ABSTRACT
The progressive movement in the Democratic party began as a well-designed and well-intentioned attempt to prevent special interests from continuing to use the national government for their own selfish purposes. The development of the progressive movement in the Democratic party may be divided into three periods, with the year 1893 marking the end of the first and the year 1912 the end of the second. The period of preparation was over; the progressive movement in the Democratic party had begun. The second period in the history of the progressive movement in the Democratic party-the period of development-began in 1893 and ended with the election of Wilson in 1912. New Jersey was destined to contribute most to the cause of the progressive movement in the Democratic party, because it was in that state that the leader of progressive Democracy triumphant received his training in practical politics.
