July 27 Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it. Woodrow Wilson, 28th President, 1913-1921 In 1912, former president Theodore Roosevelt sought the Republican nomination at the convention in Chicago. He was infuriated by what he took to be betrayal of his progressive program by his personally chosen successor, the incumbent William Howard Taft. The delegates chose Taft and former New York congressman James "Sunny Jim" Sherman as his running mate. Roosevelt and his supporters bolted, then formed the Progressive Party, popularly known as the Bull Moose Party. TR's running mate was California governor Hiram Johnson. The Democrats were elated by the Republican split, realizing that their opponents' 16-year rule was at an end. The only real suspense was generated around the question of which Democrat would be the next president. After 46 ballots, the exhausted delegates finally selected Woodrow Wilson and Indiana governor Thomas R. Marshall as his running mate.http://www.u-s-history.com