# Canonical recap data for 1920 US Presidential Election (1920)
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slug: 1920-us-election
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title: 1920 US Presidential Election
subtitle: The first presidential election where women voted nationwide delivered Warren G. Harding to office and marked a pivotal expansion of democratic participation.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1920-11-02
datePrecision: day
year: 1920
decade: 1920
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: "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 "
summaryLong: 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.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1920 United States presidential election"
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260604194702/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election"
  title: 1920 US Presidential election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: 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 Coolid
wikidataQid: Q699343
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-04
  label: 1920 US Presidential election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election"
