in the united states, theodore roosevelt has been the main figure identified with progressive conservatism as a political tradition. roosevelt stated that he had "always believed that wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand". some people considered the administration of president william howard taft to be progressive conservative. taft described himself as "a believer in progressive conservatism". president dwight d. eisenhower declared himself an advocate of "progressive conservatism". in germany, chancellor leo von caprivi promoted a progressive conservative agenda called the "new course". in canada, a variety of conservative governments have been progressive conservative, with canada's major conservative movement being officially named the progressive conservative party of canada from 1942 to 2003. in canada, the prime ministers arthur meighen, r.b. bennett, john diefenbaker, joe clark, brian mulroney, and kim campbell led progressive conservative federal governments.