Progressive Party

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Progressive Party US political party. The original party (Bull Moose Party) was formed in 1912 by the supporters of Theodore Roosevelt after he had failed to regain the Republican nomination from William H. Taft. By splitting the Republican vote, it ensured a Democratic victory. In 1916 the Progressives endorsed the Republican candidate. The name was also applied to the supporters of Robert M. La Follette in 1924 and to the dissident Democrats who nominated Henry A. Wallace in 1948.

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