Theodore Roosevelt was defeated as a candidate for President when he formed the Progressive's Bull Moose Party in 1912.
When he ran for President, Theodore Roosevelt was the nominee of the Republican Party in 1904 and the Progressive Party in 1912. 1912 was the last time to date that the Republican Party Presidential Nominee finished third.
Theodore Roosevelt became nationally prominent for his exploits in the Spanish American War and was elected Vice President in the 1900 election. When William McKinley was shot and later died in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President. TR was elected of his own accord in 1904 but chose not to run in 1908. TR ran as a third-party candidate (the party was known as the Progressive Party and later the Bull Moose Party) in 1912 but lost.
Theodore Roosevelt ran for U. S. President only twice. He won as the Republican Party candidate in 1904 and came in second as the Progressive Party candidate in 1912.
He had all ready served as president and had stated he didn't want to run, but then changed his mind. By that time his party had all ready picked a candidate, so he created the Bull Moose party.
He had all ready served as president and had stated he didn't want to run, but then changed his mind. By that time his party had all ready picked a candidate, so he created the Bull Moose party.
Theodore Roosevelt. When he failed to wrest the Republican presidential nomination away from Taft, Roosevelt and his supporters quit the Republican party and started their own party, so Roosevelt could run for president anyway.
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt served as US President from 1901-1909 as a Republican.In 1912 he bolted the party and ran as a "Progressive" or "Bull Moose" candidate,
Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest American to become President. He was 42.
republican party, obviously.
Theodore Roosevelt decided to run again. Taft refused to give up the Republican nomination, so Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Third Party Ticket of the Bull Moose Party,officially known as the Progressive Party.