1920 United States Presidential Election

The 1920 United States presidential election was the 34th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1920. Held in the middle of the American-Pacific War, General John A. Lejeune, nominated by a broad coalition including the Federal Republicans, ran against Farmer-Labor Senator Thomas E. Watson.

General Lejeune defeated incumbent President Aaron Burr Houston for the Federal Republican nomination, with the support of party leaders who criticized Houston's management of the war and supported Lejeune as an independent candidate to win the war. He would additionally be nominated by the smaller Union, Liberal, and Commonwealth Land parties, creating a broad coalition for Lejeune with various platforms and running mates. The Farmer-Labor primaries would be split, with pro-war moderates supporting Lejeune, and opposed mainly by Robert La Follette and Eugene V. Debs. The party would eventually agree on Watson as a candidate agreeable to all anti-war factions, and he would additionally be endorsed by the WPA. Pro-War Farmer-Laborites and trade unionists would bolt and form the American Labor Party, nominating Lejeune.

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Federal Republican Party nomination
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Farmer-Labor Party nomination
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