1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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The 1924 Democratic Party presidential primaries were a series of state-level contests in which Democratic voters and party leaders selected delegates to the tumultuous national convention that ultimately nominated John W. Davis for president.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Democratic Party presidential primary
ⓘ
United States presidential primary ⓘ |
| aim | selection of pledged and unpledged delegates ⓘ |
| appliesToPoliticalParty | Democratic Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
fragmented field of candidates
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limited use of binding popular primaries ⓘ regional factionalism within the Democratic Party ⓘ significant influence of party leaders and state conventions ⓘ |
| context |
Prohibition-era political conflicts
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post–World War I American politics ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| electoralProcess | selection of delegates to the 1924 Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | mixture of popular primaries and delegate selection by party conventions ⓘ |
| electorate | Democratic voters in participating states ⓘ |
| endTime | 1924 ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1928 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| follows | 1920 Democratic Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| hasEffect | 1924 Democratic National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherLevelEvent | Democratic Party presidential nomination process, 1924 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| issue |
Ku Klux Klan influence in politics
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Prohibition ⓘ progressive versus conservative wings of the party ⓘ urban versus rural interests in the Democratic Party ⓘ |
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| leadsTo | prolonged balloting at the 1924 Democratic National Convention ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 1920s ⓘ |
| majorCandidate |
Al Smith
NERFINISHED
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John W. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Oscar Underwood NERFINISHED ⓘ William Gibbs McAdoo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedCandidate | John W. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emergence of compromise nominee John W. Davis
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failure of leading primary candidates to secure the nomination ⓘ |
| officeContested | President of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | state Democratic Party organizations ⓘ |
| partOf | 1924 United States presidential election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByEvent | state party conventions in some states ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | 1924 Republican Party presidential primaries ⓘ |
| resultedInNominationOf | John W. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1924 ⓘ |
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