When Roosevelt didn't get the republican nomination, what political party did he become the presidential candidate for?
History · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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When Theodore Roosevelt, after failing to secure the Republican Party's nomination for the presidency in 1912, became the presidential candidate for the newly formed Progressive Party. This party was also known as the "Bull Moose Party" due to Roosevelt's statement that he felt "as strong as a bull moose" after being nominated. He ran as the Progressive Party's candidate in the 1912 presidential election against the Republican candidate William Howard Taft and the Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson.