Former President Theodore Roosevelt created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") after he failed to receive the Republic nomination in the 1912 presidential election.
Teddy Roosevelt formed the third party. He had all ready served 8 years and decided to run again.
The antislavery political party that ran John C. Fremont in the 1856 presidential election was the Republican Party. This was their first presidential candidate, as they had formed in opposition to the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Fremont's campaign platform focused on limiting the expansion of slavery and promoting free labor.
Teddy Roosevelt formed the third party. He had all ready served 8 years and decided to run again.
Henry Clay ran for the National Republicans against Andrew Jackson. The party was formed against Jackson Democrats and soon grew into the Whigs.
The Democrats had split into two factions - a North and a South wing - so the newly-formed Republican Party was bound to win the 1860 election. Lincoln had been nominated as its first presidential candidate because he was moderate on slavery.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") after he failed to receive the Republic nomination in the 1912 presidential election. Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes and 4,119,207 (27%) of the popular votes.
The modern republican party was formed for the 1860 election. Abraham Lincoln was their first presidential candidate. Their main platform was to stop the expansion of slavery to 'The West'
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt was a candidate for the Progressive's Bull Moose Party.
In the presidential election of 1856, James Buchanan, a Democrat, ran against John C. Fremont, the first candidate of the newly formed Republican Party. Buchanan won the election, becoming the 15th President of the United States.
The Election of 1876; between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden.
Rutherford B. Hayes