Wilson James American Jurist

Historian John Milton Cooper, Jr. sees the rivalry between Roosevelt and Wilson as the heir of the Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson feud early in American history. Roosevelt inherited Hamilton's pessimistic view of human nature and the need to overcome people's limitations through higher goals. Wilson acquired Jefferson's optimistic outlook for the people and the need to create an environment for them to flourish on their own.

1912 Election

Running for President in 1912, both Roosevelt of the Progressive Party, and Wilson of the Democratic Party, were competing for the progressive vote. In appealing to progressives, Roosevelt promoted his New Nationalism- the use of the power of the federal government to regulate big business. Wilson countered with his New Freedom, which emphasized restoring fair competition and the free market through remedial legislation and limited federal government.

Fireworks resulted when the two explained their positions on the campaign trail. Wilson called Roosevelt a "self-appointed divinity" who would make people puppets of the government, and declared that "the history of liberty is a history of limited governmental power, not the increase of it." Roosevelt fired back. Wilson's position was "outworn academic rhetoric doctrine which was kept in the schoolroom and the professional study for a generation after it was abandoned by all who had experience of actual life."

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