1920 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 1920 United States presidential election was a post-World War I contest marked by Republican dominance and a public desire for a "return to normalcy" after years of progressive reform and global conflict.

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Label Occurrences
1920 United States presidential election canonical 3
United States presidential election, 1920 1
Warren G. Harding 1920 presidential campaign 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
allowedWomenToVoteNationwide true ⓘ
carriedStatesByLoser 11 ⓘ
carriedStatesByWinner 37 ⓘ
context First Red Scare ⓘ
Progressive Era fatigue ⓘ
post-World War I era ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date 1920-11-02 ⓘ
electoralVoteLoser James M. Cox ⓘ
electoralVotesForLoser 127 ⓘ
electoralVotesForWinner 404 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner Warren G. Harding ⓘ
expandedElectorate first presidential election after ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment ⓘ
incumbentParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
incumbentPresident Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
loser James M. Cox ⓘ
losingParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
mainIssue League of Nations ⓘ
economic recession of 1919–1920 ⓘ
post-World War I adjustment ⓘ
public desire for a return to normalcy ⓘ
markedBy Republican dominance ⓘ
public desire for stability and normal life ⓘ
rejection of Wilsonian internationalism ⓘ
nextElection 1924 United States presidential election ⓘ
numberOfElectors 531 ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
popularVoteForLoser 9,147,353 ⓘ
popularVoteForWinner 16,152,200 ⓘ
popularVoteLoser James M. Cox ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForLoser 34.1 ⓘ
popularVotePercentageForWinner 60.3 ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Warren G. Harding ⓘ
previousElection United States presidential election, 1916 ⓘ
surface form: 1916 United States presidential election
resultedIn election of Calvin Coolidge as vice president of the United States ⓘ
election of Warren G. Harding as 29th president of the United States ⓘ
runningMateOfLoser President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
runningMateOfWinner Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
slogan Return to Normalcy ⓘ
thirdParty Socialist Party of America ⓘ
thirdPartyCandidate Eugene V. Debs ⓘ
thirdPartyCandidatePopularVote 913,693 ⓘ
thirdPartyCandidatePopularVotePercentage 3.4 ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring Spanish flu pandemic aftermath ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 49.2 ⓘ
winner Warren G. Harding ⓘ
winningParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Warren G. Harding → election → 1920 United States presidential election ⓘ
James M. Cox → candidateInElection → 1920 United States presidential election ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1916 → nextElection → 1920 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1920
1924 United States presidential election → previousElection → 1920 United States presidential election ⓘ
Return to Normalcy → associatedWith → 1920 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warren G. Harding 1920 presidential campaign