Progressive Republican Party (Spain)

Progressive Republican Party
Partido Republicano Progresista
LeaderManuel Ruiz Zorrilla
José María Esquerdo
Founded1885 (1885)
Dissolved1912 (1912)
Merged intoReformist Party
IdeologyLiberalism
Progressivism
Republicanism

The Progressive Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano Progresista, PRP) was a Spanish political party created in 1880 by Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla.[1] Ruiz Zorrilla wrote his testament in January 1895 declaring his successor, and thus the reins of the party were passed to José María Esquerdo upon Ruiz Zorrilla's death.[2] The latter helped to create the Republican Union in 1903.[3] Following the death of Esquerdo, the party dissolved in June 1912, integrating into the Reformist Party of Melquíades Álvarez and Gumersindo de Azcárate.[4][2]

  1. ^ "Republicanos (1868-1931)" (in Spanish). historiaelectoral.com. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
  2. ^ a b Higueras Castañeda, Eduardo (2013). "José María Esquerdo y el republicanismo radical". Claves del mundo contemporáneo. Debate e investigación: actas del XI Congreso de la Asociación de la Historia Contemporánea. ISBN 978-84-9045-089-5.
  3. ^ Montagut, Eduardo (13 February 2017). "Radicales y Republicanos en el último cuarto del XIX". Nueva Tribuna.
  4. ^ Suárez Cortina, Manuel (2011). El partido reformista 1912-1931. Santander: Universidad de Cantabria. p. 177. ISBN 978-84-694-4618-8.