Progressive Era: 1890–1920s: Progressive Political Reform

This is a flyer in the form of a one dollar bill, bearing a photo of Theodore Roosevelt, who was running for President and Governor of California, Hiram W. Johnson who was Roosevelt’s Vice Presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket in the 1912 campaign. The slogan on the flyer reads, “Pass Prosperity Around.” The Progressive Part formed after a split with the Republican Party, who nominated sitting President William Taft. Although Roosevelt won more votes than Taft, he lost the election of 1912 to the Democratic nominee, Woodrow Wilson.