1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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The 1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries were the series of state-level contests in which Democratic voters and party leaders selected delegates to choose their nominee for the 1920 United States presidential election.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Democratic Party presidential primary
ⓘ
United States presidential primary ⓘ |
| appliesToPoliticalParty | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| context |
Progressive Era politics in the United States
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post-World War I American politics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| determinedNominee | James M. Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralProcess | selection of delegates to the 1920 Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| electorate | Democratic voters and party leaders in participating states ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| follows | 1916 Democratic Party presidential primaries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early example of mixed primary–convention nomination system in the Democratic Party ⓘ |
| incumbentPresident | Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| incumbentPresidentEligibility | constitutionally eligible for a third term but politically weakened ⓘ |
| issue |
League of Nations
NERFINISHED
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Prohibition ⓘ Red Scare NERFINISHED ⓘ labor unrest ⓘ postwar economic adjustment ⓘ |
| location | various U.S. states and territories ⓘ |
| mainCandidate |
A. Mitchell Palmer
NERFINISHED
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Al Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Carter Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ Champ Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward I. Edwards NERFINISHED ⓘ James A. Reed NERFINISHED ⓘ James M. Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ John W. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Newton D. Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert L. Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ William Gibbs McAdoo NERFINISHED ⓘ William Jennings Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominationMethod | delegates formally chose nominee at the 1920 Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| nomineeParty | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedParty | Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedPartyNominee | Warren G. Harding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1920 United States presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryType | indirect presidential nomination process ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | 1920 Democratic National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated for vice president
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James M. Cox nominated for president ⓘ |
| runningMateOfNominee | Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1920 ⓘ |
| usedFor | allocation of delegates to the Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| votingSystem | mixture of primaries and caucuses ⓘ |
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