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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.]


 
 
Wikipedia: Progressive Party (disambiguation)

The name Progressive Party has been assigned to a collection of parties in the United States over the past century or so. They have a connection to each other through a shared list of principles, a dedication to having the people run the government , and several members retained their membership through the changes in national leadership. They all sought to change the status quo through 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 state legislature and the mayorality of Burlington.

The three parties in the United States most often referred to as the Progressive Party are:

Five others have the phrase "Progressive Party" in their names:



 
 

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