Progressive Party (United States) (Look Away)

The Progressive Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Liberal Party.

The party was founded by former President Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 and adhered to the principles of American progressivism. Roosevelt won the 1912 election and was re-elected in 1916, establishing the Progressive party as a dominant force.

Through the 1920s and 1930s the socialist movement became more prominent within the party, particularly in the West.