From January 23 to June 4, 1912, delegates to the 1912 Republican National Convention were selected through a series of primaries, caucuses, and conventions to determine the party's nominee for presid
Unsuccessful 1912
Unsuccessful 1912 2
Famous Living Americans Robert M. La Follette
President Theodore Roosevelt declined to seek re-election in 1908. Instead, he spent the first years of his successor's term touring East Africa and Europe. He is pictured here with a hunting trophy in December 1909.
Bull Moose Party
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The Progressive Party, popularly nicknamed the Bull Moose Party, was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination
1912 Republican Party presidential primaries
…the national convention precipitated a fissure in the Republican Party, with Roosevelt standing for the presidency as the candidate of an independent Progressive Party, and the election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson over the divided Republicans. For the first time, a large number of delegates were selected through direct…
The 1912 Progressive National Convention at the Chicago Coliseum
Punch in May 1912 depicts a 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