List of United States Progressive Party presidential tickets
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 | |
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Theodore Roosevelt 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: President (1901-1909) 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) | ||
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) | |||
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 | |
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Robert M. La Follette, Sr. State:Wisconsin Born June 14, 1855 Died June 18, 1925 Career: United States Senate (1906-1925) Governor of Wisconsin (1901-1906) | Burton K. Wheeler State:Montana Born:February 27, 1882 Died:January 6, 1975 Career: United States Senate (1923-1947) | ||
Opponent Calvin Coolidge (R-MA) John W. Davis (D-WVA) | 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 | |
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Henry A. Wallace State: Iowa Born: October 7, 1888, Orient, Iowa Died: November 18, 1965, Danbury, Connecticut Alma mater: Iowa State University Career: Secretary of Commerce (1945-1946) Vice President (1941-1945) Secretary of Agriculture (1933–1940) | Glen H. Taylor State: Idaho Born:April 12, 1904 Died: April 28, 1984 Career: United States Senate (1945-1951) | ||
Opponent Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) Strom Thurmond (SRD-SC) Harry S Truman (D-MO) |
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
- United States political parties
- List of United States Democratic Party presidential tickets
- List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets
- List of United States National Democratic/Whig Party presidential tickets