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| Presidential Elections Warren G. Harding (Republican)
James M. Cox (Democratic)
Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
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| Senate agrees to abolish forty-one standing committees | 1920 |  |
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| Republicans hold gathering in Chicago | June 8-12 | |
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| Socialist convention at New York, Debs nominated from prison | May | |
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| Senate rejects peace treaty after Wilson refuses modifications | Novmbr 19 | |
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|  | | Popular Vote 60.4
34.2
3.4
| Electoral Vote 404
127
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| | March 19 | Peace treaty struck down again as it fails the vote |
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| | 1920 | due to census anomalies, House Census Committee recommends extending membership to 483 |
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| | June 28 | Democrats hold convention in Chicago, pass Wilsonian platform |
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| | 1920 | Alfred Smith defeated for reelection in New York |
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| Budget and Accounting Act passed | 1921 | |
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| | | | May | Supreme Court overturns Newberry’s conviction |
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| Rebecca Latimer Felton elected governor of Georgia | Novmbr 21 | |
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| bonus bill passes in Congress and is vetoed | 1922 | |
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| Conference for Progressive Political Action founded | 1922 | |
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| | | | 1922 | Newberry resigns from Senate |
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| | 1922 | House Rules Committee Chairman Campbell defeated |
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| | 1922 | House elections reduce Republican margin to fifteen |
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| Rebecca Latimer Felton elected governor of Georgia | Novmbr 21 | |
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| President Harding sets out on transcontinental trip | June | |
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| | | | 1923 | magazine article states that Harding never had intentions of joining League of Nations |
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| | August 2 | President Harding dies |
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| Presidential Elections Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
John W. Davis (Democratic)
Robert M. La Follette (Progressive)
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| Rep. Haugen and Sen. McNary promote purchasing and selling of agricultural products | 1924 | |
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| La Follette named for nomination by gathering of progressive groups | July 4 | |
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| | | Popular Vote 54.0
28.8
16.6
| Electoral Vote 382
136
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| | 1924 | Longworth pushes through a change in rules governing petitions |
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| | June 24 | Democratic national convention at Madison Square Gardens |
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| Senate agrees to revise the Federal Corrupt Practices Act | 1925 | |
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| | | | June | Robert La Follette dies |
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| | | | 1926 | Smith and Vare campaigns spurs Senate investigations |
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| Supreme Court strengthens investigations with McGrain v. Daugherty | 1927 | |
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| | | | August 3 | Coolidge announces he will not run again |
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| | 1927 | McNary-Haugen bill passes, and is vetoed |
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| Presidential Elections Herbert C. Hoover (Republican)
Alfred E. Smith (Democratic)
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| Democratic convention held in Houston | June 26 | |
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| | | Popular Vote 58.2
40.9
| Electoral Vote 444
87
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| | June 12 | Republican convention held in Kansas City |
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| Senate censures Connecticut’s Hiram Bingham for placing a lobbyist on payroll | 1929 | |
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| Congress passes bill to establish an automatic reapportionment | 1929 | |
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| | | | October | Stock market crash |
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| | 1929 | Senate launches investigation related to maintenance of prerogatives |
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| | 1929 | Agricultural Marketing Act fails |
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