in 1912, roosevelt broke with taft, rejected la follette, and tried for a third term, but he was outmaneuvered by taft and lost the nomination. roosevelt led his delegates out of the convention and created a new party (the progressive, or "bull moose" ticket), in the election of 1912. few party leaders followed him except hiram johnson of california. roosevelt had the support of many notable women reformers, including jane addams. the roosevelt-caused split in the republican vote resulted in a decisive victory for democrat woodrow wilson, temporarily interrupting the republican era.