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Several Republican Party leaders called on Wilson to appoint Leonard Wood, a close friend and advisor of Theodore Roosevelt and long-time preparedness advocate. However, Wilson chose John J. Pershing, a Republican who had previously gained fame as commander of the Pancho Villa Expedition, at the behest of Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. After ...
The 1920 Republican National Convention nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for president and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for vice president. The convention was held in Chicago, Illinois, at the Chicago Coliseum from June 8 to June 12, 1920, with 940 delegates. Under convention rules, a majority plus one, or at least 471 of the ...
Coolidge, famous for his opposition to the right of police to strike, won a place on the Republican ticket, but the party's nominee and the eventual winner of the 1920 election was the U.S. Senator from Ohio, Warren G. Harding. He sounded a very different note in mid-August.
1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; Pages in category "1920s strikes in the United States" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Republican Party (United States) 1920 Republican Party ticket: Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge; for President: for Vice President: United States Senator from Ohio (1915–1921) 48th Governor of Massachusetts (1919–1921) ID: 39 votes [5] HCV: 692.2 votes 144,762 votes
June 11 – During the 1920 Republican National Convention in Chicago, party leaders gather in a "smoke-filled room" of The Blackstone Hotel to decide their presidential candidate. June 13 – The U.S. Post Office rules that children may not be sent via parcel post. June 14 – Cherokee National Forest is established.
The 1920 United States elections 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 19th Amendment , which granted women the constitutional right to vote.
The strike was routinely cited by courts and officials through the end of the 1940s." [233] Governor Calvin Coolidge broke the strike and the legislature took control of the police away from city officials. [234] The police strike chilled union interest in the public sector in the 1920s.