It was called both the Progressive Party and the Bull Moose Party. He formed it in 1912 after he failed to get the Republican nomination for president. He beat the Republican candidate, William Howard Taft, but lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
Added together Roosevelt and Taft had more than enough votes to win over Wilson.
republican
the bulle moose party
the bulle moose party
The party was called the Bull Moose Party.
Theodore Roosevelt started the Progressive Party.
The Progressive Party
the bulle moose party
Theodore Roosevelt was the Republican candidate for Vice President in 1900 and for President in 1904, and he was the Progressive Party candidate for President in 1912. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the Democratic Party Candidate for Vice President in 1920 and for President in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive (Bull Moose) Party became the first national political party to have a plank supporting women suffrage
Republican party
Theodore Roosevelt was a President of the Republican Party.