 The bill was defeated in large part due to the opposition of President Calvin Coolidge, who became president after President Harding's death in 1923.Wallace's father died in October 1924, and in the November 1924 presidential election, Henry Wallace voted for Progressive third party candidate Robert La Follette.Partly due to Wallace's continued lobbying, Congress passed the McNary–Haugen bill in 1927 and 1928, but President Coolidge vetoed the bill both times.