n.
A member or supporter of the U.S. Progressive Party founded to support the presidential candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.
[From the party's emblem.]
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[From the party's emblem.]
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The name Progressive has been assigned to a collection of parties in the United States over the past century or so. Several members retained their membership through the changes in national leadership. They all sought to change the status quo the evolving ideology of progressivism. None of the parties listed below realized national electoral success. However, the Progressive Party of 1912 came in second (ahead of the Republican Party's candidate William Howard Taft) in the Presidential Election of 1912, Wisconsin had a formidable Progressive Party in the 1930s and the Vermont Progressive Party currently controls several seats in the Vermont General Assembly and the mayoralty of Burlington.
The three parties in the United States most often referred to as the Progressive Party are:
Others which have the phrase "Progressive Party" in their names:
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