List of United States Progressive Party presidential tickets

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This list of United States Progressive Party presidential tickets includes the pairings of candidates for the offices of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States put forward by the three national entities making use of the name "Progressive Party" in the United States of America during the 20th Century.

First iteration (1912, 1916)

The Progressive Party (United States, 1912) was formed by Theodore Roosevelt and his reformist co-thinkers as part of a split of the Republican Party in 1912. The party's ballot symbol was an adult male moose, giving rise to the organization's popular name, the Bull Moose Party.

Presidential
Nominee
1912 (lost), 1916 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
T Roosevelt.jpg Theodore Roosevelt (President 1901-1909)
State: New York
Born: October 27, 1858, New York City, New York
Died: January 6, 1919, Cove Neck, New York
Alma mater: Columbia Law School
Career: Vice President (1901)
Governor of New York (1899-1900)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898)
Hiram Johnson
State: California
Born: Born September 2, 1866 Sacramento, California
Died August 6, 1945 Bethesda, Maryland
Alma mater: Ohio Wesleyan University
Career:Governor of California (1911–1917)
Hiram Johnson 2.jpg
John M. Parker
State: Louisiana
Born: March 16, 1863 Washington, Louisiana
Died: May 20, 1939, Pass Christian, Mississippi,
Alma mater: Eastman's Business School in New Orleans
Career: Governor of Louisiana (1899-1900)
Portrait of John M. Parker.jpg
Opponent

Woodrow
Wilson
(D-NJ)
William Howard
Taft
(R-OH)
Eugene V. Debs
(S-IN)
1912 United States presidential election
Popular vote: Wilson/Marshall 6,296,284 (41.8%) - Roosevelt/Johnson 4,122,721 (24.7%) -
Taft/Butler 3,486,242 (23.2%) - Debs/Seidel 901,551 (6.0%)
Electoral vote: Wilson/Marshall 435 - Roosevelt/Johnson 88 - Taft/Butler 8 - Debs/Seidel 0
Opponent
Thomas Marshall
(D-IN)
)
Nicholas M. Butler
(R-NY)

Emil Seidel (S-WI)
Opponent
Woodrow
Wilson
(D-NJ)

Charles E.
Hughes
(R-NY)
1916 United States presidential election
("TR" refused the nomination but was on the ballot in several states anyway.)

Popular vote: Wilson/Marshall (49.2%) - Hughes/Fairbanks 8,548,728 (46.1%) Roosevelt-Parker 33,406 (0%)
Electoral vote: Wilson/Marshall 277 - Hughes/Fairbanks 254- Roosevelt-Parker 0
Opponent
Charles W.
Fairbanks
(R-IN)
Thomas Marshall
(D-IN)

Second iteration (1924)

The Progressive Party (United States, 1924) was largely a technical ballot name for independent presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the 1924 United States presidential election. No lasting organization survived the November campaign, outside of Wisconsin, which drew much of its support from the trade union movement, the sponsorship of the Conference for Progressive Political Action and the Socialist Party of America. The party's ballot symbol was the Liberty bell.

Presidential
Nominee
1924 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Robert M La Follette, Sr.jpg Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
State:Wisconsin
Born June 14, 1855
Died June 18, 1925
Burton K. Wheeler
State:Montana
Born:February 27, 1882
Died:January 6, 1975
BurtonKWheeler.jpg
Opponent
Calvin
Coolidge
(R-MA)

John W.
Davis
(D-Neb)
1924 United States presidential election
Popular vote: Davis/Bryan 8,386,242 (28.8%) - Coolidge/Dawes 15,723,789 (54.0%) -
La Follette/Wheeler 4,831,706 (16.6%)
Electoral vote: Davis/Bryan 136 - Coolidge/Dawes 382 - La Follette/Wheeler 13
Opponent
Charles G.
Dawes
(R-IL)

Charles W..
Bryan
(D-Neb)

Third iteration (1948, 1952)

The Progressive Party (United States, 1948) was an organization created by defectors from the Democratic Party, who backed former Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President Henry A. Wallace over the staunchly anti-Soviet incumbent Harry S. Truman. The organization drew a significant part of its strength from left wing trade unions and the Communist Party, USA as well as pacifists and individuals favoring a relaxation of the Cold War. As of 2015, they are the only ticket to get over a million votes with fourth place status.

Presidential
Nominee
1948 (lost) Vice Presidential
Nominee
Henry-A.-Wallace-Townsend.jpeg Henry A. Wallace (Vice-President 1941-45)
State: Iowa
Born: October 7, 1888, Orient, Iowa
Died: November 18, 1965, Danbury, Connecticut
Alma mater: Iowa State University
Career: Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940)
Vice President (1941-1945)
Secretary of Commerce (1945–1946)
Glen H. Taylor
State: Idaho

Born:April 12, 1904
Died: April 28, 1984
Career: United States Senate (1947-1951)
Glentaylor.jpg
Opponent
Thomas E.
Dewey
(R-NY)

Strom Thurmond
(SRD-SC)

Harry S
Truman
1948 United States presidential election
Popular vote: Truman/Barkley 24,179,347 (49.6%) - Dewey/Warren 21,991,292 (45.1%) -
Thurmond/Wright 1,175,930 (2.4%) - Wallace/Taylor 1,157,328 (2.3%)
Electoral vote: Truman/Barkley 303 - Dewey/Warren 189 - Thurmond/Wright 39 - Wallace/Taylor 0
Opponent
Earl Warren (R-CA)
Fielding L. Wright
(SRD-MS)

Alben W. Barkley
(D-KY)

1952

Vincent Hallinan and Charlotta Bass received barely a hundred thousand votes.

See also

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