The strongest third-party campaign for president took place during the 1912 election, which resulted in the third-party candidate receiving the second place and gaining more votes than one of the major party candidates. who was this third-party candidate and his party

The third party candidate was Teddy Roosevelt and his party was the Progressive Party. The Progressive Party formed after Roosevelt failed to get the Republican nomination for president for the election of 1912. This split caused a huge problem in the Republican party, as many of Roosevelt's supporters ditched the Republican party in order to join the Progressive Party. This was evident as the Republican nominee William Howard Taft only received 8 electoral votes.