Theodore Roosevelt became a candidate of the Progressive Party in the presidential elections of 1912 after having founded this party, whose reason for being is due to the failed obtaining of the candidacy for the Presidency of the United States, through the Republican Party, since when contending with William Howard Taft, he emerged victorious, staying with that candidacy. Roosevelt, in his new party became his candidate and thanks to this, he could be in second place in the presidential elections of the United States, however, the winner was Woodrow Wilson, who would become the 28th president of the States United.
