Progressive Party 1912 (United States) was a political party created by a split in the Republicans Party in the 1912 election. It was formed by Theodore Roosevelt when he lost the Republican nomination to Taft and pulled his delegates out of the convention. Roosevelt had won the majority of the Republican primaries but the few primaries did not decide the nominee. That responsibility fell to the convention and the party machinery. After Roosevelt was defeated at the convention in Chicago, reporters suggested that he was no longer fit for the office. Retorting that he was "fit as a bull moose" (giving the party its nickname), Roosevelt created and ran on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1912 Presidential election, with California Governor Hiram Johnson as his vice-presidential running mate. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Theodore Roosevelt, formally Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ... The Republican Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. ... William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Hiram Warren Johnson (September 2, 1866–August 6, 1945) was a leading American Progressive politician from California; he served as Governor from 1911 to 1917, and as a United States Senator from 1917 to 1945. ...

Roosevelt's philosophy for the progressive party was based around New Nationalism, which was the belief in a strong government to regulate industry, and protect the working class. Ironically, New Nationalism is in direct contrast to Woodrow Wilson's philosophies, who he literally gave the presidency to by fragmenting the republican party. New Nationalism was Theodore Roosevelts Progressive political philosophy during the 1912 election. ...

Roosevelt had the satisfaction of defeating Taft in the popular vote, and by a large margin of 88-8 in the electoral vote, but the split engendered in the Republican vote allowed Woodrow Wilson to win the presidency. The party, which in reality consisted of little more than Roosevelt's presidential campaign, soon folded, and Roosevelt returned to the Republican Party after the Republicans nominated the more progressively-minded Charles Evans Hughes for president in 1916. From 1916 to 1932 the Taft wing controlled the Republican party and refused to nominate any 1912 Progressives to the Republican nattional ticket. Frank Knox was nominated for Vice President in 1936. The United States Electoral College is the electoral college that chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). ... Charles Evans Hughes (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Frank Knox William Franklin Frank Knox (January 1, 1874–April 28, 1944) was the Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936. ...

Robert LaFollette broke bitterly with Roosevelt in 1912, but in 1924 he ran for president on his own ticket, named Progressive Party 1924 (United States). Robert M. La Follette can refer to two United States politicians. ... Progressive Party 1924 (United States) was a national ticket created by Robert LaFollette, Sr. ...

References

• Benjamin P. De Witt, The Progressive Movement (1915)
• George E. Mowry, Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement (1946)
• John A. Gable, The Bullmoose Years: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Party (1978).

External links

• TeddyRoosevelt.com: Bull Moose Information