THE SOCIAL INSURANCE MOVEMENT--The 1912 Presidential Election gggff

This is a collection of photographs of Teddy Roosevelt in Chicago, mostly from the National Convention of the Progressive Party, which was held from August 5-12, 1912. A few of the photos are from later in the 1912 campaign, and one is from 1914 when TR was still trying to boost the political fortunes of the Progressive Party. Newspaper photographers in Chicago working for the Chicago Daily News captured these images of TR during his visits to Chicago. (All photos are from the Library of Congress.)

Theodore Roosevelt standing in an automobile addressing a crowd on South Michigan Avenue in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. This image was taken during the Progressive Party National Convention held in Chicago August 5-7, 1912. (LC photo caption) Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0059369.   Theodore Roosevelt, addressing a crowd in front of Congress Hotel during the Progressive National Convention, held in Chicago August 5-7, 1912. (LC photo caption) Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0059365.         Theodore Roosevelt riding in an automobile, one of several in a procession along West Jackson Boulevard near the Federal Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The image was taken at the time of the Progressive Party National Convention held in Chicago from August 5 to 7, 1912. The driver in the first automobile appears to be an African American. (LC photo caption) Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0059371.   Another image from the same procession. Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0059370.         Another image from the same procession. Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0059368.   Following the August Convention, TR returned to Chicago to campaign. During one campaign trip in October 1912 an assassination attempt was made which wounded him and caused a brief hospitalization in Chicago at Mercy Hospital. It is believed these photos were taken during that October visit. Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0058470.         Another shot in the same sequence. Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0058473.   Same Chicago visit. Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0058467.         Full-length portrait of Theodore Roosevelt standing on the back platform of a train railroad passenger car at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, during a visit to Chicago, Illinois. (LC caption) Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0058472.   Following his electoral defeat in 1912, TR tried campaigning for the Progressive Party for a number of years before his death in 1919. But the Party had peaked with his candidacy in 1912 and by 1916 would be virtually finished as a force in American politics. During this visit to Chicago on October 19, 1914 TR was seeking to build support for the Progressive Party candidates for the U.S. Senate. His mood is decidedly more somber than in the early ebullient days of the 1912 campaign. Photo courtesy of Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society, DN-0063551.