Woodrow Wilson, then governor of New Jersey, was the Democratic Party's candidate for the presidential election of 1912. The country ... that the United States had undergone since the 1880s ...

Politicians who support social reform adhere to the progressive philosophy ... of a federal government and to the question of its power. During the First United States Party System from 1792 to 1824, ...

Webster’s Dictionary defines “progressive” as a noun denoting moderate political and social changes, and, when capitalized, as a party first formed in 1912 with leaders such as Robert M. La ...