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Progressive Party

prəˈgrɛsɪv ˈpɑrti
WordNet
  1. (n) Progressive Party
    a former political party in the United States; founded by Theodore Roosevelt during the presidential campaign of 1912; its emblem was a picture of a bull moose
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Progressive party
    (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. It was also known as the Bull Moose Party. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases. In 1924 the label was also adopted by the party supporting the presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette, and in 1948 it was also adopted by the party of Henry Wallace. The party is no longer (1998) considered a force in U. S. national politics.
Quotations
John Stuart Mill
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
John Stuart Mill
Frederick Douglass
I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
Frederick Douglass
Usage in the news

The DISTRICT to hold annual Progressive Party . nashvillecitypaper.com

Progressive party losing its clout. addisonindependent.com

Vermont's Progressive Party may not be able to maintain its major party status for the 2011-12 biennium. addisonindependent.com

1948 elections and the Progressive Party . vpr.net

(Host) Commentator Ellen David Friedman takes a look a back at third party candidates and the roots of the Progressive Party . vpr.net

Glenn Beck and the Republican Party scored big in the midterm elections by attacking progressive values – even, it seems, the very concept of the federal government. csmonitor.com

In any event, I would be interested in seeing an someone try to argue that one of the key elements in the alienation of Catholics from the Democratic Party and progressive politics in general was NOT race. commonwealmagazine.org

There's a reason he left the GOP to lead the Progressive Party. online.wsj.com

New Progressive Party, Jerry Guillen/AP Photo. sacbee.com

The party is open to all and will include lighting the menorah, whose candles are lit progressively each night during the holiday. berkshireeagle.com

Meet a pair of California DNC delegate brothers who want a more progressive party. scpr.org

The Serbian Progressive Party, the country's biggest opposition group, said it will organize protests against alleged vote-rigging in May 6 parliamentary and presidential elections. businessweek.com

Democratic Progressive Party Chairman Su Tseng-chang, right, speaks during a press conference held to mark International Human Rights Day in Taipei yesterday. taipeitimes.com

The Daily Progress reports that the $120,000 party this weekend has sold 1,400 of the 2,000 tickets officials had hoped to sell. newsleader.com

Since the cost and work are shared, you'll find that a progressive dinner party is an inexpensive, easy, and fun way to entertain. bhg.com

Usage in scientific papers

This paper is released to inform interested parties of ongoing research and to encourage discussion of work in progress.
Incompatibility of trends in multi-year estimates from the American Community Survey

Usage in literature

We cannot trace the progress of the several parties in boats and sledges. "Our Sailors" by W.H.G. Kingston

So again the party advanced, and made such progress that before evening the hills they hoped to reach appeared in sight. "The Young Rajah" by W.H.G. Kingston

On the sidewalk in front of the notion store a belated Christmas party was in progress. "Children of the Tenements" by Jacob A. Riis

Our party at starting numbered five, but grew as we progressed. "Six Months at the Cape" by R.M. Ballantyne

He was a progressive, and the reform party had made him a deputy. "The Dead Command" by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

The Jamaica Bill was an autocratic measure, which served still further to discredit Lord Melbourne with the party of progress. "Lord John Russell" by Stuart J. Reid

That evening, just as the tea-party was in full progress, somebody came for Dr. "Betty Leicester" by Sarah Orne Jewett

Hence its members in Parliament belong to the Liberal or the Labour party, and they sit as Progressives on London local bodies. "British Socialism" by J. Ellis Barker

One time I belong Progressive Party in Japan. "A Man to His Mate" by J. Allan Dunn

However, from time to time, as space-ships became perfected and more common, parties from many of the more progressive planets did call. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930" by Various

Usage in poetry
Cool, and free from party strife,
Friend of progress steady—
O'er thy editorial life
Watcheth dame and lady.