Neither Roosevelt nor Parker actively campaigned for the presidency, as was the custom. Over the summer of 1904, Roosevelt directed the campaign from his front porch at Oyster Bay, issuing lofty statements to his supporters and instructions on strategy to Republican state parties.

Sep 8, 2016 · Theodore Roosevelt, the 26 th president, mounted an unprecedented third-term campaign for the office on the Progressive Party ticket in 1912. Known colloquially as the “Bull Moose Party,” Roosevelt’s campaign for the office was heavily chronicled by progressive newspapers here in Indiana, particularly the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram .

Roosevelt campaigned at railroad whistle-stops along the East Coast, across the South, and deep into the Midwest. On the evening of October 14 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, John Schrank shot Teddy Roosevelt in the chest to prevent him from becoming a third-term president.

Nov 13, 2009 · Roosevelt campaigned vigorously for McKinley, traveling by train for more than 21,000 miles to speak in 24 states, and McKinley and Roosevelt won in a landslide over Democrats William Jennings...

This article from the PBS American Experience website surveys Theodore Roosevelt's eventful campaign as the Presidential candidate of the Progressive Party. Lots of images, and a link to the Progressive Party Platform of 1912.

TR’s campaign pioneered a new form of “modern” politics – one that would eventually displace the traditional localized democracy, which had dominated representative government in the United States since the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Theodore Roosevelt took the opposite position in his “New Nationalism” campaign. He distinguished between good trusts and bad trusts; in his view, not all trusts should be broken up. Most of them, he argued, should be subjected to governmental control rather than eliminated.

Held on November 5, the election featured three major presidential candidates, represented by three political parties: incumbent William Howard Taft (Republican Party), New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson (Democratic Party), and former President …

From January 23 to June 4, 1912, delegates to the 1912 Republican National Convention were selected through a series of primaries, caucuses, and conventions to determine the party's nominee for president in the 1912 election.Incumbent president William Howard Taft was chosen over former president Theodore Roosevelt. [4] Taft's victory at the national convention …

Theodore Roosevelt speaks during the Presidential campaign of 1912. Roosevelt campaigns in New Jersey, 1912 Despite his contention that he was "as fit as a bull moose," the Republican Party denied Theodore Roosevelt its nomination for …