United States Presidential Election of 1920

Harding won 404 to 127 in the first election in which women voted nationwide.

Overview

The Nineteenth Amendment's ratification more than doubled the eligible electorate, and 26 million votes were cast, doubling 1916. Warren Harding's return to normalcy defeated Cox and running mate FDR 404 to 127, taking 60.3 percent, the first candidate over 60 percent since 1820. Socialist Eugene Debs drew nearly a million votes from a federal prison cell for opposing the draft. Harding's Ohio gang administration would be followed by the Teapot Dome scandals.