Theodore Roosevelt failed at one game.
Theodore Roosevelt . He failed , walked out , and founded a third party , the Progressive , so-called `` Bull Moose '' Party , which called for wide-ranging progressive reforms . The United States presidential election of 1912 was the 32nd quadrennial presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 5 , 1912 . After former President Theodore Roosevelt failed to receive the Republican nomination , he called his own convention and created the Progressive Party ( nicknamed the `` Bull Moose Party '' ) .