In the 1912 election , Roosevelt won 27.4 % of the popular vote compared to Taft 's 23.2 % , making Roosevelt the only third party presidential nominee to finish with a higher share of the popular vote than a major party 's presidential nominee . Both Taft and Roosevelt finished behind Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson , who won 41.8 % of the popular vote and the vast majority of the electoral vote . The Progressives elected several Congressional and state legislative candidates , but the election was marked primarily by Democratic gains . The 1916 Progressive National Convention was held in conjunction with the 1916 Republican National Convention in hopes of reunifying the parties with Roosevelt as the presidential nominee of both parties . The Progressive Party collapsed after Roosevelt refused the Progressive nomination and insisted his supporters vote for Charles Evans Hughes , the moderately progressive Republican nominee . Most Progressives joined the Republican Party , but some converted to the Democratic Party and Progressives like Harold L. Ickes would play a role in President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's administration . In 1924 , La Follette set up another Progressive Party for his presidential run . A third Progressive Party was set up in 1948 for the presidential campaign of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace
1916 Republican National Convention
1916 Republican National Convention
Progressive Party (United States, 1912)