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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 of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.
- 1912 United States presidential election
Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated...
- Progressive Party (United States, 1912)
The Progressive Party was often called the " Bull Moose...
- Bull Moose
Bull Moose may refer to: Bull moose, a mature male moose;...
- 1912 United States presidential election
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 of the Republican Party to his former protégé turned rival, incumbent president William Howard Taft.
Sep 5, 2019 · The Bull Moose Party was the unofficial name of President Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party of 1912. The nickname is said to have arisen from a quote by Theodore Roosevelt. When asked whether he was fit to be president, he responded that he was as fit as a "bull moose." Origin of the Bull Moose Party.
May 21, 2018 · BULL MOOSE PARTY, the nickname given by newspapers to the Progressive Party, founded in June 1912 by progressive Republicans who bolted the GOP convention to protest the regular party's "standpatism" and the usurpation of progressive presidential electors by incumbent William Howard Taft.
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