1920 Democratic National Convention
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Presidential nominee | James M. Cox of Ohio |
Vice presidential nominee | Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York |
The 1920 Democratic National Convention was held at the
Neither President
The platform adopted by the convention supported the League of Nations, albeit with qualifications, and women's suffrage.
Democratic candidates
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A. Mitchell Palmer
of Pennsylvania -
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Robert Latham Owen
of Oklahoma -
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Furnifold M. Simmons
of North Carolina -
Former
Although William Gibbs McAdoo (Wilson's son-in-law and former Treasury Secretary) was the strongest candidate, Wilson blocked his nomination in hopes a deadlocked convention would demand that he run for a third term, even though he was seriously ill, physically immobile, and in seclusion at the time. The Democrats instead nominated Ohio Governor James M. Cox as their presidential candidate and 38-year-old Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, a fifth cousin of the late president Theodore Roosevelt, for vice-president.
Fourteen names were placed in nomination. Early favorites for the nomination had included McAdoo and Attorney General
History was made at the convention when Laura Clay, a delegate from Kentucky and co-founder of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association and the Democratic Women's Club of Kentucky, became the first woman to have her name placed into nomination for president at the convention of a major political party.[4] She was also the first woman to receive a convention delegation's vote for the presidency.[5]
Balloting
(1–22) | Presidential Ballot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | ||||
Cox | 134 | 159 | 177 | 178 | 181 | 195 | 295.5 | 315 | 321.5 | 321 | 332 | 404 | 428.5 | 443.5 | 468.5 | 454.5 | 442 | 458 | 468 | 456.5 | 426.5 | 430 | |||
McAdoo | 266 | 289 | 323.5 | 335 | 357 | 368.5 | 384 | 380 | 386 | 385 | 380 | 375.5 | 363.5 | 355.5 | 344.5 | 337 | 332 | 330.5 | 327.5 | 340.5 | 395.5 | 372.5 | |||
Palmer | 256 | 264 | 251.5 | 254 | 244 | 265 | 267 | 262 | 257 | 257 | 255 | 201 | 193.5 | 181 | 167 | 164.5 | 176 | 174.5 | 179.5 | 178 | 144 | 166.5 | |||
Al Smith
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109 | 101 | 92 | 96 | 95 | 98 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
E. Edwards | 42 | 34 | 32.5 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
T. Marshall | 37 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Owen
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33 | 29 | 22 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 37 | 41 | 36 | 35 | |||
J.W. Davis | 32 | 31.5 | 28.5 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 34 | 33 | 31.5 | 29.5 | 33 | 32 | 52 | 57 | 42 | 31 | 36 | 54 | 52 | |||
Meredith | 27 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Glass | 26.5 | 25.5 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | |||
Cummings
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25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | |||
Simmons
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24 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gerard | 21 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
J. Williams | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hitchcock
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18 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Clark | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
Harrison[6] | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Wood | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
W.J. Bryan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Colby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Daniels | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
W.R. Hearst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Underwood | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
(23–44) | Presidential Ballot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31st | 32nd | 33rd | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th | 41st | 42nd | 43rd | 44th | ||||
Cox | 425 | 429 | 424 | 424.5 | 423.5 | 423 | 404.5 | 400.5 | 391.5 | 391 | 380.5 | 379.5 | 376.5 | 377 | 386 | 383.5 | 468.5 | 490 | 497.5 | 540.5 | 568 | 699.5 | |||
McAdoo | 364.5 | 364.5 | 364.5 | 371 | 371.5 | 368.5 | 394.5 | 403.5 | 415.5 | 421 | 421 | 420.5 | 409 | 399 | 405 | 405.5 | 440 | 467 | 460 | 427 | 412 | 270 | |||
Palmer | 181.5 | 177 | 169 | 167 | 166.5 | 165.5 | 166 | 165 | 174 | 176 | 180 | 184 | 222 | 241 | 202.5 | 211 | 74 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | |||
J.W. Davis | 50.5 | 54.5 | 58.5 | 55.5 | 60.5 | 62.5 | 63 | 58 | 57.5 | 55.5 | 56 | 54 | 33 | 28 | 50.5 | 50 | 71.5 | 76 | 55.5 | 49.5 | 57.5 | 52 | |||
Owen
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34 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 35.5 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 38.5 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | |||
Glass | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 12.5 | 9.5 | 13 | 7.5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | 5.5 | 1.5 | |||
Cummings
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5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||
Clark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bonniwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
W.J. Bryan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Clay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Cobb | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Colby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Hines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
A. Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lardner | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Lewis
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
T. Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Pershing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Underwood | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vice Presidential nomination
Cox asked the delegates to support former Assistant Navy Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt, because, as some thought, he had a "magic name." FDR was nominated by voice vote and received the nomination by acclamation.[7] After it became clear that Roosevelt was the choice of party leaders, former Ambassador David R. Francis of Missouri, Major General Lawrence Tyson of Tennessee, Governor Sam V. Stewart of Montana, former Governor James H. Hawley of Idaho, former FTC Chairman Joseph E. Davies of Wisconsin, William T. Vaughan of Oregon, and oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny of California all withdrew their candidacies.[8]
See also
- History of the United States Democratic Party
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1920
- List of Democratic National Conventions
- U.S. presidential nomination convention
- 1920 Republican National Convention
- 1920 United States presidential election
References
- ISBN 978-0-7867-1622-7.
- ^ Baldwin, Yvonne Honeycutt (2006). Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 127.
- ISBN 9780786403349. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ Eblen, Tom (July 14, 2017). "Meet the Kentuckians who led the fight for women's rights a century ago". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ "First Woman to Get Vote for President - Laura Clay". Chicago Tribune. July 26, 1920. Retrieved September 26, 2017.
- ^ "M'Adoo Leads; 289 Votes on Second Ballot; Convention Adjourns to 9:30 a.m. Today; Platform Adopted and Bryan Defeated". partners.nytimes.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
- ^ "Democratic Ticket is Cox and Roosevelt; New Yorker Unopposed as Running Mate; Bryan is Sad, But Other Leaders Rejoice". New York Times. July 7, 1920. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
External links
- Democratic Party Platform of 1920 at The American Presidency Project
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