United States elections, 1920

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The 1920 United States general election was held on November 2. In the aftermath of World War I, the Republican Party re-established the dominant position it lost in the 1910 and 1912 elections. This was the first election after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the constitutional right to vote.

In the presidential election, Republican Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio defeated Democratic Governor James M. Cox of Ohio.[1][2] Harding won a landslide victory, taking every state outside of the South and dominating the popular vote. Harding won the Republican nomination on the tenth ballot, defeating former Army Chief of Staff Leonard Wood, Illinois Governor Frank Lowden, California Senator Hiram Johnson, and several other candidates. Cox won the Democratic nomination on the 44th ballot over former Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, New York Governor Al Smith, and several other candidates. Future president Calvin Coolidge won the Republican nomination for vice president, while fellow future president Franklin Roosevelt won the Democratic nomination for vice president. Harding was the first sitting Senator to be elected president.

The Republicans won large gains in the House and the Senate, strengthening their majority in both chambers. They picked up sixty-two seats in the House of Representatives, furthering their majority over the Democrats. The Republicans also strengthened their majority in the Senate, gaining ten seats.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "1920 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920" (PDF). U.S. House of Reps, Office of the Clerk. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
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