Wisconsin Progressive Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Philip La Follette Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
| Founded | May 19, 1934 |
| Dissolved | March 17, 1946 |
| Split from | Republican Party (in part) Democratic Party (in part) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Left-wing[1] |
| National affiliation | National Progressives of America (1940–1946) |
| Colors | Green |
The Wisconsin Progressive Party (1934–1946) was a political party that briefly held a dominant role in Wisconsin politics.[2]
- ^ "La Follette lost 100 years ago, but his progressivism lives on" (in English and US). The Cap Times. 2024-11-05. Archived from the original on 11 December 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
In fact, the program that La Follette ran on — taxing the rich, cracking down on Wall Street abuses, empowering workers to organize unions, defending small farmers, breaking up corporate trusts, strengthening public utilities — fueled a resurgence of left-wing populist movements across the upper Midwest: the Non-Partisan League of North Dakota, the Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota and the Progressive Party of Wisconsin.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ On This Day in Wisconsin History; On This Day: May 19 Wisconsin Historical Society