Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

male, deceased (1919)
rough rider, Progressive Movement, Trust Buster, President of the United States, U.S. NAVY, progressivism…progressive, Progressiveera, Progressive party
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also known as T.R. and to the public (but never to friends and intimates) as Teddy, was the twenty-sixth President of the...
Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

male, deceased (1924)
World War I, President of the United States, Princeton University, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, League of Nations, Fourteen Points…progressive, Progressiveera
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924), was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and...
Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

male, deceased (1964)
President of the United States, Mining engineer, Bohemian Club Member, Prohibition, Prohibition in the United States, warren harding…Progressiveera
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st United States President. His acts of philanthropy ranged from monetary donations to volunteerism. Hoover...
William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan

male, deceased (1925)
Cross of Gold, Baldwin, Evarts, Hoar & Sherman family, Nebraska Democrat, American temperance activist, Buried at Arlington National Cemetery, populism…progressive, Progressiveera, Progressive Movement, progressive ideas
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 - July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. He was a three-time Democratic Party...
William McKinley

William McKinley

male, deceased (1901)
President of the United States, Fourth Party System, death by firearm in the United States, Albany Law School alumni, From Canton, Ohio, anarchist…Progressiveera
William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last veteran of the...

Muckraker

male
prison, racketeering, News Media, Public Interest, Collier's Weekly, Slum…Progressiveera
A muckraker is an American English term for one who investigates and exposes issues of corruption that violate widely held values, such as...
Gabriel Kolko

Gabriel Kolko

male, 77 years old
University of Pennsylvania, Jesse Lemsich, corporate liberalism, League for Industrial Democracy, Student League for Industrial Democracy, Progressiveera
Gabriel Kolko (born 1932) is a historian and author. Kolko received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1962. While there he was a member of the Student...
Frank Norris

Frank Norris

male, deceased (1902)
Investigative journalist, novelist, The Octopus A California Story, The Octopus, Early muckrakers, Progressiveera
Benjamin Franklin Norris was an American novelist, during the Progressive Era, writing predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works...
Arthur S. Link

Arthur S. Link

male, deceased (1998)
New Freedom, New Nationalism, Progressiveera, American, Academic, Historian of the United States
Arthur S. Link (1920-1998) was a leading American historian. Born in New Market, Virginia, to a German Lutheran family, he graduated from the...
Frederick Winslow Taylor

Frederick Winslow Taylor

male, deceased (1915)
mechanical engineer, Business theorist, from Pennsylvania, Phillips Exeter Academy alumni, Dartmouth College faculty, American industrial engineer…Progressiveera
Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20 1856 to March 21 1915) was an American engineer who sought to improve industrial efficiency. A management...