Theodore Roosevelt and the Presidential Campaign of 1912

By the time the Presidential Campaign of 1912 took place in the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was already an established political figure. He was known by the American masses as a Rough Rider, trustbuster, New York City Police Commissioner, and conservationist. Yet overtime, Americans began to hold mixed views towards Roosevelt, mainly because of his dual ties with the Progressive Party and the Republican Party. These mixed views were best exemplified by political cartoonists who either characterized the president as an important hero or a disgraceful joke to American politics. The Presidential Campaign of 1912 was a time inAmerican history where opinions on Roosevelt’s ties to the Republican and Progressive Parties received the most attention.