7 Theodore Roosevelt 7Later Years
Immediately upon leaving offi ce in 1909, Roosevelt
embarked on a 10-month hunting safari in Africa and
toured Europe. Upon his return, he was once again drawn
to politics. Both policy differences and personal animos-
ity eventually impelled Roosevelt to run against William
Howard Taft for the Republican nomination in 1912.
When that quest failed, he formed the Progressive Party,
nicknamed the Bull Moose Party. In the presidential cam-
paign as the new party’s candidate, Roosevelt espoused a
New Nationalism that would inspire greater government
regulation of the economy and promotion of social
Theodore Roosevelt riding a horse. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.