Republican Party bosses in back row and Progressive Party reformers in front

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