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title: "1920 US Presidential Election"
year: 1920
country: "United States"
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startDate: "1920-11-02"
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# 1920 US Presidential Election

> The first presidential election where women voted nationwide delivered Warren G. Harding to office and marked a pivotal expansion of democratic participation.

## Summary

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1920. The Republican ticket of senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio and governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts defeated the Democratic ticket of governor James M. Cox of Ohio and assistant secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. It was the first election held after the end of the First World War, and the first election after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment gave nationwide suffrage to women.

## Sources

- [1920 US Presidential election](https://web.archive.org/web/20260604194702/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election) - Wikipedia

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