1912 Teddy Roosevelt Bull Moose Progressive Party Certificate
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EP2059
Original membership certificate that was given to those who paid one dollar towards the inaugural campiagn of the National Progressive Party that was created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1912. It was formed by Theodore Roosevelt when he lost the Republican nomination to the incumbent President William Howard Taft and pulled his delegates out of the convention. The party is otherwise also known as the Bull Moose Party.
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The Progressive Party was also known as the Bull Moose Party when former President Roosevelt boasted, "It takes more than that to kill a bull moose" while giving a scheduled campaign speech minutes after being wounded in an assassination attempt during the 1912 campaign in Wisconsin
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$55.00
Condition
used
Product Condition
Very Good, some very minor age wear
Size
6.75" x 3.25"
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