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After Theodore Roosevelt was asked to be the Republican candidate for the Presidency on February 10, 1912, President Taft made a speech at the Union League Club criticizing extremists who call themselves “Progressive.”
1912
Theodore Roosevelt giving a speech from the back of a train. Verso says “Ames, Ohio,” but the location is more likely Ames, Iowa.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912
List of contributors to the Progressive Party, promising quarterly payments from 1913 through 1916. Signers include Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Perkins, Ruth and Joseph Medill McCormick, Oscar S. Straus and Gifford Pinchot.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912
“Progressive Battle Hymns: Songs of Peace and Prosperity; Progress and Patriotism. In the Spirit of the Chicago Convention . . . Authorized as the official song book of the Progressive Party.” Text includes music scores.
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1912
E. W. Hampden describing the uprising at the 1912 Republican Convention in Chicago and the gathering of signatures of protesters pledging allegiance to Theodore Roosevelt. Printed text at top of signature pages reads: “We, the undersigned, denouncing the fraud perpetrated by the so-called National Convention of the Republican Party, dedicate ourselves to the Progressive Principles advocated and maintained by Theodore Roosevelt, the next President of the United States.”
Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
1921-11-28
A Progressive Party charter membership certificate given as a receipt for contributing $1 to their campaign fund. It features Theodore Roosevelt’s picture as candidate for president, Hiram W. Johnson’s as candidate for vice president, treasurer Elon Huntington Hooker’s signature, and the party slogan, “Pass Prosperity Around.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
List of 33 points that made up the Progressive Party’s platform in 1912. There is also a clipping from an article describing the closing scenes of their first National Convention and how deeply affected Theodore Roosevelt seemed when he was nominated for president.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1912
Theodore Roosevelt writes to Joseph Bucklin Bishop to say he is glad to hear Bishop’s son will be lecturing at the University Club and that work on the Panama Canal is going well. Roosevelt also discusses the upcoming Presidential election, saying he believes President William H. Taft is unfit to be President, and weighs the pros and cons of running for President himself.
1911-12-29
George W. Kirchwey presents his views on how to expand the Progressive Party through education and political action.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-14
Jane Addams responds positively to the expression of support from Millicent Garrett Fawcett and the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies for the Progressive Party and the party’s stance on equal suffrage.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-26
Form letter from George W. Perkins to potential subscribers of the Progressive Party’s weekly bulletin. Perkins hopes that the recipient will subscribe and gather subscriptions from their friends as well.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-19
Form letter from George W. Perkins in response to a subscription to the Progressive Party’s bulletin. Perkins requests that the subscriber seek out other potential subscribers among their friends and acquaintances.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-11-19
Theodore Roosevelt has heard of the unselfish things that Frank E. Roff did for the Progressive cause and thanks him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-12-20