Tag: Theodore Roosevelt
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Theodore Roosevelt was Chosen to Run for the Presidency by the Progressive Party, Better Known as the Bull Moose Party. August 7, 1912.
On this day in history, Theodore Roosevelt was chosen to run for the presidency by the Progressive Party, a group of Republicans unsatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft. Better known as the Bull Moose Party, the Progressive Manifesto called for the direct election of U.S. Senators, tariff reduction, woman suffrage, and many…