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United States of America
Election of 1920

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.
- The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women, across America, the right to vote.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1920

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2
3
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7
8

William G. Harding
James Middleton Cox ^V2
Eugene Victor Debs
Parley P.Christensen
Aaron Sherman Watkins
James Edward Ferguson
William Westly Cox
Other

Republican ^V1
Democratic
Socialist
Farmer-Labor
Prohibition
American
Socialist Labor
(nominal parties)

404
127
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0

16,152,200
9,147,353
917,799
265,411
188,787
47,068
31,716
34,497

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

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Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt ^V2
Seymour Stedman
Maximillian S. Hayes
David Leigh Colvin
William J. Hough
August Gilhaus
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Republican
Democratic
Socialist
Farmer-Labor
Prohibition
American
Socialist Labor
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404
127
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
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Index

^V1	Harding's winning Tennessee is the first time since the end of Reconstruction that any of the 11 confederate states voted for a Republican.
^V2	Roosevelt having energetically campaigned with Cox brought him into the limelight bringing him to the attention of many.
*	KDKA announced results as they came in on telegraph ticker tape for the first time on commercial radio.
*	1920 was the first presidential election that women in every state were allowed, by the 19th Amendment, to vote.
*	When compared with the previous election, the addition of the women vote favored the Republican Party by 7,000,000 votes, while the democratic Party gained just over 500,000 votes.

United States of America
Election of 1920

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